I have to admit that I have some experience with killing my list with ad swaps. There is a dark feeling associated with realizing that thousands of people who once trusted you with their businesses, now regard you as nothing more than a “spamming jerk”.

What did I do that was so wrong? There is one main things to keep in mind if you are going to use ad swaps to build your business; Successful Ad swapping is the single best way to bring a lot of traffic to your site but it is also a very good way to misplace the trust of your valued list members.

As a result, I have written a short instruction manual to show you how you can kill your list with ad swaps.

Don’t get on the list of your prospective partner before your swap: I discovered this one by accident. I agreed to swap with a guy, so far so good. The problem is that I discovered that he was sending at least 5 adswaps per day. I understand that his list is his business, but if I’m sending from my more responsive list to his less responsive list then I’m losing out.

Even if our lists are the same size if he sends 5 a day, then how many can his list members reasonably click on? Certainly not all five. This could have been avoided if got on his list ahead of time. Since we usually agree to adswap weeks ahead of time, I would have had his squeeze page information ahead of time. If I had signed up for his list earlier, I would have seen his marketing approach and could have politely opted out of our deal.

When I started doing adswaps, I doubled the size of my list in about 4 months. Then I got carried away. I got greedy and I paid the price.

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Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery - www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

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I don’t like using my blog as a platform to give other marketers a piece of what little bit of action I do have. However, in the last few weeks, I’ve been given reason to change my mind. I have been motivated to give a shout out to a fellow marketer who fills all the criteria that I laid out in one of my previous posts “You will not receive a reply from this address/

The marketers name is Omar Martin, and he has been doing some excellent work lately that I really need to let you know about it. This guy is helpful, knowledgeable, he answers his emails, (at least most of them), he provides excellent content and his products are usually top-shelf.

So here is my problem. If I spend my valuable time writing about another marketer, then send that to my list, I will have a bunch of my subscribers signing up for someone else’s list and “watering down” their attention and possibly their marketing dollars.

However, in the case of Omar, it behooves me to let you know anyway.

As a list owner, my main responsibility is to give my list members the best possible information. As it turns out, right now Omar is giving a free series of videos that I couldn’t match. In other words, if I wanted to do a similar set of videos, it would take me months to accomplish, they wouldn’t even be as good, and quite possibly might never get done.

You can land the videos right here and you do not even have to sign up for his list to get them. Some of the topics are: Cpanel Secrets, Setting up a Squeeze Page, Setting up your List, Improving your Blog… You get the idea.

So there you have it, visit Omar Martins blog and get some great and useful videos. If it happens to water down my business, so be it. I remain convinced that I did the right thing.

After all, my job is to give the best content to my list members and friends, and right now Omar Martin is giving out the best content. Ok, I admit, I at least made you read almost all the way through to get to the link, but I have to give myself a little something it return

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Robert
Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery - www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

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I was sitting at my computer one day, just minding my own business when I received an email.  It was for a coaching program and it was from a guy that I really admire, so I opened it.

The website that the email directed me to is a simple sales copy for his coaching program that asks questions like this.

• What do you want to accomplish online?
• How much money do you want to make online?
• Think about that for a moment.
• Do you want financial success?
• Do you have an income goal you would like to achieve online…$60,000 per year, $100,000 per month, maybe $250,000 per year?

Pretty typical so far except, as you can guess by the title of this post, the program costs $10,000.

I’m all in favor of coaching programs, I really am.  I believe that no matter where you are in your business, everyone can benefit from personal coaching. In fact, I am currently enrolled it two different coaching programs simultaneously.

But seriously ten Grand?

So, what do you need to make it online if you’re not making it already?

• More Information?
• More Motivation?
• More Accountability?

Any good coaching program will have all of these elements in them and that can easily be accomplished and profitable for a few hundred dollars.

But why don’t we take a minute to talk about success.

What would your definition be? For me it was simple, to be able to pay the bills. If I earned enough money from my online venture to pay the bills and ensure that we had enough money to feed the kids, I was successful.

Announcing my training program!

Members of my list are going to be offered an opportunity to get involved in my own weekly training program for just $10 per month.

Very simply, each month will take a new topic and thoroughly explore it each week of that month until we move on to another, more advanced topic. This will be launched in a few days..Stand by.

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By the way, my long list of products at an incredibly stupid low price is still available.

Robert
Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery - www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

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First, before I get to my point, let me tell you a story.

I endure “Chronic Daily Headaches” what this means is that, very simply, I get headaches almost every day. Most of them are simple, nagging aches, that I can just slip out of my conscious mind and into the background so that I can work. In other words, I ignore it.

Once or twice a week, they are so intense that all I can do is lie on my bed, close the curtains, and whimper. When my kids were smaller, there were days when I completely missed out on things because I was too sick to even enjoy their company.

Why am I telling you all this? Two reasons, one is that I have a headache right now and it gave me an idea for a blog entry. The second reason is that I wanted to give you an idea for how to figure out what niche might be profitable.

My headaches are far less intense now and far less frequent now than they used to be. However, about five years ago, if you gave me a cure for my headaches I would have bought it. I would have paid almost any amount of money to be rid of them. I had prescription pills that cost $20 each, and I took two of them, so each headache cost me forty dollars!

Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to come up with a cure for a headache so that you can sell it. But what I am asking you to do is think of other things that people will pay money to cure: Profuse sweating, loneliness, marriage problems, arthritis, weight issues. Remember, there is more than just physical pain.

I’m also not asking you to come up with the cures. However, there are very many affiliate programs that you can join and make a lot of money by connecting the sufferer with the cure. If I had to start over, with no list and no experience, that is what I would do.

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By the way, my long list of products at an incredibly stupid low price is still available.

Robert
Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery - www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

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Auto Article Profits is a short report written by John Thornhill that shows you how you can become a success with article marketing.

The product claims it can show you how you can earn anything between $10 and $500 per month from a single article. I must say I was quite sceptical at these bold claims so decided to purchase the report to investigate further. As the report only cost $10 and had a 60 day refund policy I knew I wasn’t taking a big risk.

The report itself is only a few thousand words long but let me assure you it was full of golden nuggets, no fluff here and the fact it only took me 20 minutes or so to read it was not a problem as the information is straight to the point.

As with most stuff written by John the content is solid and your head will be spinning with the ideas the report generates. Let me tell you most of what you think you know about article marketing will be dispelled once you read this report.

What I also love about Auto Article Profits is the fact it covers a technique that involves no capital outlay. You could read this report and be putting the information it contains to good use within a matter of hours at no cost. How many products can claim that.

Is the information contained in Auto Article Profits life changing? perhaps not but for a $10 investment you really can’t go wrong. I have seen courses that charge 50 times more than the cost of this report contain less information.

Auto Article Profits receives my highest recommendation and I urge you to check it out.

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This is a frustration that I see a lot in my day to day work. People have not earned any money on line, and have no money to put into hosting and a domain. At least that is what they tell me. For those people, since I can’t examine their spending habits, and see all the pizza and coffee they might be buying, I recommend a simple site called Squidoo.com.

Squidoo.com is a wonderful invention, it really is. I know that there is a lot of discussion about whether or not anyone can make any money from using Squidoo.com but that has nothing to do with what I’m talking about here.

Squidoo.com for me was not about making money, at all. It was my learning ground and my training ground, and it can be yours as well. If you are not making any money on line at this point, try making a few Squidoo lenses, I’m pretty sure you still won’t make much money online, but you will learn lots about what to try.

What are some of the advantages of Squidoo.com?

• Practice simple HTML coding, it only allows simple codes anyway, but once you master the basics, such as robert’s blog It will be easy to practice other things.

• Research and try out some niches. Its free to try. Its free to create a lens called squidoo.com/myfavouritefishinghooks, but you have to pay to register www.myfavouritefishinghooks.com, and a monthly fee to host it.

• Some instant traffic. Squidoo people are really die hard squidoo people. They will seek out and comment on other lenses.

• Instant monetizetion. All you have to do is decide what modules to insert in your lenses, and squidoo does all the work to put the correct content there. Revenue from Ebay, Amazon, and even google ads and more are shared between you and Squidoo.

• A bit of revenue. Once you have 10-15 lenses, and some traffic from article writing, you will have some income. Even if its only 5 bucks a month. If you are not making any money now, this five buck a month will teach you that it really is possible to make money online.

What does all this cost you? Maybe about an hour a day.  But it costs no money at all.  Write and submit 10-15 articles to ezinearticles every week, and you are in business.

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By the way, my long list of products at an incredibly stupid low price is still available.

Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery - www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

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With very few exceptions, there are niches that are universal. These areas will always sell, and people are always willing to buy more…and more. For example, how many exercise contraptions do many people have in their houses? I’m guessing at least three or four. In my house their are three.

I have a weight bench and weights that I have literally never used. My wife has a stationary recumbent exercise bike in our bedroom that neither of us have used in years. I have had a stomach cruncher, large exercise ball, many books on the topic, and yet we both remain in no better than average condition.

How many books about making or saving money do most people have. We have too many to count.

My point is simply this, there are things that people will buy again and again thinking “this will be the one that changes everything”

We do it in internet marketing as well.

I have bought more that one product that teaches me how to make money online, way more than one. I’m guessing you have too. This is not a bad thing, its like a tool box. If you were a carpenter, you would have tools in your tool box and in your truck that you don’t use much, but when you do need it, it is there for you.

Internet marketing is like your tool box in that way, you sometimes invest just so that you have a tool someday. When you are looking at promoting a product, it might be useful to think of things this way.

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By the way, my long list of products at an incredibly stupid low price is still available.

Robert
Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery - www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

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Click the “Buy Now” button to take advantage of this offer.

Just $17

Anyone who has read one of my previous posts, Operating my Business on My Back, will surely be aware of my situation. I was injured (somehow, I’m not even sure what happened) and unfortunately, it has gotten worse. I’m on very heavy medication and and unable to sit, stand, or even lie down for more than 15-30 minutes at a time.

As a result, my business has been stagnant and the money has been way too slow to keep up with our living expenses, let alone my therapy. However, my reason for writing this is not for pity, but to make you a special offer.

