July 5, 2008

Team 16k & The Reverse Funnel System: One and The Same

by Joe Marquez

If you’re typing away at Google with hopes that it’ll spit out the right online business for you, chances are you’ve been at it for a long time. It isn’t easy sifting through the limitless options. Well if this sounds like you, I wouldn’t be surprised if you came across team 16k, with the picture of those two dudes standing next to each other. I would imagine that you stumbled across this article because you’re researching Chris Campbell’s and Matt Sunderland’s home business, and hopefully I’ll be able to reason with you to help you decide whether team 16k is a suitable business for you.

Team 16k isn’t the business you’re buying into when you join. You’re actually joining the Reverse Funnel System, which is a whole other topic in itself. Team 16k is simply a “capture page” that leads you into the Reverse Funnel System opportunity. Now, the Reverse Funnel System is another “system” that teaches you how to market another opportunity called Global Resorts Network. So essentially it works like this, team 16k is a team that recruits individuals into the Reverse Funnel System, and the Reverse Funnel Systems trains you on how to make money with Global Resorts Network. The real prize is Global Resorts Network. It’s a very popular travel membership club that allows its members to visit high end resorts for discounted prices. Now, that’s a lot to swallow but the real matter at hand is the buy in price of becoming a Team 16k/Reverse Funnel System Member. It will cost you $3,000 to become a Reverse Funnel System Member. On top of that, it is suggested that you also have $5,000 in start up costs for advertisement. Furthermore, there is a monthly fee of $300 a month to maintain your membership. So before you consider Team16k or the Reverse Funnel System, you will need $8,000 to start up and enough money to pay $300 a month. That’s a lot for the average American.

Now, I don’t want to imply that Team 16k and Reverse Funnel System are bad businesses. There are individuals who have seen a lot of success with them. However, if you can’t afford such a high entrance fee, does that mean that all of the other options aren’t as good? Not at all. The Reverse Funnel System simply teaches members where to place ads and how to generate traffic through online advertisement. Little instruction is involved. What you really need to ask yourself is whether or not this puts you in a position to truly be a professional in your area of expertise. To be honest, with these programs you can’t say that. If you walked away, the knowledge you’d be left with is how to put pre-written ads in specific areas. Try taking that and being successful elsewhere. You can’t.

It would be more beneficial to find a business that will do the same as Team 16k and Reverse Funnel system and provide you with tools that have proven to be effective, but also teach you how to become an internet marketer. That way, you can be creative in the promotion of your business and not just do what everyone else is doing. When you have the necessary skills to market ANYTHING online, you can be successful with any program or product, period.

The System I’m hinting to is Derrick Harper’s Wealth Funnel System. Similar to the Reverse Funnel System, it gives you access to products that buyers want, and it even shows you how to advertise to the right demographic. But one major difference between the Wealth Funnel System and other programs is the education. Derrick Harper has 13 years of experience in the realm of internet marketing. He has worked with big companies such as Pfizer, Wyeth, Merk, Johnson & Johnson, MTV Networks, Weber Grills, and many other highly recognized brands. The man knows his stuff, and he has not only put together a very profitable business opportunity, but he teaches you the ins and outs of properly marketing online. With what his system teaches you, you can find success with any business venture you take on with the internet. Very similar to the “teach a man to fish” analogy, the Wealth Funnel System teaches you how to market online, where as other simply teach you how to advertise their specific products.

So if you’ve been on the fence with whether to pursue the Reverse Funnel System, or maybe you’re saving up for it and in the meantime you’ve been looking for other options (and I wouldn’t blame you), I urge you to look for the business that is the right cost for you and the one that will educate you on how to market online like a pro.

Wishing you the best, Joe Marquez

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July 4, 2008

Team 16k: Scam or Not?

by Joe Marquez

If you’ve been searching numerous pages of Google, trying to find the PERFECT online business, I’m sure you’re a bit exhausted by the number of options you have to consider. Even if you’ve only been at it for a day, I’m sure at one point you’ve seen Chris Campbell’s and Matt Sunderland’s team 16k program. If you’re reading this article right now, I would imagine that you’re probably looking to get some information about their program, and it is my hope that I can assist you in deciding whether Team 16k is a worthwhile business for you.

