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Affiliate Marketing Easy I Think Not

What is affiliate marketing? I’ve heard it called associate marketinglinkpay per clickand reseller and it all means the same and on the surface it looks simple enoughan affiliate is someone who is advertising a third party product and will get a commission on any sales made through their linkhow hard can this beI will just go over to one of the pay per click search engines bid on some keywords for that product and make a lot of easy money.

If your thinking about starting an online business and you heard that affiliate marketing is the way to go let me inform you that affiliate marketing is not as easy as you might think and requires a lot of research and skills that take time to learn.

If only affiliate marketing were that easy everyone would be sitting at home becoming rich over night let me give you an example using a new ebook coming out May 1st its called Who Loves Moneyabout 2 weeks ago if you did a search for Who Loves Money you would of found no listing for that phrase and no ads and could of put together a pay per click link for it for about 5 centscheck today and you will find over 15 million listing and 4 or more pages of sponsored links which are affiliates trying to make money and the ebook is not even out yet and if as an associate you intend to cash in on this hot product you need to have your reseller link on page one and that could cost you up to 1.00 a click or more if you have no clue what to do and on top of that if they don’t buy your out a buck.

This is just one tiny part of affiliate marketing but seems to be the first thing a new affiliate will jump into unaware of how the whole system works you must always keep in the front of your mind that not every click will be a sale in fact depending on the product it may take 50 or a 100 clicks for each sale and even after you make a sale you may have to wait up to 60 days before your paid and if the customer returns the product you don’t make one red cent.

Affiliate marketing requires you to attain a lot of new skills before you jump in and start a campaign and if you wish to really take your affiliate marketing to a level that you can quit your job and work from home you have a lot of homework ahead of you before you get started the good news is there are many good ebook’s on the market that can help you achieve your goals. If your plan is affiliate marketing you must always remember to treat it as a business or you will fall along the wayside as so many before you have.

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Adsense Account Banned For Fraud Click

If you trawl through the AdSense message boards you cant help but come across tales of woe from AdSense publishers that have had their account banned by Google.
Below is a list of ways people have been banned from AdSense and information on how to avoid it happening to you.
The obvious one but still people do it. Google has the IP address of the computer/s that youve used to create and check your AdSense account. If it sees that this IP address clicks one of your ads youre in trouble.
Dont do it. Its theft. Not from Google but from the AdWords advertisers.
If you want to go to a site advertised by one of your ads dont click on it look at the URL of the advertising site at the bottom of the ad and type it into your browser.
If you click on one accidentally which does happen youre probably be ok but its worth dropping a quick email to Google with an explanation and apology
As I said above Google keeps a record of every machine IP address used to look at your account. If you check your stats on a machine then someone else clicks on your ads from the same machine Google sees this as click fraud. Worth bearing in mind when thinking of checking your stats from somewhere like an Internet Caf.
Apart from getting in trouble with the company that employs you theres also a further real risk. Most companies use a proxy server to access the Internet. A proxy server with ONE IP ADDRESS. Therefore you checking your ads from work means this proxy IP address being recorded by Google as one that you use. Problem is if there are 1000 people in your company it is the same IP address for them too. Google cant differentiate between you and the other 999 employees in your company. If one of these 999 clicks on one of your ads its ban time.
As above Google will have your IP address and that of every AdSense publisher. If they see these IP addresses consistently clicking on each other ads its goodbye for both of you.
Telling friends and family about your money making websites can lead to problems. Even if you tell them not to click on your ads theres always the chance that Auntie Maud will think its a good idea to make some extra money for her favourite nephew. 100 clicks later from the same visitor and your account is screaming Click Fraud.
Check the AdSense TOS for sources of traffic that arent allowed by Google. These include methods like Traffic exchange PTC advertising Auto surf etc.
Check your account at least once a day. If you see a massive spike coupled with a massive increase in Page CTR investigate using your visitor stats website. If you see its all come from the same IP address you could have been the victim of a malicious attack inform Google via email and offer them access to your logs.

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A 4-step Communication Process That Can Explode Your Home-based Business!

If you are currently struggling with a homebased business in Network Marketing it probably has something to do with the fact that you have been spending lots of money on techniques that aren’t working. Everyone is always attracted to the latest fad that seems to be “exploding” everyone’s business but when you try it for yourself all you have to show for it is a lot of wasted time and money.

The reason this happens is because most companies out there only promote things that generate company sales rather than teaching distributors how to really market properly. If they did there wouldn’t be such a large dropout rate in the industry. After all it is called Network “Marketing” not Network Distributing.

Contrary to popular belief the techniques that need to be mastered to put a homebased business into action have nothing to do spending lots of money and playing numbers games for the benefit of the company one represents. It has to do with knowing your audience enough to properly communicate with them.

The first step in the communication process is seeing every person you communicate with as your equal. You can’t be in the business of network marketing if you think you are better than everyone else. Money comes and goes but it doesn’t make a person more valuable. Reaching out to people and helping them does.

We all have the same needs wants and desires. Your target audience consists of those who have a want need or desire to benefit from what you have offer. The better you know these people the better you will be at communicating with them. Contrary to what is commonly taught in Network Marketing not everyone wants or needs your product or service.

Never speak down to people and never think that their problems are too small for you to want to deal with. You cannot succeed in Network Marketing without the help of other people so treat everyone the way you like to be treated. No one wants to work with someone who constantly thinks they are the cat’s meow.

The second step is to speak in a clear calm and relaxed fashion. You may have to challenge yourself on this one. You might think you are doing fine but in reality you might be talking too fast or slow. Many times when we grasp concepts that we’ve heard over and over we automatically assume other people know the same things. Assume that they don’t.

Start by reading your scripts into a tape recorder and playing it back to yourself. Get your pace and conviction down to where you think it is perfect then practice it on a buddy before tapping into your list of potential prospects. Often times the best advice comes from someone who is standing on the sideline with an unbiased opinion. This is the process of starting to build a skill set.

The third step is to allow for check points during your script. Confirming receipt of transmissions of your message is a great indicator of how well you audience is listening. If all you do is talk and talk you’ll put your prospect to sleep. You can say all that you want to say but it doesn’t mean they are really getting everything.

Ask simple questions like Can you grab a pen? and allow them to do so. Make them participate in the discussion to keep their interest and make them feel useful. You want to be in charge of the conversation without dominating it. This is a possible prospect of someone you could be working with. Allow the to get involved right from the start.

The fourth and final step is to allow for feedback in full. Listening to objections and concerns is how you help your prospect solve their problems. Feedback is also very valuable when you are practicing your script with a buddy. It gives you a course of action for changing and improving your skill set.

When you let people speak their mind and voice their opinions it makes them feel valuable. The more valuable they feel the more they will lean toward joining you in your business or becoming a customer. Just remember you are the leader so you always want to control the conversation in a positive way.

Mastering the art of communication is one of many critical techniques one must grasp in order to succeed in Network Marketing. Success will not come from a fancy website or expensive leads and this is especially true if you can’t communicate properly.

About the writer:  William Winch is a Business Growth Specialist whose mission is teaching other struggling entrepreneurs how to expand and explode their homebased businesses without breaking the bank. A former High School and College Business Educator and Counselor he mentors from his home office in Rochester NY. If you are interested in learning additional information on how to explode and expand your homebased business click on MLM Training or by calling William directly at 585 2345283 for a free business consultation.