The $7Secrets/100%Commission Controversy! (and some free tools.)

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e-BizResources Update
June 28, 2007

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Hi there,

Michael here. Welcome to the latest issue of "e-BizResources Update". I hope you're well.

When Jonathon Leger's eBook "$7 Secrets" and the script that goes with it were released a few months ago, it caused quite a stir. Since then the concept has become VERY popular, with many marketers using the script to offer their own $7 products (and other price points), with 100% commission customer-only afiliate programs.

In that time, I've promoted a number of those products, mainly because I felt the product being offered could be helpful to you. There are a couple that I heard about but didn't recommend to you because they were just not up to par, a waste of money.

Anyway, over the last couple of weeks, you may have seen some of the stories floating around about PayPal closing down these types of sites, even suspending people's PayPal accounts, and been concerned about the risk to your PayPal account.

Well, the good news is we now know why there was a problem and that it really only effected the site owners and their PayPal accounts.

The affiliates who were promoting the offers were only effected by the sites going down, meaning the affiliates couldn't get sales.

The affiliates' PayPal accounts were not at risk.

You'll find a thread about this in the $7 secrets forum at:

Discussion at the 7 Dollar Forum

Basically there were two separate issues that PayPal didn't like about some of these sites.

First up, while the 100% commission affiliate program is usually meant as an "incentive bonus", some of PayPal's compliance personnel MISTAKENLY viewed it as selling "an opportunity", rather than a product - similar to a pyramid scam. And that's against their Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

I guess it didn't help that some site owners were really emphasizing the affiliate program, so much so that it seemed to be the most important part of the offer and the product was immaterial.

Secondly, some of the sites require purchasers to opt in to an email list before they could recieve their purchase, which I understand does violate their AUP. You can have an opt-in after the sale if it's optional, but you can't require someone to opt in to claim their purchase.

There is a suggestion that it may be OK if it's mentioned on the sales letter that they'll need to register to recieve their copy. But I'm not sure about that one at this stage, so I'd suggest that any opt in be optional.

Most people who have created these offers are now aware of the situation and are amending their sites accordingly (if they haven't already done so).

So, I'm confident it's fine to purchase these products and to participate in the affiliate programs.

All or most of those that I've mentioned over the last few weeks are still available, and still represent great value for what you can learn from them.

If you missed out on the one that started it all, that site should be back up soon after a short interruption. Keep trying at:

7 Dollar Secrets

Also, there's a few more that I've come across recently that I thought you'd like to know about.

So, here goes ...

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1. First up, there are some "normal" offers of the 7 Dollar Secrets type. The prices vary a bit, but they're all excellent value.

They're mostly under $10 and all have 100% commission customer-only affiliate programs.

They are:

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1.(a) Start Your Biz

This is a guide to making money from eBay in a couple of ways that very few people even know about, and even less are actually using.

It doesn't involve you listing any products yourself, but that's all I can say here. Check it out here:

StartYourBiz.info

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1.(b) 7 Dollar In A Box

This is a great piece of software if you own the 7 Dollar Secrets script and had trouble setting it up, or you didn't buy the script because you thought you may not be able to set it up properly.

This software actually sets it all up for you, so it'll function correctly straight away. (You need to buy the script as well, see the link above.)

7 Dollar In A Box

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1.(c) 7 Dollar Install

Now, if you prefer a slightly more hands-on approach, but are still a bit daunted by the prospect of installing the script with the pretty minimal instructions it comes with, then this guide will get you through it, step-by-step.

7 Dollar Install

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1.(d) eMarketing Library

This package of reports is absolutely fantastic value on it's own merits. It's the only one here that's over $10, but it's worth way more than the investment.

But wait, there's more!

Xavier's not only paying 100% commission on the front end sales (the package of reports), he's even paying a commission on the back end or "up sell" as well.

Inside this package you'll get great reports on the following:

* Finding Your Niche
* List Building
* Writing Copy That Sells
* Writing Guarantees that BOOST your sales
* Search Engine optimization (SEO)
* Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Search Engine traffic generation.

I highly recommend you get your copy as soon as possible, at:

eMarketing Library

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1.(e) Really Fast Money by Willie Crawford

If you've ever found yourself in a situation where you need to get hold of a few hundred to a few thousand dollars very quickly, then Willie's latest report, "Really Fast Money", could help.

Willie shares one method for raising that sort of money in a hurry. It's a method that he continues to use and prove it works.

It does require a bit of effort on your part, but he lays it all out for you in easy to understand stages.

Really Fast Money

(Note: When I got my copy, the site was set up so that you had to opt in to be able to claim your purchase. But as we now know, that may violate PayPal's AUP. I've emailed him about it. But that shouldn't stop you from buying it if you're interested - the risk is not to purchasers or affiliates, but the site owner.)

