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	<itunes:summary>ClickBank Insider Radio is the ultimate source for Internet marketing tips, techniques and strategies that work today. Join your hosts Beau Blackwell and Molly Lane as they introduce you to the people who are making waves - and making millions - in Internet marketing. Whether you&#039;re just starting or you&#039;re already an expert, listen here for the latest ClickBank features, secrets from fellow entrepreneurs and quick tips that will have you earning more, NOW.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Outsourcing For Internet Marketers: Freeing Your Time &amp; Increasing Your Profits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written By: Justin Clark, AdChop.com Would you like a simple technique to get better results as an online marketer? Outsource. If &#8220;outsourcing&#8221; sounds daunting, don&#8217;t worry &#8211; it can be simple and surprisingly inexpensive. If you&#8217;ve been generating revenue online for a while, this likely isn&#8217;t the first time you&#8217;ve heard that outsourcing can make [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/11/29/engaged_audience/' rel='bookmark' title='Why an Engaged Audience Beats PPC or SEO for Affiliate Marketers&#8230; and How to Get One!'>Why an Engaged Audience Beats PPC or SEO for Affiliate Marketers&#8230; and How to Get One!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2010/08/26/making-the-profitable-move-from-affiliate-to-vendor-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Making the Profitable Move From Affiliate to Vendor: Part 2'>Making the Profitable Move From Affiliate to Vendor: Part 2</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Written By: Justin Clark, <a title="AdChop.com" href="http://adchop.com" target="_blank">AdChop.com</a></p>
<p>Would you like a simple technique to get better results as an online marketer? Outsource. If &#8220;outsourcing&#8221; sounds daunting, don&#8217;t worry &#8211; it can be simple and surprisingly inexpensive.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve been generating revenue online for a while, this likely isn&#8217;t the first time you&#8217;ve heard that outsourcing can make your life easier and help you to boost your profits.  Rather than simply rehash what you may have heard before, I&#8217;m also going to try to give you a few specific tips that will help you outsource more effectively, whether or not you have any experience.</p>
<h3>In A Nutshell:</h3>
<p>First, a quick intro for the brand-newbies:  Do you have work to do that you don&#8217;t like doing, or that you don&#8217;t know how to do? You can probably solve that problem by outsourcing the work inexpensively through any one of a variety of outsourcing websites. The process generally goes something like this:</p>
<ul>
<li>You post a description of the work you need done on an outsourcing website (could be for a 5-minute task, a full-time job, or anything in between)</li>
<li>Contractors from around the world apply to your job posting, and tell you how much money they&#8217;re willing to work for (if you live in a developed country, you&#8217;ll probably get bids from contractors in developing countries who are happy to work for far less than you&#8217;d have to pay someone from your own city)</li>
<li>After a bit of interviewing and testing, you hire someone, manage them as they work, and spend most of your time on other more productive/enjoyable tasks than the one you&#8217;ve outsourced.</li>
<li>When the job is done, or at certain milestones, you pay your contractor by sending a payment through the secure outsourcing site where you hired him or her.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Where To Outsource:</h3>
<p>A few of the most popular outsourcing sites include: Elance.com, Scriptlance.com, VWorker.com, Freelancer.com, Guru.com, and oDesk.com.</p>
<p>They all have advantages &amp; disadvantages, but my personal favorite is oDesk because of their time tracking feature (they record the screens of your contractors as they work) and their hiring process (they have detailed contractor profiles, and also publish the results of tests that contractor&#8217;s can take to demonstrate their skill level in various areas.)</p>
<h3>What To Outsource</h3>
<p>If you think you can&#8217;t afford it or that you have nothing to outsource, think again! Here are just a few of the tasks that I&#8217;ve outsourced, many for less than $2/hour:</p>
<ul>
<li>Designing mock-ups for a website</li>
<li>Link-building for SEO</li>
<li>Designing banner ads (728&#215;90, 300&#215;250, etc)</li>
<li>Writing high quality articles</li>
<li>Creating a custom WordPress plugin</li>
<li>Building entire WordPress sites from scratch</li>
<li>Building a custom PHP website</li>
<li>Creating custom software to mass-analyze potential domain purchases</li>
<li>Finding/creating 100s of images for split-testing in Facebook advertising</li>
<li>On-page SEO</li>
<li>Flash animation</li>
<li>Analyzing various WordPress themes, and then advising me on which is best for my project</li>
<li>Much more!</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;ve even hired people to teach me how to do things online &#8211; those job descriptions sounded something like: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to do XYZ with WordPress. I need someone to do XYZ to my website, and then teach me how you did it so that I can do it myself in the future.&#8221; Just think: Instead of spending 10 hours pulling your hair out trying to figure out the inner workings of WordPress (for example), you can hire someone for say $2 per hour who already knows how to do the job&#8230; and within 2 hours he/she will have the work done and will also have sent you a detailed explanation of how to do it yourself. Pretty sweet!</p>
<p>And I&#8217;ve even hired contractors for non-business tasks such as touching up an old black &amp; white photo of my parents! If your own time is worth $20 per hour, it&#8217;s pointless to do any task that someone else will do for $1 per hour.</p>
<h3>Tools</h3>
<p>A couple of tools that come in quite handy when outsourcing are:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.skype.com" target="_blank"><strong>Skype</strong></a> &#8211; Faster communication than email! Great for interviewing job candidates as well as communicating with existing contractors. Skype also has a screen-sharing feature.</p>
