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Beware extortionate fees
“Step into my office John. I see from your letter to me that
you are DESPERATE to succeed in this business and have some
questions. I like a man with ambition, so please fire away”
John: “Yes, first what do you provide me with to get started”
“We will give you the essential tools of the trade. Also, a
unique tool we developed just for our people that will give
you a great competitive advantage over all the others in
this field”
John: “Sounds good, but if I need help where can I go ?”
“We have a team of top experts, currently 5 strong, at your
disposal”
John: “So how does that work ? Would it be like a one-hour
slot that I am allocated every Monday say”
“No it’s any time, any day. 24/7″
John: “That’s remarkable, so what it the limit on the number
of questions I am allowed per week. Three ? Five ?
“There’s no limit.”
John: “Well I’m flabbergasted.
But of course now for the biggie. What is the initial and
obviously non-returnable deposit you will need ?”
“There is no deposit.”
John: “Well this just gets better and better. But of course
I need to sign up for a minimum period. 12 months I guess”.
“There is no minimum period and you can cancel at any time.
By the way there are other benefits. For example we’ll
handsomely reward you for introducing others”
John: “Well how can I say no ?
Give me the pen and I’ll sign.
Just one more thing – what is the cost ?”
“It’s 33 cents a day”.
John: “WHAT ???
Oh my god. I said I was desperate to do well in this
business but not if you are going to charge such
extortionate fees. This visit has been a complete waste of
time.”
Bizarre ?
Well sign up (it’s free) here
or login here if you are already registered.
Click to the Promotion Guide and see the
section “Before you start promoting . . .”
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How to earn commission on viral articles
In the category “Viral Articles” which you see on this Blog there is a series of articles specially designed to help you earn recurring monthly commission with ClickBank.
The articles contain useful tips, information and resources – as opposed to sales oriented posts – which makes them more appealing to your readers. They all make reference to the Catalog site at the ClickBank Success Forum.
Your visitors will either become customers or sign up as Catalog affiliates – or even decide to give out these articles ! When they make a purchase as a customer or upgrade their affiliate account to take advantage of the special benefits you will receive recurring monthly commission.
All you need do is briefly mention them using a special link – on your blogs, on Twitter, in your newsletters etc. We provide simple examples.
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Long copy or short ?
Which works better – long sales copy or short ?
This has been one of the most widely debated topics
in Internet marketing – and I’ll now add my own
unique view.
Everyone’s got it wrong !
How come ?
Well suppose your tests show that long copy
outperforms short copy 80% of the time.
Does that mean you should stick to long copy ?
No.
That’s like telling a grocer he should only sell
green apples instead of red because 80% of customers
prefer green. He still needs to sell both.
So the correct solution is how to present your reader
with a choice of long or short copy.
Now you can’t know his preference in advance.
And you don’t want to ask him when he first arrives and
have him click to either of two versions.
Here is the solution.
You provide short copy.
Within the copy you offer the option wherever it is needed
to obtain further information for example
- technical detail
- additional benefits or features
- more incentives to buy
But what you don’t do is require that the reader has to
click away to another page to see it.
What you do is present it inline.
Want to see some examples ?
- look at the hide/unhide button here
- look at “Yes – tell me more” here
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Stop selling !
Let me revolutionise your ideas about selling on the Net.
Suppose you stopped trying to ’sell’ things.
In other words instead of telling visitors at your blog or
website or subscribers on your mailing list about the
latest wonder product you instead told them about
* some excellent free resources
* a free ClickBank affiliate program which paid recurring commission
I’m sure they would be delighted, however apart from
goodwill what would YOU gain by this ?
After all
* free resources won’t earn you anything
* ClickBank is a one-tier affiliate system which means you
earn nothing from recommending a program to other affiliates.
Correct ?
Wrong.
It can be done.
Take a look here, in particular the line saying it uses
ClickBank but it does something that ClickBank can’t do.
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The best place to learn about ClickBank
If you are a ClickBank affiliate or vendor then you need to pay a visit to the ClickBank Success Forum.
It’s the only forum devoted completely to ClickBank – even ClickBank themselves go there to answer questions !
It’s run by two top ClickBank gurus and had over 12,000 members as at March 2010
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Can you have an opt-in form on your thank you page ?
Yes – an opt-in form on your ClickBank thank you page IS allowed
providing these other requirements are met:
1. A valid, clearly displayed email address where customers can reach you
if they require technical support for your product, as ClickBank does not
provide technical support.
2. A reminder to the customer that his or her credit card or bank
statement will show a charge by ClickBank or CLKBANK*COM, rather than a
reference to your specific product. This reminder should be prominent, as
customers sometimes request refunds because they forget that ClickBank is
handling the purchase.
3. For a recurring billing product, a restatement of the rebill schedule.
4. Clear instructions on how to download or access the product, or
information on how and when it will be delivered to them.
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By the way I hope you are protecting your thank you page.
Digital theft is a huge problem. See why here
Why is a Clickbank product not listed?
Occasionally affiliates want to promote a product they have seen advertised but cannot find it at the ClickBank Marketplace where they want to check out its statistics and in particular the commission rate.
The possible reasons for not showing are
- the vendor chooses not to post the product at the Marketplace
because he does not want to use affiliates or – more likely -
he wants affiliates to sign up through his own management
system (such as easyClickMate)
- the product slipped out of the Marketplace as it failed to record a sale in thirty days (it is reinstated on the next sale)
- the product is one of several in the vendor’s account, only the main one is listed in the marketplace.
If you still want to promote the product you should contact the vendor.
If you want in-depth information and statistics on the MarketPlace products
try the sites here
Where is the refund rate shown for a ClickBank product ?
If you go to the ClickBank Marketplace
you will see information about each entry.
There’s a common misconception that $refd stands for the refund rate. **
It’s not. It stands for %referred.
All the terms are explained here
So where do we find or calculate the refund rate ?
The answer is – you can’t.
The reasons are
* the vendor account does not necessarily represent one item (up to 500 items are allowed)
* the commission rate may have changed
* the price may have changed
If you see 3rd-party tools claiming to show the refund rate they cannot be accurate.
** This term was finally dropped by ClickBank in Aug 2010
