March 24, 2008

Ycademy: Profitability with Affiliate Marketing

THE PATH TO PROFITABILITY IS THE GOAL

As we passed the vernal (Spring) Equinox in the North, which marks the joyous awakening of Nature filling us up with new energies and explosive CHI, we will soon complete the first 90 Days of our annual YCADEMY cycle 2008 and the question is:
"What did we achieve so far on our Path to Profitability?"

You'll be surprised !

First of all let me ask you this: Who was TIME MAGAZINE's "Person of the Year 2006?" Do you know? Well, TIME MAGAZINE gave the Award 2006 to YOU:

"Yes, YOU! YOU control the Information Age. Welcome to the world!"

Let's look at the YCADEMY pictures with some of our eminent members below: This is about YOU! It's obviously just an extract from our membership of many thousands, however, what it shows is normal people having made extraordinary progress in building their own business online. This is something YOU, we and all of us together can be proud of!

While some have their own Hosting & Web Services business up and running like Jill, Bruno, Geir and others; > Sabine is going global with her creative Artbag venture after capturing the German market; > Hanno's South African Tourism Business with a special emphasis on Honeymooners is literally exploding; > Chuck in sunny California took on an elephant that he needs to conquer bite by bite :); > Dagmar is developing a German "platform of hope" for people less fortunate who lost their jobs and are turning to the Internet for trustworthy and income-generating solutions; > Alex, Felisa, Laetitia and others are Blogging for Authority - and you haven't seen Besma's beautiful work in Arabic yet -;
> Ralf has become the expert in DubLi Shops and > Edi is shifting her teaching and consulting skills in Alternative Healing to the online environment.

And then there are those who made a huge committment and took up the YCADEMY MARCH 2008 CHALLENGE: to develop their own digital product, be it an ebook or a tool.

I know, many more of you would have loved to go for this, however, writing a book just seems terribly daunting ! I understand - but with YCADEMY you too will get there once it becomes the focus in one of our future Seminars this year: it will be awesome, guaranteed! Just another great project to look forward to… however, let's reflect a moment on exactly what we discussed in one of our YCADEMY Newsletters in September 2007. Take note of how it shows exactly the absolute continuity of our Trainings, following exactly the Principles we teach by adhering to a clear Plan and Method: YCADEMY is 100% on track - trust it, follow it, excel!

`FLASHBACK: IT'S ALL A MATTER OF PLANNING`

"When you build online Business, you need to attract customers to your business. It's the same with offline business: you have to position yourself in a way that people can find you, and you have to build Authority in your Niche.

Note:McDonald's are not about "hamburgers & fries", they are about Real Estate. Meaning: POSITION! Think about it and draw your conclusions .

Just as is the case in traditional offline business, in the online environment you also have to go to where the potential customers are… meaning where Trade takes place, namely on the Ecommerce platforms genre Ebay, DubLi, Hood and many others.

While you can obviously work in a very targeted - and costly - way through Search Engine Marketing and Google Adwords (we teach this in our monthly Seminars), the by far best and untargeted way is to build your Network via YORGOO! That's what it is there for! And a low-cost way is to expand it via Ecommerce platforms like Ebay, DubLi and others. So you understand that Ecommerce is not only about Sales, but very much about building your Network… and this in a targeted way even!

It is so exciting to be able to simply go into our OWN Team for great examples of Business Builders On The Go:

Say you are a Tax Advisor like "Mr. Satisfaction", you will create a digital product, for instance a "Tax Guide", that you sell for next-to-nothing for the one and only reason: to attract potential customers to your REAL business, which is your Online Tax Business in this case. So the goal is not to make a lot of money by selling "Tax Guides", the goal is to build a List of people interested in your REAL business, people who are happy to receive your Newsletter, people who look forwrd to meet you, talk to you and buy your professional service: THAT is the goal !

Attracting the right people to your real business."

`Fast-forward March 2008:`
`CREATING YOUR OWN DIGITAL PRODUCT`

Larrie's TAXMART GUIDE is almost complete. It is a comprehensive ebook that will soon be published. Larrie has not missed a single Seminar; this is what he says:

"As a business Owner for over a decade, I relate and appreciate the Information presented. I always learn so much. YCADEMY Seminars are a "must attend" if you buy or sell online. No Smoke here, just plain Fact.

