In my previous post I mentioned a keyword/competition research tool called Spyfu (Spyfu.com).  Since I was a beta tester they have issued me a 50% off LIFETIME coupon.  They have also issued me 3 other coupons that I can pass along.  I just checked, and of the 3 that I posted, only one has not yet been used:

Spyfu coupon code: 8XI7-VVU91

I, myself, got a yearly subscription at $148 (50% $296 regular subscription) which is a BARGAIN.

So, what can you do with Spyfu?

Spyfu gives you a search box which you can type in a website URL, or a keyword and once submitted, it spits out all the relevant keywords and websites related to your query.

Ever wonder what keywords eBay is bidding on Google Adwords?  You can get that data from Spyfu.  Do you think Yahoo! Auctions may be interested in knowing that data?  At $148 per year (or even at the regular price of $296/year).  It will even tell you how much an advertiser/website is spending (estimated) PER DAY on Adwords.

Unfortunately (or should I say, fortunately), Spyfu currently does not have data on “smaller” advertisers and websites.  Can you imagine an affiliate space where every affiliate knows what other affiliates selling the same product or service are bidding on?

If you are not reading James D. Brausch’s blog, you need to!  His blog is like an open book, full of practical and proven methods of running a successful internet business.

James also runs a Magical Email Address Program where you get to ask him any questions related to running an internet business.  Occasionally he would open up his blog for questions.  If you are not taking advantage of this, you are insane!  (James’ Magical Email Address is currently going for $1,000/month).

So here is my question to James regarding running an internship program.

“James, naturally you are assigning interns the task of promoting your blog/products in your ‘internet business’ business.  What do you have your interns do in your ‘weight loss’ business?”

Thanks James, for your generosity of your time!

Most internet marketers suffer from near-sightedness.  What I mean by that is majority of the affiliate marketers chase after one-time commissions rather than promoting programs or products that pay in residual.  As I’ve said in my post yesterday on getting traffic from yahoo groups, I was a super affiliate for PartyPoker.com.  Now, PartyPoker’s affiliate program pays in 2 ways.  You can sign on a new player and get paid a flat commission of $65 ($75 if you recruit 10 or more), or you can sign on a new player and get paid on that player’s rake fee for the lifetime of that player.

If you had a choice, what option would you go with?  Getting paid $75 per new player, or getting 20% cut of the poker room’s revenue for your players?

Ok, I’m back! My son was born on 4th of July, 2007! I’m a happy daddy.

Let me share with you one traffic strategy that I used a while back when I was promoting for Partypoker.com. In fact, I did so well I was getting 4-figure bonuses from my PartyPoker affiliate manager.

Now, I am not going to disclose the specific strategy that I use to recruit players, but I can tell you that I started a Yahoo! Groups intended to “bribe” players to sign up using my affiliate link. I was able to recruit 100’s of poker players each month. You can imagine what the commission is like at $75 per player and on top of that a monthly 4-figure bonus from my affiliate manager.

The key in getting traffic from Yahoo! Groups is by finding existing groups with sizable member base AND group settings that allow members to post without moderation. This strategy will work for any niche, not necessary for poker. Go ahead and head over to http://groups.yahoo.com and do a search for your niche. Hopefully you are able to find existing groups with members in your niche market. Click on the group setting tab (once you get to the homepage of that group, it’s located right underneath the navigation menu):

If it says “Messages do not require approval” then you are free to post a message to the group without having the moderator of the group to approve your message. I’ll leave it to you with what you are going to post in this group. Also, you may also start your own Yahoo! Group and use this free platform as a mailing list manager.

Bottom line, use your creativity in this. If you are not in my blog announcement list, then you would want to get in (subscribe with the box in the upper right hand corner). I will be writing a report on the exact steps and strategies I took to become a PartyPoker.com super affiliate.