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0 🥇Clickbank University 2.0 Review

Don’t waste your time reading any other Clickbank University review - just read this one. You will understand why… 

This is the stuff no one else will tell you.

My goal is to make you a more informed buyer so you can make the right decision for you at this time in your life.

I will even recommend alternatives to Clickbank University (aka CBU) - even one that I don’t particularly care for, so that you know you have options.

So, let me get down to the good, bad and the ugly...

Clickbank University - Is It Worth It?

So, what is Clickbank University? It is an affiliate training program that is part of Clickbank - an online retailer that sells both digital and physical products.

Clickbank University (CBU) will train you to be a successful Clickbank affiliate. The pros of going through the training is that you are taught by top Clickbank affiliates who have done millions in sales such as Robby Blanchard and Justin Atlan.  

Robby has his own Clickbank training course called Commission Hero, which focuses on using Facebook ads to drive traffic. You will need to be able to spend at least $20 daily on ads in order to make it work. Although a good course, this kind of ad spend is out of reach for a lot of newbie marketers, so it's not a course focused on here. 

In fact, here is a video with Robby talking about his success as Clickbank's #1 affiliate....

The Cost

As of this writing the cost of the training is $47/mo. Now when Clickbank University came out the first time, if memory serves me correct, the price back then was somewhere in the neighborhood of $99/mo. So, the cost has been reduced to less than half of what it used to be - which makes it a more affordable option for a lot more people.

What Do You Get

 * Funnel builder (extra charge)
 * Live Q & A
 * Pro Courses - Where you learn from top industry leaders every month
 * Expert interviews
 * Copywriting guide
 * Understanding Facebook Ads
 * Forum (currently in the process of being revamped)

So, you do get a lot of bang for your buck.

The training is broken down into bite-sized lessons to make it easier to learn and so that you’re not feeling overwhelmed with all this information coming at ya.

Clickbank is one of the world’s biggest online retailers and definitely the largest digital marketplace on the Internet. The opportunity to make a substantial income with Clickbank exists and it only makes sense to join its training program.

So, how does Clickbank University compare to other programs? Read on...

Clickbank University vs Wealthy Affiliate

If you know anything about me, you know that I’m not a huge fan of the tactics that some affiliates of Wealthy Affiliate engage in - up to and including lying, purposely giving out misinformation on competing products/services in order to make Wealthy Affiliate the “winner” in every kind of comparison. Imagine that!

However, Wealthy Affiliate does provide some decent training.

Wealthy Affiliate Cost

​The cost of this program is $49/mo - so it’s comparable to Clickbank University in terms of price range. However, there is a free membership that gives you just 10 marketing lessons. The training is broken down to individual lessons/courses i.e. Picking a Niche etc..

What Do You Get

Wealthy Affiliate has weekly live interactive classes in addition, they have classes from e-commerce to drop shipping, to lead generation and all else in between. The vast majority of classes obviously are at the upgraded membership level - not the free one.

So there is a lot of training going on at the $49 level and it covers more than just affiliate marketing. However, this could be both a blessing and curse. When you have too many options, it makes choosing ONE that much more difficult.

So...

Who Wins Clickbank University or Wealthy Affiliate?

Let me just put this out there…

Most hopeful people who try their hand at affiliate marketing don’t succeed - they make no money at all. The same can be said about e-commerce, drop-shipping, etc..

There are many reasons for this - one of which is that you’re pretty much alone as you try to build your business. In other words, you have no one to root you on or bounce ideas off of.

This is why now you see a lot of affiliate programs including forums and Facebook groups in their programs. With that said, in my opinion, this is something to consider when looking at a training program.

Communities Make the Difference

Both Wealthy Affiliate and Clickbank University have communities. Clickbank is currently revamping their forum, however, they do have weekly live Q & A sessions.

Wealthy Affiliate has its entire training site community-focused. The downside is that people can get more wrapped up in the conversations going on more than on the training. If you’re a person that is easily distracted, then you may want to look at other options other than Wealthy Affiliate.

Clickbank University has its teachings focused on one thing - making you a better Clickbank affiliate. Because it’s more focused training, your odds of success may be better with this kind of training.

Remember, that once you go through the training at WA, you still have to find an affiliate program and/or find products to promote. With CBU, all the products are contained on Clickbank itself - you don’t have to venture far to find things to promote.

If you had to choose between the two, you may want to choose CBU and master the Clickbank platform before venturing out into broader affiliate marketing.