One thing you should realize is that team 16k is simply the “face” of their business, kind of like a mascot for a team. They use Team 16k as a way to brand themselves among competitors in the ACTUAL business they promote, which is the Reverse Funnel System. Reverse Funnel System has become a big player in the game of online marketing most recently. I’m positive that you’ve come across the trademark of a Reverse Funnel System page, which is the guy in board shorts, lounging in a chair with a laptop in front of him. If you’re not familiar with the Reverse Funnel System, let me break it down for you real quick. It’s a “system” geared towards helping individuals make money with a travel membership club called Global Resorts Network. Similar to Team 16k, the Reverse Funnel System is a team that markets Global Resorts Network. As confusing as that sounds, it means that Team 16k is a team that markets the Reverse Funnel System, and the Reverse Funnel System is a team that markets Global Resorts Network. However, the real focus is Global Resorts Network. They offer great discounts to members who want to stay in high end resorts but not pay the high prices. I’ll spare you the details, but the heart of the matter is really the cost of becoming a Team 16k member, which by default is a Reverse Funnel System member. It is a whopping $3,000 to join, and on top of that it is suggested that you have an additional $5,000 available for advertisement costs. That is a total of $8,000 to start your business. This is not a reasonable price for your average American. To really top things off, it also costs $300 a month to maintain a Reverse Funnel System membership. They are really targeting a very specific income demographic.

I’m not trying you bash on Team 16k and the Reverse Funnel System. They’re profitable businesses and people have made a lot of money with them. However, a large majority of people looking for online businesses simply can’t afford something that expensive. As a result, you’re marketing demographic is smaller, which means you can’t target as many people as a business that has a more reasonable start up cost. Not only that, but what are these programs really teaching you? Basically, you’re left with plenty of knowledge on where to place ads. That’s it. Their systems have already been assembled so that it is fool proof, but that leaves out any room for learning on how to truly market products online.

What I’m getting at is that you are much better off with a system that will provide you with highly profitable products like the Reverse Funnel System, and at the same time will teach you the fundamentals of marketing online so that if you ever decide to do something else you will have all the tools to be successful in whatever venture you move onto.

The system I’m alluding to is Derrick Harper’s Wealth Funnel System. Like the Reverse Funnel System, it’ll provide you the opportunity to sell a product that the market has a demand for. But what’s more important is the comprehensive marketing education it provides you. You could literally start up your own business and make your own reverse funnel system if you wanted to, that’s how good Derrick Harper’s marketing course is. But it isn’t just a bunch of lessons. It’s a gift to all Wealth Funnel System members that should be used in the marketing strategies of selling Wealth Funnel System products. Well who is Derrick Harper and what makes his information and opportunity so valuable? Derrick Harper is an internet marketing veteran. He started marketing on the internet before most people even used the internet. With 13 years experience and a resume filled with big names like Pfizer, Wyeth, Merk, Johnson & Johnson, MTV Networks, Weber Grills, and many other highly recognized brands, it’s no doubt that he knows what he is doing.

If you’ve been unsure of whether or not to pursue Team 16k and the Reverse Funnel System, and you’ve just been doing your research to make sure it’s the best option for you, I hope this has helped you in your decision. I advise you to make sure you’re ready to spend as much as is expected with these businesses and that it’s worth every penny.

Wishing you the best in your home based business, Joe Marquez

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July 3, 2008

Make Use of Cheap Internet Banner Advertising - Affiliates

by E Walker

For years now, internet banner advertising has captured the World Wide Web for it has become a large help in saving an amount of money while reaching beyond territories. Affiliate Marketing banner advertising played a major part in market trafficking all over the internet and many individuals and companies have bought themselves these cheap internet banner advertising. Some made use of it financially; others have no idea on what to do with it.

Internet Banner Advertising

With your cheap internet affiliate marketing banner advertisement, would you just sit in front of your computer and wait for people to notice you? Would you let your company get trampled by other company’s marketing strategies?

banner advertisingOkay, so you admit you bought internet banner advertising, but does that mean you won’t do anything about it because it costs cheap?

