It's been a while since I posted... mostly because I've been busy with other things.
Partly I've been working hard with my friends over at Celtnet on upgrades and additions to the Internet Scams and Cons regions of their site.
Anyone who's been reading this blog knows that I am Liberian, displaced by the civil wars in my and today I recieved a scam email which I instantly posted on the Celtnet site (you can read about this here: Liberian 419 Scam eMail. I was so incensed that I decided to submit the email as a scam immediately and to bring peoples' attention to it right away.
On a slightly happier not, I have added some new recipes to the Celtnet Recipes Forum most from North Africa and I hope you enjoy these.
Next week I will be returning to my usual schedule of product reviews and analyses.
Sunday 14 December 2008
Friday 10 October 2008
Credit Cards; How to Get them and How to Overcome Them
With the global credit crunch, the question of credit cards and credit and how to either get them or stay on top of your debts with them is becoming more of a vexed question. With interest rates falling now is one of the best times to get a credit card or to transfer your balances to a new card.
Of course, you will have a problem if you have adverse credit or if you want to apply for a credit card with no credit history. If you do apply then you need to understand the credit card application process. And, with banks limiting credit as part of the credit crunch it's more important than ever to understand why credit card applications are denied, as only understanding why you have been denied (if you have been denied) will you be able to sort the problem out to get yourself a credit card.
Of course, whether you already have a credit card or you want to apply for one you still need to know what credit cards are all about. In essence you need to have the information to understand the basics of credit cards.
Only by being informed will you know about what the different credit card types are so that you can understand the features of a credit card to get the best one for you. This way you can also know about the numbers on your credit card and what they tell you about your credit card (see this article describing how to understand credit card numbers).
Then there are the numbers on the back of your credit card called CCV (Credit Card Verification number) which, along with 'chip and pin' are part of the security measures that credit card companies use to try and protect you and your card from fraud and theft. That's why you need to understand credit card verification numbers and how to use them.
The next big question is about that oft quoted number APR (anual percentage rate). This refers to the interest charged on any money borrowed on your credit card (if you don't pay your balance in full). See a formula for APR and what it means. This will tell you how expensive a credit card will be tow own and how much you will have to pay if you don't pay your balance completely.
Then there's a question of why credit cards expire and how credit card companies use this to keep in touch with you.
If you do tend to spend too much on your card then you need a guide on how to begin paying off your credit card. If you are completely stuck with payments, have missed several payments and have a lump sum put by you may still be able to offer your credit card company the deal of paying off your credit card with a lump sum and saving yourself some money in the process.
Finally, if you have a credit card... you need to protect it, as it's potentially very valuable. Learn how to protect your card and what to do in the unfortunate event that your credit card is stolen.
Though just a brief guide this should give you some pointers as to what to do in terms of helping yourself with credit cards in the current economic climate.
Of course, you will have a problem if you have adverse credit or if you want to apply for a credit card with no credit history. If you do apply then you need to understand the credit card application process. And, with banks limiting credit as part of the credit crunch it's more important than ever to understand why credit card applications are denied, as only understanding why you have been denied (if you have been denied) will you be able to sort the problem out to get yourself a credit card.
Of course, whether you already have a credit card or you want to apply for one you still need to know what credit cards are all about. In essence you need to have the information to understand the basics of credit cards.
Only by being informed will you know about what the different credit card types are so that you can understand the features of a credit card to get the best one for you. This way you can also know about the numbers on your credit card and what they tell you about your credit card (see this article describing how to understand credit card numbers).
Then there are the numbers on the back of your credit card called CCV (Credit Card Verification number) which, along with 'chip and pin' are part of the security measures that credit card companies use to try and protect you and your card from fraud and theft. That's why you need to understand credit card verification numbers and how to use them.
The next big question is about that oft quoted number APR (anual percentage rate). This refers to the interest charged on any money borrowed on your credit card (if you don't pay your balance in full). See a formula for APR and what it means. This will tell you how expensive a credit card will be tow own and how much you will have to pay if you don't pay your balance completely.
Then there's a question of why credit cards expire and how credit card companies use this to keep in touch with you.
If you do tend to spend too much on your card then you need a guide on how to begin paying off your credit card. If you are completely stuck with payments, have missed several payments and have a lump sum put by you may still be able to offer your credit card company the deal of paying off your credit card with a lump sum and saving yourself some money in the process.
Finally, if you have a credit card... you need to protect it, as it's potentially very valuable. Learn how to protect your card and what to do in the unfortunate event that your credit card is stolen.
Though just a brief guide this should give you some pointers as to what to do in terms of helping yourself with credit cards in the current economic climate.
Friday 3 October 2008
Improving Adsense Returns
Google's AdSense program can be an amazing source of revenue and it's very easy for just about any website owner to set up. However, actually making any real money with AdSense can be trickier than most people realize. The truth is that unless you understand the program and are willing to put in some work in terms of optimization and improving your site you are unlikely to make any real money.
The first item is to get the AdSense code and to place it on your website. You can then play with the look and feel of the ads so they either match your website or stand out from it (which one of these strategies works best depends on your site). After that the most important thing is to get visitors to your site to see your ads. This means you need to get links to your site and you need to climb in the search engine positions. Basically to need to work hard to market your site and to get it noticed.
