Today I did an image search on Google for “Success”. What struck me is that many graphics showed up displaying a broad straight road, stats with a strong up-going curve or people jumping in the air for joy and excitement. I think this may be
Are you ready for the success roller coaster ride?
Gratis Referrals in GPTs, Spaarprogramma’s e.a.
“Wil jij referrals in al je favoriete programma’s en tegelijkertijd aantrekkelijke commissies verdienen? Dat kan gratis!” Welkom op de T-Shirt Dowline Builder! Of je nu een beginneling bent of een doorgewinterde internet marketer, met dit programma kun je behalve referrals in je favoriete
Nu open! De Nederlandse manual traffic exchange Meer-Bezoekers
Maunual TE Meer Bezoekers Exchange Meer bezoekers… Dat wil toch iedereen. Er zijn vele manieren om meer bezoekers op je site te krijgen, in het algemeen kosten die geld en/of veel tijd om de beoogde resultaten te behalen (meer daarover in ons blog). Manual Traffic
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Are you ready for the success roller coaster ride?
Today I did an image search on Google for “Success”.
What struck me is that many graphics showed up displaying a broad straight road, stats with a strong up-going curve or people jumping in the air for joy and excitement.
I think this may be true for some steps in the process of becoming successful in online business. However in my opinion the “Journey to Success” as a whole resembles more the ride in a roller coaster than a comfortable ride over a straight road.
The journey to success is one with ups and downs. There will be moments when you do feel like jumping in the air for joy but there will also be moments where you feel like falling in a deep hole and that you are tempted to give up.
During the years I have read a lot, attended seminars and spoke on skype with many online marketers. Most of them pretty much tell the same story:
- that they made big (sometimes costly) mistakes
- many made misjudgments in people and opportunities (this happened to me too)
- many at some point were tempted to give up
- although there are marketers that earn a good living from affiliate programs only, the majority of successful online marketers own one or multiple services/products
- although there are free ways to earn money it is also true that it takes money to make money. Most successful marketers invested their first earnings in their business.
- most had challenges: areas to explore that were out of their comfort zone
But also
- that by trial and error they gained valuable insights
- they got help sometimes from unexpected places
- they achieved things they used to think that were hard to achieve
- they found wonderful people that became partners and even close friends
- my personal believe is that all what you give will get back to you tenfold either positive or negative.
What they all have in common is that they have the same mindset:
THAT WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER
They all have the mental power to overcome hurdles and to turn something negative in something positive and to look upon things that did not work as a valuable lesson.
As for success, what is it?
Unfortunately most starting marketers measure success only in $$$ and sign ups. When those don’t come fast they feel that either they failed or it is the fault of the program being it a scam and they jump to the next program. I agree there are a lot of scam programs but…you are the one that joined it. I fell for some when I started but instead of grumbling about lost time and funds I educated myself to recognize them better. That little step was one of the crucial ones of becoming successful. There are many little steps that ultimately lead to results that can be measured in money: learning new skills, setting up a business plan, defining short term and long term goals, find reliable business partners and associates, building a trustworthy online presence, learn time management, learn budgeting and many things more. Obviously that takes time and hard work. Having a dream and passion is the fuel that helps to stay focused and overcome hurdles.
Conclusion:
Often the very first question in articles and publications is: what must a newbie do to get started. I think a better question would be: should you start an online business? Do you have what it takes to take the ride on the success roller coaster? Do you have the patience and the time needed to build your business? If you need money to pay some bills fast it is probably better to search for an extra off line job.
My personal recommendation to find expert help from top marketers with ethical business ethics is the Marketers Co-op.
Webmiep’s Global Internet Business Adventure
I have been active with online marketing in Holland for some years. In October 2010 I decided to cross the border and start online business in on a global level.
This was to put it mildly, confusing at the least. The way of advertising is a lot different than in the Netherlands.
If I would put some advertising lines on a site in Holland, people would laugh at me and don’t take me serious. The kind of lines I mean are ones “make money in your sleep, make 10K a month doing nothing, retire in 3 weeks”.
So I was pretty unsure in the beginning in deciding what to join and what not to join, how to advertise and where. So I joined some and than I started reading on networks like APSense and Faceplate.
