How to Write a Sales Letter Part 1
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For those of you that have been following the blog, you know I held a contest to demonstrate the writing of a sales letter piece by piece.
If not, catch up on it here: Win a Sales Letter. (more…)
Free PR6 Links, no Catch
Can you think of anything to do with Free PR 6 links? I can’t either. But just in case you change your mind… (more…)
Project Black Mask: I am the Cockroach
Project Black Mask launched with a boom on June 19th, 2007.
Tissue paper companies around the world have emailed me with thanks and praise as the collective crybabies of the world blew their noses and wiped away their tears long into the night, thus resulting in record sales.
We are in discussions with them for a sponsorship. (more…)
How to Pick a Fight and Look like an Idiot
In a surprising turn of events, Google and Ebay had a little row which was quickly resolved with one party backing down like a stray dog with its tail between its legs.
Here is what happened. (more…)
Paradigm Shift: Work Smart, Play Often
I just got off the phone with my mastermind group. Seems the two members present had an epiphany this week.
As a result, we’ve taken the project we were working on from the backburner and thrown it off the stove entirely.
Normally, something like that would get me pretty pissed off. I like to plan things, and I like things to unfold according to that plan. Any deviations, delays or cancelations will get you on the business end of cold stares, long silences and a big ugly piece of my mind.
Ninja Cloaker Launch
Just a quick update.
My buddy Matt Haslem is launching his first Internet Marketing Product today (he’s a strong affiliate in other niches and has products in them too). It’s called Ninja Cloaker and what it does is allow you to make your affiliate links disappear.
You probably know 2 of the main reasons for loss of commission in affiliate marketing: (more…)
Adwords: No Taxation Without Participation
Mid June 2007. Google Slaps again. This time, it’s affiliate marketers on Adwords.
As per Google’s unwritten policy, there is no warning and no explanation.
“You’ve done something wrong. You’ve been doing it for some time. Just today, we’ve decided to inflict severe penalties on your campaigns. We haven’t emailed you because actions speak louder than words, and when you log into your account, you’ll be hard pressed to miss the fact we’ve multiplied your advertising costs by 20.”
Now have fun guessing what the problem is.
One poster on Webmaster World writes: (more…)
AdSpyPro, New Adwords Spy
The latest internet marketing must have is the tool that allows you to spy on your Adwords competition or just plain monitor what other people are doing on PPC.
The Premise:
You enter a bunch of keywords in the software and it checks the ads running on the big PPC networks. It finds out if these are direct ads from merchants or affiliate ads.
Best “Paid” Link Cheats for Bloggers
Until your blog becomes an “authority” that attracts links to itself by the sheer force of position and mindshare, you might want to add to your arsenal some of these paid link cheats.
Earlier this week Andy Beard posted a list of Paid Links and what they may be a direct or indirect compensation for.
The ones listed in this article are links that are “paid” for without an exchange of money and that are accessible to nearly all small bloggers and marketers.
Writing an Affiliate Pre-Sell Step by Step
Ok, back to business.
Time to write an affiliate pre-sell of the first type: The Walkthrough Pre-Sell. I don’t use this model much on the blog you are reading but it is extremely effective in certain situations.