These following steps will help you get up on your feet and make your cheap internet banner advertising priceless. With these simple instructions, there will always have traffic on your website.

First, to be able to capture the attention of your target audience, your title and topic should be thought of with concern. You have to make the people believe that your cheap internet banner advertising is worthy of their time. The affiliate marketing advertisement has to meet the audience’s need.

For the people to bring attention to your internet banner advertising, you should be able to raise the curiosity and convince the people. You should be able to deliver your internet marketing products or services with strong words that may lead the target audience at deciding.

You should be able to constructs words on your advertisements that could lead the target audience that you are directly talking to them to give a sense of familiarity on your services.

As you persuade the people by calling for them and directing them to buy or entail your services, they give importance to your business proposal. Your cheap internet-based banner advertising will become one of the sought for ads there are.

Make sure to present your ads to the global community repeatedly to get them familiar with you and your services.

Always remember that having a website doesn’t mean it could sell products by itself. You must be sure to accompany it with internet marketing strategies. By buying banner advertising, you or your company would save time and money as well as making money online while achieving market sales. These internet banners advertising may come cheap, but it could lead you or your company to riches.

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July 2, 2008

Run Your Car With Water and Gas - Scam Or the Real Deal?

by Matthew Loop, DC

Oil companies have taken hold of Washington for far too long. They are getting richer by the day, despite working class individuals struggling to pay for their gas, and despite their own assertions that they are not trying to profit off of our misfortunes. But what if I were to tell you that there is hope - an alternative fuel source that allows you to improve gas mileage and save thousands on gas every year.

Most people do not believe that you can run your car on water, and that is because the gas companies have done an amazing job and preventing news organizations from receiving information on the topic. But HHO gas (Named because of H2O, 2 Hydrogen, 1 Oxygen) is real and the technology is already available today. In just a few hours and with absolutely no knowledge of auto mechanics, you can convert your car into a hybrid that runs on water.

1) How in the World Can A Car / Truck Run with Water?

A process known as electrolysis is created using just your car battery. A current travels through water and takes out once piece of hydrogen from the two that are available in H2O. That piece of hydrogen then travels through your engine and goes into your gas tank, where it helps convert itself to energy to be used for burning fuel. Thus you are essentially increasing the amount of gasoline without adding more gas - instead, all you are doing is adding water, and letting the system do the rest.

2) Why Should You Consider Running Your Vehicle with Water?

By implementing this simple water fuel technology, my friends and I have saved in excess of 40% on gas expenses every month. As mentioned previously, the by-products from burning water are obviously much cleaner than burning toxic chemicals like gasoline. Combustible gasoline only manufactures dirty carbon emissions that are extremely harmful for the environment. I think that everyone would agree that we’ve done enough damage to the environment with the global use of gasoline.

3) How and Is it Possible to Construct This Technology For Yourself?

The manufacturing of these systems has been relatively underground, because if they start becoming too mainstream they are likely going to be squashed by big oil and corporate America. Instead, these systems are sold as how-to guides on the internet, teaching you how to build it yourself with detailed, step by step instructions designed to ensure that you do it right the first time with the few materials your need to make it correctly.

In my opinion, everyone should make the conscious decision to adopt this technological breakthrough to run their cars and trucks on water. The obvious reason for this is that it is very friendly for the environment. We have all taken the earth for granted for far too long and now we have an energy crisis on our hands! Water fuel hybrid systems do not contribute to the global warming epidemic nearly as much as conventional gas-powered automobiles do.

High gas prices are unlikely to be regulated any time soon. So if you are hoping for some form of relief, either at the gas tank or for the environment, you may want to consider turning your car into a car that runs on water. Creating a water car hybrid is the only way to truly change our dependence on foreign oil, and our footprint on the environment.

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July 1, 2008

A Guide To Affiliate Marketing

by Bruce Hoover

Although there is no limit to how you can market an affiliate product, by far the most productive method is to have a web page or site devoted to the product or service you are promoting. Affiliate marketing is probably one of the easiest ways to start earning money online with little outlay. It can be done just by simply creating a simple web page with the information people are looking for. Unlike applying for a sales position in the real world, on the Internet you get to choose what company you want to sell for.