I also started to contribute comments and articles myself. A lot of the articles there and on many other social networks where no more than exact copies provided by the programs.
But there were some persons who posted comments and articles that were different and did really stand out. These persons wrote unique content with valuable information and content without pushing to join for this and that.
There were also similar minded people who connected with me who found me through my comments and postings. They gave me good advice on several issues. The result was that I joined several programs they either owned or had joined too.
Yesterday I found this network too because one of my internet friends on another network recommended it. I love APSense so far and will recommend to my own downline and contacts too and upgrade as soon as funds allow me to.
The main thing I have learned the past 3 months that you need to be very skeptical and picky about joining something especially if you want to build yourself a good name. There is a lot of malpractice and scam on the net.
Besides that, promoting programs that are bound to fail is a waste of time and money.
The other thing is that you need friends you can trust and provide good information. You can learn from them a lot. This is the beginning in profiling yourself as a leader too. Become a leader people and people will follow you. Remember, people follow people, not programs.
It takes time and effort to build valuable connections and relationships. And like in a marriage you need to nurture them. But in the end you will be rewarded, getting sign ups and referrals will get more easy and of course your earnings get better too.
Update 21/st July 2012
Meanwhile I have made many great friends and valuable connections. Did I make money? Yes I made some but no truck loads yet. The money I earned I invested in my business. I bought quit a few I bought lifetime upgrades. For some of them I broke even and even earned from, some others still cost me money. I became co-owner of another network and was able to start 2 new businesses, my traffic exchange surf-bar-traffic and recently a graphic design service Webmiep Graphics.
Update August 17th 2012
After investing 2 years I parted from a business partner and found new ones and things really start moving forward now. Working on exciting new projects now. Sorry, can’t tell yet
Update April 2013
I got involved as a partner in The Marketers Co-op owned by Bruce Bates who I consider a great friend and mentor. I learned a lot. In the marketers co-op I found more great partners and friends.
I have been busy. I launched my own Mug themed downline builder service and a similar T-shirt themed downline builder for Dutch programs. I am mainly promoting my own sites in safelists and TEs whereby I promote good opportunities en services from my own sites and blogs and through article writing on social media sites.
Building my own sites and downline will alow me to spend more time on graphic designs and content writing.
Gratis Referrals in GPTs, Spaarprogramma’s e.a.
“Wil jij referrals in al je favoriete programma’s en tegelijkertijd aantrekkelijke commissies verdienen? Dat kan gratis!”
Welkom op de T-Shirt Dowline Builder! Of je nu een beginneling bent of een doorgewinterde internet marketer, met dit programma kun je behalve referrals in je favoriete programma ook leuke commissies verdienen!
T-Shirt Dowline Builder is een gratis marketing programma dat je helpt om referrals te krijgen in diverse nationale en internationale programma’s met weinig moeite! We hebben je het gemakkelijk gemaakt door diverse populaire programma’s toe te voegen. Het promoten van meedere programma’s via deze downline builder bespaart je veel tijd en tegelijkertijd kun je leuke commissies verdienen met het aanbrengen van adverteerders.
Dit programma gebruikt het principe van ‘virale marketing en duplicatie’ waardoor je vaak nieuwe referrals zult krijgen in al je favoriete programma’s!
Hoe werkt dit programma?
- Zodra je jezelf hebt aangemeld, krijg je een affiliate link om dit programma te promoten. en wanneer je jouw affilaite IDs hebt ingevoerd kun je ook jouw persoonlijke downline builder gebruiken in traffic exchanges, klikspellen en GPT programma’s.
- Wanneer een nieuw lid zich aanmeld via jouw pagina zullen ze hetzelfde proces doorlopen met dit verschil dat ze inschrijven onder jouw referral ID! Wanneer een programma eigenaar deze site bezoekt is er grote kans dat hij/zij een eigen T-shirt wil bestellen en/of banner ads bovenaan of onderaan de pagina. Hiermee verdien je leuke commissies! Zelfs als gratis lid tot 3 levels diep!! Gratis leden krijgen $10/5/1 en Pro members krijgen $20/10/5 wanneer iemand een digi T-shirt besteld om toe te voegen aan de downline builder.
