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This week we asked our panel of experts something a little different to get ideas for thinking creatively in your business.

“What's a unique way you make money – something that most people might not think of or think that you would do?”

Here are their responses.

Rachel Rofe of How To Get Every Book You Write Onto The First Page Of Kindle says:

Well, I recently outed myself to my list, but I created a site back in 2006 or 2007 that shows people how they can marry Russian women. I learned a whole lot about Russian culture while making that site!

Another unique way to make money has been with my blog. Sometimes I make blog posts that are informational but also include some of my products, like this one which is a detailed explanation about how to publish a book.

I then add an affiliate link to the post into my affiliate center. That makes it so that affiliates can get an affiliate link to send traffic to that individual blog post.

Basically, affiliates get paid to share great content. A lot of times, leads come to my site and end up staying for a while. They often buy my other products.

And since my affiliate program pays out lifetime commissions, affiliates can send people to a FREE blog post, but get paid for years to come on anything their leads buy.

It's a great win-win-win. Affiliates can share great content AND get paid for it, customers GET great content, and I get more exposure to my blog.

Note from Nik. I do love having the ability to share Rachel's blog posts like the one above with an affiliate link. It's great content and it has profit potential. Two things I love.

Terry Dean of Internet Lifestyle Cheat Sheets says:

Good question. I make money all the normal ways: product sales, coaching, services, Kindle, and many affiliate programs. But here's a method a lot of people might not have thought about. I have business partners in a couple of other countries that translate and sell my products to their audiences.

For example, I have a business partner in Russia who translates my products into Russian including even republishing my physical book into Russian. It's their business. They do the work and pay me a royalty fee on everything they sell that's mine.

I also do a webinar for them around quarterly. They supply a translator and we do a content rich webinar that sells one of the partner products at the end.

This is a fun way to expand your publishing business into other markets and languages while adding almost no additional work for your business (the webinars are usually ones I've done for my own audience and the partner handles the translation of them).

How do you get deals like this? Once you build a name in your market, you may get approached by them. Or it can also be as simple as sending an email to your own list letting them know you're interested in this kind of arrangement. Most of the people who would want to do this with you would already be on your list as one of your current fans.

If you're fluent in another language, this also becomes a potential business idea for you – republishing someone else's work into another language. You'll find most markets are less competitive than the English version.

Note from Nik. Terry's so smart. I've thought about paying to have some of my books translated, but never considered the model he has where he just sits back and collects royalties. It's totally hands-off. And, pretty brilliant.

Connie Ragen Green of Affiliate Marketing Secrets Explained says:

I had to think about this question, because my business tends to overlap with my personal life these days. One unique way that I've made money several times now is by helping my friends to ‘market' their high school age kids so that they are more attractive to the colleges.

This started a couple of years ago when my friend's daughter was told by a school guidance counselor that she would most likely not be accepted by the colleges of her choice because the only thing in her favor was her grades. She was a shy, introverted girl who had never joined clubs or become involved with other activities at school. She was an accomplished pianist, loved soccer, and excelled in mathematics.

We set up a blog for her so that she could share her thoughts and ideas with the world. Being able to communicate from behind a computer made it much easier for her. We also set up a YouTube channel where she could post videos of herself playing the piano. She began to blog about the school's soccer team, analyzing each game and giving tips for what they could do to improve. She also blogged about math, sharing tips and strategies for some difficult concepts. Finally, I had her connect with three ‘influencers' at her school, asking them to tell others about what she was doing online.

The results were fast, fun, and fantastic! She was asked by the music department to join them for specific performances; the math department asked her to help with some after school tutoring, and the soccer coach asked her to come in as a strategist for the season. Her gifts and talents were being noticed and acknowledged.

And, yes, she was accepted by all five colleges she applied to, and she is now a freshman at the University of Texas in Austin.

Note from Nik. Great idea from Connie. And I'm betting whatever she charged, the parents thought it was a steal considering the results they got.

