Potential Investors: Beware!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Potential Investors: Beware!
by: Von Zemana

Early last year, a friend of mine acquired reservations for a business seminar at a prestigious hotel located in the town I live in. Upon arriving at the meeting place, a pleasant individual greeted us by the door. I also noticed a large eBay poster visible near the entrance of the hall. My friend and I were under the impression that we were attending an official eBay seminar. Hooray! But when the seminar began, I gradually felt the sinking feeling that I was in a bad episode of the Twilight Zone. Not only did the seminar have nothing to do with eBay, but also the way it was presented to the audience was very deceptive. They used a lot of misdirection techniques and a lot of times, the speaker capitalized on the insecurities and fears of those who were in the audience who might happen to be financially in need. He made it sound as though it would be the end of our chances for financial independence if we miss the opportunity to join their “elite” Internet business program. And as expected, it became a “numbers game”. Out of the estimated one hundred fifty people who were present, based on the quick glance I gave at the sign up table before walking out of the room, I’d say about 20 to 25 people signed up for the program which made each one cough up $3,000 dollars!

Now ladies and gentlemen, I know that marketing a business requires persistence, consistency, tact, money, (depending on how deep your pockets are) and smarts. These are some of the reasons why we have a lot of successful advertising and marketing companies out there. But this I know, that no matter how extensive and expensive the marketing system is, it still must be based on “decency and honesty”. Those who use flowery words and appeal too much to our desire for the good life should be scrutinized. (I am reminded of those infomercials on TV that keep showing the viewers images associated with success. Supposedly real people who became rich by using their “system” like the guys in a yacht, sailing away on the waves of the ocean, drinking their pinacoladas or the lady posing with the latest high-end model sports car in front of a huge house that obviously costs millions of dollars. The images and testimonials are almost endless. Funny though, because throughout these shows, they keep telling the viewers of how great the “tried and tested” moneymaking system is. But the reality is that after investing my time watching through the programs, I am still left clueless as to what the heck the product or system is all about! They never tell you. Hmmm…I wonder why?) People who cannot and will not go direct to the point regarding their products or whatever they are offering should solicit our suspicion. These people often use vague and misty marketing strategies that make them resemble more a magician than business people. Some would even make you believe that they can guarantee that your business venture with them is fail proof.

So be careful, folks. Do your research before investing those hard-earned dollars of yours. Do not let your emotion and desire for the good life get the best of you. Take the time to check things out. Avoid emotional decisions. Make decisions based on logic and accurate information. There is no substitute for information that is legitimate. It is the foundation of a sound decision. I would rather have one real and legit piece of info written down on my notebook than a hundred shady half-truths written in an expensive book.
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    Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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    How to Choose Your Affiliate Program Wisely
    Saturday, January 14, 2006

    Affiliate marketing programs have sky-rocketed in popularity in the past few years. As one of the fastest and easiest ways to start an online home business people are jumping on this wave by the millions. Affiliate programs offer merchants the opportunity to employ vast armies of sales people who get paid for the results they achieve.

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    Home Based Business - Organize for Success
    Wednesday, January 11, 2006

    Running your own home based internet business is a piece of cake. Right? Well maybe, maybe not. It certainly can be. However, all too often the exact opposite is closer to the reality for many eager home based business owners.

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    Ways to Make Money
    Tuesday, January 10, 2006

    What are the best ways to make money?

    If you answered, "a job", then you have been brainwashed like most Americans into believe that working for a company is the best way to make money. It is absolutely NOT one of the best ways to make money. Why not?

    Most jobs have the following problems:

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    You are trading your time for money. Even if you are a salaried employee, you are accepting a salary for a set number of hours that you will work each week. If you don't work, you don't get paid. Most companies want you to work the most amount of time for the least money and you want to work the least amount of time for the most money. The job game is a lose-lose game.

    2. No passive income.
    If you stop working for any period of time, you stop receiving paychecks. Your money doesn't work for you.

    3. No intellectual capital.
    If you are an employee, your company owns your intellectual capital. It's like your company owns your brain. You cannot sell or share your ideas and earn money.

    4. No control.
    You have no control over your work life and therefore your life. You cannot choose where you work, when you work, or who you work with. Most companies require a lot of "face time". Even if you could get your work done in 4 hours each day, you usually need to spend 8-10 hours onsite to prove that you are a "loyal employee". You have no control over most of the decisions that are being made at your company. Bad decisions made by others could put your company out of business and then you get "downsized" or "rightsized" or simply laid-off.

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    Entertainers and professional athletes make lots and lots of money because they have leverage. Millions of people watch them. They can make one movie or play one game a week and make buckets of money because they are reaching a huge audience with a few hours of their time. In a job, your efforts reach a limited audience. You cannot give a speech to your department and record it and then turn it into a teleclass that you sell over and over again on your website. You have no leverage.

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    Yes, lots of businesses fail. But small businesses are the engine of growth in this country. It took Bill Gates 10 years to become a billionaire with Microsoft. It took Michael Dell 5 years to become a billionaire with Dell. What you need is a solid plan and then the courage to execute the plan and the discipline to market your products or services consistently. There has never been a better time to get rich by starting a company. What are your goals? When do you want to achieve those goals?

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    Isn't this risky? There are no risky real estate investments, only risky investors. You can minimize risk through education and experience.