<p><a title="Jing" href="http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html" target="_blank"><strong>Jing</strong> </a>- Free, super simple, and easy to use software that lets you create up to 5 minute screen capture videos. Great for giving instructions to contractors when you want to <strong><em>show</em></strong> them how to do something. A video is worth a thousand words <img src='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a title="Time Doctor" href="http://www.timedoctor.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Time Doctor</strong></a> &#8211; If you&#8217;re using an outsourcing website that doesn&#8217;t have built-in time tracking to record your contractors&#8217; screens so you can see what they&#8217;re doing, you might want to consider using a third party time tracking service like Time Doctor.</p>
<h3>A Few Tips</h3>
<p>Before you get started, here are a few outsourcing tips based on my own experience (some of these are specific to oDesk):</p>
<ul>
<li>When searching for contractors or posting a job, I recommend specifying that you prefer contractors from the Philippines because that&#8217;s where I&#8217;ve found my best contractors (on oDesk you can&#8217;t target &#8220;Philippines&#8221; specifically, but you can specify the more general &#8220;East Asia&#8221;). I&#8217;ve also had good luck with contractors in Bangladesh and Russia, although they can be a bit more expensive.</li>
<li>Specify the upper limit for what you&#8217;re willing to pay (usually I set it to $3/hour, and often mention an even lower limit in the written description) &#8211; otherwise you&#8217;ll get people bidding too high which will raise the &#8220;average bid&#8221; and may encourage additional high bids. If you do get a bid that is too high, reject that contractor quickly so they no longer appear on the list for other contractors to see.</li>
<li>Before hiring someone for a big job, hire a few people for a very small job first to test them out (oDesk makes this very easy to do). Hiring multiple contractors has the additional benefit of generating extra (hopefully positive) reviews for your profile!</li>
<li>When you&#8217;re new to oDesk, don&#8217;t be afraid to &#8220;invite&#8221; many contractors to apply to your job instead of simply posting a job and waiting for applications. You can generate a lot more interest in your job that way.</li>
<li>When a job is finished and your contractor did a good job, tell your contractor that you&#8217;re giving him/her a 5-star review (this will look good on their profile), AND ask them to also rate you 5-stars if they were happy working for you (this will look good on YOUR profile and will make it even easier to hire high quality contractors next time). Don&#8217;t be afraid to specifically ask them for &#8220;5 stars&#8221;.</li>
<li>On oDesk, avoid hiring people if you&#8217;re going to pay them less than $1 for the entire job. If you hire someone for a job and pay them less than $1 in total, your oDesk profile will indicate that you didn&#8217;t hire anyone at all. So if you hire 20 people for a simple task and pay them each $0.50, your oDesk profile will indicate that you posted 20 jobs and didn&#8217;t hire anyone for the positions (even though you did). Potential contractors aren&#8217;t as likely to apply for jobs posted by employers who appear to hire no one for many of their jobs. If you need to hire a large number of people to each perform the same a simple task (like completing a 3 question survey), it&#8217;s best to use a crowdsourcing site like <a title="MTurk.com" href="http://www.mturk.com/" target="_blank">MTurk.com</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Still on the fence about outsourcing? Just do it! A small outsourcing test will barely make a dent in your wallet and will open your eyes to a world of possibilities. It costs nothing to post a job on most outsourcing sites, so get started today. As <a title="Timothy Ferris" href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/" target="_blank">Timothy Ferris</a> says: &#8220;It&#8217;s time to learn how to be the boss. It isn&#8217;t time consuming. It&#8217;s low-cost and low-risk. Whether or not you &#8220;need&#8221; someone at this point is immaterial. It is an exercise&#8230; It is important to take baby steps towards paying others to do work for you. Few do it, which is another reason so few people have their ideal lifestyles.&#8221;</p>
<p>What can YOU outsource to simplify your life and free your time so you can make more money?</p>
<p><strong>About The Author</strong></p>
<p>Justin Clark is an affiliate marketer who runs <a title="AdChop.com" href="http://adchop.com" target="_blank">AdChop.com</a>, a growing collection of internet marketing case studies. He outsourced much of the design &amp; development of AdChop on oDesk.</p>
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<p>Take a look at these related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/06/13/tips-to-becoming-a-successful-internet-marketer/' rel='bookmark' title='Tips to Becoming a Successful Internet Marketer'>Tips to Becoming a Successful Internet Marketer</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/11/29/engaged_audience/' rel='bookmark' title='Why an Engaged Audience Beats PPC or SEO for Affiliate Marketers&#8230; and How to Get One!'>Why an Engaged Audience Beats PPC or SEO for Affiliate Marketers&#8230; and How to Get One!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2010/08/26/making-the-profitable-move-from-affiliate-to-vendor-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Making the Profitable Move From Affiliate to Vendor: Part 2'>Making the Profitable Move From Affiliate to Vendor: Part 2</a></li>
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		<title>Winner Announced for ClickBank&#8217;s Digital Dream Contest!</title>
		<link>http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2012/02/01/winner-announced-for-clickbanks-digital-dream-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Blackwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re happy to announce the winner of our Digital Dream Contest, which celebrated reaching $2 billion in earnings paid out to our vendors and affiliates! Our winner is Jonathan Jacques, creator of a popular FIFA 12 video game guide sold through ClickBank. Selling his guide on ClickBank has enabled Jonathan to fund his college education, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2009/05/22/an-easy-way-to-convert-more-sales/' rel='bookmark' title='An Easy Way to Convert More Sales'>An Easy Way to Convert More Sales</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2008/09/25/using-video-to-promote-your-business/' rel='bookmark' title='Using Video to Promote Your Business'>Using Video to Promote Your Business</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re happy to announce the winner of our Digital Dream Contest, which celebrated reaching $2 billion in earnings paid out to our vendors and affiliates!</p>
