Hi Mark, Not suggesting that their isn’t “gold in them there hills” I know there is. Further I am certainly not casting any aspersions in your direction. I check out your blog most weeks as I consider your opinions and advice to be some of the best and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the subject.

What I do have objection too Mark is the amount of rubbish that is aimed directly at those new pools of marketing newbies who appear and then disappear on the windscreen of the internet like drops of condensation, being mopped up with misinformation and Chinese mathematics.

to answer my own question Mark, “How come if your methods are so money churning good, then why are you spending lots of your valuable time putting together courses to flog to us”
Maybe they spend so much time and effort creating these products because actually doing what they teach is far more time consuming and difficult and far less profitable than selling Pans and Picks.

BTW you and I know that the people who are really making a killing in IM are not using the methods that are going to be told to newbies.
I wish you and all your readers all the very best: Jack

Hey Jack — sorry you feel that way. People are definately making money with affiliate marketing. Certainly you are not suggesting that people are not making money on line? Amazon reported over 1.3 million sellers sold products through Amazon’s World Wide Web sites in 2007. It is estimated that over 1/3 of their revenue comes from affiliates.

So, the money is out there. Your other question is a pretty good one. Why doesn’t Andrew just make money instead of teaching how to make money. You’ll have to ask Andrew about that one.

For me, I actually like “helping people profitably”. Just like selling bananas or pork bellies, when you and I interact, you put a value on that interaction. If you value it highly, you may choose to pay me to help you. It’s that simple for me.

The same thing that motivates me to publish your comment rather than hide out and delete it motivates me to help people. I want to make money, but that is not the only consideration (or even the most important one).

Hope that helps!

Thanks,
Mark

Kent — exactly correct.

Also, Andrew will tell you that if you target “buying keywords” that you can see dramatically improved conversion rates. He is basing his claims on his actual experience as well.

However, no matter what we decide about conversion rates, the point is not to focus on specific numbers. The point is to teach people how to think about the problem.

As you point out, the key ingredient is hard work.

Thanks!

Alice (and Rick above) – remember that the video here was made by Andrew, not Mark. I agree with Mark in that the video does a good job of simply breaking down the math. I do agree that the numbers are extremely high and could likely not be duplicated in short order by someone with no experience no matter how hard they try.

What most people don’t realize is – it takes a ton of hard work, and the numbers don’t work like basic percentages. Probably 95% of people quit too early, which is in line with numbers in other sales/marketing professions such as real estate, insurance, mlm, etc.

Kent F.

Hey Rick;

You are right. While I don’t consider this BCS, 5% is pretty high. Of course it depends on the traffic and the copy, but your point is very well taken. Thanks for pointing this out.

Thanks,
Mark

Your point is well taken. Of course the conversion rate will depend on the source of the traffic, the copy, and the traffic. But you are right — 5% would be really high.

As far as I know the tool is still free.

Really great post. Thanks for giving some really easy to understand examples. Glad you posted this as it contains a lot of good stuff.

Thanks!

Peace,
Darren L Carter

I’ve always looked up to you and Josh for great tips on making income online. And I have quite a few little victories using your tips.

One thing that’s bothering me right now is Google’s Adword Keyword Tool. Where before I could use Adword Keyword Tool freely, nowadays Adword seems to have changed the rules and require users to log in and provide billing information.

I’ve always used Adword Keyword Tool for keyword research, do I now need to actually pay Adwords for these information? What’s up with Adwords?

Can you help me out please?

Jaime

I don’t know Court very well, but I have read some of his stuff and he seems sensible. Glad to hear you are getting some value out of Keyword Academy. I always thought that looked like a good deal.

Court then gives a great example of someone deciding to circle the block in their car, but, then they quit after half the trip, put the car in park and complain it was too much work to drive around the block.

$300/month based on 30 hours of work really kind of stinks – why not just get a part time job somewhere making more money than that? Lack of focus and seeing a project through to the enjoyment of some recurring income – gets us every time.