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    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 11:18 AM | Permalink | 0 comments
    Pay-Per Click -Ad Campaign: Earn More by Spending Less
    Monday, January 09, 2006
    What is "Pay-Per Click"? "Pay-Per Click", is an easy to understand advertising strategy. There are around 300 million searches at major search engines everyday. This causes 80% of internet traffic. Placing your websites on these search engines is very important in reaching as many potential customers as possible. But in order to be seen and clicked most frequently, your website should be viewed at the top most of the search list. Most people only reach up to the third page of a search engine so the lower your rank, the lesser the chance you will be clicked. In "Pay-Per Click" advertising, you pay to be always visible on the internet. You select keywords or key phrases about your website, and the highest bidder ranks the best. There is no upfront cost. You only pay after a visitor clicks your link. This is why it is called "Pay-Per Click".

    Everyday millions of people around the world click on Pay-Per Click Advertising Campaign. With the booming internet industry and the ever growing online business, an ad of virtually anybody on the planet can be seen on the internet anywhere in the world.

    The "Pay-Per Click" advertising campaign is the premier growth area in online marketing. Last year, an estimated $741.2 million was spent on "Pay-Per Click" advertising. The usual search engine optimization can take weeks or even months to produce results. "Pay-Per Click" advertising can attract customers at an instant. Why? Because, this cutting edge ad campaign can be placed on any website and can be viewed by potential online customers, anywhere, anytime and all the time. The only challenge is placing the ads on proper websites that will attract possible customers for a specific product or services.

    "Pay-Per Click" advertising campaign attracts the right consumers at the shortest possible time. This is the most cost effective way of marketing products or services. You can also monitor the customers who visit your site, what they are looking for and what they are buying. With the right creativity on using the right search-phrases, we can direct the right people who are willing to do business with us.

    "Pay-Per Click" advertising can easily be managed 24 hours per day and 7 days a week through the internet. This allows you improve the campaign strategy by effectively responding to the activities of both customers and competitors.

    So what are you waiting for? "Pay-Per Click" now and let your business take the fast route to success.
    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 6:32 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
    How To Make Money With Blogs - Make Money Blog!
    Sunday, January 08, 2006
    Web Blogs are those online diaries made up of short frequently updated posts. And they are inexplicably popular.

    Buy Cheap MP3-MP4 Players is a good example of a very popular blog that advertises MP3 Players and makes sales daily.

    If you check it out you will see a very good example of a site that has produced a sale a day for several weeks now. Sometimes more. And it is getting listed in more and more search engines every day because of spider food. We will discuss that more later.

    And of course the Grand Daddy of all the Affiliate Blogs that make money is the Stiles Project.

    One key advantage of Blogs is that they are easy to update. The flip side is that surfers will expect you to update your site very frequently. If you don't they will go somewhere else.

    When you sign up for a Blog or create one on your own site use part of the name or a similar name to the name of the sponsor program you are promoting unless it is against the sponsors T.O.S.

    This blog showed up in the Search Engines in 3 days. Its not even in the top 10 for most search engine terms yet is consistently produces sales.

    But when you create your Blog or Blogs its really important that you pick a Niche that you know and understand. Would and does your Blog appeal to you. Is there something about it that excites you.
    If not you need to go back to the drawing board.

    When you create your Blog and its posts use the galleries and urls from your sponsors. If they come with a description use them. If you have a choice between short or long descriptions use the long ones. This is your spider food. More on this later.But don't add them all to the Blog at one time. Add them 7 to 10 at a time. Set you up a schedule. Every second or third day add more. If your sponsor doesn't have a lot of galleries to use your going to have to use several sponsors for each of your blogs to keep them updated on a regular basis. After 10-15 days when the first posts are buried well out of site repeat them. Your after surfers coming from Search Engines and your laying down spider food. Its a lot like fishing. Your putting out bait both for the surfer and for the spiders or bots from the Search Engines

    And its very important that you think about Spider Food. Use descriptions for each of your content with your Blogs name in them. If for example your promoting Asian content use a lot of related names in the entry's you make on your blog. This is very important.Go to Google and type in for example "mp3 players "

    Write down all the related key words you find on paper and as you make entry's in your blog work these words into your entry's. Over the next few weeks when you do entry's work these key words into your posts. Repeat them. Yes repeat them. Repeat them and often. When the search engine surfer comes to your blog looking for the mp3 player he's not going to set there for the most part and read your posts. He's going to go for the links that lead to mp3 player. So what you really need to keep on your mind is getting him there.

    The quality of Search Engine Traffic is high. Although at first you won't get a large quantity of traffic from Search Engines the traffic the quality of the traffic you do get is very high.

    When you get your Blog up and on the web there are three places you need to submit it to. Two major search engines Google and Yahoo and BLOGGERNITY.COM which is a Blog Directory. Hand Submit your blog to these three places. Once your Blog is listed at BLOGGERNITY go there and vote for yourself. Sign up there for a free account and write a review of your blog. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just write how you want the surfer to feel about and see your blog.


    Networking!

    Make a list of the other Blogs at BLOGGERNITY and contact the owners of those sites or as many as you can. Write them a short brief email and ask them to do a link exchange with you. Most of them will.

    Its very important that you use careful strategy and monitoring in promoting your blog. Use the referrers script so that you will know what's going on. Keep a paper record of what your doing.
    Keep good notes and look back at it often.

    By now if you have followed the examples I've given you know how to set up your blog and how to get traffic to it. If you follow it you can make money. Right now I average $1000.00 plus a week mostly using blogs.

