I’ve been online for a very, very long time now.  My first website was online sometime in 1997.  Yes, you read that correctly, 1997.  It was one of those pitiful little free websites from Geocites or something like that.  That was a long, long time ago. 

Even then, there was a way to make money online that anyone could get involved with, and that was affiliate marketing.  Affiliate marketing has been the ultimate way for anyone to get started with an online business for a very long time now.

A lot of people make a lot of money with affiliate marketing.  Even more of them don’t make squat.  Which one are you?

Maybe you’re just getting started online and see affiliate marketing as a great way to earn some extra cash.  After all, there’s really no start up cost and you’re not responsible for doing anything other than driving traffic to an affiliate product or offer.  Couldn’t be easier, right?

Apparently, it must be a lot harder than that since there aren’t more people making boatloads of cash doing it.  Why is that?

Simple.  Like everything else in life worth doing, it requires work.  You have to work at affiliate marketing to make money at it.  You have to learn how to drive traffic to affiliate offers.  You have to know what to focus on.

And you have to be consistent in your efforts.  If you just put up a couple of link on a website and then don’t do anything to promote it, grow it, or build it, you’re not going to be successful, plain and simple.

Sorry to be the one to burst your bubble, but this business does require some work.  But it’s not difficult work.  I mean, it’s not like you’re like the guys on Deadliest Catch or something…

Truth be told, if you can follow a blueprint that other people have laid out before you, there’s a pretty good chance that you can make money as an affiliate.  But if you want to make real money, like 6-figure money, you’ve got to follow a blueprint from someone that’s done it.  And continues to do it.

I always recommend Rosalind Gardner’s Super Affiliate Handbook as the starting point for anyone that wants to get into affiliate marketing.  Rosalind has been doing it for a long time now and is one of the best in the business.  If you will follow the steps in her guide, you’ll soon be on your way to making real money in affiliate marketing.

I’d like to invite you to pick up a copy of the Super Affiliate Handbook now, and believe me once you see the price you’ll be sorry that you haven’t purchased it already.  If you don’t buy it, be prepared to keep on struggling in this business.  Or maybe you’ll just quit altogether.  We wouldn’t want that to happen now, would we?

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I’m assuming that if you have started blogging, you’re at least moderately interested in becoming a better blogger. At least I hope you are, especially if you’re trying to build a business with your blog. Just the simple act of blogging will not build you a successful business.

You’ve got to become a great blogger. You’ve got to be able to write blog posts that engage people and get them to take action, and you can’t do that without following a plan to improve your blogging as time goes on.

There’s no real tried and true system to help you improve your blogging, but there are some steps you can follow that will, if practiced consistently, greatly improve your blogging and help you build your business. Read the full story

If you’re a network marketer and you’re looking to build an incredible group of responsive people on your email list, there’s no better way to do it than with blogging.  Blogging gives you not only a home on the web, but a platform that you can speak from and provide value to your community in a way that you just couldn’t do in the past.

But what if you’re having a hard time building the type of list you want to from your blog?  Are you taking names but not getting any response?

Here’s 5 simple steps you can take to make sure you’re building exactly the kind of list you want to with your network marketing blog.

Step #1 – Provide valuable content. Just because you have a blog doesn’t mean that you get to write about just anything.  You’ve got to provide valuable content that targets the kind of people you want to get on your list.  You have the opportunity with your blog to speak to people and convince them that you have something that they need.  With great, powerful and actionable content, you’ll do exactly that.

Step #2 – Use a call-to-action. People are looking for a leader.  They want to be told where to go, what to do.  You’ve got to do that with your blog and the content that you provide.  Don’t just write a powerful blog post that reveals the ultimate secrets of the universe only to leave people hanging at the end, wondering how they can learn more from you.  Tell them where they can find out more, give them a link, give them direction.  Get them to take action.

Step #3 – Direct them to a sign-up page. In that call-to-action I discussed earlier, you’ll want to send them to a page where they can sign up for your newsletter. Make sure the sign-up page is clear and concise, and don’t give them an option to do anything else other than sign up for your newsletter!

Step #4 – Welcome them to your neighborhood.  Once you’ve got someone on your email list, make them feel at home.  Your email list should have an autoresponder, so use it.  Send them a message immediately and start building a relationship with them.  Don’t try to sell them something right off the bat, you’ll only leave a bad taste in their mouth.  Give them some links to some of your best content, an article, a video, or, even better, give them something for free that you didn’t tell them about before.  They be sure to pay attention to what you say from now on.

Step #5 – Stay in contact. These people signed up for you list for a reason.  They want to hear more of what you have to say.  Stay in contact with them on a regular basis.  Let them know when you’ve written a new blog post, recorded some audio or a video, or have another gift you’d like to give them.  Don’t just pitch them one thing after another.  Build a relationship with people and you’ll soon see great success with your network marketing business.

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OK, for those of you that do not hang out in the cluttered halls of my computer and/or office, you may not have heard of “The Challenge.”

And some of you may have heard of it, but under another name.  Up until this year, “The Challenge” was known as the 30 Day Challenge, or 30DC.  The 30DC was a free training program that showed anyone (and I mean anyone) how they could get started online and earn their first dollar by the end of the challenge.

Trouble was, it was only 30 days long.  And was chock full of information.  All really good, very valuable info, but just a metric ton of it.  Crammed down your throat in 30 days.

You ever had one of those winter semester courses in college?  You know, the ones that you take while everyone else has gone home for Christmas over like 2-3 weeks?

Imagine taking Calculus IV in one of those courses and you’ll have some sense of what the 30DC was like.

So, for this year, things have changed, and they have changed for the better.

Gone is the 3o days and we’re just left with “The Challenge.” The format is now 90 days long, with a 7 days on/7 days off format.  This makes it much easier for people to participate that are still working “real” jobs and gives you plenty of time to go back over lessons if you need to.  And, each lesson is only 30 minutes long, so you’re not completely going to lose your life during that 90 days.

So, now that you know what The Challenge is, why don’t you join us?  It is, and always has been, completely 100% free of charge to participate in the challenge.  You can find out more about it by going to http://www.challenge.co

Why am I doing The Challenge?

Simple.  Yes, I do know a thing or two about running a business online, but there’s always more to learn.  And what better way to learn than from some of the best in the business?  I can’t think of one!

Also, this year I plan on doing a lot more “giving back” to others and help them as much as I can during this process.  So, you’ll see me blogging here quite a bit on what we’re talking about during The Challenge and how you can learn as well.

I’m also heading up a small, semi-local group based in Kentucky that will be helping each other out as we move along through The Challenge.  If you’re interested in joining the group, hit me up on Twitter or Facebook and I’ll get you the info.

We’re in Pre-Challenge stage right now, Lesson 1 doesn’t officially hit until July 13th, so there’s still time to join in before we officially kick off!

Join us at The Challenge!

To Your Unending Success,

Mike Paul