Want an early Christmas present? Treat yourself to the “Adsense $100k Blueprint” – a new product that can help make the New Year your best one yet – and it comes with a bonus gift for my readers.

“A100k” is a detailed, step-by-step blueprint for building a real, sustainable six-figure Adsense business, but perhaps more importantly, it is a virtual gold mine for Internet marketers whose business relies on search engine traffic.

While designed around Adsense, it provides clear and complete instructions for how to develop and rank websites and get free traffic, for any type of  business.

Combined with the authors’ different but very effective approach to niche and keyword research, you get a virtual roadmap for building and ranking niche websites, which can be applied to affiliate marketing just as effectively as Adsense. (NOTE: I LOVE their approach to niche selection. It goes against traditional thinking, much as my own methods do.)

The product includes a 100 page e-book, 10 how-to videos, some additional software, and an exhaustive compendium of free marketing resources called the “Ultimate IM Toolchest”.

What I like about the “Blueprint” itself is that it is based on real experience rather than theory. The author has spent nearly 2 years testing & optimizing his own business, and then distilled it into an easy-to-follow guide that shows you how to copy the business.

I also appreciate that it is very “white hat” and sustainable – it isn’t likely that any new Google updates or changes are going to jeopardize this way of building an online business.

That said, this isn’t a “magic bullet” – they don’t exist. It will take a commitment of time and effort, but any real business model will.

If you’re looking for a complete, workable business model, or the “keys” to rankings & free traffic, treat yourself to “Adsense $100k Blueprint”. As a special favor to my readers, the author has offered an exclusive bonus, lifetime membership to their members-only forum (normally $17/month) where you can get ongoing direct support, extra tips & goodies, and interact with others doing the same thing. You’ll also get an exclusive extra that you can take advantage of right away, his report entitled “Profiting Quickly & Easily From High-Value Keywords“.

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Check out this video to see how easy it is to add Amazon and eBay product listings and reviews to your affiliate blog with the WP Shopping Pages plugin for WordPress.

The video shows how I am using it on MyEnergyPal.com.

For the amount of time this plugin will save you, at $69.00 it’s an inexpensive investment in your affiliate marketing business.

Learn more about the WP Shopping Pages plugin.

If you sell a downloadable digital product such as an ebook or software, you already know about the risk of having your products stolen from your own download pages.

I read somewhere that it’s been estimated that more than 50% of all ebooks and software in use are copies that have been stolen, and most of those were stolen right from the merchant’s download page.

It makes me really angry to think of all the hard work that we put into product creation — only to have it stolen by some jerk without scruples.

Not only is it frustrating, but the loss can become very costly.

For example, even if only one book is stolen each day that would otherwise have been purchased for $47, that’s $17,155 per year that you don’t get to play with.

So… when I finally clued into the fact that my book was being downloaded for free by thieves, I got smart and got a download protector.

I use a product called DLGuard to protect my Super Affiliate Handbook and other digital information and software products from being downloaded for free by thieves (who unfortunately ABOUND on the ‘net), and have been absolutely thrilled with both it and the service that Sam Stephens provides.

On the DLGuard site, Harvey Segal comments, “The last time I tried to implement a download management solution I gave up after page 42 of a huge complex manual. With DLGuard it was ridiculously easy to install and then to run. Add to that Sam’s superb customer support and constant innovation and it’s an easy decision to purchase.”

What can I say but “ditto, ditto, and ditto”… and that was WITH technical support!

Sam’s system is easy to install, and better yet, if you have script installation phobias like I do, Sam is always right there to lend a helping hand… barring a bit of a time lag seeing that he’s on the other side of the planet.

Here is a screenshot from one of my DLGuard installations that shows the Adminstration Panel.

Product features include:

• Secure single product sales
• Built-in shopping cart
• Create Membership sites
• Expiring download links
• Limit download attempts
• Offer promotional coupons
• Calculates sales conversion rates automatically
• Template based for easy customisation
• Automatic mailing list sign-up
• Integrated with the major payment systems

DLGuard is also fully integrated with the following payment systems:

• Paypal
• Clickbank
• 2CO
• WorldPay
• Authorize.net
• AlertPay
• PayDotCom
• eBay
• e-Gold

This is truly one great script and a MUST-HAVE for anyone who sells digital information products and software online.