    As I add to this I am going to go into the more technical terms of setting up your blog and later blogs and yes why you want part of them at Blog Spot which does allow Adult blogs. If you check the Top Sex Blogs at BLOGGERNITY.COM or BLOG Shares.com you will see that most are hosted on a free server at Blog Spot and there is a reason for this which we will discuss later.

    But for now you need to be on the lookout for Link Trade Opportunities.
    Link your Blogs and sites together to each other. Once you have multiple sites you should be linking each site to each of your other sites. you want to keep the surfer bouncing around from site to site in your own little empire until he finally clicks on a sponsors link and signs up.

    Also linking your sites together will improve your " link popularity " and therefore your search engine rankings.

    When were said and done with this article you should end up with 100 - 1000 Blogs all linked up together. Each just a little different and many with a different niche or theme.

    That's the reason I use Blog Spot to produce my Blogs. You can sign up for several accounts and each account can have as many Blogs as you want. But the bottom line is this. K.I.S. or Keep It Simple. And on every blog you want several revenue sources. Have everything on there from sponsors that are going to pay you 75 cents for a email sign up up to the big ones that are going to pay you $35.00 or more per sign up. Look for your sponsors here . Check them out. If you find one on the net promising you they are going to pay you 20 cents a click or something like that be careful. Check them out. Search for them here on ShareSales.com. If you can't find out anything about them be very careful. I only go with ones that will give me a phone number for the most part.

    And Of Course, If you have BLOG and use SearchFeed with them You can make REAL BiG Money.. But REMEMBER keep your blog Simple, write high relevant content and you will see results.
    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 9:42 AM | Permalink | 0 comments
    Why Do We Butcher Our Online Profits?
    Wednesday, January 04, 2006
    Now this makes me angry!

    Why do we butcher our profits when selling Online? I can't stand it.

    How many times I've seen what looks to be a quality product selling for the stupid price of $9.95 or some great package of products for $19.95 - I cannot count.

    Are the creators of such products insane? Are they scared that you'll not make any sales at all?

    Just this morning while following posts on a message forum I came across yet another site that sells a terrific range of info products - each which can be bought separately. But this webmaster had bundled them together and was selling them for less than one fifth of what he could get if sold separately.

    Why doesn't he at least triple his price and sell them for minimum half for the package?

    Over the past two months I've made numerous International phone calls to talk with other net business owners who are also feeling frustrated.

    Because of the nut-crackers out there who butcher prices, we all are suffering. Think about it people - let's look at the math.

    Let's use a product example of an incredible eBook called "Widgets Unlimited" (yes it's fictional).

    It's easily worth $150 - this is hot and has the references to go with it.

    However, the webmaster sells it (or a reseller - even worse) for the all time low price of $14.95 (and don't laugh - this happens).

    He (or she for the ladies) sells 500 copies in the first month. $14.95 x 500 = $7,475.00.

    Now that's not bad, we'd all like to be doing that, right? But let's assume that the sales copy is great, the book is fantastic, people are raving about it all over the net.

    So the price becomes $49 and he (or she - although it's usually guys that do this stupid thing) only sells half the volume. $49.00 x 250 = $12,250.00

    That's fewer products for more income. Less customer returns (if any), less download problems, less browser based problems etc. Win win.

    How about if the owner of the book did the right thing in the first place and sold it for $99.00. But understanding that the price is higher, he only sells one third of the original volume.

    $99.00 x 166 units = $16,434.00

    Can you see where this is going?

    Side Note:

    Hey, we all know the argument "But what if because it's cheaper more people buy? Surely the volume will make the extra profit?"

    OK, let's take a look at it.

    At $99.00 you sell 166 units for $16,434.00.

    So using the original price at $14.95 you'll need to sell 1,100 of them to make the same amount of money.

    Now, unless you're a top marketer with substantial previous experience, that isn't going to happen. And if you are a top marketer with the experience to sell 1,000+ books in this fictional month, then with your credibility, people will still pay at least $37.00 for your book which would be $40,700 for the same amount of work.

    End Note:

    For goodness sake owners, authors and writers - stop shooting yourself in the foot! And for those of you who sell resale rights products, stop trying to "give it all away" - you are the one losing money!

    And for those of you who create and sell resale rights products - PLEASE sell by licence to a profitable price marketplace.

    Don't let people butcher and degrade your work by selling your $99.00 product for $14.94 - it's hurting you as well as us. Please.

    Over the past twelve months I've increased the access to my training site four times. Originally it was $49.00 (I fell into the trap). Now it's over $300.00.

    Guess what, I have more people register and join now than I did at the lower price, but even if I didn't it would still be worthwhile.

    You can do the same - just believe in your products and services.

    Between us, we can bring some profit back into the Online Market.
    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 5:49 PM | Permalink | 0 comments
    3 Great Tips To Make More Money Playing Online Poker
    Tuesday, January 03, 2006

    There are three very important things that you should have in mind before playing online poker. First you should know how to choose a table, second you should know were to sit at the table you choose and last but not least you should know when to live the table.

    How to choose an online poker table.

    First of all when you are choosing an online poker table you should think of choosing one with players who are of a lesser skill level than you. So when you select a table the statistics will appear. Usually you will be given the following info:hands per hour, percentage of players seeing the flop, and average pot size. An important thing is that hands per must be very high, because when the game is fast you can make more money.

