Friday, August 15th, 2008
Article Marketing – Love it or Hate it? I think there are as many opinions on the effectiveness of article marketing, as there are actual marketers who either use it successfully, or have only tried it with mixed results. I’ve had my fair share of success as well as failure when it comes to marketing through niche-centered articles, and I sincerely believe in the concept as a powerful way to drive traffic, sales and affiliate commissions.
If you’ve been at it, successfully or not, you know that the success partially depends on what article directory you publish your articles in. eZine-articles and Go-articles probably being two of the most prominent ones.
High PR normally means faster indexing, and provided your keyword and keyphrase density is at a good level, you have a good chance at hitting good positions in the organic result lists on the search engines relatively fast and easy.
A well-known and frustrating fact for most article marketers, is the fact that many directories frown upon affiliate links in articles and resource boxes, forcing us to use various techniques that almost certainly cost us a few sales considering the extra hoops our readers have to take to get to the product sales letter.
You can now say goodbye to that frustration! Anik Singal recently launched AffSphere, an affiliate-centered article directory. Not only can you use your affiliate links uncensored, you also get awarded points and commissions on your referrals.
If you sign up today, you can also purchase Anik’s new report on article marketing. A solid, informative report that really should be sold at a much higher price. Yes, that’s my personal opinion.
Go check it out!
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
I snapped this one up while it was still $9.97, not really sure what to expect from it. I’ve not been overly excited about Dylan Loh’s other products, but I figured I might as well give the guy a second chance when he’s selling valuable, secret information on how to become a top earner using AdWords and AdSense… Atleast that’s the impression I got when I read the salespage.
“How You Can Fuse The Power of Adwords And Adsense Using A *Sly And Sneaky* Formula To Crush The Gurus And Create An Autopilot Income For LIFE – Guaranteed!“
After reading this 35 page report, I think it’s safe to say that there is no new sly and sneaky formula revealed, that will help you crush any gurus.
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Dylan sets out to explain the basics, AdWords & AdSense, selling affiliate products, building AdSense sites, using PLR and MRR material and basic traffic strategies. It all turns into mess, confusing AdSense and AdWords, constantly claiming things “aren’t easy” just to turn around and say “it’s simple”.
Chapter 2: Getting paid
This is basically about affiliate networks – Clickbank, PayDotCom and 7DollarOffers (?). Nothing new here, and nothing that will help you become a top earner.
Chapter 3: Keyword Selection
I heard that this chapter was great, only to find it missing in the first copy I downloaded. After a couple of tries, Dylan sent me the updated report that had chapter 3. Only it wasn’t clearly marked out as a chapter, and wasn’t in the same order as the index page. I could’ve lived with it, if the info was good enough. Which it wasn’t. Again, brief explanations of concepts such as negative keywords, selecting keywords and basic Search Engine knowledge.
Chapter 4: Writing Your AdSense Sites
You get a quick run-through on AdWords Ads, landing pages, bids, lists and whether to advertise in the content network or search network. All this in a chapter that was supposed to be about creating AdSense sites. Confusing? You bet. Anyone new to Adsense and Adwords will likely be just as confused as Dylan seems to be.
Chapter 5: Monitoring your AdSense Sites
Again a chapter supposedly about AdSense, that turns out to be mainly about AdWords.
Chapter 6: Adsense Arbitrage
This is the only chapter I would consider good information. It’s nothing earth shattering, nothing new and no real solid information, but a basic description of what arbitrage is and why it’s risky. It’s only a single page, though, so although it’s good advice, it doesn’t quite make up for the cost of this report.
All in all, there’s no secrets revealed, and it’s likely to confuse more than help if you’re new to the game. “Secret Google Tactics” is a misleading name, and the report seems like it was thrown together in an hour in the middle of the night.
I consider this a waste of time and money, but your mileage may vary 
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