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1.(f) Free PPC Update

There's been a lot of buzz about Dr. Cohen's eBook "Get Google Ads Free". While that ebook covers a pretty creative method for getting other people to pay for your advertising. It is quite an ingenious system, and 100% valid and ethical, but you still have to fork out quite a bit of money for ads to get things started.

Kevin Koop's new report, "Free PPC Update", discusses some methods and techniques that require less investment and allow you to recover those costs much more quickly.

You can get more details, and your own copy at:

Free PPC Update

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2. This really cool offer on each of the following 3 products, takes the 7 Dollar Secrets concept into another league that's great for us.
You can get them each for whatever price you think is appropriate!

They're all from a respected marketer named Jahn A. and they are:

2.(a) Site Sell Out

Discover The Undisclosed Secrets That Can Make You Millions By Joining The Ranks Of The Highly Paid Virtual Estate Investors!

Learn:

* how to build & sell a content site from scratch,
* how & where to sell your websites fast
* and much more.

Get it for whatever price you think is appropriate!

Site Sell Out

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2.(b) Newsletter For Newbies, with Master Resell Rights

A newbie-friendly guide on how to write your own sales letter that'll produce good conversion rates and save you heaps of money in copywriting fees.

Comes with Master Resell Rights AS WELL AS the 100% commission customer-only affiliate program.

Get it for whatever price you think is appropriate!

Newsletter For Newbies

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2.(c) Niche Squeeze

Grab 2 professionally designed niche squeeze page templates, no graphics editing required at all.

Get it for whatever price you think is appropriate!

Niche Squeeze Pages

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3. Free Tools & Training:

3.(a) Article Recon

Protect yourself from accidentally plagiarising other people's copyrighted work, or protect your copyrighted work from being plagiarised by other webmasters, free of charge.

Article Recon

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3.(b) Easy Social Bookmarking Tool

This cool tool allows you to quickly & easily setup a text link or a button on your website or blog so your visitors can quickly & easily bookmark your site on 50 social bookmarking sites.

You just enter your site details and copy & paste the code, and image file. Use it yourself here:

Easy Social Bookmarking Tool

I've actually bought non-transferable resale rights to this script and it's for sale through a link on that page. But, if you want it for your site, don't buy there at the moment. I'm offering you a discounted price until midnight on June 30th (approximately) here:

Special on Easy Social Bookmarking Tool script

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3.(c) Traffic Secrets Unleashed

It's FREE and the name says it all!

Let's face it, trafic is the one thing that every website owner wants more of. But how do you get it?

There are many ways to generate traffic, some better than others. This manual uncovers some of the most effective - and at the price (nil), everyone can afford it. So, what are you waiting for?

Traffic Secrets Unleashed

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3.(d) Video Traffic Assistant

Creating & submitting free videos has proven to be a great way to generate traffic to your sites. But to get the most benefit, you need to upload your video/s to as many sites as possible, which can be VERY time-consuming.

This new FREE tool will make that process a lot quicker and easier for you by automating a BIG chunk of the process.

Get free access here:

Video Traffic Assistant

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3.(e) Hot Marketing Videos

This HUGE collection of videos, audios & ebooks teaches the basics and even many intermediate topics of online marketing. It's too big to give all the details here, so check it out here:

Hot Marketing Videos Starter

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That's all for now.

Thanks and best wishes,

Michael Beauchamp
e-BizResources Update


P.S. Please forward this to any of your friends and associates that you think may enjoy it or benefit from it.

Latest issue of "e-BizResources Update". (Time Sensitive material)

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e-BizResources Update
April 27, 2007

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Hi there,

Michael here. Welcome to the latest issue of "e-BizResources Update". I hope you're well. There's a lot here for you again today.

As I sit here typing this, I'm enjoying the sound of rain on the roof, finally. You see, the last 12 months have been the driest we've seen in decades.

There are many parts of the world where people would laugh to hear us refer to it as a drought, but most of mainland Australia has been subject to varying degrees of water restrictions.

But in Adelaide, it's been raining steadily for the last 48 hours, with a few more days of it to come. And it's been raining in other parts of the country too.

It's not yet enough for the weather bureau to say it's broken the drought, but it's sure given the farmers a reason to smile and start planting crops.

It's a great sound!

Now, I suppose I'd better get on with some business.

It's getting pretty late here and one of the items below is very time sensitive, so I'll jump right into it.

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1. You need ot check this out quickly - 3 Day Fire Sale
How To Get More Loyal Customers To Your Blog

If you're having trouble getting traffic to your blog, Greg Hall has put together a collection of products aimed at helping you solve that problem.

The price is going up every 30 minutes and there is a customer-only 100% commission affiliate program too, so check it out now at:

Easy Blog Traffic

This is a bundle of products from a number of people, with the bonus of "From The Basement To The Boardroom". PLUS there's a list of surprise bonuses on the download page too. At the time of writing this it's still under $8

So check it out now.

