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Need help to make a decision!

by SommerS
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Hi guys!

For couple years I have been wandering around looking for ways how to make some money online, I'd spend quite a lot of money buying software and joining programs, nothing was working actually, what I got is some idea there, another here, but nothing real. Then I stumbled upon some post about people who are trying to start but don't know where, they are trying learn everything about everything, eventually get overloaded with info and lost in this information forest, moving around in circles with no particular direction.
"ooh my...! that's about me" I was thinking, so I have to pick up some particular tree in this forest and start moving from one tree to another in particular direction.... the only problem is -which tree?
With spending to much money on useless crap (I'm not a rich person and have family and kids) I'd become very suspicious and cautious about buying something or joining somewhat.
Finding a honest review about something became almost impossible because of all those affiliates around promoting that thing.

So my question is, does somebody know something about Mark Lings "AffiloBlueprint" , is this project worth to spend that money and join it?
What's holding me from this project, is that it was last time upgraded in middle of 2009, that's quite long time ago, maybe it was working that time but does it now? Any suggestions, maybe there is something newer and better worth to stick with? Just don't suggest those very expensive projects like "Magic Bullet System", they aren't for my pocket yet.

P.S. English isn't my first language, so forgive me my misspelling if any, and I hate writing.
#decision #make
  • Profile picture of the author njaad
    Affiloblueprint is a very good course. It's a good strategy that revolves around finding a good market with money to spend, building niche blogs / websites, getting a lot of unique content of both product reviews and articles, and marketing it to hell and back. The videos are also very entertaining. It's a demanding strategy that you'll need to invest a lot of time with, or, if you can afford it, pay someone to do for you.

    The strategies presented here doesn't really go out of style, though I would surely try various other strategies for getting traffic to the sites that may be more up to date. Create a thread with "what SEO strategies are working now and which tools do you recommend?" and you should be all set...

    Magic Bullet is expensive, and you can do everything that that system does with cheaper and free tools. The advantage of this system is that everything is integrated and usable from one interface.

    Also, you need to stick to one thing/strategy and see it through to the end. If you quit at 90%, you don't finish the race, and you won't see any results. So if you want to use this strategy, you have to see it through.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ian Varnava
    You may not want to hear this, but you've bought enough courses already (from what you're saying). There's no point in spending money on these things. There's enough free information on this forum for anyone to get started with... and once you gain some traction, you invest money to scale and enhance your business, not spend it.

    Like I said it may not be what you want to hear but taking action is what's going to hold you back.
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    • Profile picture of the author DanTheSeoGuy
      As my fellow warrior said, you already own lots of IM courses (now I don't know how old or new they are, but the basics are the same no matter how old the course is) and you have this great forum that will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know in order to start making real money online.

      The idea is that a lot of the new courses that are popping out each month are just rehashed products (so you don't really need them) and you don't need expensive programs, all you need is to find a few great WSO's (which are way less expensive than those flashy ClickBank courses with 4,5,6 upsells) and stick with them.

      Dan.
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  • Profile picture of the author petevamp
    The problem is always the say. People spend too much time trying to learn everything from the start. Then when it comes time for them to give it a go they don't have anything left to give and have lost interest in it all together thinking there is no way to make any money online.

    So my advice to you is to simply start applying what you have learned already. The sooner you start applying the knowledge the sooner you can start making some money. However I have to ask are you doing this just to make money or are you doing this so you can say you own your own business.

    For if you are doing this just for money then you are already setting your self up for failure even if you do start applying what you have already learned. The reason I say this is simple. Once you make that first dollar you will think that you do not need to do anything else to keep it going. There for you will lose interest and stop working. Now if you are doing this for a business you will start looking for other ways on how you can increase that money and contiue fighting even on the days it doesnt generate any money.
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    • Profile picture of the author SommerS
      Originally Posted by petevamp View Post

      However I have to ask are you doing this just to make money or are you doing this so you can say you own your own business.
      No I'm not after some quick bucks here, I think I'm out of that age when people are looking for some quick money for something particular, let's say a big shiny car, I'm looking for business I can rely on, to feed my family, and to quit my day job, which I hate but am enforced to do do, again to feed my family. And actually I wont say that I already know everything ( even "gurus" don't know everything) I still have a plenty white spaces on my map, for example link building, that's still is a mystery for me.

      But thanks for responses, maybe I'll stick with "AffiloBlueprint".
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      • Profile picture of the author It Should Be Easy
        I would recommend that you spend your time on finding the answers on google instead and then use your money to stuff with proper ROI. For example advertising.
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      • Profile picture of the author eapen john
        It is better to explore the internet on your own using Google about Internet Marketing or Affiliate Marketing before going in for any course. There are tons and tons of information out there on the internet for free that you could use. First try that out, and once you start making money, you could invest in some courses(if you really want).

