Many Body Theory

So word on the street is that affiliates running Google Grants, Google Cash, etc are getting permanently banned from advertising on AdWords.

I’m not sure how Google is going to enforce the permanement ban… What I imagine is they will put a block on your name and address on file (since they can’t ban any future John Smiths… but can ban John Smith who lives on First Street in Chicago)… I’m sure if Google is going through with the ban that your credit card number will also get blacklisted from AdWords as well.

The FTC is coming after Google Grants, Google Profits, and related offers.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/07/shortchange.shtm

If you’re still running these offers it might be the end of the road pretty soon if people start seeing this on the news/tv.

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Disclaimer: I am not a legal, financial or health expert.  This post was written in the attempts of being funny and for entertainment purposes only so do not take it seriously.

What I would like to see is a Michael Jackson Skill Whitening Rebill offer. You have teeth whitening, resveratrol… what about to whiten your skin? Everyone is worrying about working on their tan this summer, take the road less traveled and get your skin whitened instead just like the (former) King of Pop

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How do you think of your campaigns? Do you think about that Love Crush offer from Tatto Media and drool over about how you can make 5 - 6 figures a month with it?

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I want to thank the team at Clickbooth for sending me some free stuff yesterday. I received an instant-message from Eric (twitter: @clickbooth) making sure that I was at my office and about 30 minutes later FedEx knocked on the door.

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SpeedDate.com is a pretty shady company. Less than 24 hours after my first post covering how shady speeddate is they took down their subscription page. When I noticed that their new subscription page looked familar I asked myself why… then it occured to me that SpeedDate has now stolen the MyLife subscription page. You can read the post about it from Chris Watkins, the UI Designer for Zoosk.

When I started affiliate marketing I knew very little.  Since then I have learned a lot (and still have a lot to go) but these are the 5 things that I wish someone would have told me before I started.

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This is part one of a six part series where I will follow-up with the initial post covering all of the six weapons of influence by Dr Robert Cialdini. Unlike the book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, these posts will not maintain the same order as they are mentioned in Cialdini’s book and will be refocused specifically for affiliate marketers in mind.

Offer Spotlight: Cosmetyn from Clickbooth

In this offer we see a short form at the top right corner that lets the user admit that they are looking to remove their stretch marks. By making a person take a stand they will feel pressure to commit and continue filling out the form.

Unlike politicians, the average person does not like being inconsistent. Being inconsistent is a sign of weakness and our egos will counterbalance this weakness. Many times a person will stick to their guns even after knowing they made a mistake just to remain consistent.

Remember to always try to get your users to commit to a decision. With websites and forms it is difficult to get our users to call you up and admit they have a problem but by filling out a short form our users have taken a stand and will stick to their initial decisions.

Tip to Becoming a Super Affiliate: If you have a landing page setup where you have multiple “self improvement” offers available — get your users to admit they are looking to become healthier and more attractive. Have a form where they can write a short paragraph of “goals” that they would like to change after asking them if they are looking to remove embarrassing stretch marks and have whiter teeth. Once you are able to get your users committed to this mindset of bettering themselves, you can display offers from a wide range of campaigns available from Clickbooth!

Disclaimer: Remember never to use this tactic to deceive or “trick” your users.

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So my blog was listed in Affiliate Summit’s Affstat as an affiliate marketing resource. When you weed out the networks there are about 50 blogs left written by actual affiliates and my blog was one of them.

What interested me is that rather than referencing the author (Nick Abramovic) like many of the other personal blogs, they called my blog “Many Body Theory” — is that my new brand?

Remember that Affiliate Summit East will be August 9th, 10th and 11th in New York this year.  If you have not planned your trip, start now because it is less than two months away.