Shannon Cherry of Learn How I Get *Paid* to Attend Events says:

I have several ‘sneaky' ways to add more money to my bottom line. But the most profitable to date has been getting sponsors to pay me to do my marketing.

I've been using sponsors to underwrite everything lately.

• Sponsors pay for me to attend events. I have sponsors pay for travel, lodging, meals, outfits and even gifts to give out whether I am speaking or not.
• Sponsors have paid for me to blog on my own blog, Mommy-Inc.com.
• Sponsors are paying for some of my renovations in my house because I am blogging about it.

(Yes, that means you do NOT have to have your own live event to get sponsored!)

In the past few years, I've earned more than $170,000 just in sponsorships alone.

How does it work?

If I am reaching a particular target market, I find a company who wants a connection to that target market. Then I make that connection for them, by simply using the marketing I am already doing, and they pay me.

Sponsorship marketing is still in its infancy, so now is the time to add this to your revenue mix. If you have a direct connection to a particular market, take the extra step now and get companies to pay you to market to them. If done right, you can be paid for years to come.

You can learn Shannon's system here: Learn How I Get Paid to Attend Events

Note from Nik. Shannon has been talking about these sponsorships that she gets for a few years now, and every time she does, my jaw drops. It's like magic to me. Seriously, amazing stuff. I need new flooring in my house. Hmmm… maybe I should think about this.

Mark Mason from the Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast says:

Well, here is something really different — a non-traditional answer for you. One of the best “unique” ways to make money that I have found is to help people without asking for anything. In other words, helping people absolutely for free and often without being asked.

For example, I just noticed that a guy was having trouble on facebook installing a plug-in in wordpress. I made him a quick YouTube video and sent it to him. Probably saved him hours (maybe more). He was stunned and amazed that I took the time to help. And that is important — I did it to help him. But there are a three good things that might happen.

One — he will almost certainly say thanks. That might seem like a small thing, but I have found selfishly that gratitude and praise from others adds fuel to my fire. I love that feeling of knowing I helped someone and hearing them gushing about what a big deal it was to them. Just makes me happy — selfish, but true.

Two — He will tell people about it. Brand and reputation is everything online. ‘Nuff said.

Three — And he and his friends (and his friends friends) might buy stuff from me someday. Maybe. All just because I helped without being asked. Notice that the money is the last thing. That's important. You need to be satisfied that helping people is enough. Then the money will come.

“You can get everything you want in life by helping enough other people get what they want.” — Zig Ziglar

Note from Nik. True. I find that the saying “the more you do, the luckier you get” holds true.  However, and I'm sure Mark would agree, doing nice things repeatedly without selling won't cut it either. I give all the time, and I have learned over the years that not everyone is wired to reciprocate. If you're hoping that they'll figure it out, it can eat away at the relationship. So, you do also have to be asking for things in return.

But, giving from a place of goodness and not needing or asking for anything in return is sure a great feeling, too. Hmmm… I'm thinking this needs to be a separate blog post. Watch for that.

Kelly McCausey of Solo Smarts Podcast says:

My surprising income stream probably comes from my little blog network. I run ten blogs on a variety of home and family topics and I earn income in quite a few ways there.

First, it's part of an ‘ad network' that pays a tiny amount per ad impression. Two ad impressions are served for every page view so that tiny amount adds up pretty well over a month.

Second, the network earns a nice amount of ‘pay for placement' advertising income as well. This income fluctuates quite a bit, some months I may see only a couple hundred and others months I'll see close to a grand. If I would intentionally promote sponsorship, I'm sure I'd have more steady income from that – I just can't make myself do that. I'd love to work with a partner on that, it has so much potential!

There are some non-financial benefits too. Naturally we get a lot of product reviews offers as well and I'm very choosy about what we accept. I'm not in the habit of doing free PR for anyone but if it's a great product that I'd want anyways or can use as a gift for one of my nieces or nephews – I'll go for it.

Everything else I do online has to be so targeted, so specific! The blog network is all about sheer magnitude of all kinds of content and traffic so it's very different animal for me to manage. I have created it to run as independently as possible. All of the new content is created by my blogging interns and I have a VA who manages email inquiries.

