Prosperous Bum’s Internet Marketing Blog

My mentor Joel Christopher, aka The MasterListBuilder is coming to Singapore for the very first time to conduct his MasterListBuilder Funshop. His simple, paint-by-numbers, short-cut, hands-on list and profit-building system, helps you to unleash the explosive profits hidden in your prospect and customer list — even if you’re starting from scratch.

He is also a guru who has produced many internationally successful students.

Please check out this press release for more details.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/09/prweb552337.htm

It is a good thing if you are an affiliate for various programs when you are starting out, depending on the level of marketing expertise you have. Your list and your partners could really pay off well for you.

Over time, you will find steady earnings that will really propel you some in your internet marketing business. While your situation becomes more favorable, you must continue to aim for expansion and be excellent in what you have chosen to undertake as an affiliate.

But the best thing is really having your own affiliate program or joint venture program. This is not about being an affiliate for somebody else. This is now having your own affiliate force.

The good thing about having an affiliate program is that it’s virtually risk free because it’s a pay per sale or pay per performance. You only pay for results. No sale and it won’t cost you anything. There are lots of sales and commissions paid out. The more commissions you pay, the more income you get.

One thing you have to decide in this step is do you want a two tier or one tier model? From a distance or in theory, it really looks like two tier is better because there’s a bit of a viral effect there.

However, there are instant challenges to two tier. The first is from the standpoint of the software. And the second is from the payment-processing standpoint. You need to always ask yourself: Is that the business model you want? Is that the kind of lifestyle you want? So you must go back to the foundations of your business.

If you are using Paypal as a Payment processor, don’t go two tier. Of course, you have to notify Paypal. Now they don’t assign an account manager until you do about 10 to 15 thousand. So, if you’re just starting out, you have nothing to worry about, but you’ll grow out of that point and experience the hassles then.

You have lots of options. You can do pay per click, pay per sale, pay per action or pay per lead. Another thing to decide is which software, system or script you are going to use. These are also very important as you form your affiliate force.

Another thing to consider in an affiliate program is how are you going to keep you people or your affiliates excited or continually promoting your product. You can have special affiliate promotions, contests, special deals.

Having your own affiliate program really brings in pool of benefits for you that being an affiliate for other businesses will not give you. The fact that you manage to monopolize your earnings because it is you who call the shots is a major benefit in itself.

When you do have your own affiliate force, there will be adjustments to make with regard to how you do your business. You will take sole responsibility for how your business turns out.

This article is written by Joel Christopher, best-selling author, speaker and mentor, known worldwide as The Masterlistbuilder. To find out more on how you can triple your leads, sales and profits. Go to http://www.Masterlistbuilder.com

In my first post, I mentioned about how the Law of Attraction has been working for me in mysterious ways and how it led me to internet marketing. Somehow universal forces have allowed Joel and me to cross paths, resulting in the manifestation of the very first Master List Builder Funshop in Singapore.

Just in case you do not know who Joel Christopher is, he is known as the Master List Builder and he is an Internet Marketing mentor who has produced many internationally successful students.

Some of these names who has attended his MLB Funshops and he has done joint ventures with, you’ll recognise:

Armand Morin
Jason Potash
Alex Mandossian
John Reese
Terry Dean
Joe Vitale
Ted Nicholas
Mike Litman

and many more.

Check out what Ted Nicholas, Godfather of Direct Marketing has to say about Joel.

This is a rare opportunity to learn from the master as he’s going to start creating successful students in Singapore. We’ve also negotiated an amazingly unbelievable deal for you that guides you pre-event, during-event and post-event.

Unlike many seminars where the speaker talks and you take notes, then go home and get confused, Joel’s Funshop is a hands on, interactive, step-by-step, teach you from scratch, lead you by the hand workshop where you immediately implement the teachings, with your laptop in front of you.

The Master List Builder Funshop in Singapore is going to happen on the 5th to 7th October 2007 at the Novotel Clarke Quay. There is 1-for-1 special for you till 31st August 2007 and it comes with a SATISFACTION GUARANTEED or your money back. Tonnes of bonuses worth over $3997 to support you through your business and you pay only $1800 (USD $1197). There is also an easy 3 Installment Plan available!

Also, my promise to you is that we’ll help you create your Mastermind Group during the event.

To find out more about the Funshop, please visit http://www.mlbfunshop.com for more details.

Please check out my video testimonial for some points of view from the organiser.

Affiliate marketing is a good way to start your internet marketing business. Ultimately, you can branch out to other aspects of internet marketing from starting out as an affiliate. And there are really a few basic ways by which an affiliate earns money.

In best layman’s terms, an affiliate is somebody who is compensated when they refer sale of other people’s products. The functionality of affiliate marketing varies over time. When you have other means of earning online as an internet marketer, affiliate marketing may be a supplement.

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This is one of the top questions of a budding internet marketer. Basically, advertisers bid on keywords they believe people that are interested in their offer would type in the search bar when looking for their product or service. This is where the process of pay per click begins.

Easy ads are called sponsored links or sponsored ads and they appear next or sometimes above the organic results on the page and the advertisers only pays when somebody actually click somewhere out. Sponsored ads surround the main keywords of search engines.

It is the advent of pay per click ads which brought in the most money to online bigwig Google. Google has a somewhat complex algorithm that measures how much you are willing to pay for the ad and how often your ad is clicked.

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