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2. The Blackbook of Craigslist Marketing Part II

Here's an easy to read intro to craigslist marketing. Not as comprehensive as the Free Ad Blueprint that I mentioned last week, but still helpful. This one's only $7 and gives you some new tips that are sure to help you.

And don't worry, even though the title includes the word "blackbook", there's nothing underhanded in it.

The Blackbook Of Craigslist Marketing Part II

To gain most benefit, I'd really suggest that you get this and the Free Ad Blueprint and go through both of them. It's still available at:

Free Ad Blueprint

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3. Silent Profit Machine

Alok Jain has come up with a new system that will alow you to grab a share of his profits for a year. And it doesn't cost a cent to get involved.

It's pretty ingenious and you can get the full details, totally free, here:

Silent Profit Machine

He's also teamed up with Jonathon Leger and harnessed the method for a new product, called Viral Profit Machine. Check it out here:

Viral Profit Machine

It's a great product for affiliate program owners which will change the way affiliate programs work (probably) because it allows their affiliates to earn from their referrals for a full year, not just once.

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4. Quotable Quotes #1

"Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory."
William Wordsworth

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5. Guest Article:

You Can't Solve All Problems With Great Copywriting.
by Dan Lok

So many people I talk to think when they aren't selling something well, something is wrong with their copy.

While this is sometimes the case, I find more often than not the problem has to do with a fundamental marketing issue. What do I mean?

The other day, I drove by this video rental store and noticed they went out of business. I think two and a half years ago I drove by the same place, and I was with a friend, and I said to him, "You know, I bet in a couple of years they will go out of business."

My friend said, "How do you know?"

I told him the rental place would go out of business because the trend now is moving away from rentals and commodities. People instead are turning toward the Internet, toward online on demand videos for example, to online video technology; people are getting what they need online not offline.

It Isn't Always About Copy…


A lot of the time my subscribers send me emails asking for help. Last week for example this fellow sent me an email telling me he's selling a commodity, electronics, and he wanted some copywriting advice. He thought he needed better copywriting to elicit better sales.

Very often people think they have a copywriting problem when the problem is much bigger. In this case, the problem had nothing to do with copywriting.

What this business owner had was a fundamental business problem; finding a way to differentiate himself from everyone else selling electronics.

Selling a commodity like electronics is hard. A lot of time people shopping for electronics look for the lowest price and that is why they buy from a retailer.

So what's the takeaway?

Big Idea - 1


You have to distinguish your business from the rest, dig yourself out from under the trenches. If you are selling a commodity for example, you have to get out of the business if you sell something everyone else does, or find a way to add value to your business so you are THE ONLY ONE to offer a particular service.

Big Idea - 2


Only start a business if you know your profit margin will be 100% or more. Here's another common scenario that happens to me. Often someone comes to me and says, "Well I have this great product, but the profit margin is really paper thin." Then they ask for copywriting advice.

This isn't a copywriting problem. Better copywriting won't solve a profit margin problem; this is an economic problem. Personally, I won't get into any business where the profit margin isn't 100% or more. To operate at a 10, 20 or 30 percent margin is just not my cup of tea. I would always go with the business opportunity that will offer the highest profit margin.

Big Idea - 3


You can't sell a product that has no market, no matter how great the copy. Other people think copywriting is THE solution to all their problems. It isn't. Not always. I don't care how great the copywriting or marketing is, if you try to sell something with little demand, you won't sell anything. You have to recognize that. You can't sell a product nobody wants.

Don't even think about selling something that has no market. Sell something that has massive demand rather than sell to a market that doesn't exist.

Here's the bottom line for all of you still scratching your heads…
if you sell a commodity that isn't selling, get out of the business entirely or find a better way to sell. Find a way to differentiate yourself from the rest. Look to the future and consider the market for your product one, two and five years from now. Then, consider a plan B you can fall back on if trends change.

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This article was written by: Dan Lok, "The World's #1 Website Conversion Expert." Dan's the "go-to" Internet marketing genius that professionals in more than 49 different industries have turned to for hundreds of money-making ads and sales letters.

Dan's reputation for success precedes him and includes a track record of selling over $25.7 million of merchandise and services. Some say, his skills are so sharply honed that he could sell snow to Eskimos… and at a premium price!

Dan's Instant Web Profits System™ package will absolutely change your life!

Instant Web Profits

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6. Quotable Quotes #2

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson on perseverence

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7. Tell Me What You Think!

I'd love to hear what you think of this issue of the "e-BizResources Update" newsletter. And of course, if you'd like to share any suggestions for upcoming issues, please send those, too!

Just contact me via:

Suggestions & Comments

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That's all for now.

Thanks and best wishes,

Michael Beauchamp
e-BizResources Update


P.S. Please forward this to any of your friends and associates that you think may enjoy it or benefit from it.