Since the doors for getting access to AffiloJetpack has now closed I thought I would mention that the folks at Affilorama have created yet another great product. I have been a member of it since day one. I paid the original $200, or whatever the amount was, for access to the paid site that was Affilorama. It turned into a free site, then branched into a separate premium site. Being an original member I was given access to the Premium site for no charge. Over the last few years they have introduced many excellent tools that are professional and useful. Did you know that they quietly snuck in a very competent article spin tool? They have a groovy tool that will scan government and educational websites that you can comment on. Every time I write a new article on a blog I use their ping tool. Etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. I like the tools and find them useful. Just a nice perk of being a long term supporter of a great IM site. They are the folks that created Traffic Travis which is an extremely under-rated keyword tool. I use it more than Market Samurai but not as much as Micro Niche Finder. It provides basically the same SEO data as MS only much less cumbersome. I also enjoy having access to another product in the Affilorama stable called AffiloBlueprint. It is a great training series for making money from affiliate programs.
Anyway, that’s the background of Affilorama. Affilojetpack came about because I believe people using the AffiloBlueprint program was having a hard time with creating lists, ebooks, building squeeze pages and newsletters. I know I did. AJP solves that problem nicely. It gives you a stack of articles to build a site on. A newsletter series that last the whole year that pimps out various products and ebooks you can use to collect emails. They provide hosting and they have their own branded email responder from Aweber that you can use. Not to mention a groovy WordPress theme that is SEO/affiliate marketing specific.
I’m not saying any of you seven readers should join AJP. That is specifically why I wrote this post when I did so you can’t join from my overt recommendation. I put up a banner a while back but nobody clicks those damn things anyway so it was your basic sidebar decoration. Makes the weeds look pretty. Anyway, I am just mentioning this because I journal what the hell I am doing for whatever its worth.
I wrote about the Fat Cat Blueprint. I use the technique to make money with Adsense. I’ve always tried to make money with Adsense but it was a blueprint to do things better. But I have no desire to only sling Adsense sites. I’m not paranoid like many are about having Google delete my Adsense account, but if they do, I sure would like to have a backup so I can continue to fund retirement accounts, college funds and vacations.
I have never been one to collect emails (or create products for that matter). But the reality is these are money making opportunities that you control. You can’t really control Adsense. There are things you can do to be more successful but you are really at the mercy of Google. That’s why I build affiliate product sites. But I am really half-assing these sites. I’m lazy about wanting to do it but, dammit, the money is in the list.
The beautiful thing about AJP is that only a few are actually going to use the product that are “members”. You know how that goes. And many of those that do are going to half-ass it. Plus they will get bored or disheartened after working through their first pack. And they won’t re-write the articles. I’ve written 10 original articles so far for my first pack. I did my keyword research with MNF then re-wrote the given articles 100% using the keywords I’m targeting. The articles weren’t so much re-written but used as research as they are now simply original works of well-written crap. And they are all being trained to use WordPress. I am using XSP. I am using my own header. Just doing a little zagging while the herd zigs for whatever its worth.
Remember FCB and the Article Baiting technique? Yea, I have written another 10 articles already in support of that method. I haven’t yet gone live with the site as I want to get the newsletter tweaked and all the articles posted, which will be about 20 initially. Then I will start Article Baiting to get Google interested along with other traffic strategies we all know and love.
The newsletter series has to be tweaked with my affiliate IDs. And no, the newsletter series do not have to be re-written. It has zero to do with SEO. It’s a freebie and will never be seen by Google. Plus it’s about 365 email letters. Screw that. Somebody may get a duplicate of the newsletter across the web sewage but that is a risk I’ll take. I’m simply trying to collect emails.
Haven’t decide what I want to do with the ebooks. My motivation apparently only goes so far.
Tip: Each AJP can be tweaked to target sub-niches which I will be making use of as time allows. One pack can be used for 10s of various sub niches. It’s all about the keywords. Let’s say there is a pack on ID theft. You can use the pack for credit card ID theft. Then use the pack for online ID theft. Etc., etc. Nobody will do that but given enough time I will. That is why I have to consider outsourcing. Luckily no one in the forum will read this blog so I have no problem divulging my plans to the lucky seven.
As depressing as collecting emails is I feel the need to diversify. This gives me that chance via training and products that I am comfortable with. I know Mark Ling, the owner of Affilorama. He has always been straight with me and helpful. Affilorama is professional and frankly under-rated in my opinion. At least in the states.
Anyway, just letting you know what’s going on. Diversification is on my mind. Some days I’ll work on sites monetized with Adsense. Other days I’ll work on affiliate product sites. But it all comes down to finding the right keywords, writing a shitload of original articles and getting backlinks.
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I wondered if you were going to do a post on AffiloJetpack. I joined Affilorama years ago but once I saw the amount of work involved I promptly put it to one side and carried on my search for the Magic Button. When I read about Mark’s new product that does a lot of the work for you, especially the year’s worth of autoresponder messages complete with selected affiliate offers, I decided to give buy it and give affiliate marketing another try. The only modest success I’ve had so far in IM is with Adsense sites. I’m going to take a break from my 3 hours per week building Adsense sites and see if I can get this to work for me.
I think you should have recommended this to your readers. It’s a genuine product and I beleive it will work for those who put in the work. The catch of course is that although it does a lot of the work for you, as much as could be expected, there’s still a lot left to do: re-writing (or writing original) articles for the websites plus the challenge of getting a decent volume of traffic to your sites.
I’m interested to read you’ll be using XsitePro instead of Wordpress for your AffiloJetpack sites. I’m giving Wordpress a try with my first site although I’ve never used it before and I don’t find it easy. My second and probably subsequent ones one will be built using XSP that I’m already familiar with.
It would be helpful if you could update us with your results every now and again, or any other tips.
Mark Ling seems like a pretty genuine guy. I just watched a video of him doing a Las Vegas presentation and it was pretty solid. Be interested to hear if you have any luck with affilojetpack.
Yea, I’ll let you know how it goes. It’s still a tremendous amount of work. You still have to have to do keyword research, article writing and traffic collection. It’s just on top of that having to create newsletters and ebooks for autoresponders just was way too much to do. This solves at least that problem.
I am looking at ways to outsource. Seriously this time. I even sat through John Jonas seminar with Michelle McPherson yesterday on getting a VA from the Philippines. Interesting ideas but not as far as I want to go right now. I just need a shitload of articles written at a decent price with better than decent quality.
Mark Ling is one of the good guys on the web. Believe it.
I’d love to see a post about your method of outsourcing content.
When I outsource I’ll let you know how it went. So far I haven’t found the quality at the price I’m after. Hard to outsource when I can write about 4-400 word articles in about an hour. Hate it but that is the deal. That and I’m a cheap bastard.
Splork,
Thanks for the post man, Mark Ling is the real deal when it comes to affiliate marketing. Guy takes a basic simple concept, and keeps duplicating it. That’s the “secret” to success.
@ Chris – affiliate marketing takes work like everything else. If you put a measly 1 hour per day, by the end of the month you have put 30 hours into AF. Not bad, not bad. Have patience and good luck.
Yea, I think his AffiloBlueprint was excellent. A great course on building simple affiliate sites. He doesn’t take the quick and easy way out. But you can duplicate the method nicely. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, people just do not continue building and get stuck after grinding through the first one. I think that is the market he built AJP for.
On a sidenote, I have so many damn projects fermenting that I need about a month off from my full time gig to get myself caught up. I have websites that I need built and I have some that need TLC and re-design of sorts. Particularly in regards to utilizing AJP.