Super Affiliate Hero

Open A Social Network

Super Affiliate Hero — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:35:11 +0000

Hi there,

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I have been so busy with all my online sites that I have not posted much on this blog and removed a lot of outdated stuff but felt I need to share this info because I know there are a lot of people who want to “Open A Social Network”.

In late 2010 I started my own social network and have over 1500 members and have not spent any money on advertising. I use pure SEO techniques I learned and my site ranks on first page of the search engines for just about everything. I own a niche social dating network. You can open a social networking site for just about anything, from hobby’s, fan sites, adult xxx sites, sites for people who are suffering from a certain disease and the categories are endless.

I started my Social Network for less than $200 complete including software, license, template, hosting ect. I am currently using Boonex Dophin Free Social Networking Community Software to power mine. The software is free but it comes with Boonex branding, to remove the branding and make the site your own you need to purchase a license for $99. Until recently Boonex would charge $99 a year for a license but as of 2012 they are offering a lifetime license for $99 so you save $99 a year going forward if you get dolphin now.

I must tell you that you need to use a boonex dolphin host for the software to work correctly as 90% of issues are host related so you want the right host. Only a handful of hosts are recommended to run this social networking software. Hosting is cheap, anywhere from $4 a month to $7 a month, I recommend getting a nightly backup plan also for your social networking community because I have used mine more than once. It is only about $35 a year on average to get a daily backup of your account done by your host. I strongly advise you to purchase a nightly backup.

A list of hosts that I have used before are listed below, they all offer dolphin support and hosting and TMD even offers many free Dophin templates you can use for your site. I bought mine from a third party vendor for cheap for my site. My community is on TMD hosting and has been since it went live. Arvixe offers Dolphin hosting and I have used them before for other hosting needs and found them to be very good and not to big that you can get good support from them and often the same person will handle the entire ticket, TMD is like that too. Also these host have one click and install dolphin software so you don’t have to install it yourself. I spent 4 years trying to install Dolphin myself and failed every time. Finally I really wanted to make this dream of owning my own social network a reality and found that TMD that has one click install. All dolphin hosts offer one click install which is really sweet.

I don’t update the versions of Dolphin myself because I know I will screw it up. I use a good guy who does this for me for $50 and it upgrades perfectly each time. Paying $50 vs destroying my community as I try to update it is well worth the price. If you contact me through this site I will tell you who I use for my Dolphin upgrade. Finding a good Dolphin updater is important as you will want to update several times a year. I waited 1 year before I upgraded so I had to pay for 3 upgrade to be perform by my upgrade guy. Its easy just to get them done one at a time as they happen than to wait.

Here are the links to all the I just wrote about below. I set them to open in a new window in case you want to compare all the stuff. I am actually slowly putting a website together to discuss everything I learned from sharing my tricks to keep most of the spammers off your site ect. I get 28% spammers joining so you see it does require work to recognize them and ban them. I am hoping to have that site launched within 6 months but for the meantime this info will get you started.

I did not know anything about promoting online and got ripped off trying different stuff I bought online. Finally I discover WA and all that changed. Within 6 months I was mastering seo, article writing, blogging, you name it. Since Google updates change the ranking of sites especially recently if you use any info you find online and use it to promote your site you may get banned by Google or end up with a page that is 30 pages back in the results. It is important to be 100% updated on what is happening and WA is the answer, thousands of people from around the world a members there and I have been a member since August 14, 2009 because I don’t need any other sources, they supply me with free web hosting for my promotional sites,keyword and Google match tools and so much more. I highly recommend WA to you because it can mean the difference between having a site that ranks high on the search engines of one that no one ever finds. You can create thousands of promotion pages but if you don’t know what search engines like then how would you know how to feed them? If you know what Google likes to eat then you will create a busy and growing online social network. WA is only $47 a month and is a steal at that rate, there are outdated sites online that cost over $149 a month and none compare to what you get at WA. Even if you were a plumber you could grow your business into a big business just using WA marketing techniques, it works with literally any type of biz especially creating an online type biz or community.