Zie je de kracht van duplicatie hier? Wanneer iedereen dit doet en hun T-shirt pagina met affiliate links promoot, ontvangen ze sign ups in alle geliste programma’s. Natuurlijk in het bijzondere profiteren de site eigenaars die een T-shirt hebben gehuurd.
Snap je het al? … Het betekent dat je ook referrals en commissies kunt verdienen in alle programma’s in de downline builder! Soms eenmalig, maar er zijn er ook die maandelijks of jaarlijks uitbetalen.
Dit replicatie systeem maakt je het bouwen van downlines gemakkelijk vooral vanwege de verschillende niveaus met minimum tijd investering! Zeker in spaarprogramma’s en klikspellen is het hebben van een grote downline cruciaal om bedragen te verdienen die de moeite waard zijn. De opvallende T-Shirt banners zijn uitnodigend om op te klikken. Kliks naar je sites betekent sign ups in je eigen programma’s en tot wel 3 levels in onze eigen T-Shirt Rental affiliate programma; dit alles vergroot aanzienlijk je kansen om een goed inkomen te verdienen.
Het allerbeste van ons programma is dat je jouw eigen programma kunt toevoegen dat wordt gepromoot tezamen met de reeds aanwezige aanbevolen programma’s. Dit maakt het mogelijk om eenvoudig en snel meer sign ups te krijgen in al je favoriete programma’s. Dit programma is perfect voor iedereen die op zoek is naar nieuwe affiliates voor hun eigen programma, of voor gratis multi-level programs met de mogelijkheid om te upgraden.
Andere ideale programma types om met dit systeem te promoten zijn traffic exchanges, list-building programma’s en andere downline-building programma’s.
Dit weinig-moeite type van promotie kan dus enorm helpen met het genereren van web traffic en je verdiensten in diverse programma’s. In ons eigen programmma kan dat snel oplopen aangezien jouw referral ID is gekoppeld aan je eigen pagina en ook aan dat van je downline’s downline!
Wat een fantastische manier om gratis promotie te krijgen voor de web sites van jouw keuze!
Nu open! De Nederlandse manual traffic exchange Meer-Bezoekers
Maunual TE Meer Bezoekers Exchange
Meer bezoekers… Dat wil toch iedereen. Er zijn vele manieren om meer bezoekers op je site te krijgen, in het algemeen kosten die geld en/of veel tijd om de beoogde resultaten te behalen (meer daarover in ons blog).
Manual Traffic Exchanges zoals deze zijn sinds jaar en dag ontzettend populair op een globaal niveau. En met reden. Het is een eenvoudige en snelle methode om meer bezoekers naar uw site te krijgen. Ik ben lid van veel manual exchanges en een groot deel nieuwe prospects en sales krijg ik binnen via traffic exchanges.
Waarom De Meer-Bezoekers Exchange?
De Meer-Bezoekers Exchange combineert meerdere effectieve methodes:
- Een manual (=handmatig) Surf Exchange
- Banner advertenties en banner exchange
- Tekst advertenties en tekstad exchange
- Solo Emails naar onze leden
- Partner van Holland Social, een Nederlandstalig Social netwerk.
Aanmelden is gratis. Heeft u weinig tijd om te surfen of wilt u meer exposure voor uw advertenties en sites kunt u upgraden of extra credits kopen.
Banners en tekst advertenties van onze leden worden niet alleen weergegeven op deze site, maar ook op andere sites onder mijn beheer waaronder een Nederlands Social netwerk en een startpagina met dochtersites. Daarnaast ook op sites en blogs van leden die een bannercode of tekstcode hebben geplaatst om zo extra credits te verdienen. Alle advertenties en sites worden door mij persoonlijk gekeurd; uw ads zijn dus altijd in goed gezelschap.
Verschillen in marketing nationaal en internationaal
Zoals je misschien weet ben ik ook internationaal erg actief. Toen ik begon was een van de eerste dingen die mij opviel dat veel mensen daar lid zijn van één of meerdere traffic exchanges. De meerderheid van de Engelstalige traffic exchanges zijn Manual traffic exchanges. Manual betekent handmatig. Mensen moet als de timer is afgelopen op een plaatje klikken om de volgende site te zien.