Note from Nik. I love Kelly's blog networks. And the fact that they've evolved and changed over time has been cool to watch.

Jason Fladlien of WP Secure Pro says:

Nobody really sees this, but we license whole or parts of the code for our software… sometimes directly to others marketers in our niche, but also to marketers outside of our niche.

A lot of software developers don't understand that their code has a lot of value – and when faced with the option of developing parts of all of software from scratch or paying someone a few grand to hand over it already done – well obviously a lot of people would happily pay you $2,000.

That's why it baffles me that people on the Warrior Forum sell software for like $10 or $20 a pop. The bigger picture is that it behooves us all to think in terms of ASSETS, not products or services. A product IS an asset, but an asset doesn't JUST have to be a product.

What are ways you can take your current ASSETS and leverage them outside of their normal function? That's a profitable thought exercise to have

-> Check out Jason's course to make sure your WordPress blogs are safe and secure here:  WP Secure Pro

Note from Nik. As I've said in the past, Jason is freaky smart. The way I understand this is – he is saying that he sells rights to his software (or pieces and parts of it) – similar to Resale or PLR rights, but with software instead of content. Not only is he selling to his direct competition, but he's also finding other markets of people who may be interested, as well. Smart. Smart. Smart.

One of the products that I bought from Jason and have listened to many times is this one: Six Figure Baby. Check that out. I love it.

Susanne Myers of  Daily Affiliate Tasks says:

I’m an affiliate marketer and make money in a variety of niches. Some are larger than others. Today I want to share one of my smallest niches with you – a tomato cookbook. Toward the end of the summer I noticed that there were tomatoes everywhere. The store, the farmers market and of course my own kitchen counter. Neighbors would drop off buckets full of these delicious red fruits (yes, they are fruits) and I had to get creative in what to make with them and how to preserve them.

One weekend, I sat down and wrote a kindle cookbook all about cooking tomatoes. It includes salads, soups and the like but also more exotic dishes like tomato jam and tomato pie. I formatted it for Amazon Kindle and uploaded it to the Amazon Kindle Store. It’s been selling like hotcakes. The past few weeks sales started to slow down as tomatoes are no longer in season, but I’m sure I’ll continue to sell a few copies each week over the winter, and really see sales pick back up early next summer.

The Tomato Cookbook

The beauty of this money making method is that it’s completely passive. I wrote and uploaded the book and I’m done. Amazon takes care of orders, fulfillment, customer service emails and even some of the marketing. I can just jump in and do a little extra promoting as time allows. Other than that I’m just cashing the checks Amazon sends my way.

Note from Nik. I love this example, because this is a highly highly targeted niche Kindle book on a topic that most would  never think of. So, rather than writing a big long Kindle book, you might want to grab each chapter of it and put it up on Kindle separately.

Bob Jenkins of How to Use Mindmaps to Organize Your Business says:

As a business coach and marketing teacher, the bulk of my income comes from private and group coaching programs and teaching online courses and virtual workshops.

But what most people don’t know is my long history making a healthy chunk of change from selling a weird product online: beef jerky.

It’s kind of a funny, random story.

Back when I was still a full time history teacher with dreams of making money online, I tried a little bit of everything in the network marketing world. Dental plans, diet cleansing products, video email, even a premium social network.

At the time (this is back at the end of 2005), the Million Dollar Homepage was successfully launched by Alex Tew in England. He sold 10×10 pixel blocks for $100 each – and he sold out for the full $1 million dollars!

Seeing an opportunity (i.e., a squirrel), I bought the pixel ad script from the German company that designed his and launched PixYourBiz.com to give network marketers a unique advertising opportunity. That site generated a couple thousand dollars, but the fad ran its course and I let the site die and its registration expire.