However, it's also often forgotten that each ad is worth a certain amount of money and only pays you a certain amount for each click. You want to get ads to your site that will entice your visitors to click on them and which will earn you the most income. This is why you need to pay particular attention to how your website is indexed and the keywords you have.
Your keywords should always be related to your site's content, however some keywords are better at getting high-paying ads than others. Also , the google bots index the whole of your site and if you have a complex page with lots of links this may not be a good thing.
The links and other text you have may lead to areas of your site and topics that are not related to the main focus of the page they're on (this is particularly true of portal sites and forums and article sites) and this is where Google provides tools to help you. One of the most important of these is a series of tags:
<!-- google_ad_section_start -->
text of section
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
This tells Google that the text between those tags is the most important part of a web pate. Now, the remainder of the page won't be ignored but whatever's between those tags will be given extra weighting. Google recommends that you include at least 20% of a page's content in those sections and you certainly can't use it to just highlight certain words and phrases. But if your page is complex and especially if your page design puts some of the main navigation elements before the main content it can be very powerful.
If, however, you want certain text on your pages to be ignored completely for ad indexing you can use the following tags:
<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->
text of section
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
This article is adapted, with permission, from the Improving your Adsense Returns from the Celtnet Articles free articles site.
The first item is to get the AdSense code and to place it on your website. You can then play with the look and feel of the ads so they either match your website or stand out from it (which one of these strategies works best depends on your site). After that the most important thing is to get visitors to your site to see your ads. This means you need to get links to your site and you need to climb in the search engine positions. Basically to need to work hard to market your site and to get it noticed.
However, it's also often forgotten that each ad is worth a certain amount of money and only pays you a certain amount for each click. You want to get ads to your site that will entice your visitors to click on them and which will earn you the most income. This is why you need to pay particular attention to how your website is indexed and the keywords you have.
Your keywords should always be related to your site's content, however some keywords are better at getting high-paying ads than others. Also , the google bots index the whole of your site and if you have a complex page with lots of links this may not be a good thing.
The links and other text you have may lead to areas of your site and topics that are not related to the main focus of the page they're on (this is particularly true of portal sites and forums and article sites) and this is where Google provides tools to help you. One of the most important of these is a series of tags:
<!-- google_ad_section_start -->
text of section
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
This tells Google that the text between those tags is the most important part of a web pate. Now, the remainder of the page won't be ignored but whatever's between those tags will be given extra weighting. Google recommends that you include at least 20% of a page's content in those sections and you certainly can't use it to just highlight certain words and phrases. But if your page is complex and especially if your page design puts some of the main navigation elements before the main content it can be very powerful.
If, however, you want certain text on your pages to be ignored completely for ad indexing you can use the following tags:
<!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) -->
text of section
<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
This article is adapted, with permission, from the Improving your Adsense Returns from the Celtnet Articles free articles site.
Sunday 21 September 2008
ClickBank and the State of the Economy
There are many measures as to the state of the US and the Global economy. Financial measures, opinion polls, economic measures... statistics and analysis are published almost daily now. And this obsession with how the economy is behaving and how people think about the economy is, itself, a good indication that something is really wrong.
The sharply-rising cost of gas, food and power means that almost every one is feeling the pinch and the general economic downturn means a pervasive gloom that has most people tightening their belts.
Over the past few weeks I've been examining a rather unusual source of information about the state of the economy. What I've been looking at is the ClickBank marketplace. Now, ClickBank is the largest marketplace of products that are available for electronic download. ClickBank themselves effectively act as brokers putting the creators of the products in contact with affiliates who will promote and market their products on the web.
There are over 10 000 products in the ClickBank marketplace covering just about every topic imaginable (you can browse the entire ClickBank maketplace here). ClickBank orders their products in categories and the products are ranked in terms of how well they sell. Typically, the best selling products are all clustered in the Internet Marketing and Make Money On-line categories. This is hardly surprising, as this is the most competitive area of marketing, with the most affiliates and 'super affiliates'. In fact, if you want to make any money as an affiliate selling electronic products this is the one section of the market you should avoid at all costs... there's simply too much competition.
Which brings us back to my analysis of the products sold through ClickBank... Over the past few weeks there's been a very dramatic change to the new products climbing to the top spots. No longer does the internet marketing niche dominate. Indeed, the following niches are the ones now making the most waves:
Run your car on water (conversion kits to increase your mileage with hydrogen)
Make your own electricity (how to 'live off the grid' by generating your own power)
Electric car conversion (how to convert your gas car to run on electricity)
Weight loss
Make Money with ForEx (How to use Foreign Exchange trades to make money)
These all represent the 'movers and shakers', those products and product categories that have climbed into ClickBank's top 10 during the past two weeks. Now this is a truly fascinatin phenomenon. After all, the majority of affiliates are promoting products in the 'Internat Marketing' niche. In terms of sheer marketing effort other products simply shouldn't get a look-in. But it's products relating to the pocket of ordinary people which are climbing the ClickBank rankings.