<p>Our winner is Jonathan Jacques, creator of a popular <a title="FIFA 12 strategy guide" href="http://www.fifa12strategy.com/" target="_blank">FIFA 12 video game guide</a> sold through ClickBank. Selling his guide on ClickBank has enabled Jonathan to fund his college education, as he explains in his great video.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN4rPMpu59k&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Watch Jonathan&#8217;s winning video here!</a></h3>
<p>For his winning submission, Jonathan will receive a $5000 cash prize along with a private coaching session with online marketing guru and ClickBank Premier client Allen Baler.</p>
<p>We&#8217;d also like to thank our second and third place winners, Theresa Stevens and Jacob Hiller. Choosing a winner was very tough, as they and many other people submitted creative, inspiring videos showing how ClickBank contributed to their online success.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_pc5Sz2NHA" target="_blank">Watch Theresa&#8217;s video here!</a></h3>
<h3><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3ewWbqgtQ8&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Watch Jacob&#8217;s video here!</a></h3>
<p>Thanks to everyone who entered! We are proud to have been part of your digital dreams, and look forward to making many more come true for you in the future.</p>


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2009/05/22/an-easy-way-to-convert-more-sales/' rel='bookmark' title='An Easy Way to Convert More Sales'>An Easy Way to Convert More Sales</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2008/09/25/using-video-to-promote-your-business/' rel='bookmark' title='Using Video to Promote Your Business'>Using Video to Promote Your Business</a></li>
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		<title>5 ClickBank Features That Will Rock Your Profits!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Lane, ClickBank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by: Miles Baker, ClickScoop ClickBank has several powerful features that affiliates and vendors can take advantage of in order to increase their profits. Recently, ClickBank has upgraded and added many new features that have a proven capacity to increase your sales. Below you will find 5 of these ClickBank features that are my favorites. [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2008/07/24/recurring-billing-regular-profits/' rel='bookmark' title='Recurring Billing = Regular Profits'>Recurring Billing = Regular Profits</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/04/25/clickbank-introduces-mobile-commerce-features/' rel='bookmark' title='ClickBank Introduces Mobile Commerce Features'>ClickBank Introduces Mobile Commerce Features</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1872" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://clickscoop.com" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1872" title="Miles Baker" src="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/milesbaker.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Guest Author, Miles Baker</p></div>
<p>Written by: Miles Baker, <a href="http://ClickScoop.com" target="_blank">ClickScoop</a></p>
<p>ClickBank has several powerful features that affiliates and vendors can take advantage of in order to increase their profits. Recently, ClickBank has upgraded and added many new features that have a proven capacity to increase your sales. Below you will find 5 of these ClickBank features that are my favorites. Some of these features are new, and some have been around awhile, though all of them have the potential to rock your profits!</p>
<h3>Feature #1: TID &amp; VTID Tracking</h3>
<p><strong>Who TID &amp; VTID Tracking is for: </strong>Affiliates and Vendors</p>
<p><strong>How TID &amp; VTID Tracking Works:</strong></p>
<p>A TID is a ClickBank tracking I.D. It’s a string of letters and/or numbers up to 24 characters in length appended to the end of a ClickBank HopLink. Using a TID allows you to track your hoplinks based on the TID associated with it. There is no limit to the amount of TIDs you can use. ClickBank TID’s are also available for Vendors to use as well, the difference is the variable “VTID” instead of “TID” and that the Vendor TID is appended to the paylink instead of the HopLink.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>How TIDs Make You More Money:</strong></p>
<p>Using TID’s provides you with the information you need in order to determine where you should be focusing your efforts.</p>
<p>Tracking your sales with TID’s allows you to pinpoint exactly where sales are coming from. For example, if you want to track links from Twitter you could append the TID of “twitter” to your HopLink. Inside your ClickBank reporting you will see all the statistics associated with that TID for clicks, sales, refunds, etc.</p>
<p>One of my favorite uses is to use TID’s to track what specific pages on a website the sales are coming from. This allows me to focus my efforts on my most profitable pages in order to get higher rankings in the search engines.</p>
<p><strong>Where to get more info:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/affiliate-help/affiliate-basics/all-about-hoplinks/#TID" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/affiliate-help/affiliate-basics/all-about-hoplinks/#TID</a><br />
<a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-basics/creating-a-payment-link/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-basics/creating-a-payment-link/</a></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<h3>Feature #2: PitchPlus (formerly known as One-Click Upsell)</h3>
<p><strong>Who PitchPlus is for:</strong> Vendors (but affiliates can benefit too!)</p>
<p><strong>How PitchPlus Works:</strong></p>
<p>PitchPlus allows vendors to add additional products to sell to their customers after the initial purchase.  Once a customer enters their payment information and confirms their purchase they are presented with an upsell page.  With a single click the customer can purchase the additional product without entering their credit card details again.</p>