    The perfect table is a loose one. So you should carefully look at the of players seeing the flop. So if the percentage is at least 30 at a table with 10 players than it's good. You should look for lower limits.

    The next thing you should check before sitting at an online poker table is the pot size. You can tell by the pot size if it's an active or an passive table. Here are now rules, because you can win at a passive table as much as you can at an active table.

    The last thing you can look at before choosing an online poker table is the stacks of the other players. If they are playing with much money usually means that they are serious players. But many great players sit down at the table with small stacks in order to remain inconspicuous. There are also many poor players with lot of money to spend.

    Where to position yourself at an online poker table

    The best thing for you is to have the stronger players on your right. This way you can act after they do. If you never saw those players playing you should try to watch them for a while. You should observe and take in mind if a player is loose or tight. After this try to position yourself in order to have the tight players on your right.

    If you have the luck to find any maniacs at the online poker table on your left you dispose of many advantages. A maniac is a person who loves to raise with little to back up. So you can see how the other players react to his bets, if they have good hands to call him.

    When to leave from an online poker table

    Before every hand you have to questions in your mind: to leave or not to leave. It's important that you are the one that makes this choice not the other players at the table.

    If you feel that you are loosing you should ask your self another two questions. Is this the best table for me? Am i in shape? So try too see if the reasons that made you choose that online poker table still exist. Check if any of the poor players have left or if any good players have arrived. Is everyone still playing as loose as they were when you began? Even after you decided that there are the same table conditions you should check the other tables. Maybe you can find a better one.

    So in the end in order to make the right decision you must be honest with your self. You must be able to make the difference between a simple bad luck or the fact that you could be outmatched. You also might be tired or stressed. There are many factors that can lead you to a bad game. The most important thing is to stay calm so you can make the right decision.

    In conclusion this are the three most important matters that you should keep in mind when you want to play online poker.
    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 6:47 AM | Permalink | 0 comments
    Finding a Niche
    If you don't find a niche market for the product or service you offer, you will have a difficult time being successful. Most newcomers who wish to do business on the Internet often market to everyone they can find with the expectation that everyone will do business with them. This is the same as throwing mud against the wall and hoping some of it will stick. They have not yet found their niche market. What is niche marketing? A niche market is composed of individuals and businesses that have similar interests and needs, which can be readily identified and that can be easily targeted and reached. Finding a niche for your business means finding a great product or service for a highly targeted audience. Here's the process to find your niche business.

    1. Find a niche product or service you are passionate about. This will greatly improve your chances of being successful. Why? Because it's the only way you're going to be able to devote the kind of time and effort to create a meaningful web site, build up the right traffic, generate worthwhile income, and enjoy what you're doing.

    2. Choose a niche product you are knowledgeable about.
    Reflect on what skills, hobbies or products you know the most about. If you don't have the knowledge yet, then choose a niche product that you would love to promote, and then spend the necessary time to research it, so you can eventually become an expert in your marketing field.

    3. Define your niche market
    - do the necessary research to see if there is a market for your niche product. To create a profitable business for your niche product, you need to ask yourself these questions:

    a) Is there sufficient demand for it? -
    If you choose a field that is too broad it may be hard to stand out from the competition. For example, camping equipment could be your niche product. Well, unless you are a large corporation such as Sports Authority (a large retail store in my town), you won't stand out from the crowd. However, a more highly targeted niche product could be Coleman Camping Equipment.

    b) Keyword research -
    use keyword tools such as the overture suggestion tool (http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion) or word tracker (wordtracker.com) to find how many people are searching each month on keywords related to your niche product. Here's an example: According to overture (at the time of writing this article), the keyword phrase "camping equipment" was searched 76164 times in one month. If you do a search on Google.com for camping equipment you will find 1,610,000 web sites show up - heck, that's too competitive. However "Coleman camping equipment" generated 1242 searches in one month according to overture. Google.com shows 93,200 competing websites. That's much better though still somewhat competitive.

    Tip: Notice there are not many web sites (even the top ones), that have "Coleman camping equipment" in their titles. This is just one of the ways to obtain a high ranking on the search engines for your newly targeted web site. This will then provide lots of targeted traffic to your site.

    c) Take a survey �
    you may already have products or services that you selling to your customers. If so, ask questions within your survey about what product or service would help your customers business. If it can help them save time by gaining more knowledge or automating tasks, you could have a winner.

    d) Create Your Own Unique Selling Position (USP)
    - study your competition to find out what they emphasize about the product which makes them stand out from the crowd. Then decide on something that will make your business unique from the others. It could be something unique about the product (i.e. discount Coleman camping equipment) or you could choose a more highly defined target market (i.e. Boy Scout organizations and clubs throughout the USA that use Coleman�s camping equipment).

    4. Build and promote your web site
    - to develop a profitable web site for your niche product you need to create a number of informative pages that will not only attract visitors from the search engines, but inform and move them to purchase from your site. Niche marketing is the key to developing a profitable business that will make you stand out from the crowd. By doing the necessary research and building an informative web site, you will become an expert in your niche marketing field.
    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 1:06 AM | Permalink | 0 comments
    How To Make Money Online
    Monday, January 02, 2006

    It seems everyone wants to know how to make money online these days. There are many programs that allow people to make money but there are many more that are setup to take all your money and disappear. The problem is trying to find the good ones and stay away from the bad ones, and reduce your odds of losing money.