The ClickBank marketplace is being skewed by economics. People are actively looking for products that will have a direct impact on their pocketbook. And it's the high prices of gasoline and energy that are directly affecting people and it's solutions to these problems that they're actively seeking.
The rise in the purchase of ForEx products isn't so surprising either, given the volatility of the money markets. If you know what you're doing and have some seed capital then it's an opportunity to make some money. What is surprising is the rise in the popularity of diet and weight loss products. Part of this may be down to economics. If you eat less, you spend less, but part of it may be a re-focusing of efforts on self rather than buying things for the house. If you're fitter and healthier then you will be happier... So it may be a symptom of economic gloom.
As you can see, the changes in peoples' buying practices can reveal a lot about what people think, how they behave and what they believe the economic outlook to be!
If you want a deeper insight about what's hot in ClickBank and the details of the current movers and shakers then you should visit the ClickBank Marketplace Digest.
The sharply-rising cost of gas, food and power means that almost every one is feeling the pinch and the general economic downturn means a pervasive gloom that has most people tightening their belts.
Over the past few weeks I've been examining a rather unusual source of information about the state of the economy. What I've been looking at is the ClickBank marketplace. Now, ClickBank is the largest marketplace of products that are available for electronic download. ClickBank themselves effectively act as brokers putting the creators of the products in contact with affiliates who will promote and market their products on the web.
There are over 10 000 products in the ClickBank marketplace covering just about every topic imaginable (you can browse the entire ClickBank maketplace here). ClickBank orders their products in categories and the products are ranked in terms of how well they sell. Typically, the best selling products are all clustered in the Internet Marketing and Make Money On-line categories. This is hardly surprising, as this is the most competitive area of marketing, with the most affiliates and 'super affiliates'. In fact, if you want to make any money as an affiliate selling electronic products this is the one section of the market you should avoid at all costs... there's simply too much competition.
Which brings us back to my analysis of the products sold through ClickBank... Over the past few weeks there's been a very dramatic change to the new products climbing to the top spots. No longer does the internet marketing niche dominate. Indeed, the following niches are the ones now making the most waves:
Run your car on water (conversion kits to increase your mileage with hydrogen)
Make your own electricity (how to 'live off the grid' by generating your own power)
Electric car conversion (how to convert your gas car to run on electricity)
Weight loss
Make Money with ForEx (How to use Foreign Exchange trades to make money)
These all represent the 'movers and shakers', those products and product categories that have climbed into ClickBank's top 10 during the past two weeks. Now this is a truly fascinatin phenomenon. After all, the majority of affiliates are promoting products in the 'Internat Marketing' niche. In terms of sheer marketing effort other products simply shouldn't get a look-in. But it's products relating to the pocket of ordinary people which are climbing the ClickBank rankings.
The ClickBank marketplace is being skewed by economics. People are actively looking for products that will have a direct impact on their pocketbook. And it's the high prices of gasoline and energy that are directly affecting people and it's solutions to these problems that they're actively seeking.
The rise in the purchase of ForEx products isn't so surprising either, given the volatility of the money markets. If you know what you're doing and have some seed capital then it's an opportunity to make some money. What is surprising is the rise in the popularity of diet and weight loss products. Part of this may be down to economics. If you eat less, you spend less, but part of it may be a re-focusing of efforts on self rather than buying things for the house. If you're fitter and healthier then you will be happier... So it may be a symptom of economic gloom.
As you can see, the changes in peoples' buying practices can reveal a lot about what people think, how they behave and what they believe the economic outlook to be!
If you want a deeper insight about what's hot in ClickBank and the details of the current movers and shakers then you should visit the ClickBank Marketplace Digest.
Saturday 9 August 2008
Liberian Fruit Fools
Fools are a British invention, going back to the Elizabethan era, if not earlier. They're a mix of pureed fruit and either whipped cream or custard. They're a very popular dessert in my native Liberia where lots of fruit are grown. You will, of course, find many 'chefy' versions of this dish, but this is how it's really made back home.
Typically powdered custard is used as the base and because milk is expensive and many West Africans are lactose intolerant the instant custard is often made-up with boiling water. Liberians also love ginger and the country grows cassia and powdered cassia bark is sold there as cinnamon (just as it is in America) so this dish includes that as well.
Here, then is a recipe for fruit food made just the way it is in the homes of Liberia:
Liberian Fruit Fool
1 mango, peeled and with the flesh sliced
2 peaches, pitted and sliced
2 tsp grated ginger
3 tsp ground cinnamon (or ground cassia)
2 tbsp honey
80ml water
For the Custard:
2 tbsp instant custard powder
2 tbsp granulated sugar
600ml boiling water
Add the fruit, ginger, cinnamon and water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 25 minutes, or until the fruit is very soft then take off the heat and either mash by hand or purée with a food processor until smooth. Set aside to cool.
Meanwhile bring 600ml of water to a boil. In a bowl mix the custard powder and the sugar. Add a few tablespoons of cold water to the mix and whisk until smooth then stir-in the boiling water. Tip the mixture into a pan and heat gently until just thickened (you're not looking for a very thick mixture here). Tip in the fruit purée and stir to combine.