However, I had placed Google Adsense on the site for additional monetization which would prove fortunate. Not because I made much from Google Adsense – hardly! But because one day (this is January, 2006), while I was tweaking the back end settings for PixYourBiz, I noticed an ad that read: “Beef Jerky Goes MLM”. Even though I wasn’t an experienced jerky connoisseur, I was intrigued.

After clicking the ad (you’re really not supposed to do that on your own sites, by the way!), I was introduced to an online direct sales company, Jerky Direct. After a quick review, I jumped on the easy $12/month online store and waited for my 2 bags of jerky to arrive.

I loved every bite of that first bag, and have enjoyed a pair of bags of beef, buffalo, or turkey jerky every month for the last 6 years. The best part has been that I haven’t had to pay for my online store or the bags of jerky since it’s generated a lot more revenue for me.

Here’s how that happened…

I created a page on a brand new (at the time) social content site (Squidoo) to advertise the product and business opportunity – “Where Can I Find The Best Beef Jerky Without Putting 10-Syllable Chemicals Direct Into My Body?” I also bought a good domain name (Jerky.ws). My “lens” quickly hit the top 100 on Squidoo, and I saw sales of jerky coming in. On Google, it didn’t take long for my lens to appear on the first page of the search results for “best beef jerky” and similar keywords.

The real boost came when the New York Times printed its first article on Squidoo in April, 2006: A Home Where Bloggers Can Plumb Those Obscure Passions. The author, Bob Tedeschi, used my lens as the initial angle in the story. Within a day, my lens was #1 on Squidoo.com and remained there for over a week. With an active link from the NYTimes.com, Google rewarded me with the #1 result on its search engine. The lens stayed in the top 3 for well over 3 years. Today, the lens is on page 2, still sending me traffic.

With my passion for coaching business owners, I’ve never actively promoted my online jerky store other than the Squidoo lens and a casual mention, since it makes for a fun story. And now you know another weird, unique way to make money online.

Note from Nik. I'm glad you shared a physical product, Bob. That's a cool twist compared to the other answers.

Nicole Dean of .. here! .. says:

Well, goodness. I've had several odd businesses in the past, but this is a hard question – simply because I'm pretty transparent about my businesses to begin with.

I'm going to share two methods, today.

Niche Sites.

You may not know this but I have several niche sites still that bring in passive income month after month after month. A few of them, I haven't touched in years – which is a mistake on my part. But they still bring in money. So, that goes to show that quality over quantity worked in 2006 and it still works now.

Is that an unusual way to make money? Not really. But it may be unusual when you think about me.

The niches? Well, I'm glad you asked.

Four of my favorite niche sites are about:

• Romance in a Marriage
• Fun Exercise DVDs
• Kids Crafts
• Cooking

How to I Make Money with those Sites?

Through a few ways.

• Affiliate Marketing. I get checks from Fredricks of Hollywood for the romance one – and all kinds of other places.
• Google Adsense. Yes, still. My deposits aren't nearly as big as they were a few years ago, but I'm also not really doing anything to earn it, so I'm happy with the amount that I am getting.
• Selling my own niche products. I don't do this nearly as much as I used to, but I'm about to get back into more niche product creation again. This time, on the Kindle rather than selling the products as an ebook.

And, because I've successfully created my niche sites, I then spun off a series of Kindle books about a few of them.

So that's one odd revenue stream that you may not have known about.

What else?

Monetizing Affiliate Communications.

Another revenue stream that I have in place that may be considered “unusual” is in monetizing my affiliate program.

I don't “sell” to my affiliates. However, I will include a PS. when mailing them about a new affiliate tool or new product or promo of mine.

The PS might say something like this:

Want to make more money with my Affiliate Program?

I recommend that you check out these two courses to boost your profits:

• Daily Affiliate Tasks is really good, especially if you're struggling with overwhelm.

• If you're just getting started, then this is the training that I would suggest: Affiliate Sales Domination as it starts from the absolute beginning.

I have lists of affiliates. Those affiliates need training to be successful. Therefore, I see a win-win scenario.

How about you?

What are some unusual ways that you make money?