I only list companies I have had a positive experience and used below.

All the links below are set to open in a new window so you can compare.

Boonex Free Community Social Network Software

TMD Hosting – Free Dolphin Social Network Software & installer and hosting for only $3.85 USD per month
Arvixe Hosting – $4 a month & Free Dophin Social Network Software Installer
WA – The only up to date marketing resource you will ever find. If you are not an expert at search engine optimization you can take complete total training in a weekend at WA. $47 to $97 Monthly
Free Dolphin Templates

Open a Social Network

Best Affiliate Programs to Promote

Super Affiliate Hero — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:51:06 +0000

I am so happy the winter is almost over. My affiliate sales always nosedive in the winter. I mainly promote subscription sites and also own a few subscription sites of my own. I do make it a plan every winter to take on one large project to add to my income stream. I usually will work on it from December to February and over the course of the year will use mainly free ways to promote along with seo. After I gather data from my Statcounter.com stats I will use that data to have articles written using keyword phrases I picked up from the stats and also put together a PPC campaign.

Years ago I would go all out at the beginning when a new site launched but found myself burning through my marketing budget fast and with very little results. Now I wait before I plunge into paid advertising until I gather up enough info from Statcounter so I have a path to follow that will yield decent results. If you don’t have a Statcounter.com I suggest you open one, it is free. Great stats too!

I don’t promote many tangible goods because I don’t like small commissions, most pay only 1.5% to 3% on average if you market tangible goods whereas subscriptions can pay anywhere between 20% and 50% and they are usually recurring commissions which I love. There is nothing better than earning residual income. I can spend 4 months working on a niche for a subscription service and then I get paid monthly for years from those 4 months of work. Would you work for 4 months on something if it paid you $500 or more a month for years on end? I sure do, it only takes 4 or 5 niches to pay all my living expenses, food, healthcare and food for my dog every month. What is there not to love about that?

I recommend promoting subscription sites if you want to make some long term income.

Affiliate Marketing Is Not Easy Thanks To Google

Super Affiliate Hero — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:13:06 +0000

Anyone who says affiliate marketing is easy is out of their mind. Years ago it was easier to sell consumers as an affiliate marketer, today things are much different. Google constantly changing the algorithm of the search and not I see Google has shortened the urls to keep people who keyword stuff urls from gaining a better ranking. There are a lot of new changes at Google, too many to name in this short post. Google it seems has hurt Google Adsense websites by killing their site rank in favor of PPC customers. Google gets to keep 100% of the PPC income Vs. splitting the Adsense commissions, all in the sake of profits. I am beginning to think Google needs to be split up by the government because it has too much power and unfairly uses that power against its users. Personally I m not a fan of the way Google operates and I am not alone.

Anthem Blue Cross of NH Complaints

Super Affiliate Hero — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:44:22 +0000

I promote products and services for a living but I also like to let the world know about my good and bad experiences which happen in my day to day life. Upon research of this bad experience I have found hundreds of others who have also had bad experiences with Anthem. I am making it my mission to let the world know about how this company operates and to enlighten consumers to their business practices. I was quite surprised at all the dirt I found on this company.

Upon searching the internet I found out that Anthem Healthcare is being sued by State Attorney Generals and the internet is full of complaints from actual customers of theirs. Read all the headlines below and tell me if this is a company you want to insure your health.

Below is info I pulled off the internet on this company. You can find this info for yourself by searching for “Anthem Blue Cross Complaints”

Insurer sued over rescissions

HEALTHCARE

L.A. City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo accuses Anthem Blue Cross of deception and fraud.