If you want to do something other than affiliate marketing, say for example e-commerce, you may want to look at WA or better yet a program that specifically teaches only ecommerce.

What if you don’t have any money for either program?

The Third Option For Affiliate Marketing Training

Let me be a little blunt here…

Yes, you can start affiliate marketing without any money, however, In order to be in business successfully, you will eventually need money to build your business in order to pay for tools and advertising.

Free Affiliate Marketing Training

As a no cost alternative, I recommend Mark Ling’s Affilorama program. It teaches you the basics of affiliate marketing and they also offer more in-depth paid courses to help take your business to the next level. Mark has his own tools like a backlinks checker and other keyword research tools that you can use for free. See one of Mark's videos below.

Affilorama is a good program even if you have money to spend, but there is no community collaboration and some of the content produced was done years ago. The basics of affiliate marketing doesn't change - what does change are strategies and tactics especially when it comes down to getting traffic.

How to Decide Between Affilorama, Clickbank University, and Wealthy Affiliate

If you like a more interactive learning environment, and you enjoy watching videos, I would suggest Clickbank University or Wealthy Affiliate. Affilorama is mostly text based and it’s not as interactive as WA and CBU.

Mark does have two other primary products, Pathway to Passive which is all about building niche websites. This may be a little more advanced for the average newbie affiliate marketer. His second primary product is Affiliojetpack, which is almost like a business in a box, complete with your niche specific website and done-for-you emails.

If you like the way Mark teaches, I would suggest starting with Affilorama to get an overview first and then get Affilojetpack. Affilorama although very informative is just a bit to "dry" for my liking - although it may be a better fit for ​beginner marketers who just want to fully understand affiliate marketing.

Just a note - Affilojetpack is basically a business in a box where everything is done for you. Although it’s a nice way to start, in general you really need to learn how to do everything yourself - write your own emails, write your own copy, put up your own website. You want to be always growing and improving.

The MOST Awesome Affiliate Marketing Training

You can’t go wrong with any of the three suggestions here - you just need to carefully look at each one and see which is the best fit for you - and pick ONE. Try it out for a month and if it doesn't suit you, try another one.

I will say that the MOST focused training here is Clickbank University. The more focused you are, the more likely you are to be very successful as an affiliate marketer.

Here are some questions to keep in mind…

• Do you like how the content is put together?
• Is the trainer(s) easy to understand?
• Can you see yourself logging in each day and reading and/or watching the training lessons? 
• Is there something about the platform that bugs you? Or is something about the platform that you really like? 
• Are you able to implement the actions suggested to you in the training or is the training too vague?
• After implementing the actions, how successful were you - if at all?
• What in the training made the difference or what is lacking in the training that you feel contributed to your lack of success?

It Doesn’t Exist

You see there is no one best affiliate program that fits everyone. When it comes to learning the basics of Internet/affiliate marketing,

I tend to recommend products from well-known marketers not products from wanna be gurus who just want to throw together a crappy product real fast in order to make a quick buck.

A lot of these products tend to not be done very well, are not very thorough i.e you need to buy their additional upsells to fill in the gaps the main product doesn’t teach, and the person or people behind the product doesn’t stand by their product i.e. no support, the product is no longer accessible, etc. If you’ve bought products in the past, then you know this to be the case in a lot of instances.

This is why I focused on these three particular products - Clickbank University, Affilorama, and Wealthy Affiliate. People have had success because of what they learned at each one of those programs.

Watch out for all those articles you see online that recommend products no one has ever heard of. If you’re gonna dig into your wallet and spend your money on training, at least spend money on programs that have been proven to help people get started successfully as affiliate marketers.

We’re all different and we all learn differently and in different ways - like the saying goes, there isn’t a one glove fits all approach to choosing a program.

The most important thing is that you absolutely must take ACTION on the knowledge you are given. Knowledge doesn’t put money into your bank account- only applied knowledge does.

I hope you found this helpful!

0 Do SFI Online Business Operators Make Money or Lose Money?

If you’re on the lookout for SFI online business operators to see if they’re actually making money online, then you’ll want to carefully read this…

SFI online business operators – you can’t help but run into them on the Internet. After all, it’s not a typical thing to see a lot of affiliates promoting a successful network marketing company that’s been around such a long time.

Sure you have Shaklee, Amway, and the Mary Kay’s of the world, but a company that is not so widely known yet be nearly two decades old and still have thousands and thousands of affiliates promoting its products really says something.