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

PS. Be sure to click on the links of my friends to learn more about them. That’s how I get them to come back.) 

But, many of my friends don't bother to create graphics because they “Don't work”.

Well, they do not work as well as getting someone with a huge list to do a promotional mailing for you. That is true.

BUT – don't forget about the guys who just want to stick up a banner ad on their blogs and move along.

Here are some affiliate stats from my program at www.EasyPLR.com from inside my shopping cart to show you that it can definitely be worth it to create a few graphics for your affiliates to use. The thing is that I created these awhile ago and have not touched them since. So it's essentially “free” money now.

Now these numbers are not staggering, by any means. BUT – it does show that it's worth it to go onto Fiverr.com or to your favorite graphics person and whip a few graphics up.

I have 17 graphics available for EasyPLR.com affiliates. Here are just a few of them. Click on the screenshots to see them larger if you can't read the numbers clearly.

The most important stat to note on this page is the “SALES” column. Those are customers being added to my database who can order repeatedly. (That's huge.)

118 sales

 18 sales.

55 sales.

423 sales.

89 sales.

169 sales

376 sales.

644 sales.

Obviously you want to have graphics that have a call to action on them and are descriptive of the product.  But, don't give up on graphics just because some guru told you that banners were dead. It was definitely worth it to me to have these created.

Hey, if you want to promote EasyPLR.com I'd love to have you as an affiliate. Check out the program here: EasyPLR.com Affiliate Program Details

Have a fabulous day!

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

The first one is all about competition.

I know, personally, if I'm too worried about what other people are doing, it means I'm not paying enough attention to what I'm doing.

I used to let this paralyze me. However, over the years, some of my biggest competitors have become my best friends.

I am usually one of their top affiliates, as well. I know my people buy from my competition whether I like it or not. By embracing it and endorsing them (through my affiliate link) – I get to earn money from that – without having to do the work.

That's all I have to say about that. If you like this, please share.

Have a GREAT day!

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

Here’s my day so far…

1. Got up. Always a good start to the day.

2. Got the kiddos off to school.

3. Remembered today is Wednesday, which is the day of the week that the house-keepers come, so started to panic and clean the house – fast.

4. Connected with Ronnie Nijmeh on Instant Messenger about his latest affiliate contest. Got a link for it. Here it is: Win cool stuff from Ronnie.

5. Connected with David Perdew in Email about his latest affiliate contest. Got a link for that. Here it is: Win cool stuff from David.

6. Sent an email to my affiliates about both affiliate contests. Hoping some of them jump on the opportunity and win lots of fun stuff for themselves.

7. Sent an email to FreeAffiliateArticles.com about both affiliate contests.

8. Contacted my Virtual Assistant to ask her to please post all emails that I send to my affiliates over to this page on my affiliate center. Nicole Dean Affiliate News.

9. Got an email from one of my coaching clients who would like to connect at noon today on the phone. Plugged in my cell phone so it'll be charged.

10. Got a password to my tech gal so she can help me streamline and optimize some things on one of my sites. (I'll share details if it works well.)

To do next…

1. Write first draft of this month's IncomeCPR.com lesson. It'll be on one of my FAVORITE topics. Really excited.

2. Send an email to my BrandableStuff.com list about Ronnie's Brandable Reports.

3. Fold laundry. Yes, all the laundry that I washed yesterday is currently laying on the couch. Will probably watch something on Netflix while I do.

4. When my son gets home from school, I'd like to train him how to brand brandable reports so he can help me with a project.

5. See if my VA can post some of my content, including my podcasts to the NAMS Membership area and NAMS blog.

6. Check with Melissa Ingold about the next CoachingPLRContent.com package that we were planning to release tomorrow and make sure I can help with the remaining pieces.

7. Go to spinning class tonight to make up for not exercising yesterday.

 How’s your day going? What’s on your agenda?

Please post your to do list for today as well as your progress. Looking forward to it!

Hugs and high fives,
N

My friend, Melissa Ingold, has put together several amazing pieces of PLR that you can use to set up your own customer support – or to hire someone to handle it for you.