<p>As a vendor you create the products to sell as your upsells. The PitchPlus Advanced feature offers the ability to present up to three consecutive upsell offers as well as downsells. In a downsell scenario, if a customer decides to decline the upsell offer they could be presented with another product or the same product at a lower price.</p>
<p><strong>How PitchPlus Makes You More Money:</strong></p>
<p>Adding upsells to your products increases your overall earnings per customer for both vendors and affiliates. Since the customer is not required to re-enter their credit card information, the one-click upsell can convert extremely well assuming you have related and appealing offers.</p>
<p>Personally I’ve found PitchPlus to be one of the easiest and most effective ways at increasing income as a vendor.</p>
<p><strong>Where to get more info:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-tools/one-click-upsell/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-tools/one-click-upsell/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-tools/pitchplus/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-tools/pitchplus/</a></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<h3>Feature #3: Joint Venture</h3>
<p><strong>Who Joint Venture is for:</strong> Vendors &amp; Affiliates</p>
<p><strong>How Joint Venture Works:</strong></p>
<p>ClickBank Joint Venture is a newer and extremely versatile feature.  This allows vendors to split their earnings with partners, promote other vendor products as upsells, and even allow vendors to offer 2<sup>nd</sup> tier affiliate commissions.</p>
<p>The Joint Venture feature also works for affiliates.  Affiliates can partner together and split profits from their affiliate sales.</p>
<p>The Joint Venture feature allows you to set up contracts within your ClickBank account.  In the contract you can specify a range of details such as how commissions are divided, start and end dates for the contract, and much more.</p>
<p><strong>How Joint Venture Makes You More Money:</strong></p>
<p>Partnerships are extremely profitable because you leverage one anothers’ strengths. The Joint Venture feature makes collaborating and partnering with people much easier. With the Joint Venture feature the trust factor is increased because one partner is not relying on the other partner to pay them; ClickBank is dividing up and making the payments. Additionally Joint Venture is accurate, easy, and hassle free to split up payments between partners.</p>
<p>There’s really an unlimited variety of ways you could use this feature. Here are just a few short examples to give you some ideas…</p>
<ul>
<li>You could have someone write product reviews for your blog and in exchange you could give them a portion of the sales that those reviews generate.</li>
<li>You could partner with someone to create a new product and split the profits.</li>
<li>If you’re a vendor you could find another vendor and cross promote one another’s products as one-click upsells.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Where to get more info:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/account-help/account-tools/joint-venture/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/account-help/account-tools/joint-venture/</a><strong> </strong></p>
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<h3>Feature #4: Recurring Billing</h3>
<p><strong>Who Recurring Billing is for: </strong>Vendors (but affiliates can benefit too!)<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>How Recurring Billing Works:</strong></p>
<p>ClickBank Recurring Billing gives vendors the ability to sell their product at an initial price, and then setup a rebill price for each subsequent payment for the duration of a rebill product. In addition, this gives vendors the ability to offer a trial period for the product as well.</p>
<p><strong>How Recurring Billing Makes You More Money:</strong></p>
<p>Creating Recurring Billing Products gives vendors a continuous revenue stream over time. With regular payment schedules, such as bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual, vendors can earn more per sale on average than with a standard product.</p>
<p>The recurring billing feature can also be used in combination with PitchPlus Advanced.  This combination can be extremely powerful in generating additional income that is also residual.</p>
<p><strong>Where to get more info:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-guides/creating-a-recurring-billing-product/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-guides/creating-a-recurring-billing-product/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/affiliate-help/affiliate-basics/promoting-recurring-billing-products/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/affiliate-help/affiliate-basics/promoting-recurring-billing-products/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-guides/recurring-billing-subscription-and-membership-products/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/help/vendor-help/vendor-guides/recurring-billing-subscription-and-membership-products/</a></p>
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<h3>Feature #5: Marketplace Search</h3>
<p><strong>Who Marketplace Search is for: </strong>Affiliates<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>How Marketplace Search Works:</strong></p>
<p>The Marketplace search capabilities were recently enhanced and now allow users to search by a variety of product and vendor criteria.  You’ll find Marketplace filters and attributes to search by on the left hand side of the ClickBank Marketplace. Additionally you can use the ‘advanced search’ link next to the search box for additional search features.</p>
<p><strong>How Marketplace Search Makes You More Money:</strong></p>
<p>Finding the right ClickBank products to promote will help you make more sales and increase profits. Using the Marketplace Search you will be able to find which vendors are offering higher payouts, use PitchPlus, offer rebills, offer affiliate tools, and much more. You can even find out which vendors offer $1 trials. Using this information allows you to find and promote the products that are the best match for your marketing efforts as well as find vendors who will make you the most money overall.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Where to get more info:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/marketplace.htm" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/marketplace.htm</a><strong><br />
</strong><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/advancedMarketplaceSearch.htm" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/advancedMarketplaceSearch.htm<br />
