Hey readers. T.M. Harris here…

I’m souped, because this is my 100th blog post! Yay me!

Anyway…

Are you an affiliate marketer? Do you go around promoting other
people’s products?

Well, if you do, most of the time when you decide to sign up or
decide to promote an affiliate program, they’ll give you affiliate
tools, like emails, pay-per-click ads, banners, etc.

There is one thing though…

If you promote someone’s banner links…9 times out of 10 you’re
being hoodwinked, even robbed.

Read more about it HERE

What you see and hear might just shock and amaze you, especially if
you’re new to the whole affiliate marketing thing.

Take heed of my warning, and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.

Be safe,

T.M. Harris

tmharris.net / timharriswebsites.com

P.S. - If you promote someone’s banner links, CLICK HERE.

This question was taken from a comment on my last product review:

Hey T.M.!

I am new to the internet marketing game, and I have seen the advertisement for the wild seo, but I would like you to give me your honest thoughts on copy n profit. I saw your testimony on the site, did it really work well for you, and do you believe that it can work well for a “newbie”?

Jasmiia

Hey Jasmiia. I can tell you this about Copy n Profit.

I gave him a testimonial because the layout of his member’s section is so streamlined, and easy to decipher, that no newbie could mess it up.

When I said that it’s a copy and paste deal, it really is. You just select your settings, copy what they give you, and paste it to a website or whatever you’re asking for. It’s really that simple.

That’s an underlying reason why I recommended it, and gave them authors a testimonial. Besides, I purchased one of their previous products and was satisfied by their customer service expertise and response.

So, when they gave me a copy to try out, I was actually ecstatic, and yet impressed.

For a newbie who truly thinks they’re ‘dumb’ to this internet marketing industry, and doesn’t know a MP3 from a Resale License…it’s good stuff, and easy for you to use.

If you wish to check out the Copy N Profit System, I advise that you visit the site below:

Copy N Profit System

Hope this answers your question, Jasmiia. And I hope it helps everyone out there come to their own conclusion on the Copy N Profit system, which I do endorse.

Until next time,

T.M.

Hey readers!

As you know, I’m supposed to provide reviews and such for internet marketing products.

This one I haven’t reviewed yet, but I believe I can get the picture, just from being in the game for 4 years now.

*clears throat*

It looks like a very good ‘angle’ to sell an over-hyped ebook about SEO (search engine optimization).  It’s funny, I had a question today about SEO.  Good thing I’m talking about it now…

Anywho, SEO is delicious.  There’s no other word to describe it.  Depending on how hard you work, you can siphon a lot of traffic to your websites, absolutely free, because of back links and your popularity amongst several search engines.

I love SEO, and I continue to use it everyday to help get more traffic to my websites, and obtain rankings when people search for my niches.

So, if you’re into another Clickbank ebook about SEO…be my guest.

CLICK HERE to check out Wild Seo Unleashed

Cya later readers!

T.M.

Hey readers!

I just wanted to say happy new year, to each and every one of you! I wish you all a prosperous and healthy one.

I’m working on my next ‘bonus’ product. Yeah, I said it…BONUS
product. Part of my strategy for 2009…

So, while I’m doing that…I wanted you to check out what the
industry ‘lost’ a while ago.

What did the internet marketing industry lose?

Click HERE to find out.

Until next time,
T.M.

P.S. - I also gave the blog a makeover today.  No more bloody red…you wanna make green?  So I’m going green! 

Hey readers! Yeah, this is going to be my last blog post for 2008.

Oh well…gotta get ready to work even harder in 2009! That’s how I view it. The economy isn’t going to get any better in 2009, so that means that as business entrepreneurs, online and offline, we’re just going to have to suck it up, and do what’s necessary to profit from a scared economy.

Speculation killed the US stock market in 2008; and in turn, it killed off banks, forced others to merge just to stay afloat, almost killed an auto industry, and as a result killed many people’s retirements and savings.

Crazy stuff, right? I got some common sense, and it smells of a conspiracy, but I’m not going to go there.

But one of the things that this speculation did kill…was the overall confidence of the consumer.

I mean, with people getting laid off like no other, it’s not wonder their confidence is low when it comes to making normal purchasing decisions.

Prices are rising to compensate for a low consumer turnout and spending. This cause consumers to have to really think twice about buying something, because the wages haven’t adjusted to the rate in which prices are going.

And in turn, the ecommerce industry also took a hit. It didn’t matter WHAT niche you were in, you saw a loss. Even those big rough and tough ‘gurus’…they saw losses. Yeah, they were still pulling in 6 figures from product launches and such…but they’re used to making more, still in that 6-figure range.