April 17, 2008

State accused Anthem Blue Cross of 732 violations

February 23, 2010

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield TOTAL JOKE roanoke, Virginia

Anthem Blue Cross Of California Anthem Blue Cross Ripoff Health Insurance, these people are evil, they raise their rates every year hurting Americans, TOTAL RIPOFF! Newbury Park, California

Anthem Blue Cross Finds invalid excuses to not pay claims Oxnard California

Anthem Blue Cross Of California Delayed my insurance for two months even after I paid. Oxnard California

Anthem Blue Cross to pay $1.62 million to 7 hospitals

California’s largest for-profit health insurer agrees to pay to settle allegations that it failed to properly reimburse the providers for patient care. It denies wrongdoing.

From the BBB

03/07/2011	Billing / Collection Issues
02/07/2011	Billing / Collection Issues
10/08/2010	Problems with Product / Service
08/23/2010	Billing / Collection Issues
06/24/2010	Billing / Collection Issues

CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business – Legal Email Marketing

Super Affiliate Hero — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:52:32 +0000

I found this from the FTC website somewhere and figured i would post it here because it is something that you need to be aware of. I don’t have an email list for this site because I don’t put enough time into to justify it but I do use it on other sites. I also enjoy making commissions from things that I have tried and recommend which is nice.

I wanted to point out an ad i have on the right for aWeber email service. I really believe that they are one of the best solutions for the small business person. They have many ready to use templates that you create your email promotions with. They also offer training videos and good support. The one thing about email marketing is it takes a while to build up your email list so you will have that small fee you pay monthly for the service. You get the first month for $1 at aWeber so you can check it out. I just want to be upfront that if you click on any aWeber link or banner I will make a small commission of .30 cents if you try it for a month or more if you continue with their service. Remember that you are building on your own customer base you already have established so you don’t have to sell them, just send them out email club members only coupons and offers. Why throw your money away on advertisements and getting no noticeable return? For less than $20 a month you will build your future and your customer base using aWeber. If your business is moving or has something you need to move or a new arrival, clearances or monthly specials, coupons or just something to announce, using email marketing is a great tool when used in a professional and legal manner.

CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business

Do you use email in your business? The CAN-SPAM Act, a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have you stop emailing them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

Despite its name, the CAN-SPAM Act doesn’t apply just to bulk email. It covers all commercial messages, which the law defines as “any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service,” including email that promotes content on commercial websites. The law makes no exception for business-to-business email. That means all email – for example, a message to former customers announcing a new product line – must comply with the law.

Each separate email in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act is subject to penalties of up to $16,000, so non-compliance can be costly. But following the law isn’t complicated. Here’s a rundown of CAN-SPAM’s main requirements:

Don’t use false or misleading header information. Your “From,” “To,” “Reply-To,” and routing information – including the originating domain name and email address – must be accurate and identify the person or business who initiated the message.
Don’t use deceptive subject lines. The subject line must accurately reflect the content of the message.
Identify the message as an ad. The law gives you a lot of leeway in how to do this, but you must disclose clearly and conspicuously that your message is an advertisement.
Tell recipients where you’re located. Your message must include your valid physical postal address. This can be your current street address, a post office box you’ve registered with the U.S. Postal Service, or a private mailbox you’ve registered with a commercial mail receiving agency established under Postal Service regulations.
Tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future email from you. Your message must include a clear and conspicuous explanation of how the recipient can opt out of getting email from you in the future. Craft the notice in a way that’s easy for an ordinary person to recognize, read, and understand. Creative use of type size, color, and location can improve clarity. Give a return email address or another easy Internet-based way to allow people to communicate their choice to you. You may create a menu to allow a recipient to opt out of certain types of messages, but you must include the option to stop all commercial messages from you. Make sure your spam filter doesn’t block these opt-out requests.
Honor opt-out requests promptly. Any opt-out mechanism you offer must be able to process opt-out requests for at least 30 days after you send your message. You must honor a recipient’s opt-out request within 10 business days. You can’t charge a fee, require the recipient to give you any personally identifying information beyond an email address, or make the recipient take any step other than sending a reply email or visiting a single page on an Internet website as a condition for honoring an opt-out request. Once people have told you they don’t want to receive more messages from you, you can’t sell or transfer their email addresses, even in the form of a mailing list. The only exception is that you may transfer the addresses to a company you’ve hired to help you comply with the CAN-SPAM Act.
Monitor what others are doing on your behalf. The law makes clear that even if you hire another company to handle your email marketing, you can’t contract away your legal responsibility to comply with the law. Both the company whose product is promoted in the message and the company that actually sends the message may be held legally responsible.

