Check this out…

http://www.macroking.com/oh-this-is-tooo-funny

Jonathan

As many of you probably alrady know, I’m aiming to get on the net’s first affiliate marketing reality show, the Top Affiliate Challenge ( www.topaffiliatechallenge.com ).

It actually looks like I’m going to get on, though nothing is ever certain until it’s certain!

To improve my chances of winning, I’m asking for a favor and also making a terrific offer to those who are interested.

First the simple favor… please go watch my video (It’s a wicked Adwords trick…) and vote me a “10″. You can actually vote for me every day, until voting ends on June 14. I need every vote I can get so PLEASE go vote now:

www.topaffiliatechallenge.com/users/tooltrainer

While you’re at it, vote a “10″ for Big Jason Henderson as well, he & I are teaming up during this initial stage to make sure we both get on the show. Also tell your friends, lists, forums, anything you can do will help!

And now for my “irresistible offer”…

I will hold a 90 minute private webinar on marketing with LPGen - nitty gritty, down & dirty, how to REALLY push it to the limits - and you’re invited. If you don’t have LPGen already, I’ll even GIVE you a fully functional 30 day license (also so you can follow along during the webinar) to put LPGen to use in your marketing.

What would something like this be worth to you? Well I’m aiming to massively overdeliver here…

I’m only charging a measly $25 per person for this webinar (which will allow me to buy 5 Super Votes), and every penny will go into a Paypal account dedicated 100% to be used for the purposes of me rocketing to first place during this initial phase. That’s 90 MINUTES of hard core time to ask questions and talk to me live about using LPGen, for $25. And if by chance anything is left over after paying for super votes, it will go towards my costs while being on the show - buying traffic, whatever.

See, I’m actually OK with this whole “buying votes” thing, as long as people raise that money FROM INTERNET MARKETING! Doesn’t that seem more reasonable than just whipping out the Amex card and buying $10k worth of votes?

And now, you tell me… can I count on you? Is there anything more I need to do, say, or offer to get your assistance? By all means feel free to pass this email to other people you know if you think they’ll help out as well. I can definitely use the extra support!

Reserve your spot in the webinar here:

http://lpgen.com/vote.html

Exact time & access info will come after voting ends on June 14th.

I’m convinced I can completely dominate this portion of the challenge. However I only have until June 14 to accomplish this and blow everyone out of the water. So I need to start acquiring super votes right away along with you continuing to vote me a “10″ at least once every day (and Jason too!). This is VERY important, the individual votes may end up making the difference.

Will you help send me to Nebraska, so I can come back and teach you everything I learn? I’m sure hoping so.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jonathan
http://topaffiliatechallenge.com/users/tooltrainer

P.S.

I don’t know about you, but I think knowing I’m going to come back and share everything I can pull from the minds of guys like ShoeMoney and John Chow, sure seems like it’s worth $25. Wouldn’t you agree?? =)

Wow, now this is cool…

http://www.woodymaxim.com/help-a-brotha-out/

Jonathan

Hey everyone… first of all, sorry to those whose comments were held in queue so long.  I’ve had so much on my plate the last few weeks that I just plain forgot to check!!  You’ve all been approved now and I’ll give them a look and respond shortly.

But now for something completely different…

You may or may not know about Tracking202.  It’s a very slick tracking & reporting system released a few months back.  I wasgiven an early preview of it and I was totally impressed… the one major obstacle I had to using it, that I knew a ton of other people would have too, was that it was hosted on their servers, not your own.  This has the paranoia issue of trusting your data (and from what I saw of how it worked, ALL your data… every keyword, every link, every campaign, EVERYTHING) to people you didn’t know, in a small company where let’s face it, things can happen.

But the bigger issue to me was that now my campaigns have yet another server in the loop.  Already there’s our own server that hosts the landing page, plus the CPA network’s server, plus the advertiser/merchant’s server, and possibly others as well, in the chain.  I really didn’t want yet another potential point of failure.

Well today’s my lucky day… because Prosper202 has been released into the wild!!  Basically it’s tracking202, but you host it on your own server.  I’ve only just installed it and am looking it over now, but so far it looks identical in every way to the Tracking202 system I was so thoroughly impressed with.

Oh, and the price?  That’s the real shocker… call it reverse sticker shock if you will, but it’s FREE!!!  That’s right.  Zero, zip, nada, zilch.  No cashola!  I don’t know how these guys are affording their San Francisco rent, but I hope they can do so for a very long time.

Now I have to put it through its paces.  So far the only downside is one I’m not surprised by and can live with - the code is Zend encrypted.  I know this is important, heck even LPGen is encrypted (though I chose not to use Zend).  But being someone who likes to hack stuff to fit my needs better, I was just the tiniest bit bummed about this.

So, I’m going to run a few campaigns through this baby and let you know how it goes.  I’m really excited though, I’m a sucker for clean detailed visual reporting, and I’m sick of staring at rows of numbers in Excel!

Jonathan

P.S.

