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Just about everyone has heard of the $7 Secrets Method of selling your online information products. It’s a powerful way to make increased sales while providing your customers with quality information.

The concept is simple, with $7 Secrets, you create an ebook or product that is quality and say about 30 pages. Basically, you want to make sure you are providing good information and not something they will feel was a waste of money. The nice thing is, that for only $7 just about everyone can afford it and very, very few will request a refund.

We’ve put the original one to the test with our Viral Marketing Tactics ebook and have done quite well.

Now, there’s been some rather dramatic changes…new owner and new update!

That’s right, Jon Leger has sold all of the rights to Don Morris, a programmer who in the past has created many of the extensions available to work with the $7 Secrets Script.

And he’s been hard at work updating the $7 Secrets Script for us. The one great thing so far is that updates to the script are always free.

The script itself is relatively simple to set up and does include a very detailed step-by-step guide that anyone can follow.

You can read more about the $7 Secrets Method and start using the script yourself by visiting Don’s website

$7 Secrets Ebook and Script Download

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If you’ve tried affiliate marketing lately you’ll have realized that it’s a game that can be a ruthless and frustrating exercise in futility. There are tons of people attempting to make it big online as affiliate marketers, and those numbers definitely play against you when it comes to PPC and organic search engine optimization. It can be very costly to begin drawing traffic, and in many cases you still won’t get the kind of traffic you’re looking for. Let’s look at a few things you can do to shift the odds in your favor.

Utilize Article Marketing

First, you should learn to write articles. Article marketing is free and will bring you quality, targeted traffic month after month. PPC marketing takes a while to learn, so focus on article marketing to bring in the traffic while you learn the ins and outs of PPC marketing. You’ll find plenty of prospective buyers without spending a penny in advertising.

Does it HAVE to be Clickbank?

Next, let’s get to the real topic of this article – finding alternatives to Clickbank. Why? Because Clickbank is oversaturated with affiliates and want-to-be-affiliates, so your competition is very steep. The most popular Clickbank products, the ones that really sell, will cost you a fortune in PPC campaigns. It is surprising that so many beginning affiliates do not realize how unnecessary Clickbank is. The only real benefit to Clickbank is convenience, in that you can search products all in one place, you get paid from one source, and you only need one account to do so. The benefits of using other sources, in my experience, have far outweighed those conveniences. Let’s look at some other options.

An Alternative to Clickbank

Did you know that most sites offer their own affiliate programs? Do a search for a general topic that you want to find products for. Find several of the top organic search results pages that actually offer a product for sale. Now scroll to the bottom of those pages (in most cases). On many of these sites, you will find a link for “Affiliates”, “Join Affiliate Program”, “Partners” or “Become a Partner”. There are other variations, but it should be obvious that you are seeing an affiliate program. Click there and sign up with the sites that you want to work with.

Many direct affiliate programs offer more options and better commissions than Clickbank programs, and you have the added benefit of competing against much smaller numbers. Try to pick programs that don’t also have a program with Clickbank, or you wind up in the same position as before.

By going straight to the product vendors and becoming affiliated with them, you put yourself in the unique position of being one of the very small percentage of online affiliates who are working with individual companies, which gives you a great competitive edge. It’s amazing to see a campaign that costs almost nothing yield great results, when having been accustomed to watching expensive campaigns hemorrhage your money.

Cutting yourself away from the masses of Clickbank affiliates is one of the best advantages you can give yourself. Let the professionals dominate, and let the want-to-be’s through away their money. This way, neither of those will stop you from taking your cut, nor cause you to pay far more than you should for PPC ads.

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Here’s something we’ve just found…BlogRush! It’s a free online syndication tool that allows your feed to appear on other blogs for increased traffic.

We’ve just placed it here….(look for the “Blogsphere” on the sidebar for an example), so we don’t know how effective it is yet, but it’s free and definitely worth the try.

All you do is sign up, then place the code anywhere on your blog where ever you want it to appear. Simple.

Check it out - BLOGRUSH

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