By S. Kumar
The all important questions is:
"Do we have to believe EXACTLY what the known gurus have to say, follow them blindly as per their dictum and LOOSE Money?
Recent developments have proved that small website owners loose money by blindly following gurus without a second thought.
It's a self-imposed trap!
*Before you fall into Impulsive-Money-Parting ways, consider these suggestions*
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Check --Before Joining An Affiliate Program
What is a good affiliate program? Check for these 8 attributesbefore you think of joining a program. If you score 5 of them correctlyyou can join it.
1. --Offers High first-purchase commission on customers referred by you.
2. --Life time commission on all future purchases done by the 'customer' originally referred by you.
3. --Commissions on sales generated by 'affiliates' referred by you.
4. --Free to join programs where companies will not ask up-front money from you.
5. --Has high-demand info products or services that gives you minimum 50% Commission.
6. --Rapidly growing product line that enables you to sell more products.
7. --Chance for ongoing education, training and learning opportunities.
8. --Provides superb marketing tools to build business, provides personal support if required.
For e.g. You can check out our own Affiliate Program for about 50 products and judge whether we score more than 5!
http://www.learnhomebusiness.com/affiliate.htm
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Check --Before Buying An Info-Product
No doubt! There are some excellent eBooks out there. But what is a good eBook?
An eBook is as good as its author, and some authors are notoriousfor recycling the same content, give a different title to it and resellit back to us! --which wealready possess!
Next time you are tempted to click on the order link for that 'BrandNew eBook', let the following 6 points flash through your mind.
1. --Always look for the Guarantee. Good Software companiesalways offer a guarantee. It does not matter if it is 30 days or 10years!
2. --See if the company is offering a trial/ demoversion. This shows the author's confidence. If somebody is asking fora Direct Order --hold it! Give a search in the search engines and lookfor a similar product that offer a demo version. This is especiallytrue if the product is above $50 and is expensive.
3.--If you are going to buy on the recommendation from a 'Guru' --Makesure that he is a real guru known for his unbiased opinions and advises.
4.--Most of the 'Gurus' do have a Free eBook! Download it first, checkfor content quality and real resources. Check again for the amount of'Affiliate Links' he has thrown in under the garb of a resource! Thiswill reveal --whether the Author is quality conscious or he simplywants your money.
5. --Is the Price right? Ask again! Ihave bought many eBooks and found the asking price too much for measlyinformation. Look beyond the hype! In fact this prompted me to open a"6 Only eBook Store" at my site. You may check it out here: http://www.learnhomebusiness.com/6dollar.htm
6. -- Finally, Do not buy on an impulse! Be doubly sure that you actually need the products
Be aware of what you are paying for --Fully and completely! You willsoon narrow down to good affiliate programs, good eBooks andtrustworthy recommendations.
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