Before you go creating a website you will need to have a product or service to sell. Each company has a terms and conditions page for their affiliates which you should always check before you start selling for them. This is your chance to safeguard your earnings before you lose anything for a misunderstanding of their objectives. It is quite normal for certain companies that cannot send items to other countries to restrict where their members can live.

Most affiliate programs pay well but it does depend on their prices to start with; fifty percent is the norm but if you decide to become an Amazon.com affiliate, expect around 5-10 percent (this is worth checking regularly). The most common place to find information on affiliate marketing and products to sell is Clickbank.com There generally is no need to pay for membership of any affiliate program, be very careful of companies that ask for an up front fee. Although you can find programs almost anywhere you look, those that use Paypal or Clickbank for their payments are he best to use and registering with both does not cost anything. There will be time later to use other payment gateways once you have established your affiliate marketing empire.

The Internet has a great deal of information on marketing affiliate products including free e books and plenty of websites if you just spend some time searching; you can decide which are worth adding to your favorites These e books can be a mine of information and will contain many useful urls, however some will link to sites that want you to purchase something; whether you do or not is up to you. In the beginning it is probably worthwhile just using whatever free programs and resources you can that will help you start building a regular income. This use of free products works well because it is a way for you to see whether the person who supplied them knows what they are doing.

In Summary

Remember that affiliate marketing does not have to rely only on online advertising methods, others exist. The purpose behind this is to direct traffic to your website where a certain percentage of people will place an order. To find out where your affiliate marketing efforts are best spent you will need to track where the traffic to your site is coming from and stick to those methods. There is a huge amount of freedom associated with affiliate marketing and the potential earnings are massive, but this can take many years to build up. Do not spend too much time learning about this because some people become permanent learners, never actually doing anything to ear money.

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June 30, 2008

How to Quit Your Day Job with Affiliate Marketing Programs

by Valentin Selimov

Over the past few years there has been literally thousands of articles written about how to make money with affiliate programs. With all of the affiliate marketing program information out there, you’d think that by now everyone would be millionaires Many people suspect that there’s a magic e-book out there somewhere, that costs money and that with it and enough time, you would start to see real financial benefits.

Affiliate marketing is one of those things that is not going to make you thousands of dollars overnight. If you can live with that, and continue to work at it, you’ll begin to show slow but realistic progress over time as you utilize the affiliate marketing system. If you go into an affiliate marketing program with the right frame of mind, you’ll be excited when you start, and you’ll be excited when you finish. And, all the bumps and potholes in the road won’t make a difference to you.

Figure Out How Much Free Time You Have

When you join an affiliate marketing program, you are very excited. You have big plans and big dreams; however, you need to take a realistic approach and figure out how much time per week you can realistically devote to your affiliate marketing program. Consistency is the key. If you decide to work 10 to 20 hours a week, you should be realistic. You will want to keep working 10 to 20 hours a week over the long haul in order to see a return on your investment. If you start out thinking you’re going to commit to working 40 hours a week, and you wind up only working for hours a week, you’re going to be very disappointed and think that affiliate marketing doesn’t work.

Many new affiliate marketers jump at the first thing they see and as a result, they fail to make money in affiliate marketing. One way to make money is to put yourself in the path of people who want something, and finding that crowd is not always as easy as it sounds. But, if you can find an Internet marketing affiliate program that is selling something that everyone wants, you will make sales in your sleep with little to no effort.

Affiliate Program Marketing With or Without Money

It doesn’t matter if you’ve chosen beach vacation rentals, Xbox video games or even bottled water, whatever it is you have to market it properly if you are even going to put a dent in cyberspace and start making money from it. This means not spending all your time in social or business networking communities instead of finding the best ways to get your affiliate join program out there. Sure, that’s a way for advertising, but it’s not a targeted group for what you are selling.

The most beneficial way to start getting targeted leads for your marketing affiliate program is by using Google Adwords. However, keep in mind this is something that needs to be studied and researched before you start spending money on keywords. We aren’t kidding about this either, if you don’t know what you’re doing it can be costly to the pocketbook and leave you with no commissions. On the other hand, it’s the quickest way to get your product out to those who are interested which is why we recommend it.

