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Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. I only recommend products I personally use (and LOVE) myself. For more information, click here<\/a>.<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is by no means \u201cnew\u201d and it\u2019s far from an \u201cearth-shattering breakthrough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned many years ago from Dan Kennedy that it\u2019s much easier to swipe and deploy ideas that have already been proven to be successful rather than spend years trying to think of your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you read this, you\u2019re going to discover many examples where this method has already been proven to be successful in many different markets and niches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and start following the blueprint of already successful people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buckle in and get ready. It\u2019s gonna be a heckuva ride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Strategy Explained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve known me for long, you know I skip all the BS and hoopla. I\u2019m not one to ramble on for thirty pages about WHY the other strategies don\u2019t work anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truth is, the other strategies still do work. I just find this strategy works better. It\u2019s also easier to implement for someone brand new to internet marketing who might not have a large budget to dedicate to advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strategy itself is simple and it goes something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paid Traffic => $7 Offer => Buyers List => Promote Affiliate Products<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks a little bit like an Internet Marketing funnel, right? You know, the one’s selling the $7 Warrior Forum products? Yep. I\u2019m just now noticing that as I typed it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thing is, outside of the Internet Marketing niche this strategy isn\u2019t used nearly as often. The IM niche is always WAAAY ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having to come up with \u201cnew ideas\u201d to stand out from the crowd and make more money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My advice is to steer clear of the IM niche. Just my advice. You might think I\u2019m being hypocritical seeing as how you\u2019re reading a post on my IM blog. Understandable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just feel it\u2019s easier to enter niches outside of IM using this strategy as they\u2019re far less crowded and you don\u2019t have to work as hard to get your message read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m going to explain each of the steps of this strategy in detail, plus a mandatory \u201cStep 0\u201d. I\u2019ll tell you why it\u2019s mandatory in a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, lets talk about the typical affiliate marketing strategy. There are really only two options: direct link to an affiliate offer or drive traffic to a squeeze page for a freebie, then promote related products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the problem with both of these strategies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re running paid ads (and if you want to make a decent living as an affiliate, you should be running paid ads)<\/em> you\u2019re paying for a lot of wasted traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you\u2019ll soon see in the next section of this report, driving paid traffic straight to a squeeze page is like paying double (or more)<\/em> for each click you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because no squeeze page in the history of the internet has ever gotten a 100% conversion rate. So every click that landed on your squeeze page and didn\u2019t opt-in, is wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure you could retarget them but then you\u2019re spending even more money on that initial click for someone who might not ever be willing to hand you money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And… the whole point is to find prospects who would purchase affiliate products you promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why the strategy I\u2019m sharing with you here is so powerful. It eliminates the guessing about whether or not they\u2019re willing to pay money for a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, you\u2019re attracting buyers ONLY. You\u2019re building a list of buyers… not subscribers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you leaving some money on the table by turning away everyone who isn\u2019t ready to buy RIGHT NOW? Yes, you are. But you don\u2019t care about them right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You care about money. Plain and simple. You\u2019re in this to make money… not to wait weeks or even months for someone to buy an affiliate product you\u2019re promoting in email #26 in your autoresponder series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, so you\u2019re probably wondering… if this strategy is so much better… why aren\u2019t more marketers using it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short Answer:<\/strong> They\u2019re lazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longer Answer:<\/strong> It requires more work than just setting up a squeeze page and creating a Clickbank affiliate link. You\u2019re actually selling your own front-end product with this strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a list of the tools you\u2019ll need before you spend even one cent on traffic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n