My thanks for your Expertise and for making Learning Fun!
"Simply Outstanding!"

Larrie Perkins, Alabama, USA
TaxMart Inc.

Nothing comes easy; it was and it still is a lot of W.O.R.K.!
Let's hear directly from some of the other "ebook warriors" - starting with Brenda from New Zealand who has brought her Flower Business to the Internet with top positions on the New Zealand Ecommerce platform and lots of Knowledge to share…

"I have found the whole thing much much harder than I ever imagined! it has taken my completely out of my comfort zone…
Alone the contents page, getting the headings in context of keywords; so different from normal writing!

But I have learnt a lot along the way - and tons to do still!"

Brenda Baker, New Zealand
Expert in Freesias

Marc - a Belgian living and working full-time as a chef in Australia - had to firstly overcome some language barriers. Not that we think so, but he does! Now if you think you get a collection of amazing recipes, you're in for a surprise !

"My biggest challenge was to write my first e-book in a way that everybody could clearly understand what I was writing. When you've got some Knowledge and Practice, you forget too often that others need more explanations, details, examples. You have to remember when you started yourself, to be able to translate your content in an easy-to-understand-and-to-apply language.

Now with all the YORGOO calls, YCADEMY trainings and Seminars, I have improved a lot more the way I write emails, blog posts, reports, articles, e-books. In French we say "…put yourself in someone else's shoes…" and you will understand how to deal with others' concerns."

Marc Sibelle, Sydney, Australia
YORGOO, the Missing Link.

Then there is Gene who collected his expertise on Autopart over a period of some odd twenty years and finally got the stimulus and technical foundation and knowhow to put it all together in a sexy format. This will be a super guide for all car freaks out there. I gonna change my clutch myself one day Gene… but only if I get a "non-banana" picture from you rather soon

"My biggest Challenge when writing my first e-book has been the technical side of an e-book. Getting the words in the proper places so they are seen as headers, headings, sub headings, text and so on…"

Gene Line, Kansas, USA
Autoparts Expert

And Ninfa -a seasoned Financial Advisor by profession - is diving into a very HOT new Niche that we will be hearing more of very soon… once her ebook is published. We won't say more

"Writing an Ebook has been… and still is very hard for me as I don't consider myself a Writer. The people who will be purchasing the ebook should have as much information as possible and easy ways to link to the product to benefit them. This requires a lot of research, so a month's time is a short time. However, having the help of experts like Yorgo, I am confident that I will succeed."

Ninfa Carpenter, Atlanta, USA
Financial Consultant

And then… when you see the finished product, you think: "OUFFF… this looks so simple and easy!" BUT what a process to get there! The investment of time and money, the courage, the frustration, the learning curve and… finally, the pride of having achieved it:

YOUR OWN PRODUCT !

However, it doesn't end there as then comes the Salepage and, with it, inevitably, the Marketing! Which brings us to our theme for the MARCH SEMINAR:

`AFFILIATE MARKETING - WEBINAR`

Even if you are new and reading about YCADEMY and our monthly Seminars for the very first time: you see the Continuity over years. How each Seminar brings you another essential step ahead in your business building process and deepens the bond and synergies with the YCADEMY Community.

You are on the Internet to make money - the faster the better. Affiliate Marketing is an easy way to achieve this - if you know how! This is exactly what will be revealed to you over the coming weekend:

AFFILIATE MARKETING - AGENDA

Introduction

1. What is Affiliate Marketing and How does it Work?
2. Who is Affiliate Marketing for and what are the benefits?
3. Affiliate Marketing Quick Start

- Workshop: set up the easiest affiliate business within less
than 1 hour and start earning money.

Affiliate Marketing: The Path to Profitability

- The 5 Steps to become a Successful Affiliate Marketer

– Step 1: Select your Business
           - Workshop/implementation

– Step 2: Build your Site
           - Workshop/implementation

– Step 3: Monetize your Site
           - Workshop/implementation

– Step 4: Market your Site
           - Workshop/tasks

– Step 5: Grow your Business
           - Workshop/tasks