Set aside to cool an when cold enough to handle spoon into glasses and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours before serving (in actuality this would just be chilled in the bowl and everyone would be given a spoon to tuck in).
If you enjoyed this Liberian recipes and would like more then you really need to check out the Liberian Recipes collection on the Celtnet site where you will see several more 'chefy' versions of fruit fools as well as many other traditional Liberian dishes.
Typically powdered custard is used as the base and because milk is expensive and many West Africans are lactose intolerant the instant custard is often made-up with boiling water. Liberians also love ginger and the country grows cassia and powdered cassia bark is sold there as cinnamon (just as it is in America) so this dish includes that as well.
Here, then is a recipe for fruit food made just the way it is in the homes of Liberia:
Liberian Fruit Fool
1 mango, peeled and with the flesh sliced
2 peaches, pitted and sliced
2 tsp grated ginger
3 tsp ground cinnamon (or ground cassia)
2 tbsp honey
80ml water
For the Custard:
2 tbsp instant custard powder
2 tbsp granulated sugar
600ml boiling water
Add the fruit, ginger, cinnamon and water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 25 minutes, or until the fruit is very soft then take off the heat and either mash by hand or purée with a food processor until smooth. Set aside to cool.
Meanwhile bring 600ml of water to a boil. In a bowl mix the custard powder and the sugar. Add a few tablespoons of cold water to the mix and whisk until smooth then stir-in the boiling water. Tip the mixture into a pan and heat gently until just thickened (you're not looking for a very thick mixture here). Tip in the fruit purée and stir to combine.
Set aside to cool an when cold enough to handle spoon into glasses and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours before serving (in actuality this would just be chilled in the bowl and everyone would be given a spoon to tuck in).
If you enjoyed this Liberian recipes and would like more then you really need to check out the Liberian Recipes collection on the Celtnet site where you will see several more 'chefy' versions of fruit fools as well as many other traditional Liberian dishes.
Thursday 10 April 2008
Review of Article Submission Sites and Policies
Anyone into internet marketing, especially when talking about traffic generation and affiliate marketing will know the importance of article writing and article submission. After all, this is how you propagate product reviews, garner back-links to your site and get your name and reputation on the web.
But if you do a search for 'article submission directory' or something similar on the web you will get hundreds and hundreds of them returned (many are catalogued here) or you can get an exhaustive list from the Celtnet Forum. Of these, which ones do you actually submit to?
I've been submitting articles for many years now and I've seen article sites come and articles sites go. In the end I've become quite choosy as to where I submit my articles to.
Many authors will tell you not to submit articles to article sites with PR (PageRank) less than 6. This can be a good rule of thumb if all you want is to get page rank to your site. But it can also be misleading. Having an article site can be a very lucrative means of getting money. Many of the less scrupulous sites are sites with high page rank actually bought by someone and then turned into an article site. They start off with good page rank and then their page rank plummets and they vanish from the web. I would rather submit my articles to a new and up-and coming website, one that wants good content and is picky about the articles that get in rather than submit willy-nilly to any site with good page rank.
I also only submit to about a dozen sites in all and all my articles are unique. I never use auto-submitters and I never have machine-written articles.
I also look for article sites that make an effort to get the word out about the articles submitted to them. These are article sites that submit their RSS feeds to news aggregators and article sites that integrate social bookmarketing into their articles and sites. If these site creators are willing to go to this effort to help publicise the ads they have then this is a site worth sticking with. I also look for sites that help eZine and site owners get content for their site. This means that the articles must be easy for others to publish and must have at least plain text and HTML publishing facilities.
But my main criterion as to which sites I submit to has to do more with how quickly the article is approved than anything else. I need a quick turn around as some of my articles only have a short useful lifespan. I will not wait more than three, at the most four, days for my article to be approved and incorporated. Many of the article directories out there take two weeks or more for approval. Some never even get back to you.
As a result here are my top five submission sites:
ezinearticles.com
celtnet articles
buzzle.com
articledashboard.com
goarticles.com
These sites all only allow self-serving (ie links to your sites/products) in the 'About the Author' resource box. Though GoArticles will allow some URLs in the main text of the article. With Buzzle it's an either/or case. Either you have URLs in the main body of the text or you have self-serving URLs in the resource box. Each site is different and you need to read the guidelines or terms and conditions before submitting.
For more information on why you need to write articles read this article: Why you Need to Write Articles and for a guide to the basics of article writing read: Article Writing 101.
I also submit to six or seven other sites, but these are far more subjective than objective, so I suggest you play around with article submission sites to find out which ones you prefer (the list given above will help you here).
But if you do a search for 'article submission directory' or something similar on the web you will get hundreds and hundreds of them returned (many are catalogued here) or you can get an exhaustive list from the Celtnet Forum. Of these, which ones do you actually submit to?
I've been submitting articles for many years now and I've seen article sites come and articles sites go. In the end I've become quite choosy as to where I submit my articles to.