Since Adwords cost money, you may want to take a different route that will take a little longer, but can still get the word out about your affiliate best marketing program. Utilizing the signature in any forums you are associated with or just in your personal email can start the word of mouth circulating about the free to join affiliate programs you joined. It’s not as good as Adwords, but it’s a start.

The Overall Analysis

When it comes to affiliate marketing patience is your best weapon. It’s going to take constant effort over the first few months to get the word out about your product or service. Some days you’re going to feel as though you’re all alone, and that all this is just a waste of time but stick with it. Just because you’re not getting a financial return immediately, does not mean that all of your effort is in vain. Promotion takes time and promoting an affiliate program is no different.

Making money at home through affiliate marketing has been proven to be quite interesting, lucrative and doable. When you’re first starting out, you’ll want to join every program you find. Resist the urge. It’s not possible to chase two rabbits at one time. What that means is you’ll spread yourself too thin, and you won’t be successful at anything. You want to concentrate on one or two programs that are interesting to you. Then, as you learn more and become more successful, you can add to your affiliate marketing portfolio.

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June 29, 2008

Clickbank Is A Way To Make Money Online

by Allison Thompson

It does not matter whether you have only just got involved in internet marketing or have been doing it for some time and are now looking for an easy and profitable way to make money through affiliate marketing. One can’t go far wrong if you choose to sell Clickbank products. However, Clickbank isn’t in fact an affiliate network in the strictest meaning of the word. What in fact Clickbank is is a place where products are for sale and can be purchased safely by those customers who wish to buy them.

Just over a year ago Clickbank sent out a press release which stated that during the first day of trading last year a total of more than 1 million dollars worth of sales were completed. Certainly since this date Clickbank have regularly been seeing sales of more than 1 million dollars per day have now become a regular occurrence for them.

But it is not just the daily sales figures at Clickbank which are so impressive, other statistics relating to Clickbank are proving to be just as impressive and these will give you some idea as to why you may seriously want to consider using Clickbank to provide you with a regular source of income.

1. There are now more than 1.25 million registered as affiliates at Clickbank. Of these over 100,000 are classified as being active and another 12,000 (or more) are classified as being publishers.

2. At the current rate the sales taking place on Clickbank each day are running at more than 30% what they were in 2007.

3. Currently there are more than 35,000 products listed and an additional 30 new ones are being added to this list each and every day.

4. The average price of items being sold on Clickbank are working out at about $41 each and the average commission rate being paid to affiliate members on the products they sell is around 55%.

5. The average number of sales which take place on any given day on Clickbank is around 25,000.

But what is Clickbank’s real strength is that it is able to cater not only for affiliates but also publishers as well. This means that the average customer has the chance to choose where to produce books that they sell or where to promote other people’s products. But at the end of the day the success of Clickbank is down to those affiliates who are able to create more than 70% of all the sales that occur through it. Certainly promoting one of the many products that you can find on Clickbank is without a doubt the best way for you to be able to generate an online income quickly.

There are various ways in which you can promote your chosen Clickbank products. The easiest way of all is to set up a blog that offers a review of the product in question along with providing more details about it. Another great way to promote any products that you are selling from Clickbank is to write some articles and submit these to article directories. Remember to utilize the resource box correctly as this is where you place your link to direct those reading the article to your blog or sales page.

The other method to promoting Clickbank products used by some marketers is to created adverts which are then placed on pay per click networks like Google Adsense. But you need to master the techniques related to creating the right kinds of adverts which will help to ensure that you get a regular income from those Clickbank products which you want to promote. But this is not the best method to use unless you are someone who has had plenty of experience in relation to working with Pay Per Click Ads previously.

Also what you need to remember that being a publisher on Clickbank is relatively easy. Yes you will need to have something that you want to sell, but anything that needs to be written in order to promote that item can be done through outsourcing the work to specialist writers. For example you could purchase a Private Label Rights e-book that relates to your chosen product and then alter it to make it relate to you. Once any articles or e-books you have published are listed then you will have access to even more potential new affiliates.