Dat betekent dat de sites + de eventuele bannerads en tekstads in de surfbar ook echt worden gezien. Al is dat dan slechts voor een korte tijdspanne tussen de 10-30 seconden. Dat is echter voldoende voor iemand om te zien of iets voor hem/haar interessant is.
Maar in een dergelijke korte tijdspanne heeft niemand de tijd om een complete website of pagina’s met veel tekst te lezen. De meeste mensen stoppen niet met surfen om dat te doen omdat ze op dat moment gefocused zijn op het verdienen van credits teneinde zelf te kunnen adverteren. Om die reden maken de meeste mensen gebruik van een splash page (pagina met een grote banner die opent in een nieuw venster) al dan niet gecombineerd met een formulier om info aan te vragen.
En dit systeem werkt goed. Men bekijkt na het surfen de sites nader die de interesse hebben gewekt.
Op enkele uitzonderingen na worden op internationale exchanges de banner en tekstadvertenties alleen op de exchange vertoond. Zelf vind ik daarmee het bereik van de advertenties te beperkt. Gelukkig ben ik in de omstandigheid om de advertenties van mijn leden ook buiten mijn 2 traffic exchanges te vertonen.
Hoe zit het dan met autosurfs? Procentueel zijn er meer autosurfs in Nederland dan Manual Exchanges. Persoonlijk vind ik autosurfs weinig effectief voor het genereren van leads en sales. Men kan een autosurf laten draaien en zelf ondertussen TV gaan kijken. De meeste mensen doen dat ook. Er is een klein percentage dat ook werkelijk kijkt naar sites in een autosurf, heeft een autosurf duizenden actieve leden dan zijn daar ook wel clickthroughs te behalen.
Vwb GPT en klikspellen heb ik zelf nog weinig ervaring maar ik denk dat er meer geld te verdienen valt met het werven van nieuwe leden, invullen van enquettes, ingaan op aanbiedingen, enz. dan met de klikspellen zelf waar je 0,0001 cent verdient per click. Vaak wordt de credit verdiend per klik en de geladen site kan meteen worden gesloten. Met uitzondering van de links met een timer.
Volgens mijn mening is er geen beste manier om een website te promoten. Ik denk dat een combinatie van methodes het beste werkt. Dat is althans mijn ervaring op internationale sites. Ik heb zelf goede ervaringen door actief te zijn op sociale netwerken zoals Facebook, LinkedIn en APSense. Met actief zijn bedoel ik dan niet het posten van alleen maar links. Op sociale netwerken kun je artikel marketing combineren met het leggen van contacten met potentiële zakenpartners en klanten. Je kunt jezelf profileren als een expert in een bepaalde niche door zelf artikelen te schrijven, commentaar te geven en anderen waar mogelijk te helpen met jouw kennis en expertise.
Elk netwerk heeft wel een profiel. Mensen gaan je herkennen en vertrouwen. Heb je dit punt bereikt dan kan het gebruik van je profielfoto op banners en splash graphics conversieverhogend werken. Zowel in exchanges als credit mailers.
Het consequent bijhouden van een blog verbonden aan je zakelijke website is een uitstekend middel om je PageRank te verbeteren. Is je content interessant genoeg om te delen en heb je share buttons op je site dan vergroot dat weer je online presence op sociale media hetgeen op zich ook een gunstige uitwerking heeft op je pagerank.
Facebook is nummer 1 maar voor veel gebruikers ondoorzichtig; er zijn zoveel apps en mogelijkheden dat men door de bomen het bos niet meer ziet. Heb je het eindelijk uitgevogeld dan verandert er weer van alles en ben je weer verdwaald in het Facebook doolhof. Toen ik de kans kreeg om zelfstandig een Nederlandstalige APsense niche te beheren, heb ik die met beide handen aan gegrepen. Alle essentiële dingen zowel voor plezier als zaken zijn aanwezig, de navigatie is eenvoudig.
Kortom er zijn vele manieren. Weet je die goed te combineren en te gebruiken dan versterken ze elkaar.
Surf-Bar-Traffic (ENG)
Meer Bezoekers Exchange (NL)
Holland Social (NL)
Are your articles getting the attention they deserve?
