Archive for April, 2007

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If you’ve been interested in internet marketing for more than 5 minutes I’m sure you must have already come across several of the innumerable variations on the “If you’re looking for a foolproof, easy way to make money online, this is it!” line.

But trite as it is, and as much as I want to avoid hype, today I have to say it myself. There is no other line that will do.

The brainchild of Alok Jain, Silent Profit Machine REALLY IS an easy, foolproof way to make money online!

I honestly can’t see that anyone can fail at this one. And it’s free.

Even if you’re an experienced Internet marketer, Silent Profit Machine will interest you. Effortlessly add another string to your bow, that will automagically put more money into your bank account.

How does it work?

The first part is pretty run of the mill, you refer people to a website that takes their email address in return for a free report (basically a high converting squeeze) and you get paid commissions on sales.

But this is a residual income affiliate program, and so it’s that last bit that we need to explore further.

How would you like to get paid commissions on sales made over an entire year from a one time referral?

How would you like to get paid commissions on sales made from products within the free download report?

How would you like to get paid commissions on sales made from weekly emails sent to your referrals promoting the latest, greatest hot-selling items in Internet marketing that everyone buys?

There’s more, but that will suffice. Go get your report.

You’ll be happy you did.

P.S. Nobody does anything for nothing, and Alok is obviously the biggest gainer, but who cares? This rates amongst the most generous affiliate offerings I’ve ever seen.

The Prince of Print, famous — perhaps infamous — as a larger-than-life copywriting genius, passed away in his sleep on Sunday, April 8th.

I missed this at the time, but if you haven’t heard of him, you need to. Gary was one-of-a-kind and nothing short of a legend in the world of direct marketing. A man whose reputation preceded him, he inspired marketers and copywriters everywhere.

For years now he’s been freely giving away all his old paid subscription newsletters he began publishing in back 1986 at The Gary Halbert Letter, which is where I first got to know of him.

His newsletters are packed with marketing tips and ideas — tons of real gems, which he was adding to every month as he shared his thoughts on Internet marketing. I’ve been going on and off for years now. The only thing is many are pretty long, and finding the time to read them all is why my visits always remained erratic, despite the best intentions.

He also published his, The Boron Letters on the site. Written to his youngest son, Bond, when Gary was imprisoned at Boron Federal Prison Camp or, “Club Fed” as he called it, he described this series of letters as “the most precious gift I have ever given him… and… the most precious gift… anyone else could possess.”

Now I’m resolved to download the entire site, before it’s too late and all the priceless information disappears. Thankfully I have a couple of applications that make that a one click job. But even if you don’t, I recommend you do the same. You’ll find the words of a marketing genius on those pages, a LOT of wisdom and a good dose of humour thrown in.