</a><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/08/new-and-improved-marketplace-search-capabilities/" target="_blank">http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/08/new-and-improved-marketplace-search-capabilities/</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></strong></p>
<p>Miles Baker has been marketing online since 1997 and has been a ClickBank client for over 12 years. He currently resides in Fort Collins, CO where he runs <a href="http://www.clickscoop.com/" target="_blank">ClickScoop.com</a>, a community for ClickBank Vendors and Affiliates.</p>
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		<title>How Online Marketers Can Use Webinars to Generate Profitable New Revenue Streams</title>
		<link>http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2012/01/06/how-online-marketers-can-use-webinars-to-generate-profitable-new-revenue-streams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Lane, ClickBank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by: Guest Author, Mike Capuzzi A smart way to add bottom-line sales and more unique and credibility-boosting value to your online business is to start using webinars. Webinars have been around for years and if you’re not familiar with them they’re a great way to host virtual meetings and presentations without ever having to leaving [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Written by: Guest Author, Mike Capuzzi</p>
<p>A smart way to add bottom-line sales and more unique and credibility-boosting value to your online business is to start using webinars. Webinars have been around for years and if you’re not familiar with them they’re a great way to host virtual meetings and presentations without ever having to leaving your office. Webinars are also super-convenient for your attendees as they too don’t have to leave their office or home and can simply watch and listen on the computer, iPad, or even smart phone!</p>
<p>In case you&#8217;re new to webinars, a webinar is typically a live video and audio presentation where attendees can see your computer screen and hear you talk as you navigate through a presentation, “<em>how to</em>” demonstration or anything else you’re showing on your computer. They also provide a rich participation environment and give you the flexibility to provide:</p>
<ul>
<li>Handouts before or after the webinar</li>
<li>The ability for attendees to ask questions      during the presentation</li>
<li>Live chat with the organizer or other      participants</li>
<li>Live attendee polls for getting instant feedback</li>
<li>Automatic follow-up marketing to attendees and      even non-attendees</li>
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<p>The other good news is if you can use a computer &#8211; you can host webinars &#8211; and I cannot think of a single type of online business owner who could not figure out how to host either live or recorded webinars and help strengthen their relationship with their customers, clients and prospects either in a small, 1:1 webinar or a large-scale group webinar.</p>
<p>Today’s webinar technology allows you to host LIVE webinars or RECORDED webinars that can be played on-demand or on some type of pre-determined schedule. And before you think you cannot use webinars in your business or think they are too complicated, I want you to know neither of these thoughts is correct and to prove my point, I’m going to describe four ways, four different types of online business owners can use webinars to generate or reinforce their business relationships and create more sales. Think about your own business and how you might be able to use webinars as you read through these scenarios.</p>
<p><strong>Scenario #1:  Diet &amp; Health Author – Selling Digital Cookbooks Online</strong></p>
<p>An ebook author could use webinars in several different ways to promote her ebooks. She could host virtual cooking classes for a fee where they show attendees how to make healthy meals. In this scenario, they could show videos or photos of how the food is prepared. She could allow real-time interaction and questions and answers from her paid attendees.</p>
<p><strong>Scenario #2:  SEO Expert – Lead Generation and Training Course</strong></p>
<p>An SEO expert could use webinars in several different ways. He could host free, live lead generation webinars to show people how to do keyword research and then offer the opportunity to work with him as a consultant. He could also develop a 10-part course, with each part consisting of a webinar session showing a specific SEO topic. He could sell seats to the live webinars, record them and then use them in a webinar replay system that offers the 10 webinars over the course of 10 weeks in order to get additional sales.</p>
<p><strong>Scenario #3: Internet/Affiliate Marketer – Promoting &amp; Selling Products</strong></p>
<p>An Internet/Affiliate Marketer could easily add webinars to drive new sales to large groups of attendees. Imagine a weekly webinar where she hosts affiliate partners on a content-rich webinar and then offers their product at the end of the webinar. Software demos and Power Point presentations work great as webinar content and are easily created.</p>
<p><strong>Scenario #4: Information Marketer &#8211; Product Creation</strong></p>
<p>Webinars provide a great way to create content that could be used to create print or electronic products that can be sold. An info-marketer could host a number of paid or free webinars and on each he is interviewing a guest expert on a specific topic. These webinars could be recorded and turned into videos, DVDs, books and courses.</p>
<p>So there you have a few different webinar ideas for different types of online business owners. There are many others out there and the use of webinars in your business is only limited by your creativity and imagination.</p>
<p><strong>About the Author</strong></p>
<p>To help business owners get started using webinars, Mike Capuzzi created a simple and easy-to-grasp product <strong>called How to Boost Your Business with P.E.R.F.E.C.T. Webinars! </strong>He&#8217;s been using webinars since 2004 and How to Boost Your Business with P.E.R.F.E.C.T. Webinars contains strategies, tools and techniques to create hugely profitable webinars, including his proven 7 step strategy to Plan &amp; Promote, Engage, Record, Follow-up, Edit, Convert, and Turn a webinar into a cash machine for your business! Check it out on ClickBank and <a href="http://theperfectwebinar.com/online/?hop=0" target="_blank">www.theperfectwebinar.com</a> and start creating webinars in your business!</p>
