There are hundreds of thousands of businesses and products out there. As you know, they range from great opportunities all the way down to "why did I click that link" bad. In my 10 years online I've seen the best and worst from most of the top business owners.
I'd like to give you a little direction here before you go ahead and join a business or buy a product, without venturing in blindly. Below are the businesses and products I've personally been involved with. They are the best of the best and I recommend them. I've given a brief summary of each and what you can expect to pay.
Business Reviews:
Global Domains International- Probably the best affiliate business I've ever been involved with. You get website .ws hosting, a simple click and build website builder, simple integration with a word press blog and 5 e-mail addresses. After a free 7 day trial, the cost is $10 a month. With these features separately, you could pay upwards of $150 a month. The business side excels, paying $1 for each new signup. They send your commissions to your PayPal account or mail a check by the 15th of each month. You'll have to fill out a W8 form and pay taxes on your income .
GDI added something called World Site to your business a few months ago. What World Site does is let people in any country in the world understand what the GDI opportunity is about in their own language. Before, all websites were in English only. I think World Site will explode signups for anyone who joins GDI now. BBB gave them an A rating. Rating A+
The Internet Marketing Center- The step by step guide to selling online has shown people how to start and run a successful online business for the last 12 years. It's a complete A to Z road map showing you exactly how and when to do everything. I used IMC when I started out because I wanted to learn the right way, right from the beginning. You'll get exclusive training and help is only minutes away. There are 12 modules with different lessons in each. At the end of each module there's a progress meter-for any comments you may have. The format is like taking an online university course. You get a 30 day trial for $2.95. BBB gave them an A+ rating. Rating A+
Wom Vegas – Stands for Word of Mouth Vegas. Timothy L. Drobnick has created a site that just may be the easiest way to make money. This Two Minute Story may make you a lot of money, might not. Would it be OK if you never had to go to work again? Want to Hear It? Memberships: Free, Opal-$25/mo, Pearl-$50/mo, Topaz-$75/mo. Earning potential is above most other online businesses. See the site for details. Rating A
Premium Payday – This offers numerous ways to make money. Residual (long term) Income depends on how you build a business from the ground up. You join as Sitesear, move up to Apprentice, on to Leader and the top rung is Guru. All you need to do is get a minimum number of "hits" to your splash page per week and build you downline to move on up. Cost is Free to join and use. By the time you reach Guru level (4-5 weeks) you're making a good income. Cost is Free, No Upgrade. Rating A-
Virta Pay – This is a brand new payment processor that is free to join and will earn you money just to join. You'll get $100 to open an account, $20 a day to participate and $25 for each person you refer. You can add your own products to sell or if you have products you want to sell, simply test them out here to see if they will be successful before you submit them to ClickBank or Pay Dot Com. You can advertise and earn money when people see your ads – Pretty Simple. Cost is Free, You can upgrade for a small fee if you wish. Rating A
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Product Reviews:
Secret Affiliate Weapon 2 – Ewen Chia makes over ten thousand dollars a month as an Affiliate Marketer. I like to review products from someone that knows what they're doing. This course shows you step by step how to become a successful affiliate marketer. Training report 1 shows you how to start to make an income in 1 week by showing you what to do every day – Monday through Sunday - so you'll begin to generate an income in one week. You get 5 training reports, 4 modules and 19 training videos with your purchase . Cost is $17 through Clickbank. Rating A+
Market Samurai - The best keyword analysis tool I've ever used. The software not only pinpoints keywords and new niches with uncanny accuracy but also includes these modules. You can have access to keyword training right from this link.
Keyword Module: Gets over 800 Google keyword phrases for each original keyword you type in.
Rank Tracker Module: Tracks all of your keyword rankings for each website or blog page you add. SEO Competition Module: Analyzes your ten top ranked competitors or your own website.
Domain Module: Locates keyword rich, high quality domains available for you to purchase or find established domains you can use to boost your own rankings.
Monetization Module: Finds products and services from Clickbank, Amazon, PayDotCom, Commission Junction, WordPress and others for you to promote and make money,
Find Content Module: Locates articles related to the keywords you're using.
Publish Content Module: Creates a new document for you from scratch and publishes to your WordPress blog.
Promotion Module: Finds backlinks for your blog or website from relevant Web 2 sites on Yahoo, Hubpages, Squidoo / From Google, WordPress, Follow Blog and Backlink blog sites / From Google Forum Search, phpBB, V Bulletin and SNTZ forums. You can submit your own site to DMOZ and Yahoo from this module.
Market Samurai has excellent customer service and training. In your "Dojo" or training area there's a full set of 35 videos you can watch online or download so you can use Market Samurai to it's full potential.
You can download the full version of the software for free and try it for 6 days. Cost is $97 through Alliance Software as your trial expires. Runs on both Windows and Macintosh computers. Rating A+
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Quick Links
E-How - Quick reference that shows you how to do just about anything.
E-Biz Handbook - Guides you through the steps to creating an online business from scratch.
Magnetic Sponsoring - Shows you how to build and develop your business referral and leads list.
Liz Tomey Workshops - 5 free workshops show you how to create your own product, set up an affiliate program, market articles, find a profitable niche and build a opt-in list.
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