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Sales Army Secrets

July 13, 2010

If you’re an ebook author, infoproduct creator, software developer or any other seller of digital goods, you’ve probably tried every “traffic generation” gimmick on the planet, right?

Silently They’ve Been Keeping Their #1 Traffic Source Out Of The Limelight While Pointing You Towards The Latest “Product Of The Week” To Keep You Buying….All The While, You’re Staring At The Best Source Of Free Traffic And Probably Don’t Even Realize It!

No gimmicks: here’s the truth about traffic…

The #1 source of traffic for the overwhelming majority of internet marketers (gurus included) is “partner traffic”.

Having your own affiliate program is the ultimate in driving droves of visitors to your website.

Don’t believe it? Just ask around. Or, better still, look at the FACTS…

    1.   HISTORICAL SALES. If you’ve been online for any amount of time at all, then you know all about the incredibly successful “product launches”. John Reese really got things rockin’ with his Traffic Secrets launch which did over a million dollars in sales in 24 hours. His “launch” was just the beginning … many others (Butterfly Marketing, etc.) have been documented since. Where did the majority of sales come from? Partners and affiliates!

    2.  YOUR OWN INBOX. Take a few minutes to examine your own email inbox (or just think back) and ask yourself one simple question: how many product and services recommendations do I receive each week? Chances are, you know about every new product being released (especially the “biggies”) because someone promotes it to you as an affiliate.

    3.  HONEST DISCLOSURE. If you were to ask most successful internet marketers what their #1 source of traffic is, the honest answer in most cases would be “partner traffic”. Sure, there may be many other sources of traffic (PPC, solo mailings, etc.) but if we were called to the witness stand in a legal battle and were forced to disclose our top traffic source, most would have to confess it is their affiliate program.

Perhaps the most ironic part of the whole thing is the fact that you’ve witnessed the ultimate in traffic generation time and time again probably without really letting it sink in.

    Sidebar: No, there isn’t some great “conspiracy” out there to mislead you. That’s not the point.

The point is, every time you’ve received an email from someone promoting the latest SEO tool, free advertising idea or traffic strategy and clicked through to the site, traffic has been generated through an affiliate program and not through the traffic strategy being taught in the product you’ll be buying!

The answer to your traffic problem has been staring you in the face the whole time!

The word is “automatic”. Targeted traffic that comes to your site without you lifting a finger. Visitors that stream in day after day with no effort on your part. Prospects getting to your offer page because other people did all the work on your behalf.

The truth of the matter is this -

You don’t need any other source of traffic if you have a successful affiliate program. Seriously, you don’t need anything else. Period. Why not? Because your affiliates will be doing all the marketing for you …

*            Other people buying PPC listings to promote your offer for you!

*            Other people distributing viral reports to promote your offer for you!

*            Other people writing ezine articles to promote your offer for you!

*            Other people sending emails to their lists to promote your offer for you!

*            Other people blogging to promote your offer for you!

*            Other people creating videos to promote your offer for you!

*            Other people driving traffic to promote your offer for you!

Traffic that is “automatic”.

Gurus don’t worry about traffic. Traffic WILL come because of the network of affiliates and partners they have in place. There never comes a day when they think, “Gosh, I just don’t know how I’m going to get anyone to my site today”.

Traffic is automatic at this point.

And it can be for you too.

S.A.L.E.S. A.R.M.Y. Secrets™

How To Get Other People Promoting Your Product

Okay, so you know you need traffic. And getting it for free is a big plus, right? And getting a lot of it is almost too good to be true. Almost. You know it works because it’s worked on you. You see it in action time and time again. And yet it has been eluding you.

Not anymore!

In Sales Army Secrets™, you will learn exactly how to start, sustain and spread your own affiliate program to get traffic to your web site!

Everything you need to know about running your own affiliate program is included in this 105-page Sales Army Secrets™ course…

*            SETTING UP YOUR AFFILIATE PROGRAM. In the shortest chapter of the manual, you’ll get a quick recommendation for getting your affiliate program up and running within 48-72 hours. (Note: If you already have your own affiliate program, you can skip this initial chapter.)

*            CREATING AN AFFILIATE CENTER . You’ll learn the exclusive Affiliate C4™ methods for igniting explosive sales from your sales army. This is where 85% of affiliate program managers blow it and never see the sales they desire.

*            FINDING MOTIVATED AFFILIATES . If this isn’t THE largest list of ways to find affiliates, then it certainly is one of the largest lists. Revealed are a whopping 20 different ways to find affiliates (even “super” affiliates) to recruit into your affiliate program.

*            GETTING AFFILIATES TO SAY “YES” . You’ll discover exactly how to get affiliates to agree to join your affiliate program and begin promoting your offers. This is THE hardest part of the process, but it’s made super easy for you by sharing the proven effective methods the top “gurus” use.

*            KEEPING AFFILIATES ACTIVE . It’s never enough to find and recruit affiliates … you want them to remain actively involved in promoting your products and services for months and even years to come. In this section, you’ll learn many proprietary ideas for keeping affiliates active in your program instead of your competition’s program!

*            EXPANDING YOUR PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY . In this section of the course you’ll learn some creative ways to recruit affiliates “indirectly” as you continue to multiply both the number of new affiliates coming in and the number of sales coming in!