Need more information?

Here are the answers to some questions businesses have had about complying with the CAN-SPAM Act.
Q. How do I know if the CAN-SPAM Act covers email my business is sending?

A. What matters is the “primary purpose” of the message. To determine the primary purpose, remember that an email can contain three different types of information:

Commercial content – which advertises or promotes a commercial product or service, including content on a website operated for a commercial purpose;
Transactional or relationship content – which facilitates an already agreed-upon transaction or updates a customer about an ongoing transaction; and
Other content – which is neither commercial nor transactional or relationship.

If the message contains only commercial content, its primary purpose is commercial and it must comply with the requirements of CAM-SPAM. If it contains only transactional or relationship content, its primary purpose is transactional or relationship. In that case, it may not contain false or misleading routing information, but is otherwise exempt from most provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act.

Q. How do I know if what I’m sending is a transactional or relationship message?

A. The primary purpose of an email is transactional or relationship if it consists only of content that:

facilitates or confirms a commercial transaction that the recipient already has agreed to;
gives warranty, recall, safety, or security information about a product or service;
gives information about a change in terms or features or account balance information regarding a membership, subscription, account, loan or other ongoing commercial relationship;
provides information about an employment relationship or employee benefits; or
delivers goods or services as part of a transaction that the recipient already has agreed to.

Q. What if the message combines commercial content and transactional or relationship content?

A. It’s common for email sent by businesses to mix commercial content and transactional or relationship content. When an email contains both kinds of content, the primary purpose of the message is the deciding factor. Here’s how to make that determination: If a recipient reasonably interpreting the subject line would likely conclude that the message contains an advertisement or promotion for a commercial product or service or if the message’s transactional or relationship content does not appear mainly at the beginning of the message, the primary purpose of the message is commercial. So, when a message contains both kinds of content – commercial and transactional or relationship – if the subject line would lead the recipient to think it’s a commercial message, it’s a commercial message for CAN-SPAM purposes. Similarly, if the bulk of the transactional or relationship part of the message doesn’t appear at the beginning, it’s a commercial message under the CAN-SPAM Act.

Here’s an example:
MESSAGE A:

TO: Jane Smith

FR: XYZ Distributing

RE: Your Account Statement

We shipped your order of 25,000 deluxe widgets to your Springfield warehouse on June 1st. We hope you received them in good working order. Please call our Customer Service Office at (877) 555-7726 if any widgets were damaged in transit. Per our contract, we must receive your payment of $1,000 by June 30th. If not, we will impose a 10% surcharge for late payment. If you have any questions, please contact our Accounts Receivable Department.

Visit our website for our exciting new line of mini-widgets!

MESSAGE A is most likely a transactional or relationship message subject only to CAN-SPAM’s requirement of truthful routing information. One important factor is that information about the customer’s account is at the beginning of the message and the brief commercial portion of the message is at the end.
MESSAGE B:

TO: Jane Smith

FR: XYZ Distributing

RE: Your Account Statement

We offer a wide variety of widgets in the most popular designer colors and styles – all at low, low discount prices. Visit our website for our exciting new line of mini-widgets!

Sizzling Summer Special: Order by June 30th and all waterproof commercial-grade super-widgets are 20% off. Show us a bid from one of our competitors and we’ll match it. XYZ Distributing will not be undersold.

Your order has been filled and will be delivered on Friday, June 1st.

MESSAGE MESSAGE B is most likely a commercial message subject to all CAN-SPAM’s requirements. Although the subject line is “Your Account Statement” – generally a sign of a transactional or relationship message – the information at the beginning of the message is commercial in nature and the brief transactional or relationship portion of the message is at the end.