Many authors will tell you not to submit articles to article sites with PR (PageRank) less than 6. This can be a good rule of thumb if all you want is to get page rank to your site. But it can also be misleading. Having an article site can be a very lucrative means of getting money. Many of the less scrupulous sites are sites with high page rank actually bought by someone and then turned into an article site. They start off with good page rank and then their page rank plummets and they vanish from the web. I would rather submit my articles to a new and up-and coming website, one that wants good content and is picky about the articles that get in rather than submit willy-nilly to any site with good page rank.
I also only submit to about a dozen sites in all and all my articles are unique. I never use auto-submitters and I never have machine-written articles.
I also look for article sites that make an effort to get the word out about the articles submitted to them. These are article sites that submit their RSS feeds to news aggregators and article sites that integrate social bookmarketing into their articles and sites. If these site creators are willing to go to this effort to help publicise the ads they have then this is a site worth sticking with. I also look for sites that help eZine and site owners get content for their site. This means that the articles must be easy for others to publish and must have at least plain text and HTML publishing facilities.
But my main criterion as to which sites I submit to has to do more with how quickly the article is approved than anything else. I need a quick turn around as some of my articles only have a short useful lifespan. I will not wait more than three, at the most four, days for my article to be approved and incorporated. Many of the article directories out there take two weeks or more for approval. Some never even get back to you.
As a result here are my top five submission sites:
ezinearticles.com
celtnet articles
buzzle.com
articledashboard.com
goarticles.com
These sites all only allow self-serving (ie links to your sites/products) in the 'About the Author' resource box. Though GoArticles will allow some URLs in the main text of the article. With Buzzle it's an either/or case. Either you have URLs in the main body of the text or you have self-serving URLs in the resource box. Each site is different and you need to read the guidelines or terms and conditions before submitting.
For more information on why you need to write articles read this article: Why you Need to Write Articles and for a guide to the basics of article writing read: Article Writing 101.
I also submit to six or seven other sites, but these are far more subjective than objective, so I suggest you play around with article submission sites to find out which ones you prefer (the list given above will help you here).
Wednesday 9 April 2008
Use ClickBank to Monetize your Site
Are you looking for new ways to monetize your website, blog or even squidoo lens? Then you really need to take a look at his great product (and even better it's completely free for you to use!)
What is this product? Well, it's the Celtnet ClickBank Marketplace. Oh no, I hear you groan... not another site selling ClickBank products! Actually, no... This is definitely not just another site selling ClickBank products, it's a site that allows you to sell through your site completely free! Oh yes, a site that allows you to create ads based on ClickBank products in a whole range of formats so that you can use them on your site, blog, squidoo lens or whatever to add an extra income source to your site as a whole.
Why ClickBank... Well, it's a huge marketplace of electronic products each for sale, each available for instant download and each offered with commissions to anyone who sells them. All you need to be in on the action is to get a ClickBank ID (just go to clickbank and sign up). Once you have this you can start selling ClickBank products as an affiliate and make between $20 and $100 in commission for each product sold.
This is really exciting. But ClickBank, in general has been set-up to allow affiliates to promote single products very actively. This, however, is not the way to go if you want to make passive income from ClickBank. this is where the Celtnet system comes in.
Why am I promoting this... Well, it's free for anyone to use on their website, blog or whatever and it supports a campaign that's dear to me. It's also clever and one of the best of the competing products out there (the fact that it's free also gives it an edge).
Basically the guys over at Celtnet have loaded the entire ClickBank database into a database of their own. They then change the product titles and product descriptions to something that is more meaningful and will actively sell. They've then wrapped the database in code that will generate ads for you, and all for free!
When you go to the site you have several options. Of these, the most valuable are the:
1. AdSense-like ClickBank Ads. These are contextual ads just like those delivered by Google, except that they're built around ClickBank products. Just like AdSense, you can define the colors and sizes of these ads as well as how many ads are in there. You have a whole range of options to decide what the ads are about, including the part of ClickBank they're from and using your own text definitions. ClickBank is so huge that you're almost guaranteed of finding appropriate products for your own website. What you get is a single line of code which you just copy and paste into your website and just like magic the ads appear.
2. RSS feed Ads. One problem with contextual ads is that they can't be used alongside ClickBank ads without infringing Google's terms of service. But the same isn't true of RSS feeds. Again you can create these for any number of entries and for any section of ClickBank that you wish. You can then either convert the RSS feed to JavaScript and include them on your website, you can use an RSS aggregator or a php script to include the ads on your website.
3. Image-based ClickBank Ads These are more experimental, but they may well be for you. These are typical contextual ads, except that they also include a thumbnail image of the product or website referred to in the ad. They certainly draw the eye and they're well worth investigating to see if they increase your conversions.
If you would like to know more about using how to incorporate these ads then go to Incorporating ClickBank Ads in your site. to see how you can use these ads in Weebly and Squidoo. You can even see the ads in action on this site.
You can find out more about how these ads support charity at the: Help Stefan Campaign blog.
All these ads are created dynamically so each time your web page is refreshed your ads are also refreshed and you site's visitors are given a new set to look at. Each week the new ClickBank database is uploaded so the products are also up to date as well. This, again makes the system really cool. So I would urge you to go over to the Celtnet ClickBank Marketplace today to grab these ads for your site.
