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Simple Six Figures Review

1.) If you’re an affiliate, you now have to disclose UPFRONT that you are being paid an affiliate commission for referring customers to the site you’re recommending.

From what I understand, this effects mainly bloggers who review products, like myself, or other big time bloggers. BUT, I’m no lawyer, and the way it reads could definately effect any and all affiliates because it’s super un clear as to what they are saying.

2.) You also have to go out of your way to tell everyone that the results acheived by your testimonials are Atypical, and should not be expected. From the way I’ve heard other bloggers such as Mike Fortin explain it, is that you not only have to say that the results are Atypical, but you have to say what the average results ARE…

So if the average customer doesn’t do anything with your product, you should probably say that on your sales page / review page.

Again, these new laws are super fuzzy, but if you ignore them, it means a hefty $11,000 fine for EACH offense. That adds up quickly.

I spent like 2 hours this morning editing every sales page and review blog I have. I know it’s a pain in the butt (trust me) but it’s that, or pay the FTC. You choose.

Just thought I’d give you guys the heads up. The above video will be prominently displayed on it’s own special “FTC Rules” page here at TacticTester.com from now on.

For the full FTC article, click here: FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials

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New FTC Laws May Change Affiliate Marketing Forever

I’ve told several of my colleagues how much I wish I could clone myself to get more work done so I could have more free time to tend to personal matters like going to the mall with my wife! Since that’s not possible at the moment, Replace Myself seems to be the most suitable solution.

The entire membership revolves around helping you turn into a real business owner and not a self-employed, overworked pile of exhaustion. Doing business on the internet is extremely time consuming if you try to do everything yourself, and Replace Myself sets forth the methods and training you can use to successfully outsource many internet business processes at a great price.

First, recognize that no matter how good an employee is, they will never perform exactly the way you imagine things coming out. Sometimes they’ll do better than you expected but usually you have to accept a lower quality standard when you hire help. That’s the way life is, when you really want something done right, do it yourself. When you want a lot of stuff done well even if it’s not perfect, then hire help.

Replace Myself works on a monthly membership basis that opens up new modules for every month you pay. If you’re anxious to get to the future modules, you can also choose which modules you would like to receive before your month is up. All you have to do is pay for another month, but don’t worry, when you do it that way you won’t be charged for the following month or for however many you already paid for.

So let’s say I want three modules in one month. One counts from my monthly membership, I pay for two more months in advance and those two modules I chose are released for me to use. I wouldn’t be charged for another month until three months from the time I paid for those three.

The quality of the training is quite good, I would rate an 8.5/10 (and I’m really tough on that kind of rating). There is a wide range of tools created uniquely for members of ReplaceMyself.com that otherwise would be paid for, but the site’s owner has done well for his members by making all of the fantastic tools available to paying members at no extra price.

Some of the tools included are a preapproved list of potential employees with their portfolios and skills, and they’re price is posted right up front. So you have the option of skipping the whole process of hunting for somebody from their recommended sources and just getting to the bottom line of finding, let’s suppose, an experienced blogger who’s willing to work for $200 a month.

It’s no secret nowadays that most of the big internet business gurus currently recommend outsourcing to the Philippines as there are many good English speakers and writers there who are willing to work for what we would consider a very low pay but for them is extremely advantageous. There’s no guilt involved in hiring people in this kind of situation because the benefits are all mutual. It’s a real win-win agreement!

I’ve used several different websites to find people to outsource my work to in the past, but it has often cost more than I liked and the quality has usually been below expectations. With Replace Myself you’re getting the benefit of a business model from somebody who’s been through all the snags of this kind of business and has cleaned things up to make life much easier for you and me.

In regards to payment, the site owner recommends you use Xoom.com to send payment. What’s nice is it’s a type of money order delivered to the person’s house and you can even use Paypal to pay by Xoom. It’s been shown to be reliable and the price of using Xoom is cheap, usually between $10-$20 depending on where you send the money.

One of the biggest benefits of Replace Myself is the fact that the owner has already prepared training materials that aren’t for YOU but for your EMPLOYEES! That means you don’t even have to teach these people how to do what you want (unless you request something uncommon that isn’t part of the modules included) but the trainings already included are:

• - How to properly do keyword research
• - How to run a successful Google Adwords campaign
• - Proper article marketing
• - How to do social bookmarking
• - SEO (this one consists of several modules…because it’s huge)
• - Myspace Marketing
• - Link building through comments/trackbacks/forum posts
• - How to build a mini-net
• - How to do video marketing (taking advantage of YouTube and other video sites to get traffic to your website)
• - Using Web 2.0 sites to promote your own site (like flickr, twitter, furl, …)
• - Affiliate programs (what they are, how they work, how to join, how to use them)
• - Blogging
• - Press Releases
• - Other PPC networks (MSN and Yahoo)
• - How to do conversion tracking
• - Testing and reporting on website performance
• - Using Craigslist for HUGE traffic
• - Using the power of Squidoo
• - Directory Submissions
• - Using Yahoo Answers to get traffic
• - Ebay: Secret underground techniques to drive traffic

In summary, Replace Myself is the EASIEST most cost-effective means I’ve ever seen for learning to properly run outsourced projects and correctly managing and paying employees. The site owner even includes tips on how to properly prepare your financials for tax purposes.