*            WORKING WITH AN AFFILIATE MANAGER . More about this shortly, but there’s an entire chapter (well worth the price of the course by itself!) on the subject of hiring an affiliate manager (without investing any out of pocket expense) to run your entire program for you!

And that’s just the “broad” picture of what’s included in this one-of-a-kind (truly, “one-of-a-kind”!) course.

“Okay, But What Will I Really Learn?”

How about some specifics? Here are just a few of the things you’ll discover inside this “no fluff, no filler” manual…

*            A proven-effective, 9-step system for getting thousands of other people to promote your products like crazy…explained in simple, easy-to-follow language. (Page 8)

*            The beginner’s guide for finding, hiring and working with an affiliate manager … including 5 keys to finding an affiliate manager and 5 keys to succeeding with an affiliate manager. (Page 85)

*            The top 5 methods of equipping your affiliates to produce the maximum number of orders possible from their marketing efforts. (Page 58)

*            5 extraordinary ways to use incentives to convince fence-setters (even “super” affiliates) to join your affiliate program now. (Page 34)

*            5 effective strategies to “force” your affiliates to promote you NOW … use these methods anytime you want a quick boost in traffic and orders. (Page 53)

*            The biggest mistake affiliate managers make with their affiliate centers that *literally* will cause affiliates to abandon your program about 99% of the time. (Page 18)

*            6 key elements of your affiliate “signup” page to cover yourself legally and ensure affiliates know all the details of your affiliate offer prior to joining. (Page 28)

*            20 super-simple, highly-effective ways to find affiliates for your program … this is THE most comprehensive index of quality ways to recruit affiliates available anywhere. (Page 41)

*            5 “extras” that get affiliates to push even harder in their efforts to promote your offers, including the all-time favorite “viral” affiliate marketing tactic. (Page 72)

*            The #1 priority for successfully keeping affiliates actively promoting your offers instead of concentrating their efforts on your competition. (Page 12)

*            How to run contests, use incentives, unadvertised bonuses and other ethical “bribes” to create an order-producing frenzy among your affiliates. (Page 62)

*            3 “affiliate magnets” that should easily distance your program from those of your competitors and get more affiliates in your “sales army”. (Page 30)

*            5 ideas for using the most “boring” method of getting affiliates to promote your offers … these aren’t “sexy”, but they are very effective in producing activity among affiliates. (Page 55)

*            5 little-known, results-producing methods of recruiting affiliates “indirectly” — including the ONE idea that you can literally build your entire business around for greater results than ever before. (Page 77)

*            The proprietary Affiliate C4™ method of igniting explosive sales from your sales army. (Page 13)

*            5 absolute “musts” for creating satisfied and loyal affiliates who stick with your program indefinitely instead of running from “program of the week” to “program of the week”. (Page 68)

*            A complete bonus interview with world class affiliate manager, Nicole Dean. (Page 93)

*            How to keep affiliates A.C.T.I.V.E.™ in your affiliate program, including the 6 keys to transforming dormant, passive affiliates into aggressive, involved affiliates. (Page 52)

*            The hands down, easiest way to setup your own affiliate program to track orders, pay affiliates, process orders and run your entire operation on autopilot. (Page 10)

*            7 things that attract affiliates, along with the #1 thing affiliates look for in determining which program they’ll be spending their time on. (Page 29)

*            How to create your own “affiliate attack plan” for your sales army to carry out your order to promote your offer. (Page 19)

*            4 ways to ensure that affiliates make more money in YOUR affiliate program than anyone else’s so they not only join you, but continue to promote you long term. (Page 31)

*            The real key to training your affiliates so they get started immediately bringing in sales for your products. (Page 24)

*            7 parts of professional, personal and profitable contact letters, including a sample letter you can modify for your own use in contacting potential affiliates. (Page 38)

As you can see, this is a comprehensive, systematic blueprint for getting tons of affiliate sales for your product. There are more unique and creative ideas in this course than in any other on the market.

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Creating a Google Places listing can do wonders for your business but only if you avoid these common mistakes. Here are seven that will effecively kill your business online.

1. Don’t fill in the forms then forget as the brutal truth about Google Places is that it’s top 10 or bust! You must appear in the top 10 listings or no-one will ever see you.  Luckily, it’s quite easy to beat the competition as most make this critical mistake.

2. Don’t use an 800 number. The key to success in these local listings is to be local. Use your local number and never a 800 or Google will mark you down as being less relevant.

3. You should do all you can to avoid multiple listings as these will get flagged. These can get merged into one single listing or set off alarms as they erode trust.  If your business actually has multiple locations then simple add the place name to the company name for each individual listing.

4. Information must be accurate and consistent to be successful. This means always use the same way of writing your county or post code. If you use say Cambs for Cambridgeshire then always use it or write the phone number in the same way.  Any variations may confuse Google and we don’t want to do that!

5. Avoid flash website headers. There was a trend for websites made using Flash. The results were pretty animations that are utterly useless when it comes to Google bots and spiders. They don’t see images, they only read text. If your website uses flash then make sure your key information such as your name, address and phone number are repeated in text.

6. Don’t keyword stuff. Yes include your keywords but make everything readable to humans as well. Follow this rule and you’ll impress the Google bots.

7. No spam anywhere nor any dodgy or blackhat practices.  They may sound good but if you get caught your Google Places listing will be one of the first things to vanish.

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