These PLR docs are PERFECT for getting your inbox cleaned out and getting back your life.

You'll find the following either to use for personal use or to create courses to sell:

• How To Train Your Customer Service Staff – PLR Report
• Customer Service with Gmail & Gmail Labs – PLR Report
• Customer Service Support Pack – PLR FAQs & Comparison Charts

Check it out here:
Get Stuff Done with this PLR

Part of having passive income is being able to ESCAPE your inbox. Are you “on-call” 24/7 or can you disappear for a weekend without worry?

If not – these kits are perfect to get you going.

Get Stuff Done with this PLR

Also on that page, you can grab a package of 5 free PLR articles.

Have a fantastic day! You deserve it.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

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If you need a constant supply of articles (like if you'd started a PLR site), then be sure to check out this site:
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Speaking of affiliates… Did you know that I'll recruit affiliates
for you for your affiliate program for only $10/month?

Here's the scoop:
Let me Recruit Affiliates for You

I got this email awhile back and copied it into drafts. At the time, I was too steamin' mad to write anything about it, so I filed it away for later. I just found it in my blog drafts while I was going through them today. It still makes my blood boil.

The email said… (yes, I replaced the URL to protect the clueless)

If a sale is generated by an article, radio show, TV segment, or advertisement we directly place, no commission is due and may be reversed.

If COMPANY.com issues a coupon or discount to a customer during a promotion and it is redeemed, that will be considered a sale by COMPANY.com and no commission will be due any affiliate for that sale.

So to translate, I'm reading this.

You, as our affiliate, are in direct competition with us, the company. If we do anything to assist the transaction, you're not getting any of the money.

And, oh by the way, we don't appreciate you in the least. You might want to go look for someone else to promote. You're a nuisance and we'd rather you go away.

BOO, I say. BOO!

This reminds me of these two blog posts:

• How NOT to Motivate Affiliates, Pt. 1
• How NOT to Motivate Affiliates, Pt. 2

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

PS. If you want to know how to have an affiliate program that KICKS butt, excites your affiliates, and generates loyalty – you might want to make sure you're a member of IncomeCPR.com. Just sayin'.

Friday is the day where I give you free content that you can use on your blog – with your affiliate link, to make money with affiliate marketing. Hurray!

Not only that, but it’s copy/paste ready for you to profit.

So, yep. You can make money by publishing my stuff. Pretty cool eh?

Of course, rules apply.

• You can’t edit the articles in any other way.
• You have to keep the author’s name on there. In this case, me.
• And, you must link to the author’s product in the article through the resource box. (BUT you can use your affiliate link for their product.)

Here are the latest articles…

Just click through, copy/paste the article onto your blog. Change the link in the article to YOUR affiliate link for that product so that anyone who clicks it and buys will earn you money for referring them.

• 6 Reasons why you Should Sell your Ebook on Clickbank
  Clickbank.com has paid out nearly $2 Billion to online business owners just like you in the last 10 years – and that number is growing fast. Yet, for a lot of marketers, Clickbank has a bad rap. I’d like to spend the next 2 minutes showing you why you absolutely should sell your ebook on […]

• 4 Common Misconceptions about PLR Content
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What if you’re an infoproduct seller and YOU want to recruit affiliates with your articles?
If you’re an infoproduct seller and you would like your articles to appear in this directory (and be blasted to a list of potential affiliates), here’s the scoop:

Click here to learn how to add your articles to FreeAffiliateArticles.com

That’s all for today! Now go grab some articles.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

PS. My Assistant has Google Alerts set for my name and is instructed to bookmark every blog post that he gets notice of that mentions me.   So, I'll hopefully be sending you some traffic in thanks for sending me some. I think that's only fair to do, don't you?

Your site will be bookmarked by either one of these two sites:

• Social Adr
• Social Monkee

Friday is the day where I give you free content that you can use on your blog – with your affiliate link, to make money with affiliate marketing. Hurray!

Not only that, but it's copy/paste ready for you to profit.