Q. What if the message combines elements of both a commercial message and a message with content defined as “other”?

A. In that case, the primary purpose of the message is commercial and the provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act apply if:

A recipient reasonably interpreting the subject line would likely conclude that the message advertises or promotes a commercial product or service; and
A recipient reasonably interpreting the body of the message would likely conclude that the primary purpose of the message is to advertise or promote a product or service.

Factors relevant to that interpretation include the location of the commercial content (for example, is it at the beginning of the message?); how much of the message is dedicated to commercial content; and how color, graphics, type size, style, etc., are used to highlight the commercial content.

Q. What if the email includes information from more than one company? Who is the “sender” responsible for CAN-SPAM compliance?

A. If an email advertises or promotes the goods, services, or websites of more than one marketer, there’s a straightforward method for determining who’s responsible for the duties the CAN-SPAM Act imposes on “senders” of commercial email. Marketers whose goods, services, or websites are advertised or promoted in a message can designate one of the marketers as the “sender” for purposes of CAN-SPAM compliance as long as the designated sender:

meets the CAN-SPAM Act’s definition of “sender,” meaning that they initiate a commercial message advertising or promoting their own goods, services, or website;
is specifically identified in the “from” line of the message; and
complies with the “initiator” provisions of the Act – for example, making sure the email does not contain deceptive transmission information or a deceptive subject heading, and ensuring that the email includes a valid postal address, a working opt-out link, and proper identification of the message’s commercial or sexually explicit nature.

If the designated sender doesn’t comply with the responsibilities the law gives to initiators, all marketers in the message may be held liable as senders.

Q. My company sends email with a link so that recipients can forward the message to others. Who is responsible for CAN-SPAM compliance for these “Forward to a Friend” messages?

A. Whether a seller or forwarder is a “sender” or “initiator” depends on the facts. So deciding if the CAN-SPAM Act applies to a commercial “forward-to-a-friend” message often depends on whether the seller has offered to pay the forwarder or give the forwarder some other benefit. For example, if the seller offers money, coupons, discounts, awards, additional entries in a sweepstakes, or the like in exchange for forwarding a message, the seller may be responsible for compliance. Or if a seller pays or give a benefit to someone in exchange for generating traffic to a website or for any form of referral, the seller is likely to have compliance obligations under the CAN-SPAM Act.

Q. What are the penalties for violating the CAN-SPAM Act?

A. Each separate email in violation of the law is subject to penalties of up to $16,000, and more than one person may be held responsible for violations. For example, both the company whose product is promoted in the message and the company that originated the message may be legally responsible. Email that makes misleading claims about products or services also may be subject to laws outlawing deceptive advertising, like Section 5 of the FTC Act. The CAN-SPAM Act has certain aggravated violations that may give rise to additional fines. The law provides for criminal penalties – including imprisonment – for:

accessing someone else’s computer to send spam without permission,
using false information to register for multiple email accounts or domain names,
relaying or retransmitting multiple spam messages through a computer to mislead others about the origin of the message,
harvesting email addresses or generating them through a dictionary attack (the practice of sending email to addresses made up of random letters and numbers in the hope of reaching valid ones), and
taking advantage of open relays or open proxies without permission.

Q. Are there separate rules that apply to sexually explicit email?

A. Yes, and the FTC has issued a rule under the CAN-SPAM Act that governs these messages. Messages with sexually oriented material must include the warning “SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT:” at the beginning of the subject line. In addition, the rule requires the electronic equivalent of a “brown paper wrapper” in the body of the message. When a recipient opens the message, the only things that may be viewable on the recipient’s screen are:

the words “SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT:”; and
the same information required in any other commercial email: a disclosure that the message is an ad, the sender’s physical postal address, and the procedure for how recipients can opt out of receiving messages from this sender in the future.

No graphics are allowed on the “brown paper wrapper.” This provision makes sure that recipients cannot view sexually explicit content without an affirmative act on their part – for example, scrolling down or clicking on a link. However, this requirement does not apply if the person receiving the message has already given affirmative consent to receive the sender’s sexually oriented messages.