You get what I’m saying? People aren’t buying like they used to…and I don’t blame them one bit.

That’s why I’m advising you, regardless of whether you continue to do so or not, be very very very careful of the purchasing decisions you make online. It doesn’t matter whether or not it’s an ebook, a tangible product, a service, a ticket, whatever…think it through wisely in 2009.

You have to sit down and really think…’do I need this?’, instead of ‘should I buy this since everyone else is?‘

Don’t follow herd mentality…that’s how thousands of people get sucked into buying stuff online. The testimonials, the reviews, the comments, etc. It’s all social proof to invoke that deep innermost psychological trigger called ‘herd mentality’, and how you should follow the herd to be accepted.

OK, let me stop rambling like I’m preaching. Maybe that’s what I need to do…

But, let me get back to business. Before I close out this post, I wanted to give you an overview of the top 5 products I’ve talked about this whole year of 2008. I’m only doing this, because in 2009, I have a whole new game plan to teaching others this marketing thing…and it’s going to blow blogging and emailing out of the water.

As usual…you won’t have to break the bank to get your hands on them.

So, let’s close out this blog’s life in 2008 with a bang, and a reminder to those who still need to learn all they need to know to make internet marketing their occupation for 2009.

1. Cash By Choice - I got some good reviews on this one when I first told my friends about it. The reason being because it was truly geared towards the newbie who doesn’t know JACK, and has NADA to work with. Plus, it lays everything out in a step-by-step fashion that’s easy to follow and understand. The main point about it, was that it’s a blueprint to $100 a day where it didn’t require a website or even a domain name (.com).
2. TrafficHybrid System - This was a website that I actually talked about twice this year, and for good reason. When it first came out, it shocked the internet marketing world with its unorthodox traffic scheme. I talked about it a second time, because they lowered the price tremendously down to just $4.95, when it was so much more when it first came out. It’s definitely a system that anyone can use, regardless of what the economy looks like, and still get a boatload of website traffic to your websites instantly.
3. iSpy Auction Riches - This was another goodie I spoke highly of. My friend Adeel Chowdry had compiled over 80 videos of how he was pulling in tons of cash from Ebay. In the package, he also included the actual software that he had personally made to assist him in his Ebay ventures. This wast he real deal, and many people agreed. I was given a special license to resell it, and it’s still $30 less than what he charges for it on the main site.
4. 20 Ways to Make $100 a Day Online - This was the ultimate handbook in terms of different ways and standalone methods you could do and use to make $100 a day online. It was compiled by 20 of the most regarded internet marketers who use these easy methods to make $100 a day everytime…one of them included is Willie Crawford, one of my marketing mentors.
5. IM Triggers - This was a combination of books and software that not only teach you, but help you make your marketing efforts more noticeable, but also get people to BUY NOW, instead of later. When it first came out, it made people really stop and think about how they were doing their online marketing, and how they could make more sales quickly, and continuously.

Those are my top 5, dead or alive from 2008. If you’re serious about using the internet to siphon easy to make money, and you wanna start 2009 with a bang…check out those sites above.

I don’t know about your New Year’s Resolution(s), but mine is simple…work harder and more tenaciously, for 2009 is going to be a tougher year than ever for online marketers. And if you don’t start the year off with the proper knowledge, tools and determination, you’re doomed to fail like the millions of newbies that came into the game this year.

And 2009 will be my 4th year as an online entrepreneur…and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

Definitely leave comments, and I’ll see you next year!

God bless,

T.M.

Hey readers!

It’s crazy, but I never knew what Boxing Day was until I looked it up at Wikipedia.  Glad I did, though.

So, happy Boxing Day to all!

And since I hear today’s a good day to go out and shop…I figured that I would give my blog readers THIS to savor…

The 10x Method

Enjoy it, OK?  Definitely leave comments on what you think, OK?

-T.M.-

Hey readers!

I see all of these marketers out here giving out digital ‘gifts’ to
their subscribers as a way of saying “happy holidays”.

Well, I’m going to be dead honest with you…I’m not doing it. That’s
my gift to you. My gift is not hoodwinking you with a bunch of free
crap that you’ll probably never use, never read, and never fully
utilize of comprehend because it’s FREE.

For example, take two books on the same subject.

One of them you pay $19.95 for, and the other you get for free.

Which one do you think you’re going to actually read all the way
through, comprehend totally, and then actually utilize?

