Making your OWN product.

I have marketed other people’s products for years as an affiliate. I speak at events for Search Engine Workshops, webinars and mentor affiliate marketers. The one thing everyone always asks me is “Do you have a product of your own?- we would love to promote it”. The fact is I really don’t have my own product but I have several IDEAS for one.

I have marketed other people’s products for years as an affiliate. I speak at events for Search Engine Workshops, webinars and mentor affiliate marketers. The one thing everyone always asks me is “Do you have a product of your own?- we would love to promote it”. The fact is I really don’t have my own product but I have several IDEAS for one.

Over the past few weeks I have been watching with interest the buzz about Launch Tree – a Instant Product Development Virtual Workshop. Timing is everything!

I already subscribe to PPC Classroom, which is another Lurn product. I was impressed with the strength and amount of real information on PPC campaigns I could put into practical and profitable use right away. Once I got into the Launch Tree I noticed some of the content is very basic- perfect for newbies. Some experienced marketers think the basic stuff is below them. I beg to differ. A solid training foundation is critical. Take the time to read the basic information, you will lean something new even if you have 17 years in online/affiliate marketing experience like I do.

As I looked through the advanced modules in the workshop the information was much more interesting and meaty, which is what I expect from Anik Singal and Mike Filsaime. I like to go through and take the tests first.( yes there are tests) It is always humbling and fun to see that “You don’t know what you DON’T know”.

An investment of $77 to learn how to do what I have always wanted to do for myself is a no brainer. I have signed up for Launch Tree and would recommend the Instant Product Development Virtual Workshop to you even if developing your own product is not your goal. The workshop will give you a totally new insight on some of the products you are already promoting. I know it has for me.

Ping Plug in

How often is your WordPress blog pinging the services? Could you be guilty of Ping Spamming and not even know it?? You betcha.

 If you are using WordPress as the core part of your affiliate marketing site you need to know that WordPress by default not only pings when you post a new item but it also pings when you update or edit a post. So if you proofread your posts and find errors or have to change out links etc WordPress pings every time you save the post. This has still not been fixed as of WordPress 2.3

To help fix this several plug-ins were created but like many open source projects people get busy and the plug-in I was using Smart Update Pinger is not working as of WordPress 2.1 or higher. I have found one that is working and is free. Ping Optimizer 

Ping Optimizer will only ping when you post a new item. No more unnecessary and unwanted pings when you edit your posts.