Q. How can I comment about the effect of the CAN-SPAM Act on my business?

A. The National Small Business Ombudsman collects comments from small businesses about federal compliance and enforcement activities. To comment, call 1-888-REG-FAIR (1-888-734-3247) or visit www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

For More Information

The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
Your Opportunity to Comment

The National Small Business Ombudsman and 10 Regional Fairness Boards collect comments from small businesses about federal compliance and enforcement activities. Each year, the Ombudsman evaluates the conduct of these activities and rates each agency’s responsiveness to small businesses. Small businesses can comment to the Ombudsman without fear of reprisal. To comment, call toll-free 1-888-REGFAIR (1-888-734-3247) or go to www.sba.gov/ombudsman.

September 2009

Create An Email Newsletter

Super Affiliate Hero — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:29:19 +0000

This video will show you how to create an Email Newsletter using AWEBER.

Send Your First Email Newsletter Today – AWeber Communications

Clickbank Rules 2011, Clickbank Crackdown On Vendors & Affiliates

Super Affiliate Hero — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:20:38 +0000

Clickbank tries to clean up its reputation by passing new rules and guidelines for vendors and affiliates.

Vendor Promotional Messaging Guidelines

ClickBank has developed these guidelines to help vendors better understand what kinds of messaging, claims, imagery and testimonials can and cannot be used on ClickBank vendor “Pitch Pages” and other promotional material. These are general guidelines and are intended to supplement the information provided in our Client Contract. Promotional/sales messaging and material is always subject to approval by our Business Services team. Please note that these guidelines may be amended or updated at any time.

1. Testimonials and Endorsements

All use of testimonials and endorsements must comply with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines. This means that vendors cannot use false and deceptive statements in their written promotions or their video promotions. All specific advertising claims about a product’s performance or quality must be capable of substantiation—that is they must be real examples based on actual experiences. A statement that not all consumers will get the same results is not enough to qualify a claim. Testimonials and endorsements can’t be used to make a claim that the advertiser itself cannot substantiate.

Connections between an endorser and the vendor that are unclear or unexpected to a customer also must be disclosed, whether they have to do with a financial arrangement for a favorable endorsement, a position with the vendor, or stock ownership. Expert endorsements must be based on appropriate tests or evaluations performed by people that have mastered the subject matter. This means vendors cannot have actors (paid or unpaid) pretending to be someone they are not as part of a product endorsement. Also, affiliates cannot pose as neutral third parties evaluating two products so they make a commission on selling one of them.

Requirements:

Vendors must submit a script prior to shooting the video. Videos will not be accepted without a script pre-review.

We Will NOT Allow:

Videos that portray or reference a fictionalized individual or life story, where a vendor makes false claims as part of the product pitch.
Videos that portray or reference the vendor him or herself, where the vendor makes false claims about his earnings and experience as part of the product pitch.
Videos which will not allow viewers to exit or pause.
Expert endorsements without substantiation (for example, an endorsement from a doctor must have proof that the doctor has performed tests or evaluations performed and has mastered the subject matter being described in the pitch).

We Will Allow:

Videos and testimonials containing actors who portray consumers and describe their success using the product as long as the customer experience on the video accurately describes the performance of a “bona fide” customer and is associated with a disclaimer appearing with the actor making such a disclosure (ex: “Actor Portraying Real Purchaser”). Language may state “up to” a certain amount (so if some customers make $1000 and some make $500, you can use “up to $1000”), but should be based on a real customer who has an experience that is typical.
Videos and testimonials containing actors telling the vendor’s actual experience/story (either 1^st or 3^rd person). Must use a disclaimer that the person in the video is an actor representing the vendor’s actual experience.
Videos and testimonials containing a spokesperson describing the product’s actual attributes (must use a disclaimer).
Videos and testimonials containing an actual customer telling their actual story (does not require a disclaimer, but vendor must have signed documentation from the customer on hand in the event a regulatory agency would want proof that the story is a customer’s actual experience).
Videos and testimonials containing the actual vendor telling his/her actual story (does not require a disclaimer).