The paid one, of course. We as humans tend to put more perceived
value into things that we have to make a sacrifice for. If some
thing is just handed to us, we tend to forget it, right?

Just think about all of those holiday gifts you’ve gotten over the
years. How many of them do you actually STILL USE?

Compare that to the number of items that you have personally bought
yourself with your hard earned money. How many of THEM are you
still using now?

I have holiday gifts that are still sitting around here collecting
dust. Whereas, I still have a cheap pair of earbud headphones I paid
$1 from at the dollar store…and I still use them 3 years later.

Do you get my drift?

I’m not giving you an ebook, a report, a piece of software or
anything for this holiday season. And I’m mad that a lot of marketers
are actually taking the time out to give stuff out during this…
the time of ‘giving’.

They’re only doing it for obvious reasons. If you don’t know what
they are yet, check out this blog post I wrote exactly a month ago:

http://tmharris.net/blog/2008/11/why-marketers-are-always-giving-away-free-stuff/

I figured this…if a marketer is serious about GIVING stuff out,
then why the hell haven’t they done it the other 11 months, 3 weeks
and 6 days before this holiday?

Let’s be real here…

So yes, it may seem as if I’m playing the Scrooge of internet
marketing…I’m just being real with you.

Why WAIT for that one day of the year to give something to the .
people who have not only helped propel you to success and online
celebrity status?

I mean, if you truly appreciate your subscribers that much…give to
them ALL YEAR LONG…not just on Christmas!

If you’ve been reading my blog long enough, you know that every now and
then I like to give out things. I just don’t WAIT until it’s
Christmas time for the spirit of greed to subside like other guys
do.

And with this message, I actually wanted to be a little broader, if
you don’t mind.

Like I said above, many many marketers wait until the holiday season
to give things to their subscribers and customers, for free.

And likewise, people also WAIT until this holiday season to give out
things and do good deeds “because of the holiday spirit”.

There are 364 days of the year to do the exact same thing. Why do
you need a reason (a holiday) to do what you should be doing in the
first place? …giving to your fellow man/woman.

Like, you know that you have a friend who’s been having trouble
quitting smoking cigarettes. So, when new years day comes around,
you do nothing for him. Valentines day…nothing.

St. Patricks Day…nothing.
Easter…nothing.
Memorial day…nothing.
Ramadan…nothing.
Rosh Hashannah…nothing.
July 4th…nothing.
Cinco de Mayo…nothing.
Yom Kippur…nothing.
Thanksgiving…maybe a little bit, but overall nothing.

Christmas…ALL of a sudden NOW we wanna give him/her that Quit
Smoking Hypnosis DVD to him…letting him go 364 others days coughing
up his lungs and losing his breath.

Do you get what I’m saying?

This is the lesson I’m trying to let be known. There are other days
beyond the ‘holiday season’ to promote peace on earth and to do the
good will that mankind so rightfully needs right now.

Don’t just save your generous spirit for the last week of December.
Spread it around ALL YEAR LONG.

Get it?

I’m gonna go make a quick cup of tea, and get ready to get the kids
all dressed up for 1 of 2 holiday parties occurring today and
tomorrow with family and friends.

Christmas is definitely for the kids, though.

But take heed to what I said above, and hope that the lesson sinks
in with you.

Happy holidays,

T.M. Harris
tmharris.net
timharriswebsites.com

P.S. - If you celebrate Christmas, just remember that Jesus is the
reason for the season, not all the gifts you get on the 25th thanks
to good old Santa Claus.

If you celebrate Hanukkah, remember that it’s all about the Festival
of Lights, the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem after
Antiochus IV’s forces destroyed it, as well as commemorates the
“miracle of the container of oil”. It’s not about presents, either.

Just keep in mind that holidays are ‘holy days’ not commercial days
off.

Hey guys…just click the audio below to HEAR me… Yea, it sounds like crap, but it’s a cheap voice recorder.

If you’d rather read the transcript…CLICK HERE

My Article Site

The OTHER link from the recording…

If you wanna hear me do more of these audio recordings and talking more than typing, leave a comment and let me know!

Enjoy yourself,

T.M.

Hey {!firstname_fix}.  T.M. Harris here…

Yeah, today’s my 27th birthday.  Am I jumping up and down?  NO.

Am I celebrating it?  NO.  I did all that on Friday night when I
treated myself to dinner and fun.

Today, there was just too much stuff to be done to really celebrate
it today.

My wife wanted to throw me a party…I made her kill the idea.

Friends wanted to take me out to the bar…I told them NO.