Forgot to mention… they’ve also got an Affiliate Marketing Forum as well as  an Affiliate Marketing Blog, both of which may be worth hanging out in from time to time!

Is it just me or is there a sense of Deja Vu in the air?

Hi there,

So if you haven’t already heard, SpeedPPC version 3.0 is set to launch tomorrow (or today depending on where in the world you are right now) on April 8th. You’ll no doubt be getting a whole slew of emails about it from all the JV partners wanting you to buy from them so they can win the affiliate competition.

(For those who hate waiting… www.lpgen.com/sppc.html)

Man, these people sure are competitive…

So, cutting through all the shouting, what is SpeedPPC all about and how can it help YOU?

The answer depends of course, on what exactly you’re doing.

SpeedPPC is a tool designed strictly for (as you may have guessed from the name) PPC marketers. It is not for people who do banner exchanges or big media buys, or who use PPV traffic (as I do). It’s for people using PPC companies ike Google, Yahoo, MSN, and even some smaller players that you may not know about.

It *is* a great tool. It does exactly what it says it will do, and the new version (I’ve been playing with the beta versions for several months) is a huge improvement on the original, based entirely on user feedback.

But, SpeedPPC is NOT FOR EVERYONE!! I even convinced a good friend - who, bless her, tends to run out and buy whatever I’m using - to get a refund on it (and yes I gave up a commission in the process)

If you can’t already make a profitable PPC campaign by hand, without a tool like SpeedPPC, then SpeedPPC WILL NOT HELP YOU. In fact, it could be devastating because it will let you make MUCH larger unprofitable campaigns, that will chew through your budget like an army of moths in a cotton mill.

So as I’ve said many times before… SpeedPPC is not, in my opinion, for newcomers to PPC. But if you already have a good solid understanding of PPC, and have made profitable campaigns by hand… then SpeedPPC is like handing a journeyman carpenter a set of the best power tools money can buy.

So.

I’ve never been “on the radar” enough to warrant an invite to any of these big product launches, so I’ve never been part of one of these affiliate competitions.

Until now!

Yep that’s right… I got the invite from Jay Stockwell to throw my hat in the ring against some very VERY big name marketers, all trying to out-do each other for the top honors in the contest. Now I’m not foolish enough to think I actually have big enough lists to out-sell these big players. Nor do I have tens of thousands of dollars worth of bonuses to hand out, in order to entice you.

But what I do have, is a solid understanding of how all these different tools work together. SpeedPPC, Affiliate Radar, LPGen, Adwords, YSM, HTML, PHP, Alphabet Soup!! I know that many, many people are constantly struggling with how this all fits together. Jay has even sent some of his own customers over to me for $200/hour private consultations on how to get SpeedPPC working in their business.

So this is my offer to those who buy through my affiliate link during this re-launch:

$100 discount on the price (so $397 instead of $497) and a free 1 hour personal phone/skype consultation with me, on exactly how to get up & running with SpeedPPC as fast as possible (cash value of the consultation is $200).

Look, I know other marketers are going to go all crazy with bonuses of interviews, ebooks, or other information products that they’ve created. Typically though, whenever I see the bonuses people put out there, I find them to be a little too “one size fits all” for my tastes. I want a bonus that is custom tailored for ME and the way *I* do business.

So that’s exactly what I’ve put together for you.

We can talk about any aspect of your business really, it doesn’t even have to be about SpeedPPC if you’ve got something else more pressing that you need help with. I’ve built my online reputation for amazing support and truly helping people out, so now it’s time to create the ultimate “win-win-win” situation. You get an awesome product and the help to get it working fast, I get a commission which keeps a roof over my head, and Jay gets a new happy customer who’s out there making money with his product.

What could be better???

OK, enough said. You can get more details on SpeedPPC here:

www.lpgen.com/sppc.html

If you decide it’s right for you, please MAKE SURE YOU CLEAR YOUR COOKIES *BEFORE* you visit the above link and purchase. If you get credited to someone else, I won’t be able to do anything about it. =( Sorry…

OK that’s all the hype you’re going to get from me. SpeedPPC really is a great tool for those who can actually benefit from it.

Always The Best,

Jonathan

P.S.

Oh I almost forgot… if by chance you bought Google Payload and implemented the strategies there, the new version has a surprise new feature that you might especially love!

P.P.S.

If for some reason you don’t want the consultation with me, I can offer you LPGen at half price instead if you don’t already own it.

Well I just got an interesting surprise.

I’m sitting here at Yanik Silver’s Underground 4 conference in Los Angeles, and the speaker is talking about “buzz marketing” which is essentially about using blogs and social media to get organic rankings and traffic.

OK so, not a new concept in general… but it reminded me to check something that I hadn’t looked at in a couple of months.

When I launched LPGen, I thought it would be cool to rank #1 in Google for the phrase “landing page generator” (without the quotes of course).  Initially, I didn’t rank anywhere for anything.  But I put the site up, and put “Landing Page Generator” in the title of the page.  That’s damn near the only SEO I even did.  I know a lot of SEO techniques but I rarely apply them and don’t fancy myself an SEO expert.

