Affiliate Marketing Tough Times in the IM Niche
As an affiliate marketer there are hundreds if not thousands of niches to choose from. The evergreens – health, wealth, love, lifestyle – provide ample scope for those prepared to do their basic research tasks.
In your early days online you probably searched ‘how to make money online‘ and similar search terms. Your desktop folders are doubtless full of various reports on all manner of internet related tutorials gathering cyber dust. You may still be on some of those marketers’ mailing lists.
Do you now get tired of seeing emails that disguise their true intentions? I sure do. Here’s a recently received typical email with link leading to another squeeze page requiring opt-in for yet another free report.
From: Example
Date: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Subject: Confirmation Requested[Your Name]
Please confirm that your verified
Account Id is: myusername@gmail.comThis is important…. A verified F.R.E.E Download
has been set up for you….Get It Here: http://budurl.com/affiliatelink
Give this high priority!!!!
Grab your Download NOW: http://budurl.com/affiliatelink
Again, I appreciate you checking out my emails
[Your Name] Let me know if I can help you in any way.Always To Your Success,
Prosperous AffiliateP.S. Be on the lookout for additional
bonuses in the coming days.
If you opt-in the next page will tell you that you are now being redirected to a super special one time offer page that you will never see again. Of course you’ve already seen that magic bean guaranteed $4,000 a week sales page or one like it many times. In fact the sales page even tells you that!
Okay, let’s make one thing crystal clear right here and now…
I am NOT here to waste your time.
I am here to show you EXACTLY how I make over $4000 every week online – plain and simple.
And time is money…
So I’m going to keep this short and sweet.
I’m not going to bore you to sleep with some lame “rags to riches” story because I’m pretty sure you’re well and truly sick and tired of them by now.
Then goes on to remind you how tired you’ve gotten of seeing similar garbage online!
If you’re tired of all the systems…
.. all the bogus “1 click” softwares…
… and all the “business opportunities” that require you to promote products, pay for traffic, fill out surveys, create blogs or recruit new members then I have excellent news for you.
Keep reading…
Because I guarantee that this will be one of the MOST IMPORTANT pieces of information you will no doubt ever read about making money online…
… or in general for that matter.
You can seriously see REAL PROFITS within just 10 minutes of starting!
Then comes the standard bogus earnings claims and the rest of the BS designed to suck in the unwary and uninitiated.
And the best part of all it will only cost you $12 which reduces to $6 if you click out.
Now if you like you can google that scheme by name and read the negative reports in various forums.
Here’s just two comments from one forum thread:
First Comment
The copy is not credible. This is the same old snake-oil that was peddled through newspaper ads for 50 years before the internet.
Here’s how it works:
1. make an outlandish claim about your secret get rich quick method nobody else knows about…. say it will work for anybody and that you have made so much money at it you want to share it with your fellow man.
2. Price it so people will say “what the heck,” and buy it. It doesn’t matter if the information is good or not, its the skill of the copywriting (locating pain and presenting a soultion) and position it so hopeful people willl part with their money because the price is so reasonable.
That’s it. Been done thousands of times.
Second Comment
Hi people. I have just bought the information and i can confirm that it is terrible. Possibly the worst ebook i have ever seen on the internet. It starts by telling you to play on casinos to win money by playing 50/50 bets. doesnt give you a system or anything, thats all it says. Then it tells you to join casinos to get the large deposits, which isnt making money because you cant withdraw them until you wager thousands. But what it doesnt say is you cant wager that money on roulette, so thats that part a waste of time and if you dont know how to play roulette then your most probably going to lose. Then it tells you to invest your money in autosurfs, which are also a waste of time. You have to have a lot of money to invest to make a decent percentage back or try and build it up slowly by which time it has closed or dissapeared because most are scams. Then the last part is to invest in HYIPS’s (high yield investment program) and most people should know that these are also terrible as once again most are scams and not worth trying to make money with them as they dont last long. cash1234.com is just making money of selling this rubbish information to ppl. It may only be $9 but its definately the worst $9 ive ever spent and the worst info ive ever seen. This info is probably what most ppl have tried to make money from on the internet and failed at. I hoped ive helped ppl to make a decision whether to buy this info or not.
For the merits of working alternatives to the IM Niche check out this Warrior Forum thread.
Then check out the IM product launches coming up over the next few months seeking Joint Venture Partners.
Current top sellers from Clickbank Marketplace IM Niche:
Marketing With Anik 15 Weeks Of Coaching
How many of these will drop into the Clickbank graveyard a few months after the launch is over and another ‘shiny object’ took their place?
The simple truth remains that the fundamentals of internet marketing have been the same for last decade. Sure we have had YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other innovations appear to add more marketing tools but the basic fundamentals of online marketing followed by successful affiliates stand the test of time.