First of all you must ask yourself: do they deserve attention? The answer is no when it is a copy/paste/re-spun article that has been published by thousands of others.
However there are many people here on i.e.
APSense that are publishing wel written unique articles that get little attention. There can be various reasons for that.
Most likely one is that you do not have many contacts yet. When you publish an article (or revpage or other) is shows up in the livefeed but the only ones that can see that are your contacts. It takes long the build a large audience, especially when you are a free member since you can only invite a few daily. As I wrote in other articles that is where the value of upgrading in APSense lies: you can grow your contacts faster and you earn credits faster allowing you to expose your content potentially to all APSense members.
An other reason may be what your article is about. The audience on APSense are mainly people that are interested in getting traffic, getting sales and internet marketing in general.
So if you write a great article about the pleasure of making a tour in a classic automobile it is unlikely you get many views or response. However there are ways to improve this. You can use the share and branding options on APSense to share your content. I.e. you can share such articles in social media groups that might have an interest in the subject of your article. If there is no group on APSense with a reasonable number of members try to find one on other networks.
If you make the effort of finding/creating a nice graphic to attach to your article you can use sites like Pinterest en PinOps to draw more readers to your article. Not only there but also on your APSense brand page if you have one. Sharing your brandpage in other networks and network groups is the most easy way to reach a larger audience. However reposting in specific interest groups is even better.
Regardless if your articles are getting much attention here on APSense, posting them here and sharing them is good to get organic traffic to your offers and your main site if you include a link to your business in your article. And of course make sure you optimize your profile and business ABC.
For the reason to build traffic for my Dutch Shop-top1000 shopping site I do post or share some Dutch articles here on APSense although I know that only few can read them here. Lol and who knows if APSense is not invaded by the Dutch in future.
Regardless if you are getting much response here on APSense, writing quality articles have long lasting results for building traffic and an audience as opposed to credit campaigns. Provided you don’t forget to re-share them regularly with different intros and if you change them a bit from time to time (ad new insights and info).
You need to have some patience too. Millions of good quality articles are posted daily especially in English so it will take a bit before your efforts get noted.
Paula van Dun AKA Webmiep
http://webmiep.com
http://webmiepgraphics.com
About the most asked question on APSense: how can I earn from APSense
How to earn from APSense?
As I have written in other articles, it all starts with branding yourself by contributing in a positive way. If you have no business of your own find a legitimate opportunity, preferable a niche you have affinity with and where you know something about. Write and publish your own content about your niche and related niches. Share your own content but also content from other members to build connections. Be selective in what you share and who you endorse because these actions reflect on your profile. A well set up profile will help you get sales and valuable connections. In my opinion the best way to earn from APSense is indirectly by promoting your own business. Are there good other ways to earn from APSense?
Method 1: use the APSense URL Shortner
Method 2: extended affiliate link
Take a look at this graphic:

- Write a short introduction in the live feed or in an APsense group and as link use the extended referral link. Check the linkboxes before you share. Make sure your share settings on APSense are up to date
- Find or create a suitable graphic to illustrate where the post is about. Post this graphic on pinboards like Pinterest, PinOpps and others.
MySafelistBiz and the Marketers Co-op & Partners, a perfect combination
My Safelist.Biz is a service that helps you to build YOUR list and tells you exactly how to do it. With this easy to follow system it is quit easy to build your own list, build referals in the best mailers and build yourself a residual income.
MySafelist.Biz is one of the partners of the Marketers Co-op owned by Bruce Bates. Bruce, a well known and skilled marketer is so convinced about the quality and effectiveness of this program, that he offers a business guarantee inside the member area of the Marketers Co-op.
I am a member at the co-op so I took up on the challenge. Note that there are some conditions for this guarantee. You need to be member of the Marketers Co-op and you need to promote a few specific programs. I would have chosen these programs anyway because they are high quality safelist builders that deliver results.
I already was a member of most of them before I joined MySafelist.Biz. But I never really got started and did not have a good system to work with listbuilders in a productive way. Because it took me way too long to earn credits and I forgot to use my credits to send out.