Again, any claims contained in the video must be able to be substantiated. ClickBank does not have to have the proof in hand, but the vendor must understand that if the FTC, private litigant or other agency asks for it, the vendor must have proof to back up any claim made in the vendor’s video.

2. False Scarcity

We Will NOT Allow:

False scarcity messaging when there is no actual scarcity of the product (for example, “Only 300 copies” when there are unlimited copies, tickers running down the amount of time there is to purchase, and listing that this is a one-time opportunity TODAY only). Bolded words for the “one-time opportunity TODAY only” are the key differences to what is accepted below.

We Will Allow:

Messaging that states that the offer is available for the next “xx” amount of time (such as, “If you order in the next ten minutes, you will get …” or “Order today for this amazing opportunity”), as long as there is no messaging that states that the offer is ONLY available for that short time, or that it is a one-time opportunity or chance to purchase when there will be other opportunities available.
Scarcity messaging used when there are actual limitations to the quantity or time that is communicated to ClickBank during the Product Approval Process. ClickBank will then monitor sales to ensure the sales are halted when the maximum number of limited products has been met or when the amount of time has expired. The offer can then be “reopened” again after 7 days.

3. Accurate Pricing

We Will NOT Allow:

Sale pricing that suggests that a product previously sold at a higher price (when it really didn’t) but is now on sale for a lower price for a limited time.

We Will Allow:

Real and genuine discounts from the normal price. Thus, if a vendor sold at $99 for a reasonable amount of time, it can drop the price to $79 and say, “$20 off!” The vendor cannot invent the $99 price, just to claim $79 is a sale price when it has always been sold for $79.

4. Upsells / One-Time Offers / Downsells

Requirements:

Initial product sold must be a standalone product of value. Any upsells or downsells must be enhancements to the initial product and must not be required to make the initial product work.

Decline links (“No Thank You” links) must be displayed clearly and conspicuously on the page:
- Minimum of size 12 font,
- Font in contrasting color to background color,
- Decline link must be on the same page view as the “Accept” offer on a standard 1024 x 768 display (for example, no scrolling should be required if it is only to see the “No Thank You” link).

We Will NOT Allow:

More than 3 upsells (one time offers) and two exit offers for each sales flow.

5. Promotional Techniques

We Will NOT Allow:

Major brand/corporate logos on vendor Pitch Pages and Thank You Pages:
- Except credit card logos next to payment links.
- Unauthorized use of the ClickBank logo. For authorized usage, see our Trademark Use Guidelines article.
  - Exceptions can be made when vendor has documented authorization from major brand or corporation.
Qualifying criteria when no qualifiers are truly necessary to purchase the product. Qualifying criteria must have a demonstrated disqualifying criteria.
Statements that infer that the product is significantly easier to use than it really is (for example, “one push button to make money” or “three simple words will provide you income”). ClickBank requires that pitches make reasonable attempts to reflect the actual effort required to achieve typical results. It is generally unreasonable to assume that someone with little or no experience in Internet marketing can achieve a 6-figure income with an hour or less of effort per day. It is more reasonable to assume that with attention, effort, and spare time, the average person with little or no Internet marketing experience can achieve a supplemental income.
“As Seen On… ” statements without documentation showing that the product was seen on the stations, TV shows and/or magazines that are listed (not required for the product approval, but will be asked if they have it to provide if requested).

6. Pricing

Requirements:

Prices must be presented clearly and conspicuously. For recurring billing products (including TRIALS + one rebill), the rebill schedule and pricingmust be displayed clearly and conspicuously.
- Minimum of size 12 font
- Font in contrasting color to background color

Hacker Group Anonymous try to bring down Facebook

Super Affiliate Hero — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:25:24 +0000

I recently saw online that the hacker group Anonymous will try to bring down Facebook. Hopefully they won’t hack into peoples accounts and instead just do a denial of service attack. They seem to be pretty active, Anonymous recently attacked and hijacked the Syrian Defense Ministry website. Now they are going after Mark and his Facebook. I think Anonymous can bring down Facebook easily if they want to.