It works.

Now, if you’re scratching your head wondering just how a company like SFI can survive and even thrive in these tough economic times and under the watchful eye of the Feds, well you gotta read on because this will change your whole outlook on network marketing….

What Most SFI Online Business Operators Won’t Tell You, But I Will…

Let me come clean and be really transparent…

I first encountered Strong Future International or SFI for short, many, many years ago. I didn’t get and so I didn’t join.

In the meantime, I joined other network marketing companies eventually spending (or wasting) thousands of dollars in the process with not much to show for it.

What I lacked and what I really needed was not taught by the network marketing company, nor my upline. Which is something that commonly occurs in this industry.

This is one of the many reasons why  a lot of people fail in network marketing.

So, what has this got to do with SFI?

Lots.

I am an affiliate of SFI and I joined and re-joined a couple of times and have managed to create a paycheck faster than in any of the other business opportunities I ever joined. And SFI is a free to join program.

What a lot of other SFI online business operators won’t tell you is that a lot of them come from network marketing backgrounds and have had “bad” experiences as well.

SFI online business operators who have been in other traditional network marketing companies don’t want to talk “bad” about the industry.

If you’ve been in network marketing, odds are you’ve struggled a lot and probably spent a whole lotta money.

But you see the income potential and you want to give it one more try. This is probably one reason why you’re looking into the SFI affiliate opportunity.

Traditional Network Marketing vs Hybrid Network Marketing

What makes SFI different is that it is no-cost to join and you can build it without stacking your garage full of product you’ll never use or sell.

In other words, you’re not gonna go broke trying to build your network marketing business.

To top if off, you can make money without ever touching the network marketing side of SFI because they have a huge customer base with its 80k+ products. There are a lot of SFI affiliates who only do the affiliate side of SFI.

The way the Feds are cracking down on network marketing companies, you’d better make sure you choose a company like SFI that has a clear cut customer base with real products people are buying.

Limit Your Risk 

Now, to be fair, I can’t say you’ll never lose money with any opportunity – the risk is always there with anything. Run away from anyone who tells you there is no risk in their business because they’re lying to you.

You do want to limit your risk.

For example, if you’re spending hundreds of dollars a month on a biz opp  autoship and/or you can’t recruit enough paying distributors or sale the products consistently, you’re digging yourself into a huge hole that you’re likely to not come out of.

SFI online business operators are not starting off in a hole or in deficit position because the barrier to get in is no cost.

It’s easier to actually make a profit when you’re not spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on autoship products.

You’ll want to re-read that again…

Before you join another network marketing company or another affiliate program, take a look at SFI – especially if you’ve been burned financially with other programs and/or are on a limited budget.

In the era of multiple streams of income, you want a residual money stream in your arsenal that won’t drain your bank account, and SFI is forefront and center to creating that repeat income you’ve been looking for.

Click here to learn how SFI can help you earn money on the side…

0 Small Startup Business Ideas 2015 – What’s Hot

It’s that time of the year where you begin to look at some small startup business ideas in 2015– and beyond. Before you even begin to look, you’ve gotta decide some important things first…

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So, what are some of the best small startup business ideas in 2015?

Well, that’s gonna depend on who you ask. If you ask someone from Silicon Valley you’ll get one answer, if you ask a franchiser they’ll give you another answer, and if you ask a top double diamond network marketing superstar, you’ll get an entirely different answer all together.

Where does one make sense of it all?

Well, the best plan of action is to always start with what you know best. Do you have an existing product or service? Can you turn your interests and hobbies into a lucrative business? Do you even know if there are enough buyers in your marketplace? This is the time where you want to carefully do your research.

Now if you discover that your favorite hobby cannot be made into a business or if you learn that there isn’t a huge buyers market for your existing product or service, then you’ll want to do the next best thing – and that’s sell other peoples products.

When it comes to finding small startup business ideas in 2015, you’ll want to find what people are already buying. This is the fastest way to get into profit faster when you already know what people want and what they’re willing to buy.

Small Startup Business Ideas in 2015 Doesn’t Include Being a Category Creator?

If you have an idea for a product or service that doesn’t exist already, you can bring that idea to market and hope for the best. You could be that bold creator and take a daring chance that your new innovative idea is something that people need…even if they never knew it even existed before.

After all, Topsy Tail the inside-out ponytail creator never had an audience of buyers until it created a strong desire for women to wear their hair this way. The creator of that gizmo and the other category creators took a gamble that paid off big time.