My safelist.Biz helped me to organize it properly. The instruction videos are great. Despite those I got stuck a few times but their customer support is excellent.
You can also join MySafelistBiz directly but I strongly recommend joining through the members area from the Marketers Co-op. Think about it, how many companies give you a business guarantee to join another business without the fine print ‘earnings disclaimer’?.
The marketers co-op is a service that provides marketing and advertising packages for every budget and need and is worthwhile joining. The smaller packages starting at $20 a month cover advertising your site in the best traffic exchanges and safelists, larger packages also cover social media marketing, blog commenting, press releases and more. The program has a lucrative partner program. It is possible to join as a free affiliate member.
Bruce Bates, owner of the Marketers Co-op made a great start by recruiting the best experts of the internet marketing industry: People like Wincer Song (APSense, BrandPagePro, Lookii and others), Tony Tezak (Tezak Traffic Power), Darren Oleander (several safelists), John Bell (Affilliate ToolBox, TrafficSwirl and others), Scot Gardner & Tod Perry (MysafelistBiz), Randy Howard (AdsActly), Railene Brighton (SurfSumo)and others are partners in this program. I am in this program as graphic designer and TE owner. With the combined expertise and experience is so many marketing areas this program you can’t go wrong. Most of the programs of above partners are listed here.
Some questions and answers about APSensen p**s me off
How can Apsense improve the site? I am a bit p******d off by this question and similar ones! It depends who is asking and who is answering these type of questions.
Who is APSense anyway? Its not Wincer although he is the founder and builder of this great site.
Than who is APSense? Its you, you and you! It are all members of APSense. APSense is a community! It is high time that somebody asks this question:
What can YOU do to improve APSense!
The answer is obvious. Be active, contribute and use the tools and add-ons where they are intended for. Or at least make an effort by trying. There are plenty of support groups on all features and there is the APSense wiki. There are many helpful members that write tutorials, create videos and answer questions about using APSense,
I have been on many networks and I have not found any other yet the offers so much for free and where an upgrade offers so much money for your buck. From a business point of view I think that sometimes Wincer is giving away a bit too much for free.
About Wincer, I have seen very few site social site owners as driven and passionate to help the membership as Wincer. And so open for suggestions.
No matter how good a site is, there is always room for improvement. Since I chat with Wincer often I know he acknowledges that; he is always exploring new things and technologies and talking with other people to get feedback and opinions. Despite his busy schedule he finds the time to be active on APSense as a member.
So instead of criticizing APSense and demanding to explain how you can make money from APSense I suggest you make an effort to do something yourself to improve APSense and at the same time make an effort to use the tools available to you. People who do that, are in my opinion, qualified to post feedback or suggestions for improvement. People that are lazy and want success and cash handed out to them on a golden plate, are not.
Isn’t it about time you start tracking your results?
Like many others I also started out as a newbie and did what most newbies do, join dozens of programs. Somewhere along the road I also became a TE owner. To promote my TE Surf-Bar-Traffic I joined hundreds of TEs. Needles to say I can’t possibly surf them all. But I tried to surf as many as possible to build membership. In between promoting other business I own and some business opportunities in which I see great potential to build a recurring income.
I also consider being active on social business sites extremely important. Interacting and writing content. All this pretty much consumed all my time. Since I thought it would be difficult to do, I kept postponing tracking results.
I guess you know that tracking results is important, every successful marketer tells you so. Bu fine tuning your marketing you will get more sign ups, build your list faster and get more sales. You will use your time in a more productive way because you can eliminate the stuff that does not convert.
But recently I got to the point that I needed to make some choices on what and where to promote. So I dug into the matter and discovered affiliate toolbox. And fell in love with it. The program is very user friendly even for technically challenged people like me. I can track result from sites and banners without difficulty. Ans set up rotators for them as well. Great plus is that the banner rotators (in any size) work in LMFTE based sites.
So now I am saving a lot of time by promoting only what works. I feel pretty stupid I did not explore this program much sooner as I did. I would have saved a lot of time.
If this sounds familiar to you, stop postponing and start tracking today so you can spend your time promoting in a more productive way.
You can join affiliate toolbox for free. Upgrading will allow you to track more links and create more rotators. Well worth the money.
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