You know, the more people I try help with ppc affiliate marketing the more and more I realize that most people’s BIGGEST stumbling block to affiliate success is NOT : creating a landing page that converts, finding a profitable offer, optimizing their campaign for profitability or any other technical aspect of the business.

So what’s the biggest stumbling block that stops most newbie affiliates dead in their tracks?

Let me illustrate…

Let’s say I’m helping Joe with his ppc campaigns, and everytime I chat with him or talk to him on the phone he tells me EXACTLY how much he has spend with on Adwords from the day he started :

“Yeah, Amit, I’ve spend $1250.36 on Adwords and I’m STILL not making a profit. What gives?” (Joe won’t mention the fact that he made over $1000 in commissions.)

or

“Amit, I’m getting really frustrated, it’s been 2 months and I’ve lost $400. This affiliate marketing stuff is just not working for me.”

or

“Amit, so what you’re saying is that you want me to LOSE $50-$100 per campaign to learn how to do this business?”

It’s funny, Joe had no problem dishing out over $100k for his college education. He didn’t go up to his professors, and say : “I’ve already lost $35k doing this college thing, and I’m just not seeing any return yet, I don’t think college thing is for me.”

Most traditional business can often be in the red for years before they start making a profits. Can you imagine someone who invested $80k into a fast food franchise getting discouraged after 4 months because they’re not making a profit yet?

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

You’re NOT spending money on PPC, you’re investing into your education. An education that will cost a TINY fraction of what it costs to get a college degree or start a traditional business.

If you think that ppc affiliate marketing is a way to instant riches then please QUIT NOW. Just like any other real business, this business will require effort and financial investment (don’t EVER call it losing money).

My students that have had the most success NEVER focus on how much they’re spending on Adwords, or how much money they’re losing. They understand, just as I did, that they’re learning and success will come in time as long as they stay consistent.

Remember you attract what you focus on.

If you focus on how much money you’re losing, then that’s what you’ll attract more of, losing money.

Instead if you focus on how much you’re campaigns are improving (overtime as you launch more and more), how much your CTR and sales are going up, how much your ROI is improving, and how much you’re learning from the whole process, then I have no doubt you will be successful…as long as you stay consistent.

I am just thrilled to be reviewing and giving away these cleaners from Terracycle, a company known for creating an all-natural fertilizer made from worm poop. But don’t worry, there’s no worm poop in these terrific cleaning sprays, just concentrated essences of plants, shrubs, fruits, herbs and grasses with natural minerals and water. Even better, TerraCycle then packages the ready-to-use cleaners in reused soda bottles with end-run spray tops, making one of the most affordable and environmentally friendly cleaning products on the market.

I received three cleaning products to try for myself, and I am happy to say that all of them work really well. I used TerraCycle Natural All Purpose Cleaner all around my house as I cleaned this weekend. It took care of spilled shampoo that had dried on the floor of the bathtub, coffee stains on the kitchen counter, and mystery gook that was on the walls in the hallway. I talked to James from Terracycle on the phone about the giveaway, and I asked him to please find out for me exactly what oils are used in the cleaner, because the smell…well, it smells like the people who live in East Lansing near M.S.U., the ones who buy their shampoo and laundry soap at the Food Co-Op. I suspect patchouli.

TerraCycle Natural Bathroom Cleaner made my shower, sink, and toilet sparkle and I like knowing that I’m not leaving harmful chemical residues behind. And ammonia-free TerraCycle Natural Window Cleaner got all the toothpaste globs off the mirror and took care of the dog’s nose print streaks on the picture window in the family room. In addition to these, Terracycle also makes a Drain Maintainer and Cleaner that is biologically friendly and packaged in 100% recycled containers. If these cleaners are strong enough to tackle my messy house, they are sure to work in yours! I’m naming Terracycle cleaners a MOMREVIEWS FABULOUS FIND and sending them a badge they can use, too!

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Tom Szaky, a 25-year old entrepreneur and Princeton University dropout, founded TerraCycle (www.terracycle.net) his freshman year. The company debuted its revolutionary worm poop plant food packages in reused soda bottles at Wal*Mart and The Home Depot in 2005. TerraCycle products are the first consumer products to earn the right to carry the Zerofootprint™ seal. The seal signifies that the materials and manufacturing process used to produce its products have virtually no negative environmental repercussions. In July 2006, Inc. Magazine named TerraCycle, “The Coolest Little Start-Up in America.”