    The trick to making money online is not rocket science. It’s quite simple actually. It all boils down to research, start small and diversification. You’ve heard about diversification a million times. The problem is that diversifying is very difficult for most people to do because they get too caught up in one program, or stock or whatever it may be. They see huge gains and think if they can make this much money with a small investment, they can make much more if they invested even more money. Then if their investment program fails, they’re out 100% of their money. This happens time and time again and so many people don’t learn from their mistakes. They rationalize that the current program is nothing like the failed program and they do it all over again.

    You need to diversify with any investments you decide to pursue. One of the hottest things going today are programs called Paid Autosurf programs. There are a handful of reputable companies that pay nice returns to their members for browsing through their advertisers websites. This is such huge business that more and more large corporations are offering these programs as well.

    As great paying programs come along then it’s only natural that all the scam sites and thieves come out to take advantage of the opportunities. That’s just the way it goes these days. You need to be very careful. Some of these great looking websites come across as being sincere and honest and they have only one objective. To get lots of members and one day close up shop, and take everyone’s money. This happens every day.

    That’s why you need to research the programs you join, invest small and diversify across a few programs. So if one of them doesn’t work out, you have the other programs picking up the slack as you replace the failing system. You also need to start small and build up your investment amount. If a program takes a minimum $4 investment, then invest about $20 to see how it goes. When you make a profit, reinvest until you’re using your earnings to generate more income. Then you have nothing to lose. You’re now using the company’s money to generate a nice income. As you start to make more money, reinvest a portion and take some money out to pay yourself. That’s it. If you do this with a few programs, you will maximize your earnings and minimize any losses.

    The other thing to be careful of are mirror websites. These are sites that look exactly like a well know respected website, but have links that are designed to steal your information. As you type in your username and password, these scam sites steal your information, go into your real account and rip you off. You also need to protect your PC from viruses and spyware. Some of this spyware can be very nasty and steal all your login names and passwords. You should protect yourself regardless of joining these programs. If you do online banking or any sensitive business on your computer, you need to be very careful and protect yourself from these threats.

    As with any investment, there is some level of risk. Don’t invest more than you can afford to lose and always start small and build up your accounts as you earn money in the programs. If you follow these simple recommendations, you will do very well for yourself. Also, don’t get attached to any one program. Even if one of the programs pays the best and seems like they will be around forever, please remember nothing lasts forever. Even the best run, well intentioned businesses can fail. Just remember to diversify and you’ll be fine.

    Copyright 2005 East Tech LLC

    posted by Charles Lin M.D. at 4:07 AM | Permalink | 0 comments
    CPM & CPC Programs
    Sunday, January 01, 2006
    24/7 Real Media
    Advertising


    24/7 Web Alliance is comprised of over 900 publishers serving over 7 billion impressions a month. Primarily CPM ads with limited CPC ads. No CPAs. Contracts with publishers on a revenue split, no serving fee. Focus on larger IAB ad sizes. The 24/7 Portfolio is a collection of 50 brand name sites across 16 content verticals.

    Minimum traffic: 1 million monthly page views. 80% of total traffic must be US based.


    AdOrigin
    Advertising


    Banners and Unicast superstitials. 5,000 impressions per month, 0,25% CTR required. Several reports of non-payment of publishers, and banners and skyscrapers blink and twinkle all over the network's own home page - never a good sign. Best avoided.

    Minimum traffic: 5,000 monthly impressions.


    Adtegrity
    Advertising


    A medium-sized network with a good reputation for reliable (if slow - net 90) payment and reasonable CPM levels. Minimum traffic: 500,000 monthly page views or 40,000 uniques with a 90% US audience. Offers 468x60 banners, skyscrapers, and pop-ups.

    Minimum traffic: 500,000 monthly page views or 40,000 uniques.

    Affiliate Fuel
    Advertising


    Nearly all of Affiliate Fuel's business is conducted on a CPA basis. They constantly analyze the backend CPC and CPM conversions on campaigns which are among the highest in the industry. By generating referrals, you earn a 2-tier 5% commission, as well as a flat bounty of $2.00/referral. Sites must be hosted on a top level domain and have a minimum of 2,000 unique visitors per day. Affiliate Fuel provides real-time tracking and reporting on most campaigns. Officially, Affiliate Fuel has terms of NET 60. However, since inception, they have paid out NET 30 on average. Minimum payout is $25.


    Blue Lithium
    Advertising


    Relatively new network featuring approximately 1,000 "affinity sites". Offers a wide variety of ad formats served using the AdRevolver ad server. Also offers a 10% referral incentive for publishers.

    DirectLeads
    Advertising


    DirectLeads is a lead and click network that is pay per performance. DirectLeads also offers many pay-per-click programs, paying in the range of $0.05 to $0.15 per click You can also use your Super Affiliate code and make 10% of all commissions ever earned by webmasters you refer. You will need to meet the minimum $20.00 in order to receive payment, balances are carried over month to month. Payments are made 60 days after the close of a month.