        I read a wonderful post in Clickbank's blog early today. Just go through it. It's a must read for every struggling internet marketer in the world. Highly motivating.

        Why Most Affiliates Fail

        Tip: You must invest a lot of time learning on your own from the Internet, and you will be amazed to find a lot of invaluable stuff from various sites. Make notes of what you have learned. And Warrior Forum is a great place to start your IM journey. All the best in your ventures !
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        • Profile picture of the author SommerS
          Originally Posted by eapen john View Post

          It is better to explore the internet on your own using Google about Internet Marketing or Affiliate Marketing before going in for any course. There are tons and tons of information ...
          Yes, that's true there are tons of information and that's the problem if you don't know what exactly you are looking for you very likely will end up confused and overwhelmed, and even if you do know what you're looking for it's very hard to find it if you don't know where exactly to look for it, I know that from my own experience.
          Type in something in Google and very likely you will end up with bunch of useless affiliate sites, with no real info only leads to sales pages, adsense adds etc.

          That's why I'm looking for some course, to stop wandering around, and I have to agree with Mark Ling, that to teach people something, you must be familiar with that "something". To tech people make money, you have to make already good money yourself. Most of those Clickbank products are fake, just because those guys actually don't know what they really are talking about, and in most cases they don't even promote their products themselves.
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          • Profile picture of the author SommerS
            Does somebody know something about Societymillionaire.com?
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  • Profile picture of the author dahlgren_m
    AffiloBlueprint was the very first product I purchased, it is incredibly educational and fun.

    With affiloblueprint you will learn anything needed to be successful online. Keep in mind, you need to work hard, look at this guy:

    A Journey of My Own

    He made a 1 year case study of affiloblueprint and has had some great results, with free traffic.

    You absolutely don't have to empty your wallet to get a great course. Last year I bought a 299$ course that was absolutely rubbish, and now I struggle to get my refund back.

    I have been following Mark Ling since I started, affilorama is a great community and highly recommended.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by SommerS View Post

    I hate writing.
    That might make AffiloBlueprint a less than optimal approach for you.

    The business model it advocates involves producing (i.e. by writing or by buying) a lot of original written content.
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    • Profile picture of the author SommerS
      As far as I can see almost everything involves writing, but writing can be outsourced, for me that's the only option.
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      • Profile picture of the author paulie888
        Originally Posted by SommerS View Post

        As far as I can see almost everything involves writing, but writing can be outsourced, for me that's the only option.
        That's not necessarily true. There is paid traffic, and traffic from Youtube can also be pretty powerful if you create the videos in the right manner, also utilizing proper niche and keyword research.
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        • Profile picture of the author SommerS
          Originally Posted by paulie888 View Post

          There is paid traffic, and traffic from Youtube
          I know that, just I'm not ready jet for first one, and not very familiar with second.
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          • Profile picture of the author Trish Mullen
            My advice would be that if you're not going to use this product tomorrow then leave it well alone as it will only take up valuable space on your PC.

            Find something you're good at and that you enjoy and start earning that way. It's no good investing in a product that will require you to write lots if you hate writing.

            You need to start making money first, then reinvest that into your business and take it from there. Just stop chasing after 'the next best thing', like the guys here say, it's all in the WF and whether that be as a WSO or just loads of value one of the warriors has given in a post.

            If you don't have money to invest, then you need to have an abundance of time in IM to implement all the FREE ways of making money.

            So you need to have one or the other (ideally both) - time and/or money.
            Good luck to you, I really hope it all works out for you, stick with the warriors here, watch and learn what they do and you repeat it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Deegan
    AffiloBlueprint is definitely a top pick if your looking for a single course that will walk you by the hand in setting up an affiliate site and making money from it. Mark focuses on fundamentals, theres nothing new or revolutionary in the course. But thats part of what makes it a good course it teaches you a process that you can really use over and over.

    Mark really does want people who buy his course to succeed. Hes one of top merchants on clickbank in multiple niches, so for him the better he can train and teach affiliates the more money he makes as a vendor.

    The course teaches you how to pre-sell, build a list and write auto responder copy, how to promote your site using free methods and paid methods, etc...It really covers all the basis and moves you in a logical progression.

    For example Mark only introduces PPC once you are already making sales using fee traffic. He basically teaches you how to scale up.

    On the whole the course is really hands on and there is a lot of work involved. The sites you learn to build do generate money. The main compliant I've seen from people is that they end up a little disappointed by how much money they earn from their first sites.
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