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		<title>Tech Tuesday: How to Create Web Video &amp; Screencasts for Internet Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2012/01/03/tech-tuesday-how-to-create-web-video-screencasts-internet-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Blackwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video has changed since the dawn of YouTube. Before YouTube, if you wanted to do video it had to be professionally produced and edited and in general look like a masterpiece if you wanted to be taken seriously. Then YouTube came along and changed everything. Today, customers are rejecting overproduced video content. Why? Because they [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Video has changed since the dawn of YouTube. Before YouTube, if you wanted to do video it had to be professionally produced and edited and in general look like a masterpiece if you wanted to be taken seriously. Then YouTube came along and changed everything.</p>
<p>Today, customers are rejecting overproduced video content. Why? Because they realize that it&#8217;s usually an advertisement. Nowadays customers prefer authenticity above ads. That&#8217;s why video has become such a strong tool in our marketing tool belt.</p>
<p>Whether you&#8217;re an affiliate or a vendor, you need to be using video to help you accomplish your goals. Here&#8217;s a video put together by online video expert <a href="http://www.jimkukral.com/jim-kukral-affiliate-program/" target="_blank">Jim Kukral</a> that will give you some insight and inspiration for making your own videos.</p>
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<p><strong>You can check out Jim&#8217;s Online Video Toolkit 2.0 product <a title="Online Video Toolkit" href="http://www.onlinevideotoolkit.com/v2/" target="_blank">here</a>, and you can become an affiliate for it <a title="Jim Kukral affiliate program" href="http://www.jimkukral.com/jim-kukral-affiliate-program/" target="_blank">here</a>. Yes, powered by ClickBank. </strong></p>


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		<title>Making it Happen in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/29/making-it-happen-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Lane, ClickBank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written and recorded by: Guest author, Steven Clayton About the Author Steven Clayton is the co-founder of Blueprint Information Products, LLC and has been making a living online for the past 8 years.  Check out the &#8220;Success Stories&#8221; in his forum for an idea of what he&#8217;s talking about in this video. Also, Steve&#8217;s company [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Written and recorded by: Guest author, Steven Clayton</p>
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<p><strong>About the Author</strong></p>
<p>Steven Clayton is the co-founder of Blueprint Information Products, LLC and has been making a living online for the past 8 years.  Check out the &#8220;<a href="http://www.blueprintcentral.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?27-Success-Stories" target="_blank">Success Stories</a>&#8221; in his forum for an idea of what he&#8217;s talking about in this video. Also, Steve&#8217;s company is running an awesome contest right now where you can get their premier research tool free AND have a chance at winning a LARGE cash prize. Check that out <a href="http://www.eformulasite.com/eformula-p/" target="_blank">right here</a>.</p>


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		<title>7 Step Guide to Internet Marketing World Domination in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Lane, ClickBank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most entrepreneurs, the start of a new year means new business goals, resolutions and achievements to look forward to in the months ahead. Over the past year I’ve been honored to have the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest in the industry, and have boiled down what I’ve learned as [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For most entrepreneurs, the start of a new year means new business goals, resolutions and achievements to look forward to in the months ahead. Over the past year I’ve been honored to have the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest in the industry, and have boiled down what I’ve learned as a ClickBank Insider to this 7 step guide to things you can do in 2012 to help you achieve riches, rewards and world domination with your Internet marketing efforts in the new year.</p>
<h3>1. Get Specific</h3>
<p>Set realistic but specific goals. What do you want to achieve this year? For some it may be doubling your 2011 sales, and for others it may be breaking into a new niche. Whatever your goals are, make sure they’re specific and achievable. For example, if you’re just starting out, you may want to commit to making $200 a month as an affiliate promoting products in the Health and Fitness niche (and what better time to get started than new years resolution season?). This is a specific and achievable goal, and you’re less likely to get discouraged if you’re able to reach your goals along the way. It’s a good idea to write your ideas down and share them with others to help hold yourself accountable.</p>
<h3>2. Be a Quitter</h3>
<p>Unless you’re superhuman, there’s a limit to what you can do on your own. If you want to get serious about growing your business in 2012, you’ve got to identify the work you can quit doing. You might be the very best in the industry at website building, backlinking, graphic design and copywriting, but that doesn’t mean your time is best spent doing ALL of these things. What can be outsourced? Truth is, it’s probably a lot more than you think. Sometimes a good third party can get the job done, and free up your time for more important things like business strategy that will ultimately make your business more successful in the long run.</p>
<p>The new year is also a good time to take a long hard look at your business and identify something that isn’t working for you or producing desirable returns. Not all products are going to be super sellers and not all promotions are going to crush it. It may be helpful to use the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle" target="_blank">80/20 Rule</a> as a guide. Chances are there’s something like 20% of your efforts that are producing 80% of your results. Take a look at that portion of your efforts that are not producing results, and vow to quit what isn’t working and refocus that energy toward something that is.</p>