Check out the DLGuard site right now and start protecting your products from thieves today.

With all my affiliate site posts queued up for the next 2 months and some time on my hands this weekend, I decided to get to work making the Super Affiliate Handbook available as an online tutorial, through a membership site.

My primary concern was how to set up a membership site easily.

Gail and I use Amember on PrivateLabelCentral.com. The setup is relatively simple for someone who has worked through installation directions more than a few times, but I did manage to mess things up with some bad file permissions that required another intervention by my favorite geek and host master extraordinaire, Steve Hetrick. The temporary downtime aside, I am quite happy with Amember.

However, I recalled reading that there might be a plugin available that could turn a WordPress blog into a membership site.

What could be more perfect, especially since the main focus of the tutorials is affiliate blogging.

My search brought Wishlist Member to the top of the results.

Per the sales page, the list of features include:

• Unlimited Membership Levels
• Simple Installation With New or Existing WordPress Blog
• Flexible Membership Options
• Sequential Content Delivery
• Control Viewed Content
• Shopping Cart Integration
• Easy Member Management
• Multi-Level Access
• Total Content Protection
• Secure RSS Feeds
• Subscription Length Control
• Login Redirection
• Create Your Membership Site Using WordPress & WL Member
• “Sneak Peak” Content Display
• Custom Error Pages
• Partial Content Display

On confirming that Wishlist Member could be integrated with my shopping cart of choice (Clickbank) and my Aweber autoresponder, I decided that it was worth a try. Note: Wishlist Member also integrates with 1ShoppingCart, PayPal, Cydec, Autoresponseplus and GetResponse and generic systems.

The single licence version of Wishlist Member is $97 and the multiple licence version is $297. With a 30-day refund policy, I opted to buy the multiple licence version – realizing that if the plugin worked as well as promised, I would definitely want to use it on other blogs.

My experience with Wishlist Member

After buying Wishlist Member, I purchased a new domain, set up hosting, did a 1-minute WordPress installation, uploaded the plugin, installed the theme that came with the plugin… and was off to the races.

Within 30 minutes, I’d watched a few of the tutorial videos, set up 8 modules using Pages (you can restrict member access by post, page, categories and comments) , a sequential upgrade that drips content over time and input some articles. By the way, the video tutorials are accessible without having to purchase the product.

The video below shows the results of those 30-minutes, as well as how membership content is protected, even when someone is smart enough to figure out the URL of a higher-level module.

If you’d like to view a larger sized video, it’s available on YouTube.

The only thing that would make Wishlist Member absolutely perfect, is if it could be integrated with the more popular forum software, such as phpBB or vBulletin. I haven’t heard that this is planned, but with all the other features that were integrated after user suggestions were submitted, I wouldn’t be surprised to see that option turn up at some point — or at least, I’m fervently hoping it will — Are ya listening, Stu?

Other than that,  Wishlist Member is a GREAT choice for bloggers who want to set up their own membership sites, especially in terms of ease of set up and price.

Wishlist Member gets a 2 big thumbs up from me and my HIGHEST recommendation.

How would you like to spy on your affiliate competitors?

KeywordSpy really does spy on top affiliate marketers and then gives you a list of all the keywords that make money for them.

So you can let all those smart Super Affiliates do the hard work of researching and testing to find the most lucrative keywords – and then you can turn around and use them in your own PPC ad campaigns. Watch the video below for a quick peek at what the Keyword Spy free trial offers:

Here is a list of the affiliate marketing intelligence that the KeywordSpy service offers:

Affiliate Marketing Intelligence

• Trace affiliate ids
• Trace affiliates’ keywords
• Search product ids
• Analyze affiliate ads
• Graphical data presentation

Once you’ve checked out the competition, you can create targeted lists of keywords that are proven to generate sales in just a few clicks.

