Internet Marketing with Allen Walton

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Question is…what do you have to do to make money online.  Regardless of what anybody says, having your own product is really the best. That way you control what happens to it, how it is marketed and where it’s marketed. I know there are people making money with affiliate programs, but the competition for those dollars is quite huge.

Most affiliate money is made by the big boys when a new product launch happens. It’s pretty funny to see about 8 different emails touting the virtues of one new product. Each email is associated with a different big name in the marketing world.  Or at least a well known name.

You may be asking yourself, how can I get a chance to be an affiliate marketer during one of the big launches. Well you can’t. Not unless you somehow become friends or acquaintances with the closely knit group that always seems to be in the mix when a new product hits the Internet. Other than that, it’s nearly impossible to get in on the front end.

You get to be an affiliate marketer once most of the easy sales are completed. Then you get the nod. But that is once it is setup with Clickbank or Affiliate Junction or something like those sites. Once that opportunity does become available, the sales have dropped to a trickle and you are likely to pick up a sale or two once in a while. But the land office business is already over.

So don’t kid yourself when you read about the millions being made by affiliate marketers. It just ain’t so Martha. Google Nemesis is a prime example. It went to market and was promoted by several people. Each one offering something free if you bought through them. But no where could you find the place to sign up as an affiliate before the product roll out.

As you may have read here, I think Google nemesis is a terrible product. We did a test pitting it against a same style sight made by me with cheap or free software, and each site performed the same. No sales promoting the same affiliate product. And the product was suppose to be one of the better ones. Over 250 clicks on the Google Nemesis page and not one sale. And that wonder service costs $67 a month. Last time I checked anyway. I personally don’t think it’s worth 67 cents.

So that takes us back to having your own product or service. It’s not easy to go that route either. We’ll get into that a little later down the road. I’m looking into developing a product or two. When or I should say if and when it happens I will offer affiliate marketing to my readers here first. I’m not even sure yet what we are looking at, but when I do, I’ll announce it here first.

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