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Affiliate marketing is one of the most “passive” forms of online income there is.

- No products to create.
- No customers to deal with.
- No shipping or refunds or anything.

Easy peasy. Well, once you get started it is.

The hard part has been HOW to get started.

1. Buy a web design program for $300?
2. Hire someone to create a website?
3. Set up something free that you have no control over and could be taken away any time?

eek. Not great options, until now. Jimmy D. Brown, highly successful online marketer – and fantastic mentor, has put together a course teaching how ANYONE can get started with affiliate marketing with NO experience, NO $300 website software — and build a lasting business.

He was kind enough to share an excerpt from one of the lessons of his course. Keep reading to see his teaching style. I think you’ll like it.

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Excerpt from Affiliatenaire
by Jimmy D. Brown

Welcome – welcome – welcome!

We are entering into some exciting times now. Today’s lesson and next week’s lesson mark the final “setup” activities.

Today we’re going to “populate” your blog with content and next week we’re going to publish the first issue of your newsletter.

Then, it’s time to…

Promote, promote, promote!

Woohoo!

So, we’re closing in on those first sales. Keep going. You’re almost ready to begin seeing some results from your efforts.

I’ve heard from quite a few members who have told me they are “finally getting somewhere” due to the step-by-step, drip-feed format we’ve been using. Trust me when I say, it’s only going to get better.

But, it does illustrate a good point: the hardest part of success in internet marketing for most people is getting out of the gate.

It’s been my experience that those who get things setup end up making money. The staggering failure rate that is reported as the “norm” primarily is a result of the lack of getting the foundational things in place.

If you quit and turn back, you’ll be stuck in the starting position once again. And off to find another “option”. One more stat in the staggering failure rate.

If – you – stick – with – this – and – follow – instructions – you – won’t – fail!

Introduction

The ultimate way to get buyers is to strategically use presell content to convert browsers into buyers. It’s time to start blogging!

Your first step is to populate your blog by posting at least five or six messages initially. That way, anyone who visits your blog in the near future will see a busy blog, which makes them more likely to return. If they visit and see just an article or two, they may assume the blog is abandoned (which means they won’t bookmark it, subscribe to the RSS feed, or visit it again).

After you’ve populated your blog, you then need to commit to a regular posting schedule. Obviously, the more you post the better. So if you can post a short article each day, that’s great. But if not, then commit to posting at least three or four times per week.

SIDEBAR: We’ll talk more about “regular” weekly blogging later. In fact, I’ll give you so many ideas for getting ready-made content and creating fresh content that you’ll have plenty of options for years to come. For now, we’re just gonna focus on populating your blog with initial content so it has some “meat” to it when people visit.

Here are the 15 steps you should take to build a profitable Internet business.

Step 1: Visit forums and use newsgroups that relate to your target market niche in order to find problems that people are having. You will bullet the solutions to these problems on your web site sales page.

Step 2: Get to understand the frustrations of your market niche and find solutions to their problems. Then you will either create or find the products and/or services to solve their problems.

Step 3: Learn how to write sales copy for your web site pages. It is not really that hard to do. It is just like writing a letter to a friend about something you are very passionate about. You’ll want to list many benefits. What will the product do for me?

Step 4: Learn how to write compelling headlines that shout out to your web site visitors and tells them, “WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?” Use a headline that appeals to the reader’s self-interest and is based on reader benefits. A headline which offers something the web visitor wants and can get from you.

Step 5: State what your web site is all about in the opening headline.

Step 6: These are some of the questions your web site visitors want to know. What do I get? What will it do for me? Why should I buy your products? That’s what people want to know and that’s why they’ll read your sales copy.

Step 7: State your unique selling proposition (UPS) in your opening sentence. State what people can get from you they cannot possibly get anywhere else, and why they would be crazy not to do business with you.

Step 8: Your sales copy must be believable and be sincere, conversational which is in the present tense, second person. Keep using YOU, YOU, etc.

Step 9: Create a sense of buying urgency in your copy.

Step 10: Highlight all the benefits in your web site sales copy with bulleted points.

Step 11: Include a strong guarantee for all your products or services to allay the fears of the purchaser.

Step 12: Include a photo of yourself on your web site since this will help your visitors to relate to you and they will know they’re dealing with a real person.

Step 13: Ask for testimonials from everyone that buys your product or service. It is important to have testimonials on your web site.

Step 14: Include a phone number and contact information on the web page.

Step 15: Automate as many aspects of your business as you can.

Follow these 15 steps and you will be well on your way to having a successful Internet business.