<h3>3. Make a Name for Yourself</h3>
<p>Over the past couple of years I’ve been amazed at the number of Internet marketers content to work in the shadows making a living promoting in one trendy niche to another, without really taking the time to develop a long term lasting business. This kind of existence can be exhausting, and in a way that constant struggle defeats the purpose of what’s so attractive about Internet marketing in the first place – the lifestyle. Now I’m not saying forget the short term trendy businesses, ClickBank is in the business of long tail digital goods after all, but consider building something more sustainable. Develop your <a href="http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/what-is-your-personal-brand.html" target="_blank">personal brand</a>. For every person in the industry who has made a name for themselves there are thousands working in the shadows. Stand for something, become something, set yourself apart. Be the expert and the money will follow.</p>
<h3>4. Forget Your Passion</h3>
<p>I’ve met countless Internet marketers this year whose search for a passion to which they can dedicate their life’s work has literally paralyzed their productivity. In 2012 I say produce first, passion second. Pick something, do something, and learn from that. In this continually changing, constantly evolving industry, no one stays in the same niche forever, and it’s common for passions to evolve and businesses to evolve over time. Master something, then move on to the next thing. Just start, do, create, produce and learn. Don’t let your search for doing what you love and loving what you do result in doing nothing at all. You might just find your passion along the way.</p>
<h3>5. Connect</h3>
<p>Make a list of people you want to meet next year. Think of people you can learn from and who can directly or indirectly help your business and cultivate these relationships. Come up with a plan to connect with each and every person on your list. <a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/08/02/the-ultimate-internet-marketing-shortcut/" target="_blank">Industry events</a> are a great way to meet people. Email, phone, social media, or even old fashioned letters work too. Before you ask for help, offer to help them first. Then offer again. And again. Studies of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_%28social_psychology%29" target="_blank">reciprocity</a> in social psychology and human behavior tell us that people feel compelled to respond to positive action or favors, with favors in return. These days, joint venture relationships are closely correlated with the success of businesses. So do a lot of favors for a lot of people, form relationships and JVs, and know that it will come back to benefit you in the end.</p>
<h3>6. Risk It</h3>
<p>One of my favorite things about this industry is that the opportunities are endless. There so many different ways to promote and sell products and it seems like there are new tactics popping up every day. So next year, try something new, push your limits, don’t be <a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/10/05/feel-like-a-failure-awesome/" target="_blank">afraid to fail</a>. Even investing time in a new area of your existing business, say, <a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/08/25/the-ultimate-affiliate-marketing-split-testing-guide/" target="_blank">split testing</a>, can be a little scary. Because time is money, and we all want to be spending time on the things that generate the highest returns. Spending money can also be risky, but what better thing to invest in than yourself? In 2012, don’t be afraid to take more risks to reap more rewards.</p>
<h3>7. Rekindle the Fire</h3>
<p>Just like relationships benefit from newness and creativity to stay exciting, so can your business. You work hard all year and it’s easy to get caught in a rut, making it feel like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/" target="_blank">Groundhog Day</a> and putting you on the fast track to burn-out. Take a vacation, work from somewhere else, pick up a new hobby or read a fiction book. Do something out of the ordinary that can give you a fresh perspective on your business and on life. All of these are ways to enhance creativity and get you looking at your business in a new light. You’ll be glad you did.</p>
<p>Whether you aspire to world domination, niche domination, six figures a year or a hundred bucks a month, implementing just a few small changes in your business or approach to business could make make all of the difference for you next year. What do you want to achieve in 2012?</p>


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/29/making-it-happen-in-2012/' rel='bookmark' title='Making it Happen in 2012'>Making it Happen in 2012</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/08/29/clickbank-exchange-2011-recap-a-look-into-the-future-of-internet-marketing/' rel='bookmark' title='ClickBank Exchange 2011 Recap: A Look Into the Future of Internet Marketing'>ClickBank Exchange 2011 Recap: A Look Into the Future of Internet Marketing</a></li>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: International Sales Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/12/affiliate-marketing-today-podcast-international-sales-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Lane, ClickBank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s episode of Affiliate Marketing Today, we interview top ClickBank client Mike Cecchin about his experience in translating and selling successful English language products in international markets. This episode follows ClickBank’s recent announcement that we now fully support sales in 6 languages and 31 currencies, opening up more opportunities for ClickBank vendors and [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/01/21/new-affiliate-marketing-today-podcast-micro-niche-marketing-with-adam-short/' rel='bookmark' title='New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Niche Marketing with Adam Short'>New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Niche Marketing with Adam Short</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/03/15/new-affiliate-marketing-today-podcast-success-as-an-internet-marketing-couple/' rel='bookmark' title='New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Success as an Internet Marketing Couple'>New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Success as an Internet Marketing Couple</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this week’s episode of Affiliate Marketing Today, we interview top ClickBank client Mike Cecchin about his experience in translating and selling successful English language products in international markets. This episode follows ClickBank’s <a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/11/10/announcing-the-addition-of-new-languages-and-currencies/">recent announcement</a> that we now fully support sales in 6 languages and 31 currencies, opening up more opportunities for ClickBank vendors and affiliates to cash in on a global customer base. Tune in to hear how Mike has built a successful business selling to customers around the world, and how he does it without even speaking the language. Learn why international markets present a huge untapped opportunity in affiliate marketing, and what you can do to capture some of that business.