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It appears that Verizon Communications chief executive Ivan Seidenberg is getting somewhat irritated at suggestions that perhaps one day Verizon could be swallowed up by the consolidation of the telecoms industry, and he gets right irked at the idea that the acquirer could possibly be Vodafone, we posted his views on Vodafone earlier (see here)

Seidenberg told the Financial Times: “We’re not for sale. And in case you didn’t get that the first time, we’re not for sale. OK?”

Seidenberg is full of self-assurance with Verizon Communications who with market capitalisation of $102 billion is the second largest telecom company in the US, and fifth in the world. He highlighted Verizon’s growth, stating revenue is up 8.5 percent on a pro-forma basis in 07, and says: “Investors always want more, but we are in a pretty good place.”

Seidenberg shrugs off any concerns that the wireless market growth within the US may be coming to an end simply because in excess of 80 percent now own a mobile phone, but instead highlights how consumers increasing use of mobile phones for data activities is providing Verizon with a new revenue stream, and states: “Machine to machine” technologies, such as heart monitors sending signals to the internet, will further increase demand for its network.”

Seidenberg is confidant Verizon is well placed to be a winner in the battle between companies for revenue from the mobile internet, and reserves his most acidic remarks for Apple and Steve Jobs.

“There goes the conspiracy again, you’re declaring them a winner before they’ve earned it on the field,” says Seidenberg.

Full article here

So, not getting enough music entertainment from your iTunes library? Maybe you want something extra as well? How about some seriously pumping satellite tunes for your Apple iPhone? If so Apple iPhone users can now enjoy the yummy goodness of live streaming satellite radio via Sirius by using an application aptly called uSirius.

The uSirius application works in much the same way as iRadio whereby you are connected to the Sirius satellites, and well as the Apple iPhone doesn’t actually support that functionality, instead the music is pumped through your Apple iPhone via WiFi or EDGE.

And when you get hold of the Apple iPhone 3G next month you can also get uSirius radio via HSDPA as well. The only real problem is that actually getting on the Sirius Satellite Radio is going to hit your pocket because it costs. However, there is apparently a free three day trial before you are required to register, so at least you are allowed a test drive, and if you happen to like it you can purchase it.

No having to wait around for the new Apple iPhone 3G with this application either, so music to your ears there then… if you’ll pardon the pun. So if you are a fan of Sirius Satellite Radio and have yourself an Apple iPhone go grab it from installer.apps.

Source – mobilemag

According to Marketing Week’s “sources in Japan and Korea” Sony is getting to launch a PlayStation branded mobile phone, which just may call into question its long standing partnership with Swedish mobile manufacturer Ericsson. Could this well be the end of Sony Ericsson?

Apparently the new mobile phone will incorporate “elements” of the PlayStation Portable, the PSP. Furthermore, it is understood that this PlayStation branded mobile phone could well hit the shelves in time for the big Christmas shop 2009.

At present Sony Ericsson uses the sub-brands Walkman and Cyber-Shot in its mobile handsets, and last week Sony Ericsson launched its F305 gaming mobile phone to a somewhat mixed reception, with one analyst saying “strange” that the model did not include the PlayStation branding.”

Apparently the sources in Korea and Japan say that Sony is currently working on converting their present PSP model into a phone, and analysts say this would be “relatively easy” because the PSP is already equipped with WiFi.

Rumour has it from industry sources that the relationship between Sony and Ericsson is at present “frosty” and says Sony has learned from its “strategic error” of giving its Walkman branding to Ericsson, while an insider confirms that Sony “never give its PlayStation branding” to the Sony Ericsson venture.

A Sony Ericsson spokesperson states that the mobile phone maker “never comments” on future product announcements. While Sony PlayStation simply declined to comment.

So I ask again…Could this be the end of the Sony Ericsson partnership? What do you think?

Source – marketingweek

This news goes out to all you music lovers, Vodafone has teamed up with MySpace to show off the all new “Vodafone Music Reporter”, which is user-generated content of the company’s musical events, oh yes MySpace and Vodafone has announced the all new launch of an online global interactive platform.

The name is pretty nifty in itself and “”Vodafone Music Reporter” which is an interactive profile which is hosted on MySpace, will indeed be used to share the operator’s music, initiatives, including summer festivals such as Music Unlimited Cologne in Germany and Vodafone TBAs in the UK. Vodafone Music Reporter profile will also feature other things such as user-generated content which will help create communities for many music fans initially in UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. Music fans in the above countries will be able to click on

Music fans in the four countries can click on www.myspace.com/vodafonemusicreporter_uk where you will be able to share music experiences, upload and download content including pictures and videos related to Vodafone Music Unlimited events and you will also be able to enter a stunning competition to demonstrate your reporting skills across the Vodafone Music Unlimited events this summer and win the chance to become part of an MTV show episode online and on mobile. Pretty cool ah, for more information please do visit Vodafone MySpace profile here.