Update 26 April 2012
Another typical affiliate email from the IM niche that tells you nothing and merely orders you to go look at some unknown sales page.
From: username@loginsupport.org
Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Subject: New USERNAME and PASSWORD (access ready)
To: xxxxxxxx@gmail.comHey, This new website was just setup and you can start making commissions with this, almost immediately!
I’m exact system right now to make well over 5 figures a month!
Stop whatever else you are doing and jump on this amazing opportunity while you still can!
Enjoy, JD
From: J.D. Notifications
Date: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Subject: Please, Contact Me ASAP! (important)
To: xxxxxxxx@gmail.comHey there,
I sent you an incredibly important email
earlier, but I’m not sure if you got it.==> (Click Here) to ACCESS Now
I must warn you, this is very limited and
may be pulled down any minute!All the best! JD
The above character uses a variety of email addresses to send out these offers.
All get the same result should you bother to reply:
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
access@loginsupport.org
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected access@loginsupport.org (state 14).
This Is Another Common Ploy From Lazy Affiliates
Since their open rates are so low they have to not only resort to using shady methods but also use email addresses that do not exist. When you get emails from these twerps don’t bother unsubscribing just consign them to SPAM folder or if you use gmail then filter them to the bin.
From: Payment Notice: Date: Fri, May 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Subject: Where Should They Send Your Payments? (05-04-12)
To: xxxxxxxx@gmail.comDownload this then tell them where to send all
the commission payments you’ll be earning!
===>> CLICK HERE to ACCESS Website
Affiliate Support,
Mark
2254 N.W. 8th Street Miami FL 33069 USA.Mail Delivery Subsystem mailer-daemon@googlemail.com
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:payments@onlineincometoday.org
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected payments@onlineincometoday.org (state 13).
Another one who can’t even afford to pay for their domain (incomepaymentsnow.com)
From: Online Payment Dept. Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Subject: PAYPAL ALERT: Payment Notice – (04/02/12)
To: affiliateshealth@gmail.comHey,
Are you ready to start getting some serious payments into your paypal account?
==> Click Here and ACCESS Now
I don’t know how long this will be available…
Make sure you grab your copy now!
==> Click Here and ACCESS Now
Thank you,
Jason
Online SupportMail Delivery Subsystem mailer-daemon@googlemail.com
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
payments@incomepaymentsnow.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected payments@incomepaymentsnow.com (state 13).
And A Common One Circulating April/May 2012
Obviously a boiler room operating in Florida. If you are receiving these it is because some other unethical marketer has sold your email address so don’t waste your time unsubscribing because that will simply tell them you have an active and live email address that they will promptly flood with more junk. Just consign them to your SPAM folder.
From: Billing Support
Subject: Your Pending Account Balance is $3,789.67 – (2nd Notice)Activate your system here to receive payments now…
==> Click Here Now to ACTIVATE
This is your last chance to access this website
and claim your commissions…Go now before this link expires!
==> Click Here Now to ACTIVATE
Thank you,
Billing Support
2254 N.W. 8th Street Miami FL 33069 USA.
========
========From: Billing Support
Subject: Payment Delivered on 05/13/12 at 5:07 AM ESTScheduled Pay-out for: xxxxxx@gmail.com
Click the link below to access the pending
payments on the account.==> Click Here to ACCESS Now
Thank you,
Susan
Member Alerts
2254 N.W. 8th Street Miami FL 33069 USA.From: Affiliate Payments
Subject: You’re a WINNER! – (Confirm before 04/24/12)I will keep this short today. The reason you’ve won
is because you have been awarded early access
to this amazing new offer!==>> Click Here to ACCESS Website Now
This is an exclusive link just for you, please
do not share this with anyone.Thank you,
Jim
2254 N.W. 8th Street Miami FL 33069 USA.
UPDATE July 5th, 2012
Yet another spamming jerk in the IM niche. It’s time the FTC took a hard line with these morons.
From: account.mananger0247@yahoo.com via ebizac1.com
to: xxxxx@gmail.com
date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:49 PM
subject: Inbox Message [2]This is my second attempt to get this to you.
The last one came back to my box for some reason..
Hopefully you’ll get this because this is some seriously good info!
http://ct.ebizac.com/t.php/205028/0/B/T/9488860/
To Much Success
Account Live Support
8316 N Lombard #408 Portland OR 97203 USA.Mail Delivery Subsystem mailer-daemon@googlemail.com
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:account.mananger0247@yahoo.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain.
We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error.
The error that the other server returned was: 554 554 delivery error: dd
This user doesn’t have a yahoo.com account (account.mananger0247@yahoo.com)
[0] – mta1287.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (state 17).
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