What is this product? Well, it's the Celtnet ClickBank Marketplace. Oh no, I hear you groan... not another site selling ClickBank products! Actually, no... This is definitely not just another site selling ClickBank products, it's a site that allows you to sell through your site completely free! Oh yes, a site that allows you to create ads based on ClickBank products in a whole range of formats so that you can use them on your site, blog, squidoo lens or whatever to add an extra income source to your site as a whole.
Why ClickBank... Well, it's a huge marketplace of electronic products each for sale, each available for instant download and each offered with commissions to anyone who sells them. All you need to be in on the action is to get a ClickBank ID (just go to clickbank and sign up). Once you have this you can start selling ClickBank products as an affiliate and make between $20 and $100 in commission for each product sold.
This is really exciting. But ClickBank, in general has been set-up to allow affiliates to promote single products very actively. This, however, is not the way to go if you want to make passive income from ClickBank. this is where the Celtnet system comes in.
Why am I promoting this... Well, it's free for anyone to use on their website, blog or whatever and it supports a campaign that's dear to me. It's also clever and one of the best of the competing products out there (the fact that it's free also gives it an edge).
Basically the guys over at Celtnet have loaded the entire ClickBank database into a database of their own. They then change the product titles and product descriptions to something that is more meaningful and will actively sell. They've then wrapped the database in code that will generate ads for you, and all for free!
When you go to the site you have several options. Of these, the most valuable are the:
1. AdSense-like ClickBank Ads. These are contextual ads just like those delivered by Google, except that they're built around ClickBank products. Just like AdSense, you can define the colors and sizes of these ads as well as how many ads are in there. You have a whole range of options to decide what the ads are about, including the part of ClickBank they're from and using your own text definitions. ClickBank is so huge that you're almost guaranteed of finding appropriate products for your own website. What you get is a single line of code which you just copy and paste into your website and just like magic the ads appear.
2. RSS feed Ads. One problem with contextual ads is that they can't be used alongside ClickBank ads without infringing Google's terms of service. But the same isn't true of RSS feeds. Again you can create these for any number of entries and for any section of ClickBank that you wish. You can then either convert the RSS feed to JavaScript and include them on your website, you can use an RSS aggregator or a php script to include the ads on your website.
3. Image-based ClickBank Ads These are more experimental, but they may well be for you. These are typical contextual ads, except that they also include a thumbnail image of the product or website referred to in the ad. They certainly draw the eye and they're well worth investigating to see if they increase your conversions.
If you would like to know more about using how to incorporate these ads then go to Incorporating ClickBank Ads in your site. to see how you can use these ads in Weebly and Squidoo. You can even see the ads in action on this site.
You can find out more about how these ads support charity at the: Help Stefan Campaign blog.
All these ads are created dynamically so each time your web page is refreshed your ads are also refreshed and you site's visitors are given a new set to look at. Each week the new ClickBank database is uploaded so the products are also up to date as well. This, again makes the system really cool. So I would urge you to go over to the Celtnet ClickBank Marketplace today to grab these ads for your site.
Tuesday 8 April 2008
The 'Recipes of Africa' eBook - why it's a Con
I was recently asked to review the Recipes of Africa eBook... And the thought filled me with complete trepidation. I am African and some of the recipes here come from my homeland. I am also Liberian and this eBook purports to help Liberian refugees.
I was afraid that the book wasn't good enough and wouldn't live-up to it's author's hype. I was also afraid that the book wouldn't do what it was meant to. Provide my brothers and sisters with the assistance they need.
But it does this and more... The only problem is that the author is a very retiring guy and he's really not selling this thing properly or making the most from what he has. The eBook is real, I have it here. The people the eBook is supporting are real and I know some of the children that the website selling the eBook has already helped. It's not a big organization and the money is going straight from the website into the pockets of those who really want it.
So, why do I call the eBook a 'con'. Because the author is conning himself in terms of how he's trying to sell it. This thing is BIG... The idea is BIG, what the author is trying to do is BIG, even the eBook is BIG (it's over 500 pages long with 800+ recipes covering each and every country in Africa!). Indeed, this brief Introduction to The Recipes of Africa on Weebly is much better than the author's original. But please, please, don't let that put you off!
But this thing really isn't being promoted heavily enough! It's the largest collection of African recipes ever brought together in one place. And I really do mean ever. Some of these recipes are totally native, created by seeing Africans really cook their food and then written down. Many of the recipes have never been published elsewhere. This thing is amazing.
You get everything from North African tagines to hot and spicy West African stews to Central African greens-based stews to the Indian-influenced cuisines of the Swahlil peoples of East Africa and the rainbow fusion food of Southern Africa.
It's all here; several dishes from each and every country on the continent of Africa brought to you so that you can re-create them at home. Find out about the hot chilli-laden dishes of Liberia and the cakes of Liberia. Find native drinks, starters, main meals and desserts.
Learn about the healthy benefits of African meals. Learn how to make the staple dishes and the posh dishes. Make meals for family and meals for banquets. This eBook has it all.
And the greatest con of all... the price! For only $10 you get all this. Some people on eBay and the web are selling eBooks with fewer than a fifth of the recipes you get here for twice or three times the cost.