    Dotomi Direct Messaging
    Advertising


    Unique advertising network featuring one-to-one, personalized messages within banner ads.
    From the website:"Dotomi Direct Messages appear in the standard banner inventory on your site with one major difference - the banners are personal one-to-one messages sent directly from marketers to consumers. With Dotomi Direct Messaging, Consumers Rule!™. Similar to the benefits of Instant Messaging, consumers now have a permission-based and relevant way to communicate directly with their favorite marketers. As a result, click through rates are 1000-3000% more effective than conventional banners."
    "As a part of Dotomi Direct Messaging's opt-in only service, Consumers Rule!™, and only receive messages from their chosen marketers - avoiding irrelevant content. And because consumers' preferences are laid out during their registration for the service, your communication to them will be more personal, relevant and direct."
    Dotomi has partnered with major content providers like About.com, Nytimes.com, and Gannet. For high-volume sites, definitely worth exploration.

    Fastclick
    Advertising


    Fastclick pays by impression, click, or impression/click combination and give you 65% of the sale! Monthly Bonus equal to 5% of net earnings of all referred Publishers but is limited to one year. With their site analysis capability, you can get an in-depth understanding of your traffic - free. Publishers will typically be paid within twenty-five (25) business days after the end-of-month. No checks will be issued for any amounts less than $50US, unless guaranteed payment has been chosen. Guaranteed payments for balances of less than $50US will incur a service charge of $2.50US. You can also get money via PayPal account. Direct deposit is coming soon.


    FineClicks
    Advertising


    FineClicks offers various forms of offers for you to choose from to earn great revenue from your websites or newsletters. Yes, you can earn $5 for each approved affiliate that earns $5 himself plus 5% of all revenue that your referred websites earn. There is an option to refer Merchants and get paid 5% of thier deposits for the life of their account. You can get money via check or PayPal account. Affiliates are paid monthly, within 45 days of the end of the designated month. You must accrue $50.00 in your account before a check will be issued. Amounts equaling less than $50.00 roll over to the next month and accumulate from there.


    www.google.com/adsense
    advertising
    Google's famous AdWords, now available for small publishers. Google offers numerous banner sizes with targeted adword placements on a PPC basis. This program has proved highly profitable for publishers who have been running AdWords through their main ad networks, and for very large publishers who have managed to strike independent deals. Highly recommended.
    Update: Google now offers Google SiteSearch and WebSearch in addition to AdSense. SiteSearch and WebSearch allow AdSense members to add Google search, with branded Google results pages, to their sites. Search results are presented together with separate sponsored listings, with a similar revenue share to publishers as that of AdSense. No traffic minimum.




    HispanoClick.com
    Advertising

    New online ad network focused on the Hispanic market.Works with a network of Hispanic community websites including some of the most popular independent destinations in Spanish. Provide more than 20 million Hispanic impressions in the USA and more than 100 millions Hispanic impressions in Latin American. Offers country-specific, channel-wide, U.S. Hispanic origins targeting and run-of-network placements.
    Media: standard banners (468x60) Skyscrapers (120x600, 160x600) Rectangles (300x250, 336x280) Leaderboards (728x90), Floating banner (250x250), Pop under (any sizes). Supports rich media formats such as Flash, Director, and Quicktime. Also accepts TV commercials that are transformed into Flash Superstitials. Also offers Hispanic e-surveys. Statistics available on impressions, clicks, and CTR’s, viewable by individual banner or pops, by advertiser, by advertiser campaign.Also offers English to Spanish translation service for banners, web pages or entire sites.

    PrimaryAds
    Advertising

    PrimaryAds is a new network that specializes in cost-per-action advertising. In addition to your standard commission you will earn 10% of all the commissions earned by your referrals. There is no delay of payment as advertisers prepay for the services. The checks are mailed monthly on the 15th of each month. The minimum check that will be sent out is $25. If you earn less than $25 in any month, it will roll over into the next month.


    RevenuePilot
    Advertising


    RevenuePilot is a leading Pay-Per-Click network. Publishers earn 60% of each search term bidded value and 10% of all earnings from accounts that are referred by you and are subsequently accepted into the affiliate network. They only pay for traffic coming from the US, UK, Canada and Australia. You can choose to be paid by Check or PayPal at no charge. Wire Transfers are available for a fee. Payments are immediately processed on the first business day after the last billing period. You will get paid within 60 business days or earlier (usually all affiliates are paid out in 30-40 days). Minimum balance for payment is $25.


    WebSponsors.com
    Advertising


    WebSponsors.com is a results-based (pay-per-click and pay-per-lead) advertising network that benefits both the advertiser and the affiliate. They have over 180 different advertiser offers available. Commissions range from $0.50 to $75 per visitor. You will also be credited 10% of whatever the referred site makes each and every month. Your account must accrue $15 before a check is sent to you. Payment usually occurs with 45-60 days of the last day of the month in which the earnings were accrued.


    Advertising.com
    Advertising


    Advertising.com model is based on the performance-based Cost-per-Click (CPC) and Cost-per-impression (CPM) models. They will pay you above average click-through rates, generally ranging from $0.20 to $0.25 per-click, with an average of about $0.20. A "unique Click-through" is defined as a maximum of one click-through from any IP address per twenty-four (24) hour period. They also have special EMAS program, which pays publishers for hosting banners in E-mails. Also you receive a small commission each time an ad is displayed - $1-2 for every 1000 ads that are displayed. For every referral sent to Advertising.com, the referrer receives $5.00. They also receive $0.01 per click from that referred website. If the referred website signs up a website, original site receives $2.00. A check will be issued on the 15th of the month following the month the minimum ($25) is reached.