Since I could use some cash, I am going to offer every product I’ve ever created for just $17. That’s right, my misfortune is your gain.

Here is the list of products that you will receive. (do not buy from these links, they are just for reference)

1. Articleprofitmastery – www.articleprofitmastery.com
2. Niche Detective – www.mynichedetective.com
3. One Week Ebook
4. ebook creation and marketing package, with all the bonuses
www.action-innovations.com/ebooknewbie.html
5. You Tube Marketing Tactics www.action-innovations.com/youtube
6. 15000 PLR Articles
7. 150 Internet Marketing Videos

Those of you who know me fairly well are probably thinking to yourself, “but you are Canadian, I thought the government is supposed to pay for your health care?” Well, yes and no. If I get sick or break a bone, then yes, the government will take care of the bill, and I’m very grateful for that. However, the current Ontario government decided very early in its first mandate to “de-list” certain services from health coverage such as Chiropractic, and physio-therapy. Therefore the special offer.

To that end, I’ve set up a special email address, since mine is not working right now for some reason, mymisfortuneyourgain(at)gmail.com If you have any questions or want to request a product that I might
have forgotten about.

Don’t worry, there is no hurry, I’m not going to pull down this offer in 48 hours. It will remain until I’m working at full speed again. How often do you hear that? All I ever read is, ” I’m going to pull down this offer in 48 hours so act fast!”

Please give it some thought, and let me know if there is anyway I can sweeten the pot a little.

Robert

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I don’t claim to be right and righteous, but this is my blog so I can say what I want. I also am not pretending to be the most giving marketer on the internet, but I try and I admit that I’ve fallen off the wagon lately myself. I will do better from here on out. (more on that later)

I must be on more than 100 lists, and of all of those, I don’t believe that any of them are giving away good, free information.

To be fair, most of the lists that I’m on, I’m not trying to get good, free information. I’m usually just on most of these lists to see what they do and see if I can learn new techniques, or learn what not to do. Most of them teach me what not to do.

Of the 39 emails that I have received so far today, not one is offering me any real help. Many are offering me excellent opportunities, five require my “immediate response”, seven of them are sending me the download that I asked for (I really don’t remember requesting anything), one is warning me that I might ” risk losing out on big profits”, and three of them are the very same email from three different marketers. Perhaps there was a launch today that I missed the boat on.

Anyway, the point of all this is not to say that anyone is doing anything wrong. We are all playing the same game here. Yes we all want to give valuable content to our list members, but we all need to feed our families at the same time.

This is my point. I’m not even paying attention anymore, and I suspect that I’m not the only one. So I ask the question again, are any internet marketers just giving away good, free stuff anymore?

I began my business by giving good content to my list members, then I discovered the dreaded AD-SWAP. I like ad-swaps, they really do help me to build my list, but when they started replacing my really good content, that’s when my ad-swaps were leaving me with fewer subscribers than I had before the swap. I got greedy and I paid the price.

So here is my pledge. From here on out, I will send at least 75% good content and the other 25% will be for ad-swaps and sales pages. Like I said, we want to give good content, but we still have to eat.

Now its your turn, please leave a comment. If you know of a marketer who gives good content most of the time, let us know. But you can’t nominate yourself. I’m going to check as thoroughly as I can before I approve the comment to make sure your suggestion isn’t self-serving, but lets start to share good marketers.

And thanks for reading.

1. Be Realistic about success

Very many of us are happy earning a few thousand dollars a month. At that level of income, most people will no longer need to rely on a full-time job in order to make ends meet and pay the bills. That is my idea of success.

Maybe you could change your financial situation drastically if you could just earn an extra $200 a month, that can be a very good and attainable level of success.

2. Don’t work too hard.

This is not an overnight success type of business, it requires work but you need your rest as well. If you are building your business every waking hour, you are more likely to wear yourself down before you achieve any appreciable level of success.

3. Maintain a To Do List

The biggest time waster in the career of the internet marketer, is the internet itself. Once we get online to do some work, it is too easy to become distracted. We might check our email to see if there are any additional words of wisdom from another marketer, then we check our Paypal account to see if there is any new money there, then we might relax with a round of Facebook Poker. Sitting down to work with your to do list in hand will help you to avoid those distractions.

Personally, I also maintain what I call an “always do list.” My always do list, is a simple list of things that I can do when I have time to work but I can’t think of anything to do. My list has items like; write an article, create backlinks, comment on a blog.

Simply put, whenever I find myself distracted, I can refer to my always do list, to get me back on track.

4. Be Patient

Internet marketing is not get rich quick. In fact, for most people online marketing is not get rich at all! As I said in the first point, success if relative. Nothing you do is going to earn you success overnight. Very many things are not going to earn you success at all. Whenever you decide to try something new, you need to give it time to see if is going to work.

5. Stay Educated!

Just like a good doctor or teacher must keep their skills current, a good salesperson, even an online salesperson must keep up to date on the newest trends. One of the best ways to stay educated is to get on the lists of the biggest names in internet marketing and do your best to copy what they do. Read their emails, click on their links, do whatever you have to do to mimic and learn their style. There is a very good reason why these people are so successful. Find out what that reason is.