So a couple months passed, and I was on the front page of Google, towards the bottom, for my target phrase.  Pretty cool… but not where I wanted to be.  Still, I did nothing in terms of SEO.  I left the page alone, made an occasional blog post here, but that’s it.  No social marketing, no backlink gathering campaigns, etc.

Well another month or two went by, and I was in like #4, without having done a thing.

I promptly forgot about it until right now when the speaker said something that reminded me of it.  So I hopped over to Google and searched…

And I’ll be damned - I’m in the #1 position.  Not only that, I’m #1 in Yahoo and MSN too.  In fact I’m #1 (through DealDotCom) and #2 in Yahoo.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying this is getting me massive floods of traffic that are making me a multi millionaire over again every week.  Far from it, it’s not exactly a high traffic phrase.  BUT… it has reminded me that, even in a world of lots of sources of cheap and flexible paid traffic, I really need to not forget about the organic stuff.  Top rankings can be achieved without even doing much work in many cases.

I needed this reminder…

OK everyone, I’ve changed my tune.  Too many people are contacting me now thinking that this is push button instant riches and that they won’t have to do any actual work.  Please do NOT buy the PPCF or PPVF courses unless you could right now walk up to a Roulette wheel and place $1500 on 13black without batting an eye.

Seriously.  This method clicked with me, but it has NOT clicked with many other people, and might not click with you either.  If you’re in desperate financial shape, this isn’t the magic pill.

Yep, that’s right. As of today I have officially turned OFF my last remaining PPC campaigns. Find out why below…

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P.S.

In case you’re wondering, yes I’m still using LPGen with PPV and it’s invaluable…

So my CD came in the mail yesterday, and I’ve been listening to it in bits & pieces. I’m the kind of person that, if I’m listening to an informational audio recording, I can’t be doing ANYTHING else or I will totally miss what was said, so I’m only about 1/2 way through it with all the other distractions I’ve got going on each day.

So what’s my opinion so far? I’m pleasantly surprised to be able to say I’ve gotten some good things out of it. I’ve got a notepad and I’m jotting down little things that are mentioned here & there. It’s definitely got some really good tidbits.

How would I rate it on a scale from 1-10?

Well considering I’m only about 1/2 way through, this probably isn’t a fair thing to do but I’ll do it anyway. If I assume that a “1″ means it’s total garbage and there wasn’t a shred of value to it, and a “10″ means it’s a complete and utter paradigm shift unlike anything I’ve ever heard, and a “5″ means it was ok information but absolutely nothing new, just basic intro stuff being rehashed…

I’d give the first half a solid 7 out of 10. My rating may go up or down as I finish listening, we shall see. I’m sure there’s some kind of pitch coming towards the end, just because… well because there’s ALWAYS a pitch of some kind! I don’t know what it will be for since I’m not there yet, but if the last 1/2 of this interview have as many little nuggets as the first 1/2, I’ll probably end up giving the overall CD a good 8 out of 10. There have definitely been a couple of “OMG, that’s a GREAT idea!” moments so far. Again, nothing earth shaking or paradigm shifting, but “simple” stuff that I just hadn’t thought about doing… places to look for traffic, some off-the-beaten-path stuff. It’s the stuff that 90% of the people are NOT doing, that I think will be hiding the real huge money in marketing (whether online OR offline actually!)

So anyway… is it worth the price of admission? Yeah actually, I think so. As with anything like this whether it’s an eBook, home study course, or seminar, it’s always 100% worthless if you do nothing with the information. But there’s a couple things in here that I’ve heard so far, that I am dead-certain will earn me way more than the $30 or so the product actually ends up costing. I just have to actually IMPLEMENT them. Isn’t that always the catch?

Somehow, “Money for nothing and your chicks for free” just doesn’t quite seem to be the way it really works.

Jonathan

P.S.

Turns out that CD was only available for a short time… I didn’t realize that. The link now goes to a different product. I don’t know how else to get the XFactor audio so I guess if you didn’t already get it, you can’t any more. Surprised me but hey, I guess that’s life.

I’ll write more once I finish the whole CD!

So I know I don’t really blog terribly often, but I thought this one might be of great interest to some of you, and is very timely given the recent release of LPGen.

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Just so you know, that’s not an affiliate link and I’m not secretly cookie-ing you. . I don’t get anything for sharing this. I actually just ordered my own copy, so I haven’t even heard what’s on the CD yet! But I trust the guy who told me to go get this right away, and so I did. I do wish it was downloadable as I’m impatient, but… oh well I can wait a couple days.

Anyway, since I have it on a trusted authority that this is a truly excellent interview, I figured I’d pass it along. I hope my source turns out to have been right! But given how hugely successful I know he’s been online, I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt.

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So, enjoy! I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on it as well to compare with my own. If you get this or have it or know about it or have anything to say at all, leave a comment!

Jonathan