    AllClicks
    Advertising


    AllClicks pays on CPC basis $0.03 for unique clicks. Every unique visitor in a 12 hour period that clicks on your link is counted. Despite lower than average payouts AllClicks allows using blind links. Their pay periods run from the 1st to the 15th of the month and from the 16th to the end of month. Checks are mailed within 10 business days of the end of the pay period. Minimum earnings to receive a check is $50.00


    Burst!
    Advertising


    Burst! is a great choice for those who look for pay-per-impression/pay-per-click program. Burst! earns a commission or a percentage of the publisher's revenue paid by the advertiser. You determine the percentage (30%-50%) based on the type of contract you choose when joining Burst! The average Targeted Advertising CPM for BURST! was $19.00 in the first half (1/1 - 6/30) of 1999. The average pricing of Non-targeted Advertising was $3.00 CPM and $0.35 CPC for the first half of 1999. They pay web sites and email content publishers for advertising monthly or within 45 days of the close of each calendar month in which the balance due exceeds $30.00.


    Click Agents
    Advertising


    Click Agents model is based on the performance-based Cost-per-Click (CPC) model. You will get paid a minimum of 10 cents per each unique daily click. For sites that get a larger number of pageviews daily, (30,000+) will qualify for premium rates that start at 12 cents a click, and that go up to 25 cents per click. For every user that you sign up Click Agents will reward you with 10% of all the cash that all of your referred users accumulate, permanently. All members will be paid on the first week of every month, if the minimum amount ($50) value is sustained.


    ClickXchange
    Advertising


    Become an Affiliate, earn revenue while adding content to your site! Refer an affiliate and earn 5% of that affiliates earnings forever! As a bonus they will also pay you $10 for each advertising member that joins.


    clixGalore
    Careers


    clixGalore is a large affiliate network comprising of over 800+ Merchants and ten of thousands of Affiliates across our three networks in the USA, UK and Australia. The clixGalore service fee is 25% and based on what is paid to the Affiliate. For example, if a Merchant is willing to pay an Affiliate $10 per sale, the Affiliate will receive $10, clixGalore will receive $2.5. The total cost to the Merchant is $12.5. You will also earn 5% commission for life from all the Affiliates that your refer to clixGalore. clixGalore pays $5-50$ per merchant you refer. clixGalore has a monthly pay schedule and will mail you a check when your commission reaches US$50 or AUD$100 or UK£35 or 60 Euro. But there were delays with payment processing.


    Commission Junction
    Advertising


    Commission Junction has developed and operates a service which allows Web sites to run and/or participate in Affiliate Marketing programs. You must first be approved by a Merchant to become an Affiliate of that Merchant’s program. Referral program currently pays a bounty of $1 per New Referred Affiliate, plus 5% of any New Referred Affiliate earnings for as long as You are an active Affiliate Member of the Service. Payments are made automatically on the twentieth (20th) day of each month when Your account balance reaches $25 for the previous months' transactions.


    PennyWeb
    Advertising

    As of January of 1999, over 186,000 host accounts and more than 1,000 advertiser accounts have implemented PennyWeb services. PennyWeb, the leader in the web-based advertising industry and the model for "click advertising" worldwide. 2 programs are available to you: The PennyWeb Premium Host Plan (must own a domain name i.e. http://www.yourname.com) and Standard Host Plan. PennyWeb will pay you 15 to 30 cents for each unique click. A "unique click" is defined as a maximum of one click from any IP address, per 24-hour period. PennyWeb will process payout to Host on the 15th day of the following calendar month for all commissions earned for the prior period provided that payout equals or exceeds $25.00 for U.S./Canadian accounts and $100.00 for international accounts. All accounts which require international wire-transfer will be charged a $30.00 transaction fee.


    ValueClick
    Advertising

    ValueClick is the leading provider of Internet advertising solutions for publishers of Web sites and online advertisers. ValueClick's model is based on the performance-based Cost-per-Click (CPC) model. They will pay you 12 to 23 cents for each unique visitor who clicks through to their advertisers' websites from your website and 1 cent for every click-through that a referred site generates for ValueClick advertisers. A "unique visitor" is defined as a maximum of one visit from any IP address, per six-hour period. ValueClick pays its hosts twice a month for clicks earned in each pay period. Websites which have earned less than $20.00 in a month will have their check carried over and mailed within two to four weeks after the end of the month in which they exceed $20.00


    Bannerco-op
    Advertising


    At the Co-Op you get free advertising for your site and 10 cents credit for hosting other ads on a 1-1 basis. They place two ads (250 x 72 pixels) inside of a single 500 x 72 banner that members agree to host. One of these ads is always a paid advertiser. When a visitor to your site clicks on the advertiser sponsor ad, you earn 10 cents. All members are required to display the membership icon on their home page. On the 15th of each month Bannerco-op will total all accumulated click thru's for each host, and e-mail will be automatically sent to each host that is due payment, notifying the host of the amount of the check to be sent. Checks will be processed and sent via postal mail within 2 business days. To qualify for monthly payments you need only to have $25.


    BannerMat
    Advertising


    The BannerMat is an Internet advertising service bureau whose sole reason for existance is Internet advertising. The company specializes in providing their clients with the best service possible by offering targeted banner rotations. The Standard pay rate is: $ 0.05 per unique click-thru. The Premium pay rate is: $ 0.10 per unique click-thru. (English sites with their own domain). The Bannermat has added a two tier referral program to their list of available services for registered host sites. The two tier referral program has been setup to pay $2.50 for each accepted host registration that you refer to BannerMat and an additional 20% of all click thru traffic that each of your referrals generate. Checks are mailed on the first day of the following month provided that the host account has an accumulated balance of more than $25.00.