All you people who have been waiting patiently for the release of Opera Mobile 9.5 to come out can begin jumping up and down with joy, because the long awaited Opera Mobile 9.5 is very nearly ready! Yes, at last the people over at Opera have announced that an initial beta test is earmarked for the 15th of July at www.opera.com, when all you Opera greedy people will be able to get your grubby paws on it.

Furthermore, Opera must have been feeling a tad guilty about keeping everyone waiting so long , as they addressed the reason: Some versions of Opera Mobile 9.5 are already shipping on great phones like the HTC Touch Diamond, and some of you have asked why we wouldn’t be able to release it publically yet. As you probably know, releasing a version that works on a large variety of phones is more complex than making it work on one specific phone. You should also expect a few differences between the versions that are pre-installed on phones and the public version of Opera Mobile 9.5.

“Opera Mobile is the fastest, most secure browser available for S60 and Windows mobile handsets.”

So there it is in black and white from Opera themselves, and it’s not that long till the 15th July is it, I can almost hear Opera fans cheering!

Source – wmexperts

No, I’m not giving away a million dollars, not that I wouldn’t if I had the chance! I’ve been asked to share a website with you called No Debt Today, which has programs to help you with debt reduction. They specialize in helping people tackle what might seem like an impossible amount of debt, starting with a free, no-obligation debt consultation. No Debt Today offers three types of programs:
*If you need to consolidate a variety of debt both secured and unsecured, they work with your creditors to reduce the amount you owe and then group all your monthly payments into one.
*If you have just credit card debt, No Debt Today can get your total amounts due reduced into one lump sum payoff, or a much lower monthly payment.
*If you need to get caught up on back taxes (local or Federal up to 10 years’ worth), No Debt Today has solutions for that as well.

I’m speaking from experience when I say, don’t let your debt drown you. Use the free debt form on the No Debt Today website to get a free online debt consultation. There is no obligation to do anything and you can take as much time as you like to decide. You don’t have to feel like you are trapped under piles of debt anymore!

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A new video has been released over on the official PS3 blog which gives us all a detailed look at the long awaited in-game XMB that is due to be released in the upcoming 2.40 firmware.

Eric Lempel who is the director for the PSN, shows us how he is able to navigate the XMB whilst having GT5:P paused in the background. It all looks very slick as he browses through all of the menus in the XMB, while taking time to surf through his messages. It seems to be the update all PS3 fans have been waiting for, as a PS3 owner myself, I had often found it very frustrating to have to go out of game to read a message whilst playing COD4 online, this update looks to have solved that problem completely, which will please a lot of you I’m sure.

He also demonstrates the ability to play your own music from the hard-drive whilst in game, another feature that has been on the top of some of your wish-lists. He did not go into detail on ‘trophies’ which is another new feature due to be on the 2.40 firmware, but as you can see in the video, there is already an icon for it, and another video is due to be released with more information on this.

This new firmware is looking very impressive indeed,check out the full video below.. hopefully it isn’t too long before we get our hands on the new firmware ourselves, stay tuned to hear more information.

Source: Read

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An announcement comes from Nokia that it is to begin shipping the much awaited Nokia 6220 Classic in the United Kingdom, and also announced it has already shipped in excess of two million GPS enabled mobile phones to date; Nokia says that this proves that fact that navigation is quickly becoming a very important feature of the mobile phone.

Managing Director of Nokia UK, Simon Ainslie said: “Navigation is becoming an integral part of your mobile device. When consumers are looking to purchase a mobile device the key features they are looking for are a great camera, great music capabilities and now navigation. The 6220 classic includes all of these features and by selling over 2 million GPS enabled devices this is proof that navigation is becoming more accessible to everyone.”

The Nokia 6220 Classic is of a candy-bar design offers a GPS location finder, Nokia Maps, and built-in compass along with AGPS functionality which allow the user to geo-tag photos. Other superb features of the Nokia 6220 Classic are, a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth, integrated TV-out which means images can be viewed on the users TV screen.

The Nokia 6220 Classic offers up a 2.2 inch display, internet browser, music player, email, FM radio with RDS and up to 8GB of memory. Nokia has placed an estimated price tag on the Nokia 6220 Classic mobile phone at £257.00 pre-tax and subsidies, although a carrier has yet to be named.

Source – pocket-lint