ReplaceMyself gets two thumbs up and a solid recommendation from me.

Price: $97 a month (a bargain, considering what you would have to pay for all the tools and information elsewhere).

CLICK HERE TO START REPLACING YOURSELF

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Replace Myself Review

Ok, first off…This is completely going to be random, and unscripted, raw, realty tv style marketing.

It’s NOT to be showy…Heck, there’s a good chance I might fall on my face PUBLICLY, and NOT make the amount of money set forth in the goal you propose for me.

But then again…I just might!

So lets hear it. What ideas would you like to see attempted by me, publicly?

Here are a few ideas.

Marketing Method:

PPC Affiliate Marketing with ClickBank

PPC Affiliate Marketing with CPA offers

Bum Marketing

Website Flipping

Product launches in a new niche

Licensing

SEO

OR…..It would be really interesting if you were to instead choose a marketing product here on TacticTester.com. In this instance, the rules would be that I am not allowed to use anything other than what has been supplied by the product vendor, and I can only follow information contained within their product.

Some good ones would be:

SEM Business Blueprint

Commission Blueprint 2.0

Zero Friction Marketing

The Site Rush

Instacash Keywords

Affiliate Funnel System

CPA Arbitrage

The Naked Truth

….

YOU PICK THE MARKETING METHOD.

Secondly, we need to establish a monetary goal for 30 days. Don’t say something rediculous…seriously, $30k in 30 days with SEO rankings for example, is a little too difficult.

Also, lets make this realistic for the AVERAGE PERSON. So, that means I should also be limited in my budget to how much money I have to start with. Shall we say it’s fair that the average person can find $250-$300 to spend? You tell me.

I’ll also not be allowed to use previously created websites, or email marketing lists, to make money towards this goal.

Be as detailed as possible. The most creative, realistic suggestion, gets 15 points to spend in the TacticTester.com bonus room!

I’ll make my decision on September 17th, and announce it publicly here on the blog in a new post that will initiate the 30 day challenge.

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Challenge Me

$1.95 For All The Tools You Need To Get Started

It’s true, I got started on eBay, like most marketers did. Shortly after buying my first affiliate marketing guide (TheRichJerk’s Guide To Making Money Online), the only traffic source I knew how to use was eBay because I had already sold quite a few of my own possessions on eBay in the past. So, I started direct linking from my eBay ads to my ClickBank affiliate links…It was great while it lasted, but then eBay made a new rule saying you have to sell physical only products. You could still sell them a physical version of an ebook if you put it on disk using a service like Kunaki though.

Anyhow,  to recap what you need to do as stated in the above video, here it is in step by step fashion.

1.) Go to eBay Pulse

2.) Do an advanced search for the products you found on Pulse for completed listings in the last 30 days on eBay.com for that product.

3.) Once you’ve got a winner that’s selling like crazy for a good price, you need to find a place to source the products. Here’s a list of places you can try.

Alibaba.com

Made-in-China.com

WorldWideBrands.com

Salehoo.com

There’s plenty of them out there. Trust me.

Then it’s time to take it to the next level. Do the above research for as many products as you can within one certain vertical. Like electronics, or collectibles, or video games, fishing gear, etc…You name it.

After you’ve got a good list of products you can sell, with a list of suppliers you can use to get the products to sell on eBay, it’s time to open up an eBay store. Use a nice professional template for your listings and your store to look more professional.

Infiltrate eBay, and become the authority! If you sell 1 of each of your products every day you’ll be doing quite well very shortly. That’s it! I know it’s a little old school, but the whole prospect has me excited about going back to eBay in my spare time. I haven’t been marketing on eBay personally in a LONG time.  But it’s only because I got more interested in main stream affiliate marketing, ppc, seo, etc…you know, the stuff we all know and love to do and get better at.

eBay has stayed STRONG though. People are still making healthy incomes with it, and the entire business model is contained in this post. That’s seriously all you’ve gotta do. Don’t be fooled by it’s simplicity. Use this system, and you’ll make money.

Remember, you can browse around the internet looking for the best eBay “starter kit” and get some really good deals for dirt cheap to help you get started. I’m sure those product owners who teach this stuff are a lot more educated and experienced on this topic than I am and can really give you the ins and the outs of how to scale your business out big time. In case you missed it above, here’s the link again to one such site I found that has a really good deal for a free starter kit for like $1.95 for shipping. They’ll try to upsell you for sure, but you don’t necessarily have to take them up on it. I haven’t reviewed their other stuff yet, so I’m not necessarily recommending it, but for $1.95, you’ll get some neat stuff to get you started doing this.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this Old School Money post. I’m enjoying my time off so I thought I’d post something helpful for those of you scratching your heads as to what you should get started with. After all, it is Monday. Get to work!!!!

Talk to you soon

Brian

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