I wonder after they hack Facebook what will actually be done to the site. I guess it is a wait and see.

SocialAdr Review – A Social Bookmarking Service

Super Affiliate Hero — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:10:56 +0000

Hello,
I want to let you know about a service I have been trying. This is a social bookmarking service called SocialAdr. They offer free and paid social bookmarking plans which is really cool. I got an email from someone whom I respect in the internet marketing community. He told me he was using SocialAdr and getting mega bookmarks to his sites.

I decided to sign up for the highest priced plan SocialAdr offers for a month which I think was around $115 a month. I logged into the site and wrote 22 posts and linked them to the pages on some of my sites I wanted to get traffic to.

Within an hour I was getting my pages bookmarked and was getting extra backlinks from them. I know I was getting backlinks because I searched Google and there were a ton of social media website users who bookmarked my sites.

Now you might be saying, why do they bookmark my posts? Well you see, the free users have to bookmark other SocialAdr users posts in order to get credits to use towards the SocialAdr bookmarks service.

To make a long story short. This will amaze you. Those 22 posts in that 30 days received 5,952 social bookmarks! I am now heading into my second month with SocialAdr and changed my plan to the $47 a month plan and am still getting my bookmarks.

You can set how many bookmarks you want each post to get so you can prioritize your pages.

SocialAdr also is set up so you can just buy credits if you don’t feel like doing a monthly subscription.

I recommend you try SocialAdr & get up to 420 backlinks per month…for FREE!

Craigslist Account Put On Hold October 2012

Super Affiliate Hero — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:00:50 +0000

Well it looks like Craigslist is putting a lot of accounts on hold. If you have had your Craigslist account put on hold then kiss it goodbye.

Craigslist recently made another change in January 2012 which effects its search on the homepage. Some dealer listings have experienced major traffic decreases because the search on the homepage is only showing For Sale By Owner and not Dealer listings. If you can to the actual category and search you will find dealer listings.

Have you tried CLASSIFIEDSEARTH.COM? It’s a FREE social media integrated classifieds site that has major SEO power. You can upload youtube videos, add tags to ads, an html editor to make nice looking ads, and there is even a video game in the user admin that you can play if you get bored. All in all ClassifiedsEarth.com is an amazing new site and I am getting great traffic to my ads. The best part is the site free to post in any category. Under the business opportunities section there are over 20 subcategories for internet marketers including a “Work From Home” section.

Watch this Youtube video to find out more about why your craigslist account has been locked permanently.

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Anthem Blue Cross of NH Complaints

Below is info I pulled off the internet on this company. You can find this info for yourself by searching for “Anthem Blue Cross Complaints”

Insurer sued over rescissions

HEALTHCARE

L.A. City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo accuses Anthem Blue Cross of deception and fraud.

State accused Anthem Blue Cross of 732 violations

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield TOTAL JOKE roanoke, Virginia

Anthem Blue Cross Of California Anthem Blue Cross Ripoff Health Insurance, these people are evil, they raise their rates every year hurting Americans, TOTAL RIPOFF! Newbury Park, California

Anthem Blue Cross Finds invalid excuses to not pay claims Oxnard California

Anthem Blue Cross Of California Delayed my insurance for two months even after I paid. Oxnard California

Anthem Blue Cross to pay $1.62 million to 7 hospitals

California’s largest for-profit health insurer agrees to pay to settle allegations that it failed to properly reimburse the providers for patient care. It denies wrongdoing.

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Hacker Group Anonymous try to bring down Facebook

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Craigslist Account Put On Hold October 2012

Well it looks like Craigslist is putting a lot of accounts on hold. If you have had your Craigslist account put on hold then kiss it goodbye.

Watch this Youtube video to find out more about why your craigslist account has been locked permanently.

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