So, yep. You can make money by publishing my stuff. Pretty cool eh?

Of course, rules apply.

• You can’t edit the articles in any other way.
• You have to keep the author’s name on there. In this case, me.
• And, you must link to the author’s product in the article through the resource box. (BUT you can use your affiliate link for their product.)

Here are the latest articles…

Just click through, copy/paste the article onto your blog. Change the link in the article to YOUR affiliate link for that product so that anyone who clicks it and buys will earn you money for referring them.

• 7 Ways to Tell if your Affiliate Program Stinks Here’s a question that I get asked regularly by frustrated infoproduct sellers. “Why aren’t my affiliates promoting my affiliate program? And, how do I get more to sign up?” Dear Infoproduct Seller: I can tell you in a heartbeat whether or not your affiliate program is attracting loyal, motivated affiliates… or not.

• Did you Love the Movie “Julie and Julia”? You Can Live It! Have you seen the movie Julie and Julia? A woman, Julie Powell, decides to dedicate a year of her life to cooking all the recipes in Julia Child’s first book while blogging about the adventure. What Julie didn't know at the time is that you can blog for profit!

• Dear InfoProduct Seller, Women are from Venus Here’s a question that I get regularly from frustrated infoproduct sellers. “My target market is women, and I’m having a hard time getting them to promote my products. They just seem unmotivated. I don’t get it. Does my affiliate program stink or am I recruiting bad affiliates?”

• 4 Reasons Why I’m Promoting your Competition and Not You Today, I’m sitting at my computer, about to launch a new site and I’m going through Clickbank, looking for potential affiliate programs to promote. Not only am I considering personally promoting the products that I find, but I may recommend that customers who purchase my PLR articles at EasyPLR.com promote them, too. Here's the problem.

What if you're an infoproduct seller and YOU want to recruit affiliates with your articles?
If you're an infoproduct seller and you would like your articles to appear in this directory, here's the scoop:

Click here to learn how to add your articles to FreeAffiliateArticles.com

That's all for today! Now go grab some articles.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

Friday is the day where I give you free content that you can use on your blog. Hurray!

I'm not sure if you know this, but a lot of infoproduct sellers and authors provide great expert content that you can publish on your blog as a “featured guest expert post” or as a “guest blogger post”.

AND… you can even promote the author's product IN the article using YOUR affiliate link.

So, yep. You can make money by publishing other people's stuff. Pretty cool eh?

Here's the place to check it out…

Click here to get Brandable Reprint Articles.

Of course, rules apply.

• You can't edit the articles in any other way.
• You have to keep the author's name on there.
• And, you must link to the author's product in the article through the resource box. (BUT you can use your affiliate link for their product.)

What's the advantage of using these articles instead of publishing articles from EzineArticles.com or the other article directories?
Simple. Cash. You can promote the author's products inside the article, in the author bio, and even at the end in a “Recommended!” section.

What's the advantage of this over using PLR articles?
Of course, I recommend both. But, the advantage of using expert content is name recognition in the articles, mainly. You'll have a featured expert. Of course, the other advantages are that you'll have a built-in promotion – instead of having to go find something to promote.

And, of course, you'll get the opportunity to network with the authors after publishing their stuff. Be sure to tweet the author or tag them on Facebook after you publish their articles. Don't be surprised if you make a friend or two.

What if you're an infoproduct seller and YOU want to recruit affiliates with your articles?
If you're an infoproduct seller and you would like your articles to appear in this directory, here's the scoop:

Click here to learn how to add your articles to FreeAffiliateArticles.com

That's all for today! Now go grab some articles.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

But then my husband made a hilarious video for our son's 14th birthday using XtraNormal Movie Maker last week, so I thought I'd play with that just to see what would happen.

Here's the final product… I decided to pick on my good buddy, Willie Crawford, a bit. (He loved it! lol) Who knew he had moves like that? lol

Want to create a video like this? Here's a tutorial. Xtranormal Movie Maker

Enjoy!
Nicole