Affiliate Networks

Want to find out which products are being promoted most heavily by affiliates on the Clickbank network – or how many different keywords are being used to advertise a specific product? You can do that easily with KeywordSpy. Affiliate networks supported by Keyword Spy include:

1. Amazon
2. Clickbank
3. ClixGalore
4. Commission Junction
5. Linkshare
6. MaxBounty
7. PayDotCom
8. ShareaSale
9. TradeDoubler

Pay Per Click Intelligence Data

Of course, no keyword spy tool would be worth it’s salt if it didn’t also offer pay per click intelligence data. Here is a list of things that you get with Keyword Spy to dig up the dirt:

• Research on ppc keywords and domain
• Find competitors within your industry
• Mine competitors’ ppc keywords
• View competitors’ ad Copy
• View keyword history (Time Machine)
• Keyword analytics and statistics
• Graphical data presentation
• Keyword storing and monitoring

Want to save money on PPC advertising?

Use KeywordSpy to find the best keywords to use in your ppc campaigns and on your website without risking your money to experiment.

When I saw the salescopy for Michael Jones’ Clickbank Code, uh well, let’s just say that I was dubious – despite seeing the video of his Clickbank account which shows earnings of anywhere between $700, $1200 and upwards per day.

Michael was claiming to have made $11,516.45 in his first week as a Clickbank affiliate and then went on to make over $48k in his first month — with no list.

One point that he makes in the salescopy that I DID like however was about choosing Clickbank products and more specifically, he says, “I’m not talking about just picking the same old high gravity crap that everyone else jumps on…I’m going to show you my simple mathematical formula for picking the highest converting product every time“.

Anyway, you know me… THAT I had to see, so I bought the Clickbank Code to find out what techniques Michael was using and determine whether or not they worked.

In addition to 5 hours worth of video tutorials from very basic “What is Clickbank” and “Marketing Terms” to more advanced landing page creation and free traffic tactics along with a bunch of bonuses; the Clickbank Code includes a “Clickbank Product Evaluator” spreadsheet that I think is worth the price of the product on its own.

There’s a video tutorial on how to use the spreadsheet properly in which Michael cautions you to cull your keyword list and cull it some more until the list fits into the space available in the “Potential” workbook – just one of 4 sheets on that spreadsheet – but the one that shows you whether or not you should “Go for it!” or “Bail” according to the keywords you choose, their daily volume and estimated PPC cost.

Note the word “Bail” on the screenshot below? I plugged in keywords with an average Adwords cost per day of $213.78 but with only 4 anticipated sales on a product paying only $9.99 commissions… the spreadsheet advised me to bail.

The spreadsheet will even determine your “Break Even CPC” (cost per click).

When I found a few more keywords with lower CPC’S and higher volumes and plugged in a product that offered double the commissions (showing a daily profit of $230.00 per day), the spreadsheet told me to Go for it!

Those factors combined with the conversion and refund rates will give you a fairly accurate assessment of whether you stand to lose or gain on an Adwords campaign before you ever set it in motion.

Once you’ve found a market with good potential, Michael shows you how to scale up your campaign, i.e. if 100 clicks make money, 1,000 or 10,000 clicks will make you a lot MORE money.

The Clickbank Code videos are well done – they’re actually big enough to see exactly what Michael is doing. Furthermore, the audio is clear as a bell and free from speech impediments or a hard-to-decipher thick accent.

Michael shows you some good Google Adwords tricks that will increase both the relevancy of your ads, and therefore the quality score. Actually, Michael shared one tip that had me running to my Google Adwords account to make some serious changes immediately… ugh, never heard THAT one before, not even in those $1,000 courses!

Michael also shares a black hat tactic – but at least he warns you right off the bat that you will lose the relevant account if you get caught using it.

Seriously, the biggest complaint I had about the Clickbank Code happened after I bought it – page after page of upsells – just when I wanted to get see the product. Moreover, all of those products are available to buy from within the membership system.

Overall, I can heartily recommend the Clickbank Code as an excellent video tutorial series on how to profit by selling Clickbank products as an affiliate. That spreadsheet, along with just a few of his tips are worth a whole lot more than $77.