Is Affiliate Payload A Scam?

Just as it happens with all new product's that launch, the question in the internet marketing world is "Is Affiliate Payload a scam"? Fortunately, I can answer this as I purchased this product on August 20, 2008. The first thing I can say is it is the reason why I have not made any posts to my blog as I have been spending all of my time reviewing and researching the tactics inside.

My fear when I purchased it was that I was going to begin reading all about how to promote affiliate products with Google Adwords. If you've read any of my other posts, you would know that I do not promote products using Adwords. The Affiliate Payload is 278 pages long, and only one of the tactics described in the manual mentions Google Adwords. If someone were to tell me that before I purchased it, I would never have believed that an affiliate marketing product could be that long, and not focus primarily on Adwords.

Every angle of this book is unique compared to any other affiliate marketing product I have purchased. It describes income streams that I have never even considered as none of the other e-books or products explained them. According to Alex Goad, the products owner, the marketing strategies in the book were kept private for the rich to keep getting richer.

Included with the manual are videos for each strategy, as well as where to go and what to do to begin. Definitely a thumbs up in my book.

I am going to begin my marketing campaign following one of the income generators, and I will let you know how it goes.

Writing Article Headlines

3 Steps To Writing Article Headlines That Will Generate Traffic

The article headline is the most important part of the article writing process, or any other online marketing venture that you are involved in. If you choose a phrase for your article title or headline that is not searched for, it is likely your article will not get much traffic. Follow these 3 easy steps to writing a catchy headline and you will be on your way to generating more traffic to your website.

GETTING IDEAS

Consider the main idea of your article and make a short list of keywords that relate to what you are writing about. Using the free keyword tools available on the internet, type in your keywords, then create a second list of the keyword phrases that are generating traffic. Before moving on, you should have at least 10-20 keyword phrases that we will use for our research. You can add, remove, or change words from your keyword phrases to create another idea for your headline.

RESEARCHING

Now that we have several keyword phrases, we need to find the one that is popular, but not already plastered all over the web. Start at the top of your keyword list, and begin searching Google for the phrase using quotations ("keyword phrase"). Take note of the optimized results. This is the number at the top right of the search results. Now count the number of ads listed on the right side of the page. Move on to they next keyword phrase, and continue this process until you have done a search for all of your phrases.

CHOOSE YOUR ARTICLE HEADLINE

For article marketing, we need to take into consideration that different article directories have different requirements. A good rule of thumb is any keyword phrase with 1,000-5,000 optimized results (we should have this written down next to our keywords) and at least a few paid ads will be a good title for our article. If you find more than one with optimized results in our range, I would recommend using the one with the most paid ads. Don't get excited if you find one with 10 or 20 optimized results unless there are paid ads; chances are it is not a highly searched phrase. For large article directories such as Ezine Articles, you can probably use a keyword phrase with up to 10,000 optimized results. I would not recommend going any higher than that, as you will most likely not get lucky enough to end up on the first page of Google, and in turn, not get much traffic.

There is really not a lot of work that goes into choosing a headline for your article. Just follow these 3 steps for every article that your write, search Google within 24 hours for your article headline, and look for your listing on the first page.

There are tons of ways to make money online, you just have to be consistent.

Get Paid To Write Articles

Follow These 6 Steps And Start Getting Paid To Write Articles

Writing articles to get paid is not only free to do; it is like writing your own paycheck. If you just want a little extra cash, write an article a week, or for a bigger paycheck, write at least 1-2 articles a day, and watch your traffic and sales explode.

There is a technique to writing articles if you plan on getting traffic from Google, Yahoo, or any of the other search engines. You must know what you are writing about, and have the ability to keep your readers attention. This is how we are going to get our visitors to read the entire article. If you accomplish that, then chances are you have sparked their interest, and they will be more likely to check out your website or affiliate link that will be listed in the bio box.

First things first:

FIND A PRODUCT

The first step before you can begin your article marketing campaign is to know what you will be promoting. If you already have a product, skip this step. If you do not have a product, there are thousands of them all over the internet that you can promote, and receive a commission for the sale. The most popular sites for this are Clickbank and Commission Junction, but there are many more if you just do a search for them. Choose a product that when reading the sales page, you would be tempted to purchase. Steer clear from products that allow orders by phone, as you will not get the commission, so if you find this option for ordering on a product site, I would recommend searching for another product.

RESEARCH THE PRODUCT

Now that you have the product that you plan on promoting, you have to know what it is, how it works, and most importantly, what the benefits are for the customer. Go to the product website and read the sales page and take notes on what the benefits are. This is extremely important if you want to write a professional article and gain your readers trust.

WRITE YOUR ARTICLE

Writing articles for the first time can be intimidating, which is why many online marketers never get started, and ultimately lose out on all of the free targeted traffic that can be gained by writing a short article with good content. Always write your article first and save it to your computer as you will need to refer back to it. Start out by introducing what you are going to tell your reader. The first sentence or two is going to determine whether or not your reader is going to finish the article. You then move in to the article, and tell them what you want them to know about the subject. Make sure to list the benefits in great detail. In closing, summarize what you told them. Once you write a few articles, it will become much easier. DO NOT sell the product in your article. Some article directories will not even publish your article if it looks like a sales letter, and more importantly, if it does get published, your reader will click out of it as fast as they clicked in if they feel that it is a sales pitch.

AUTHOR’S BIO BOX

At the end of the article, there is an area for the Authors Bio – this is where you can let the reader know a little about you, and offer a link to your website, affiliate link, or blog. Do make sure that the article relates to what you are promoting, otherwise, your link may get clicked on, but your prospect won’t stay long when they see that it has nothing to do with the article they just read.

CHOOSE A TITLE

This is the most important part of this process, and really is the indicator of whether or not your article will get picked up by the search engines. You must find a title that will be searched for, but be smart and choose a phrase with less search results. In other words, if you are trying to get an article indexed by Google using a search phrase that will give 1 million results, chances are your article will never be seen. Use the free keyword tools and you should be able to find many phrases to suit the content of your article.

SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE

The final step is submitting your article to free article directory sites. Many of them will publish it right away, but there are some that are reviewed by a real person before they get published. This sounds like bad news, but the article sites that do this are the ones that you will get a lot of traffic from if your article gets published by them.

That’s it. Once you do this once or twice, you will become more comfortable with the process, and will be able to write better articles in a shorter period of time. The results can be extremely powerful if your article gets picked up by a large publication. There are also tons of other marketers out there looking to update the content on their blog or website. I have found many of my own articles on other blogs which means I have attracted the reader’s attention. This is a great way to get viral traffic. Why? Any person who uses someone else’s article is required to keep the information in the bio box intact. Otherwise, it would be considered plagiarism. What does that mean? It means that your website or affiliate link will be advertised for free on someone else’s website. This is a great way to gain backlinks to your site.

If you choose a popular title, you should be able to do a search for the title name in 1-2 days and find your article listed on the first page of the search engines. Get started today writing your articles, and don’t get discouraged if the first one is not extremely successful. Article writing is free, so take advantage of it.

For more ways to get paid online, visit Melissa’s website at www.infinitemoneystreams.com