So how did I spend this miraculous day?  Going to church, manning the
sound boards and the projection screens like I normally do every
Sunday…and spazzing out during the worship service because the
digital audio recorder crapped out (don’t trust Sony).

Then, I had to run all over west Hell running errands, and now I’m
stuck at home trying to catch up on the emails I missed yesterday
and today.  Almost getting in a word of words on google chat with an
angry customer who repeatedly called me a scammer and a piece of
(you know what)…

And then watching my kids totally destroy my house and the christmas
tree.  If you ever see a package of christmas ornaments that says
they’re ’shatterproof’, don’t believe it.  My kids proved THAT wrong
today when they somehow broke 5 of them lickety split.

Besides…I’m still trying to get over my headache from taking my
daughter to Chuck E Cheese for her birthday yesterday.  She turned 3.

*sigh*

What is a marketer like me going to do with myself?  NOTHING. 

I just pray, long and hard, for God to keep me SANE.

Folks, I’m not here to sell you on something today.  Put your wallet
away.  I don’t wanna get any more annoying IM popups saying how I’m
a *****-*** mother-****ing scammer.

All I wanna tell you is this…

Tomorrow, I can almost guarantee you that you’re going to see a lot
(and I mean a LOT) of emails talking about this product that’s
launching tomorrow morning called “Affiliate Idol”.

The product isn’t live…but you can watch a free vid, and download
a free 32-page report from:

>>>  Affiliate Idol

I’ve already checked out the package, since the site owner is truly
one of my ‘dawgs’.  We actually talk all the time.  But I got a
chance to download everything the other day, and seriously, it blows
a lot of this other crap outta the toilet!

There’s like dozens beyond dozens of videos and tutorials from many
different aspects to affiliate marketing online…and how you can go
about handling your business…and making some quick bucks.

This is the same kid that does 5 figures every single month from
affiliate marketing…and I can personally attest to his claims,
because I’ve been there with him since he first popped up on the
scene.

But if you really wanted to gimme something for my birthday today,
at least visit my friend Steven’s site at:

>>>  Affiliate Idol

…and download his free 32-page report before he launches “Affiliate
Idol” tomorrow morning at 9AM EST.

Now, I gotta go crack open that bottle of Malibu I got from my
wedding back in July.  Something’s gotta soothe this headache.  LOL

Talk to you later,
T.M.

Hello readers!

I wanted to simply write an informative post for a change, instead of telling you about someone’s website or anything like that.

This post will simply answer why internet marketers (especially in the ‘work at home’ or ‘make money online’ niche) are always giving away free stuff.

There’s two reasons behind it. One is semi-physical, the other psychological.

The reason they give away free stuff is to primarily obtain contact information on you so they can contact you in the future with future promotions and such.

So, you might think…”oh, well, they just wanna plug me other crap, right?”

Pretty much. That’s why a lot of marketers do it.

But…there’s an underlying reason why these internet marketers will give you something free, even if it should’ve been SOLD in the first place, because it was THAT good…

And that reason is this…

The Law of Reciprocity.

This Law of Reciprocity is defined at byregion.net as “to give and take mutually; to return in kind or even in another kind or degree.”

You give them something of pure value…you get something of pure value LATER ON (preferably $$$)

I know you’ve seen similar rules and ethics in regards to Reciprocity.

In Christianity, the Bible states at Luke 6:31

³¹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

In Islam, Muhammed is attributed to saying:

“That which you want for yourself, seek for mankind.”

Or, it’s more commonly said “Do unto others, as you would have done unto you”

In a sense, you provide someone with good value…you get back good value down the road (either as a favor or $$$)

I look at some of these gurus, who during every pre-launch they have for their BIG product, they give away something that’s really helpful or useful for free. They collect names and emails along the way, though.

Then on launch day, all these people he gave something really useful to, they get an email, saying that his new product just went live, and X amount of copies are available (of course, not enough for everyone to have..but that’s another lesson I’ll teach you someday )

So, since these thousands of pre-launch visitors have something of true value from Mr. X the Guru…they feel a sense of reciprocating to him. They know they got something good from him for free, and now Mr. X has to make his living somehow. So, now that he has ‘the next big thing’…they gotta get it from him!

The Golden Rule STRIKES AGAIN in the guru’s favor…all because he GAVE them something from the very beginning of their short-term online relationship.

Think about this next time you’re trying to collect lead or subscriber data for future promotion. This is more commonly known as lead generation or list building.

Hope this helps you guys out!

T.M. - tmharris.net