So you haven’t tried Clickbank yet, then isn’t it about time you did. Take a few minutes just to look at what they have to offer and I’m sure you will be pleasantly surprised.

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June 28, 2008

Wealthy Affiliate A Review of Wealthy Affiliate

by James Comer

My Wealthy Affiliate Review is going to look at exactly what Wealthy Affiliate is about and what you are going to find in the members area of Wealthy Affiliate.

After reading this review, you are going to see just how beneficial Wealthy Affiliate can be to you in your online marketing business.

Wealthy Affiliates is a members only site. Don’t let the name fool you, you don’t have to be wealthy to join. You will likely become wealthy after you learn and implement the techniques you will learn at Wealthy Affiliate.

Inside Wealthy Affiliate you will be meeting other successful members- some just starting out such as yourself, and others making upwards of $30k/month.

Inside of the Video Vault you will have access to many training videos and tutorials all aimed at teaching you at different levels from beginner to advanced. These tutorials are EXTREMELY informative and beneficial for anyone who is wanting to start or continue making money online.

As a Wealthy Affiliate member you will also have access to Google Adwords keyword lists and websites that are already proven to be able to make money. You are going to get access to tools that allow you to spy on your competitiors to find out just what they are profiting from and how they are doing it.

Kyle and Carson,- the owners of the Wealthy Affiliate Community are always willing to help you out personally. If you request it, via private message, they will even for as far as to login to your Google Adwords account and let you know how you can improve your campaigns to help you improve upon he things that you may already be working on. Kyle and Carson are already both web millionaires in their mid 20’s who’ve setup the Wealthy Affiliate University in order to help the normal guy or gal follow in their footsteps.

At the Wealthy Affiliate Forum you will see that it’s full of helpful posts. If you require any help, there are always other members available to give you advice.

When you are trying to get a successful home business going or perhaps you are just wanting to make a little bit of money online- then Wealthy Affiliate is something that you will want to take advantage of. They are now giving away free hosting for as long as you are a member. I don’t know if this off is going to be around for long.

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June 27, 2008

The Struggle for the Best Affiliate Program in America

by Elizabeth Clark

There are numerous problems facing America because of the denial of the beliefs of our forefathers. President Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington exemplified godly qualities based on their biographies.

Our schools, colleges, churches and media no longer remind us about the character and lifestyle of our founding Presidents.

On the coins and dollars we spend daily there is a phrase “in God we trust” while the American lifestyle is declining as fast as the value of our American currency.

The American dollar has fallen below the British pound, Canadian euro, South Korean won, Japanese yen. The Mexican peso is the only currency our dollar is slightly above. And our gross national deficit is 9 billion and climbing.

By studying American history you will definitely know our system of government is based on biblical principles. This makes the best affiliate program harder to locate.

The heart of all America’s ethics begin with religion. Because of America’s beliefs numerous wars originated and were fought and won. Our National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance and the currency we spend identify America as a Godly nation. Make no mistake America expressed definite trust in God.

You may not know this, Thanksgiving was first proclaimed on November 29, 1621 by Governor William Bradford. A day of fasting and prayer was also ordered by Governor Bradford. The pilgrims crops desperately needed rain for cultivation.

And down through the years as American pilgrims trusted and depended on God to supply their needs and with the assistance of the Indians Squanto’s and Samoset the pilgrims prospered.

These Indians taught them how to identify poisonous plants and how to plant and harvest crops. The Indians also helped the early settlers find plants that had healing properties.

Our founding Presidents laid a solid foundation for America’s prosperity from Biblical principles. Even our bankruptcy laws were founded from the Bible.

There were almost a million and a half bankruptcies filed in 2006. A few less were filed in 2007. Yet based on the biblical historical bankruptcy laws, Leviticus the 25th chapter emphasizes the year of Jubilee. A fresh start was given and all debts forgiven.

Now the new bankruptcy laws make it almost impossible to recover from any debts. Finding the best affiliate program is definitely a necessity under these new laws. At present 89% of male and female relationships are living together under common law.

With a unstable economy and the fear of even higher gas prices, marriage is not on the agenda of most Americans. Relationships are falling apart as fast begun.

