So it has been little over a week that I decided to give MN a second run and have to say it has done a lot for my “learning curve” as well as my productivity level. When I first joined MN I had a quick look around at the free guides they are offering for the affiliate program but now that I am back there, I decided to actually give it a real shot and started reading the guides.

Gotta say I am really impressed with all the free information and level of support they are offering, either through their affiliate forum or contacting them directly.

So what have I during last week?

I have actually set up 4 new websites, and only have to finish some details and then upload them which will be done later this day, plus starting promotion strategies in order to get the linkbuilding going.

Terence gave me some good points to look at when I first posted about this program last week and I will certainly keep his comment in mind, for now though I find there is a lot to learn in their affiliate forum.

I picked a few products which I have experience with from the past and started building sites with all the material they offer for promotion. Most product in the program come with several ready made templates, loads of content and designer help (banners, pictures you can use freely etc)  and other information given good ideas in order to promote.

Cool thing about this program is that they are now uploading a lot of review videos in their forum, actually reviewing sites made by affiliates in order to improve them and point out where a site is lacking in view of selling and promotion.

Even after all this time I have been into affiliate marketing, there was a lot of things I hadn´t thought of and it is proven to be of great value to have somebody else look at your site and show you where you could improve it. I was certainly impressed by the time they put in to offer this service to their customers.

Now, some might say “yeah right Mirjam, they just want to earn more money” and I believe that is a fair statement, they are after earning more money through their affiliates promoting their products, but they can only do so, if their affiliates make more sales too.

So basically that is a win-win situation. Plus think about this, if you have been struggling like I have to get those sales in, you are doing something wrong. I was doing a lot of things wrong, and finally found some place to actually point out where and what to improve on. This is all information I can take along with me into other ventures outside of the program, ie, information I can use and implement to promote other products from other affiliate programs since it is all about the basics and then tweaking it to improve sales.

Through MN I have found to have made mistakes in the basics of all the sites I have set up in the past, with the consequence of not getting higher returns on the efforts I was putting in.

Funny when I come to think about it, as soon as I started this blog months ago, I have actually started learning a lot more than the years before and it does feel like pieces are finally falling into its place.

When I first started learning about affiliate marketing, I thought I did not have enough knowledge so I kept buying and reading guides on how to make things happen and the more I read, the more I felt like there was a lot of knowledge lacking to become a “super affiliate”.

It actually started feeling like there was some sort of secret to success and that the next book I was going to buy and read, would give me that secret.

I have certainly wasted a lot of time and effort. If only I had started building on the foundations straight away, making it secure with the basic information I had at that time and only than started learning about how to improve on those basics, I would have been a lot further already, but it is never too late to start.

MN is putting a lot of pieces together though, and now, when looking at the forum, I see a lot of people asking for help to become a super affiliate. They are making the same mistake I was making, thinking there is this big secret out there which is holding them back as long as they don´t find out.

Again, the secret is in the basics, following some beginner guides which tell you exactly what to do before even thinking about tweaking and improving.

If you don´t have the basics though,

there is nothing to tweak nor improve!

It is like wanting to run without first knowing how to get on your feet and start going step for step.

Anyways, I am going back to work now, just wanted to give a little update so far on what I think about MN  and what I have done so far. If you have been looking for ways to make money and so far aren´t succeeding in affiliate marketing, I would certainly recommend you to check out their free beginner guides which you can access after signing up for the program. The free guides offer information on how to start, how to build a site, how to promote and build links etc, sort of a step by step program on how to get on. After that, there are more guides on how to improve everything, including a free SEO guide by Brad Callen which offers some great inside tips on how to get your site ranking high and fast.

Again, the sign up is free and they are offering bonuses (upto $45) when you sign up with them. You will only be able to get those bonuses by making your first sale, which is what you are after anyways, I suppose, right?

Feel free to leave any comments and questions, I will try to answer all of them:)

To Our Success! 

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I realize I haven’t been writing as much as I should have in this blog lately, and I am really sorry about that. Thing is though that after my break I had come to the conclusion I was on the wrong path, spending my time in ways that weren’t very productive and I was spreading myself way to thin on too many projects.

Having to get into another working schedule has cost me quite some sweat and elbow grease but finally being able to focus is really getting my energy levels up again.

Running this blog has been a great learning curve for me so far, and I have come across some pretty decent advice to finally become serious about business.

During the break I was getting really geared up about setting up BANS sites (building niche stores) and I actually got started to set up different eBay sites. However, during this process it just did not feel right for me.

Maybe I am wrong, maybe not, but already knowing a bit more about the ins and outs of wordpress and setting up regular websites, it just did not feel right to leave that in order to start learning something new and figuring out how to have the design stand out in order to make it interesting enough for a potential buyer to click on eBay products.

I figured I should better stick to what I already knew how to do and focus way more on getting content up and dedicate way more time to building links, instead of spending more time on learning a new process, setting me back again time wise.

Creating unique content, either written from scratch or rewriting PLR articles has always been a slow and difficult process for me, I would only get up to writing a certain amount of articles on one subject and then my attention span would be completely gone, making it almost ridicules to start promotion, there just wasn’t enough to promote in the first place.

However, I finally got to shift that focus span and got into writing big time, having a set dream in mind surely did help and one way or another, winning the Manifest a Miracle in Hochstadts competition also helped me a bit on the part of focussing on where I wanted to go.

A few months ago I found out about an affiliate program which was giving out $45 in total of sign up bonuses ($10 to sign up, $15 when you started promoting links, another $10 for participating in their forum etc) but after having signed up and find it was not a direct $45 bonus straight away, I kind of set it aside thinking it was just another waste of my time.

Anyhow, I went back to that affiliate program to have a closer look since I was looking for a few good products to promote and found they had a lot of good guides for their affiliate marketers so I started reading them and that is when I really got into things.

There are a lot of extras they offer, like a huge amount of articles to rewrite, website templates to use, complete how-to guides, graphics etc plus an affiliate support team which can help you succeed what you started, and having a closer look at their forum was actually quite surprising. Surprising because they do seem to offer some decent support, working hard to have their members succeed in selling products. Of course, the more the affiliate marketers sell, the more they earn as well, so it is a win-win situation, but I have to say, there are many really useful threads I have been learning a lot from that forum so far.

My goal for today, after finishing this post, is to actually set up a complete new website, write at least 10 articles, reviews, product comparison and put everything into place in order to start promoting the hell out of it through article marketing and building links through directory submission on a continuous base.

I will be posting on my progress over here but it would really be great to see others who are using this affiliate program already to compare experiences. If you have never heard of this program before and are looking for a solid affiliate program and support, you can check it out here.

A little sidenote, you can get a total of $45 in bonuses but you will have to reach $100 minimum payout first, which should be pretty easy to achieve, following their advice, but you have to work for it!

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