    Clicksor
    Advertising


    Clicksor uses Contextual Advertising technology to maximize advertising spending by displaying advertisements only on relevant web pages. Clicksor will pay publishers up to 70% of the advertising clicks revenues generated from their websites. You will be earning up to 10% commissions when you are referring new advertisers to Clicksor. Moreover, Clicksor will also pay you $5.00 cash for every publisher you referred that reaches the minimum earning of $50. Clicksor provides online real time stats and a bi-weekly (NET 15) payment schedule. In any pay period in which your earnings exceed $50.00, payments are made either by check or instantly through PayPal. Revenue totalling less that $50 will be rolled into the following period.


    LinkSponsor
    Advertising


    LinkSponsor offers your website an additional revenue stream through textlink advertising that is neither annoying nor distracting to your visitors. When your visitors click on a link, you will earn between $.02 and $.20. You are also paid 10% of all earnings from accounts which you referred. Ads are designed to compliment most internet advertisement sizes including 468x60 banners, 120x600 vertical skyscrapers, and pop-under windows. Payments are sent within 30 days for the previous month’s earnings. The minimum balance for payment is $25.


    HPic.com
    Adult


    Hpic.com is the perfect way to earn extra income out of your adult or warez website. Currently HPic.com has 12 programs to choose from that pay from 2 cents per click (for blind/warez) to 8 cents per unique click, 40 cents per email collected, 60% Partnership, $26 to $37 per trial signup...more. They claim to pay over 10 000 webmasters on-time every time since 1995. Minimum payout is 60 US dollars. For amounts above 60 US dollars and below 160 are send in traveler checks or US dollar checks, or amount above, payments can be made either in US dollar Check or by international transfers. Payments are done once a month on the first working day of the month.


    CompactBanner
    Advertising


    Stat does not work. No reply to emails. Webmasters will be paid $.41/cpm for banners with one POP-UP and $.20/cpm with no POPS plus 7% of money earned by directly referred Affiliates, and 2%,1%,1%,1%,1% of indirect referrals earnings on next 5 levels. CompactBanner program is available worldwide as long as you have a decent amount of US traffic. Company pays members NET 45 once they accumlate $50 in their account. As of March 11th, 2002 we charge $.50 for US checks to be sent, $1 for checks with destination of Canada and $3 for any checks going international. PayPal payments as of March 11th, 2002 are currently lowered to $.50 per payment to any country with PayPal availablity.


    Adult Revenue Service
    Adult

    You can earn 8 cents per unique click or $30-$40 per signup. You may choose to participate in the RevShare Hosting program and use a portion of your earned commission to pay for hosting. If you do not keep the ratio of 1:650 then you will be switched to the sign up program for that week. To earn $40 per signup, you must make 50 signups or more per pay period. The following additional commissions are paid to you, no matter which of the above two commission programs you select: You receive $200 for each active Webmaster who refers at least five sign-ups to an ARS approved website. You receive $15 for each Web900 sale referred by you to the ARS Program. ARS pays every week. The minimum payout allowed overall differs for each payment type:
    Standard Check - $10
    Overnight Check - $10 or enough to cover overnight fee. Overnight fee - $25.
    PayPal - $10
    Wire - International - $1000; Domestic - $500. Wire fee - $20 international, $10 domestic (US).
    Direct Deposit - $10


    BannerSpace
    Advertising


    BannerSpace’s model is based on the CPC and CPM models. The total payment is a combination of CPC and CPM amounts. You can run only the CPM sponsor with a small change to your code. If the same user clicks on the banner again within 2 hours, the click is not recorded. Your pay rate is set based on your monthly page views and other factors. Current pay rates range from $.12 to $.20 per click. Premium pay rate quotes for high traffic sites are made on a case by case basis. You will be paid an extra $.03 (automatic increase to $.05 when Beta period over) per click from all sites that you refer. Payments are sent quarterly (every three months) to members owed less than $100.00. Members earning over $100/month are paid monthly. Checks go out within the first five business days of the month for payments of less than $1000.


    Bclick
    Advertising


    BClick’s model is based on the performance-based Cost-per-Click (CPC) model. You will receive credit for unique visitors between $.12 and $.17. A unique visitor is defined as one click per IP address per day. Also you are initially paid $5.00 for every host you refer. In addition, you are paid $.01 for every click a referred host generates, for as long as you and the host are active. Checks are sent for a minimum of $20. Checks are mailed before the 10th of each month for the previous month's earnings.


    CandidClicks
    Adult


    This is pay per blind click adult program that offers the following niches: Teen, Amateur, Asian, Fetish, Gay, Hardcore, Lesbian, Mature, and Softcore. Below is a table explaining the bonus payout system.
    1000 clicks/day = 2.5 cents/click
    2000 clicks/day = 3 cents/click
    3000 clicks/day = 3.5 cents/click
    4000 clicks/day = 4 cents/click
    Webmasters will receive an amount equal to 25% of the earnings for that pay period (excluding bonuses) of all active webmasters that they refer based on 2 cents/click. CandidClicks pays on the 5th of every month for last months commissions by check, PayPal or wire transfer. You need to earn at least $1000 in the pay period to be qualified for a wire transfer. A fee of $40 will be also deducted for the wire transfer.




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