Our court system is totally overloaded. And the infidelity of Americans politicians only adds more coal to the fire.

The Idaho Senator, Larry Craig, pled guilty to behavior that was disorderly. Senator David Vitter acknowledged his number was being called by an escort service.

Mark Foley, a Florida Republican, after reports of sending gruesome messages to pages of the male congressionals, resigned.

Under oath, former President, Bill Clinton denied having any sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Republican Jack Ryan dropped out of a 2004 Senate race when his wife filed divorce papers that alleged he had taken her to “bizarre clubs” and asked her to have sex in front of other people.

Republican Bob Livingston of Louisiana was on the verge of becoming House speaker in 1998 when he acknowledged straying in his marriage. He resigned from Congress a couple of months later.

Senator Gary Hart, a native of Colorado, three weeks into his Democratic presidential campaign; was reported by the Miami Herald, as spending the night with another woman.

The New York governor, Eliot Spitzer, after his involvement with a prostitution ring, resigned.

Remember a nation is only as strong as its elected officials. The minorities in America’s judicial system are guilty until proven innocent. The finances needed for legal fees and parking penalize anyone accused. A document called the “discovery” automatically compounds hidden charges about the accused.

which can never be seen unless a court date is set. In reality 90% of all court cases have been (plea-bargained) because the low income have no finances to challenge the charges placed against them.

A public defender, who usually cares more about their reputation then the minority client there defending. Subconsciously, entices their client to a plea bargain.

And though most horrifying part is we have not even begun to talk about rising medical costs. And the major drug and prostitution crisis in America.

In the midst of chaos, America is building more jails and correctional facilities. America is fighting more wars, why? Finding the best affiliate program is definitely a must.

If Abraham Lincoln, George Washington or Thomas Jefferson were here today; what would they say? Would they see freedom or control?

Would they see one nation under God indivisible, with liberty and justice for all as Abraham Lincoln proclaimed in his Gettysburg address?

If you don’t stand for something you will certainly fall for anything. The Godly principles of our early presidents are diminishing. These principles help America become strong.

The Internet is America’s last resort for a decent income. Because more and more Americans are out of work than ever before. There is no stability in jobs and the economy.

Affiliate programs are the wave of the future. With no start up costs. The question is? How do we find the best affiliate program? Affiliate programs are based on trust and partnership techniques.

The click Bank marketplace, PayDotCom marketplace, and commission Junction, along with the a few other affiliate moneymaking websites are available. The financial process is basically taken care of.

It is nice to know you can still find the best affiliate program. Even with the broken promises our politicians give us; and the fall of the American dollar. It’s still good to be an American.

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June 7, 2008

How to Protect Your Affiliate Commissions

by Rob Pike

Thieves are a problem out in the brick and mortar world is for business owners and thieves are a concern for cyber space business owners. Out in the brick and mortar world, thieves will take money and merchandise and it isn’t any different online. The real world merchants use locks and alarms to deter thieves. Internet business owners need to use anti-theft software to protect their commissions. Here are some things you can do to protect yourself and your commissions:

1. Use Meta Refresh: A meta refresh is a simple bit of HTML code which automatically redirects your visitor to another page (your affiliate URL). It provides a neat way of presenting affiliate links in newsletters. It probably helps reduce commission bypassing and commission hijacking. A big advantage of using meta refreshes is that if merchants change their affiliate links, you can change links on dozens of pages quickly and easily by altering only one file. One problem is that some search engines don’t like meta refreshes because they’re frequently used for unsavory purposes. So if you use this technique, use it with caution.

2. Use a URL redirection service. You can use free services or buy a unique domain name for each affiliate program you join. URL redirection makes affiliate links less obvious, so this will reduce some commission thefts.

3. Use a web-based ad tracking service. The ad tracking link initially hides the affiliate link, reducing thefts.

4. Use an ad tracking script. Good ad tracking scripts hide the affiliate link as well as being useful for tracking. It has the advantage that it doesn’t promote someone else’s domain.

5. Use JavaScript redirect. Because this initially hides the affiliate link, it should reduce commission thefts.

Be aware that thievery is a problem for online businesses and always take the necessary steps to protect your commissions and your livelihood.

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