I was talking with one of my coaching clients this month about the importance of recurring income.

You have to have some consistent income in order to avoid the rollercoaster of unpredictable cash flow.

One month you launch a product and you get a huge influx of cash. The next month… not so much.

This can create a sense of panic followed by relief, followed by panic again. It's definitely neither healthy nor happy.

So, the goal is to make that you have a BASE income that is coming in – to keep you sane and comfortable (and make sure you can pay your helpers and your affiliates). My personal goal is that everything  above that is gravy.

One way to do this is to start your own membership site, whether a Fixed Term type that runs for X amount of time and is then done. Or an ongoing one that runs forever….

And, there are plenty of different models to use to do this. You can offer information, software, or a service – each of these will work.

BUT…

There are other ways to get recurring income
without having to do all of the work yourself.

For instance, you can promote products or services, as an affiliate, if they offer two things.

1. Lifetime tracking of a bunch of products.

2. Recurring income that gets billed monthly.

Then, not only is the income recurring, but it's pretty passive as well. You don't even have to deliver the goods. Someone else is doing it for you. (ooooh…. ahhhh…. )

Let me show you a few examples of programs like that.

NAMS Affiliate Program. (Recurring Income & Lifetime Tracking)

First up. This is a screenshot of my affiliate stats from promoting the NAMS membership last month.

As you can see, I had several transactions. But, the interesting thing is that this the membership is recurring – so many of those sales were from referrals that I'd made months and months prior. AND, many of them are for orders that will continue to pay me for years to come.

Do I have this many transactions every month? Nah. But, many of the members do pay month after month after month, so I do have a “base income” from recommending NAMS.

Plus, every January and August, I see a spike of higher sales when the live event (the Workshop in Atlanta) happens and people purchase tickets for the following workshop (since so many are repeat attendees).

Want to see what exactly NAMS is? Here's a video.

And, the best part? It's a great value – otherwise, I wouldn't be promoting it!

• Check out what's included here: What is NAMS?
• Join the Affiliate program here: NAMS Affiliate Program

Yummy PLR. (Recurring.)

One of my programs that offers a recurring payment is YummyPLR.com. Hint, hint. Be my affiliate! (Subtle, eh?! lol)

And, as much as some people don't like Clickbank, I love it for two reasons.

1. As an affiliate, it's a great way to diversify your dependence upon Paypal because you get paid either by check or direct deposit into your bank account. So, worse case scenario, if you lose your Paypal account, you will still have your Clickbank deposits to live off of during the interim.

2. You are guaranteed to get paid and don't have to track down your affiliate payment from someone who spent YOUR affiliate earnings – which is money that was not theirs to spend. (Don't get me started on that one…)

So, I like to promote some stuff on Clickbank.

And, one of my programs on Clickbank that has recurring commissions is this.

So, if you reach bloggers or foodies – this may be another program to promote to earn some recurring revenue.

• Check out what's included here: What is YummyPLR?
• Join the Affiliate program here: Yummy PLR Affiliate Program

There are tons of programs like this that can help you to get a base income so that your cash flow isn't taking you on a rollercoaster ride.

Here are a few more that pay monthly…

• Mom Webs Hosting.
• Aweber
• Audio Acrobat
• Outsource Weekly

What if you are in a Niche like Fitness?

If you're in a niche – like fitness, you can go to Clickbank.com and search their marketplace.

Just click on “Recurring” when searching and it will show you only ones that earn you money beyond the first payment.

For instance, these would show up:

Of course there are plenty of other ways to get recurring income, but I hope this has got you thinking about what you're promoting and how it's affecting your cash flow.

Please share your questions below.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

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
  Recently, in an interview, I was asked this question: “Can you explode any misconceptions that stop people from using PLR content?” Here is my answer. There are four main myths that I run into regularly. 1. The biggest misconception that people have is that all PLR is crap. 2. The second biggest misconception is that […]

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

BUT… at some point, you start to think “ok. So, now how do I make some money with this thing?”

In fact, I get that question quite often, and even have a much-neglected course to teach how to profit from Adsense…. and I do still love Adsense.

But, I made the decision to start removing Adsense from my mega-monster site, ShowMomtheMoney.com. You see, the ads that were being shown were not ones that I would recommend. So, while that site was in the process of being moved to WordPress, I'd been thinking of some new ways to monetize the site. Then a timely email came to me.

My friend Xavier Nelson has compiled a collection of videos with more monetization strategies than I ever knew existed.

The videos cover all kinds of different ways to get paid by companies to advertise on your blog.

Some you may recognize like Adsense, CJ.com, Kontera, Clickbank, Linkshare, Azoogle… or not?

If you've got ANY traffic to your blog and zero profits, you can't afford to miss these videos.

If you've got steady traffic to your blog, grab the videos now. Implementing just one strategy could make the course completely free in days. After that, it's pure profit.

Not only are the videos short and very much to the point, but they are easy to listen to, as well.

Grab a copy and do let me know what you think.

Click here to check it out.

Warmly,
Nicole

Why I’m Promoting your Competition’s Affiliate Program and Not Yours

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.

Time and time again, I’m shaking my head, wondering if these Internet Marketers realize how many potential affiliates they are losing, as I click the red “x” and go to the next product. And, of course, this isn’t only the products listed at Clickbank. Affiliate Programs everywhere are lacking in their professionalism and respect for their affiliates.

It’s pretty obvious that many people don’t realize what turns off a potential affiliate. Could it be, perhaps, that the people writing these books have not been successful at Affiliate Marketing themselves?

After much frustration, I’ve decided to run through my list of reasons I did not choose your product to promote, and, instead chose your competition.

1. Your page is gaudy and unappealing.
Now, we all know the saying that ‘Ugly sites sell’. That’s absolutely true. A plain blue background with Arial text can make millions. However, a site that looks like a sparkly, flashy mess and gives your visitors a seizure is not cool. Leave the cursors alone. Don’t stick animation on there. And, for goodness sakes, stick with only one or two fonts, please.

2. Typos and spelling errors.
This one is actually kind of frightening. If the product you’re selling is an e-BOOK then please act like you know how to write. Have a friend or even an enemy read and reread your sales letter for you. If you don’t have any friends or enemies, then pay someone. Just don’t try to sell an e-book on a sales page that looks like a third grader wrote it. It’s not going to sell. At least I’m not going to sell it.

3. You offer more sales options than Clickbank on the sales page.
For instance, a hard-cover version of your book through amazon. Tacky! Why should I send you traffic through Clickbank so that you can make a commission on amazon? Not a chance. Or even worse, you have both a Clickbank button and a paypal button.

And, my #1 biggest irritant —

4. You’ve got google ads or actually have the guts to sell advertising on your page. (And, no, I’m not joking here.) I don’t even need to go there. Anyone who’s a successful affiliate knows that this is the sign of death for any affiliate program.

So, there you have it. four reasons why your competition is getting my business and you are not.

Nicole