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for new opportunities in untapped markets, don’t miss this episode!</p>
<h3><a href="http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/affiliate-marketing-today/2011/international-sales-tools" target="_blank">Click here to listen!</a></h3>


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/01/21/new-affiliate-marketing-today-podcast-micro-niche-marketing-with-adam-short/' rel='bookmark' title='New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Niche Marketing with Adam Short'>New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Niche Marketing with Adam Short</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/03/15/new-affiliate-marketing-today-podcast-success-as-an-internet-marketing-couple/' rel='bookmark' title='New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Success as an Internet Marketing Couple'>New Affiliate Marketing Today Podcast: Success as an Internet Marketing Couple</a></li>
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		<title>New and Improved Marketplace Search Capabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Lane, ClickBank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With thousands of products currently in the ClickBank Marketplace and new products being added daily, finding just the right product to promote can be challenging. If this applies to you, then you&#8217;re in luck. The ClickBank Marketplace just got better! For your convenience, we have added advanced search options to the Marketplace page, making it [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2010/11/10/introducing-the-clickbank-featured-marketplace/' rel='bookmark' title='Introducing the ClickBank Featured Marketplace'>Introducing the ClickBank Featured Marketplace</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2010/08/09/marketplace-stat-changes/' rel='bookmark' title='Marketplace Stat Changes'>Marketplace Stat Changes</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With thousands of products currently in the ClickBank Marketplace and new products being added daily, finding just the right product to promote can be challenging. If this applies to you, then you&#8217;re in luck. The ClickBank Marketplace just got better! For your convenience, we have added advanced search options to the Marketplace page, making it easier than ever for you to find the perfect product to promote.</p>
<p>In addition to new product search filters, you can also select product attributes based on your requirements such as language, billing type, upsell and more, simply by checking a box. Click on the video below to see a demonstration of the new and improved Marketplace search capabilities.<br />
<p><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/08/new-and-improved-marketplace-search-capabilities/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><br />
Visit the <a href="http://www.clickbank.com/marketplace.htm" target="_blank">ClickBank Marketplace</a> now to start searching for your next profitable product to promote.</p>


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2010/11/10/introducing-the-clickbank-featured-marketplace/' rel='bookmark' title='Introducing the ClickBank Featured Marketplace'>Introducing the ClickBank Featured Marketplace</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2010/08/09/marketplace-stat-changes/' rel='bookmark' title='Marketplace Stat Changes'>Marketplace Stat Changes</a></li>
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		<title>Tech Tuesday: Affiliate Rewarder for Affiliate Contests</title>
		<link>http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/06/tech-tuesday-affiliate-rewarder-for-affiliate-contests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Blackwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by: Beau Blackwell, Client Knowledge Guru In this week&#8217;s Tech Tuesday, we&#8217;re featuring a new piece of software called Affiliate Rewarder, which lets ClickBank vendors easily run affiliate contests to reward affiliates for promoting their products or launches. If you&#8217;ve been watching the Internet marketing space for a while, you know how important affiliate [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2012/01/03/tech-tuesday-how-to-create-web-video-screencasts-internet-marketing/' rel='bookmark' title='Tech Tuesday: How to Create Web Video &amp; Screencasts for Internet Marketing'>Tech Tuesday: How to Create Web Video &#038; Screencasts for Internet Marketing</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Written by: Beau Blackwell, Client Knowledge Guru</p>
<p>In this week&#8217;s Tech Tuesday, we&#8217;re featuring a new piece of software called Affiliate Rewarder, which lets ClickBank vendors easily run affiliate contests to reward affiliates for promoting their products or launches. If you&#8217;ve been watching the Internet marketing space for a while, you know how important affiliate contests have become, especially in competitive niches like Make Money Online and Health and Fitness, among others.</p>
<p>The problem has been that up until now it was a real hassle to manage the contests and keep them updated regularly. Based on the video below, it looks like the team behind Affiliate Rewarder has solved those problems for vendors! Check out the video below to find out more about the Affiliate Rewarder software.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/blog/2011/12/06/tech-tuesday-affiliate-rewarder-for-affiliate-contests/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>


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