Now in the back of their minds I’m sure they knew that there was always a strong chance they would fail and fail miserably.

The problem with category creators is that you only hear about the ones that succeeded.

What about the ones who failed and ended up losing everything they put on the line? No one talks about them. And there’s much more of them then there is of those who rolled the dice and made it.

But the question you really want to ask yourself is, “how much risk do I really want to take?”

Sure you can be a category creator and hope that luck’s on your side, but why would you want to do it at this point in the game when you’re trying to get a foot in the door? In nearly most cases you don’t want to be that category creator. Do what’s been proven to work and you’ll be so much further ahead in the game.

Forbes Hot Business List Tells a Different Story

According to an article in Forbes magazine, the top industries to start businesses in include:

• Electronic Shopping and Mail Order Houses
• Software Publishers
• Computer Systems
• Investigative and Security Services

What you notice in this Forbes list small the top three are internet/computer related. This is the future of business worldwide.

Everyone has heard of these industries – they’re nothing new. What a lot of successful ‘net companies have done is to improve upon existing concepts.

Blogging and instant messaging have been around for quite awhile, but Twitter saw an opportunity to literally merge the two concepts into 140 characters or less.

Revolutionary – no. Innovative – definitely. Do you have ideas coming into your head of how you can take an old concept and put a new spin on it?

This company took an existing concept – money back rebates for shopping and turned it into a huge online shopping mall complete with a business opportunity for those who want to take advantage of the electronic shopping mania…

Where to Go From Here

Take stock of your current skills, talents, and interests. Is there an place for your talents on the Internet and/or can you use the Internet to help you build your existing business?

No skills or existing product? Sell someone else’s product and services that have already been created. When you go this route, the most challenging part, product creating, has already been done for you. All you have to worry about is getting traffic.

Are You Down With OPP? Small Startup Business Ideas in 2015 With Other People’s Products

You basically have a couple of choices: Affiliate marketing and network marketing

Affiliate Marketing

With affiliate marketing you get a percentage of the sale. You can go to such sites as Clickbank and Amazon to become an affiliate.

There’s basically three steps to this:

1. Understanding Internet marketing. I suggest you download a free copy of Dotcomology

2. Picking a niche and finding offers in that niche

3. Learn about traffic and start sending traffic to your offers

Network Marketing

It’s basically the same as affiliate marketing in concept except that you’re leveraging other people by building a salesforce or a team. You have a lot more leverage with network marketing than affiliate marketing.

Amazon/eBay Selling

Lastly, a lot of success can still be had by selling products on eBay and Amazon. There are a lot of videos on YouTube that’ll show you how it’s done.

These are just a few small startup business ideas in 2015. Whatever you choose make sure you can leverage the Internet to increase your profitability.

Click here to download your copy of Dotcomolgy. The Easiest (and one of the cheapest) way to learn Internet marketing…

1 Home Business Ideas on a Shoestring Budget

Need some home business ideas? If you’re looking for a way to make more money, know that you’re definitely not alone.

Many good hard-working people like yourself have turned to the Internet to find legitimate ways to either supplement their existing income or find ways to make a full-time income from the comfort of their own home. Is this what you’re interested in doing?

With a bad economy and people losing their jobs and careers, it’s no secret that you’re probably looking for a low-cost home business to provide a solution to your money problems.  And if you have a family and a job, then in all likelihood you’ll need a home business that you can do part-time.

When looking at home business ideas, taking the careful approach to a home business is a smart idea. A lot of people make the mistake of jumping into a home business (that they have not researched good enough) and then quickly quitting their job thereafter in hopes that the business will make them millionaires overnight.

You may chuckle at the absurdity of that but it happens all the time. I’m sure you’re smart enough to realize that you can’t get rich overnight…it’s a process.

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In fact, keeping your job during the start-up period is often a very good decision. By keeping your job, you can maintain the health of your personal finances while allowing your home business to grow strong so it can start producing income for you.

Fortunately, there are some home businesses ideas that you can do that require very little cash. Some businesses can even be maintained on a shoestring budget.

Look at this short infographic outlining the process…

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Consulting is an ever growing industry that’s only getting bigger. With its low cost entry barrier, it’s a good way to make good money relatively fast as long as you have knowledge to share (which of course can be learned with the right resources). In addition, you can always recommend products/services in your consulting business for added profits.