You even get an introduction to each region and each country in Africa so that you can put that country's food and recipes into the proper context. Something as rare and wonderful as this does not appear often. I truly urge you to get your copy of this remarkable eBook today.
I was afraid that the book wasn't good enough and wouldn't live-up to it's author's hype. I was also afraid that the book wouldn't do what it was meant to. Provide my brothers and sisters with the assistance they need.
But it does this and more... The only problem is that the author is a very retiring guy and he's really not selling this thing properly or making the most from what he has. The eBook is real, I have it here. The people the eBook is supporting are real and I know some of the children that the website selling the eBook has already helped. It's not a big organization and the money is going straight from the website into the pockets of those who really want it.
So, why do I call the eBook a 'con'. Because the author is conning himself in terms of how he's trying to sell it. This thing is BIG... The idea is BIG, what the author is trying to do is BIG, even the eBook is BIG (it's over 500 pages long with 800+ recipes covering each and every country in Africa!). Indeed, this brief Introduction to The Recipes of Africa on Weebly is much better than the author's original. But please, please, don't let that put you off!
But this thing really isn't being promoted heavily enough! It's the largest collection of African recipes ever brought together in one place. And I really do mean ever. Some of these recipes are totally native, created by seeing Africans really cook their food and then written down. Many of the recipes have never been published elsewhere. This thing is amazing.
You get everything from North African tagines to hot and spicy West African stews to Central African greens-based stews to the Indian-influenced cuisines of the Swahlil peoples of East Africa and the rainbow fusion food of Southern Africa.
It's all here; several dishes from each and every country on the continent of Africa brought to you so that you can re-create them at home. Find out about the hot chilli-laden dishes of Liberia and the cakes of Liberia. Find native drinks, starters, main meals and desserts.
Learn about the healthy benefits of African meals. Learn how to make the staple dishes and the posh dishes. Make meals for family and meals for banquets. This eBook has it all.
And the greatest con of all... the price! For only $10 you get all this. Some people on eBay and the web are selling eBooks with fewer than a fifth of the recipes you get here for twice or three times the cost.
You even get an introduction to each region and each country in Africa so that you can put that country's food and recipes into the proper context. Something as rare and wonderful as this does not appear often. I truly urge you to get your copy of this remarkable eBook today.
Monday 25 February 2008
Health Biz In-a-box
It's not often that I come up with an 'Oh my God!' moment here. But this product really did stop me in my tracks.
Now you may not have heard of this product before — I certainly hadn't, but I have seen a few of the sites created with this software. As the sales blurb goes:
New Health Biz In A Box: The Most Sought After Info Online Is Health-Related... This Product Sets Up A Complete Health Internet Business With Fully-Operational ESales Manager To Close Sales Automatically & Has Multiple Income Streams & Built-In Viral Device.
Dr Ken Evoy shouts "Content is King!" ... and he's NOT kidding! By having 1,000's of your articles out there, you get tons & tons of "Endless Traffic" Free, and as articles tend to just remain on the Web -- and they get "indexed" more and more over time by search engines!
Basically this builds you a health-related website out of the box. If you've looked across the product lines in ClickBank you will soon notice just how many of the health related products in there have been created using this software. The knowledge that these products are out there and are successful give me a lot of confidence in this product.
So, am I going to buy it... you bet! Will I be using it — definitely! Just watch this space to find out what happens...
I urge you to grab this product today... Find out more here...
Then join me in the health site revolution...
Now you may not have heard of this product before — I certainly hadn't, but I have seen a few of the sites created with this software. As the sales blurb goes:
New Health Biz In A Box: The Most Sought After Info Online Is Health-Related... This Product Sets Up A Complete Health Internet Business With Fully-Operational ESales Manager To Close Sales Automatically & Has Multiple Income Streams & Built-In Viral Device.
Dr Ken Evoy shouts "Content is King!" ... and he's NOT kidding! By having 1,000's of your articles out there, you get tons & tons of "Endless Traffic" Free, and as articles tend to just remain on the Web -- and they get "indexed" more and more over time by search engines!
Basically this builds you a health-related website out of the box. If you've looked across the product lines in ClickBank you will soon notice just how many of the health related products in there have been created using this software. The knowledge that these products are out there and are successful give me a lot of confidence in this product.
So, am I going to buy it... you bet! Will I be using it — definitely! Just watch this space to find out what happens...
I urge you to grab this product today... Find out more here...
Then join me in the health site revolution...
Blogging For Riches
Blogging is my thing and I'm always interested when a new blogging tool comes out. So I had to get this one (and it's very new). Now this does focus on WordPress, but if you're a serious blogger you should be using this on your own hosting domain anyway. So that's one caveat about the course. That said it's got all the information in there that you need to make the most of your blog, including selecting your niche and marketing that niche...
Bloggin For Riches - How to build and profit from Blogging made easy... Complete Video Tutorial Shows You How To Build And Profit From Blogging. Create Niche Blogs That Generate Multiple Streams Of Income. Many Are Using Wordpress To Build Niche Blogs To Dominate Multiple Search Engine Topics and To Make More Money From Each Niche Market!
