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Old 02-14-2009, 01:41 PM  
Snake Doctor
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It doesn't matter. You can tell them everything, let them follow you around all day for weeks....because at the end of the day it requires work, and that's the one thing 99% of the people who will read this don't want to do.

Most of the people here asking questions are looking for some magic trick or super secret to basically print money while they smoke a bowl and eat cheetos....they got this idea because most of the people out there selling literature on web marketing pretty much promise you that.....but that's not the way it works.
I'll tell you the reason I know this also.

Years ago I had a paysite with exclusive content and an affiliate program. I figured the best way to build up good affiliate traffic was to get some motivated newbs and teach them everything I knew about generating traffic and sales, then they would grow to be whales and be loyal.

This is how it happened with me and Naughty America back in the day when they were just one teen paysite and the name Naughty America didn't even exist yet. Many moons ago.

Anyways....I got some volunteers.....I gave them a road map to making money with TGPs and Link Lists (the two biggest traffic sources at the time), I gave them free bannerless hosting, free content, paid the subscription fees for the submission software, and even paid designers to make custom templates for their galleries/sites.
I also made myself available to them pretty much 24/7 to answer any questions they had about the biz.

You know how many signups I got out of that deal?

3

3 signups, from over a dozen people that I gave everything to on a silver platter.

See, once they realized it would require work to make money, they weren't so interested anymore....even though there was no out of pocket cost for them and no learning curve for them.
Everyone wants money, but not everyone is willing to do what it takes to earn money. They'd rather goof off on GFY or watch Seinfeld or whatever.

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