Would you like To Learn How To: Quickly and Easily Build Profitable Niche Blogs; Harness The Power of Web 2.0 And Receive a Flood of Targeted Traffic; Create Multiple Streams of Income By Building Your Network; Monetize Your Blogs For Maximize Profits; Automate All The Steps To Success So You Can Enjoy Your Income; and much more...
Click here to learn more...
Technorati Profile
Review of: The Secret of Maximizing your Web Traffic
Dyfed is a long-term friend and we've been collaborating on various projects for quite a while now. His techniques in terms of SEO are golden and he's been mentoring me on a number of projects. I was very interested when he said that he was going to put all his SEO knowledge into an eBook that would help internet newbies and old hands alike to dramatically increase their search engine rankings and their in-coming traffic.
I managed to grab an early copy of the eBook and though it was still a little rough around the edges it was impressive... It's not a big eBook, but it does contain everything you need. How to get your website quickly to the top of the rankings, how to build your business over the long term so you produce an authority site that the search engines will absolutely love to index.
He takes you through a whole host of techniques... Some of which are well known, but some of which were completely new to me. He also puts the old techniques together in new and more effective ways so that you can use them more effectively. He then discusses his techniques in terms of a recent 'Google Bomb' attack that shows how these techniques work in the real world and how they remain useful today.
If you really want to get the best out of your SEO then you must read this eBook. Even better, I've managed to secure a deal for the eBook. You can either go to Maximixe your Web Traffic and but it from ClickBank for the full price of $26 or, for a limited time you can go to UsFreeAds and you can buy it via PayPal for just $8.99! This is a deal that I've personally secured and it won't last long so grab your copy today!
Website owners — are you tired of all that SEO rubbish that promises you instant traffic but never delivers or of so-called experts who peddle misleading and even completely wrong information?
Give me 55 minutes of your time and I'll show you exactly how to not only improve your website, but also to massively increase your search engine traffic. Click here to learn more...
Day Job Killer
There really aren't that many 'must have' products in the internet marketing business. Most of the products on offer are 'me to' type products or they promise what they can never deliver. This eBook, however, really is different. It blows away the cobwebs from internet marketing and gives you the information you really need to make a profit. I cannot recommend this highly enough.
For more reviews visit the Celtnet Day Job Killer Reviews page.
Day Job Killer - How a 34 year old from NYC and a whizz-kid from California "swiped" from the super affiliates and "raided" the gurus without anyone even knowing... STOP. If you've ever blown your last dollar on on the latest "must have" e-book, or wondered whether anyone makes genuine job-killing income from the Internet, you need to read this letter now... Because you've been misinformed and misled, force-fed thousands of pages of useless information, the same information that is directly blocking you from living the life you want. Learn the truth nere, NOW... Visit Site to Read more...
Keyword Elite: New Keyword Software.
There's been a lot of hype about this product over the past few months. But now the hype is dying down and it's possible to take a step back and look at Keyword Elite as a real product. Have I bought it... yes! Is it worth the hype... probably! Would I recommend it... Yes!
The truth is that keyword research is the true backbone of any internet business. Whether you're promoting other peoples' products, doing Bum marketing, writing AdSense sites or creating and ads portal you need to know which keywords to target and what keywords to link to your text. For that one reason alone this is a 'must have' product for any internet marketer.
See or post Reviews on Celtnet
Keyword Search - SHOCKING...New Keyword Software Breaking All The Rules! How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Software Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World...Instantly Elevating Their Income and Boosting Their Qualified Traffic...All With Just A Few Clicks of A Mouse... This Thing is One of The Most Powerful Research Tools Ever Created... Visit Site to Read more...
Monday 18 February 2008
Review: Google Profit Pump
How a 26-year old man cracked the Google Adwords formula and won the affiliate world game.
Have you spent big money (at least for you) on AdWords campaigns...only to see your money disappear like you lit it on fire and watched it burn?
Have you ever thought that getting free traffic from Google costs money?
Have you ever thought that you could be a success online if you could just get some darn TRAFFIC?!
Find out how to suck Free Clicks from Google
The two major techniques that let you exploit the Google loopholes without spending a dime. These are the fastest path to your own $100 Google days (or whatever number strikes you as huge). And you won't have to cut your profits to pay your AdWords bill.
Step-by-step instructions for implementing each one...and you can be well on your way within a few hours.
The single biggest thing Google looks for when ranking your pages (and how you can pile on with impunity, and force Google to love you for it).
Click Here Now while Google Profit Pump is still Cheap
Have you spent big money (at least for you) on AdWords campaigns...only to see your money disappear like you lit it on fire and watched it burn?
Have you ever thought that getting free traffic from Google costs money?
Have you ever thought that you could be a success online if you could just get some darn TRAFFIC?!
Find out how to suck Free Clicks from Google
The two major techniques that let you exploit the Google loopholes without spending a dime. These are the fastest path to your own $100 Google days (or whatever number strikes you as huge). And you won't have to cut your profits to pay your AdWords bill.
Step-by-step instructions for implementing each one...and you can be well on your way within a few hours.
The single biggest thing Google looks for when ranking your pages (and how you can pile on with impunity, and force Google to love you for it).
Click Here Now while Google Profit Pump is still Cheap
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)