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Dan Brock’s online course written in 2015 teaches that boosting traffic with Fiverr is the most effective way to drive traffic. This post explains how I tested it and confirmed that it still works to this day but beware things have changed and the method may hurt you.

Dan Brock's Staple Food
Dan Brock’s Staple Food

I stumbled Dan Brock after researching “Affiliate Marketing” on Youtube. He goes by the name of the “Deadbeat Super Affiliate” His brand is entertaining because he claims that making money online is so easy that you have time to eat Captain Crunch and sit in a lazy boy all day. His flagship product is an online course educating you on how to use the blog method (squeeze page) for catching and selling visitors.

The course only costs $17 bucks, which is extremely reasonable considering other courses cost around $300 to $500 and up.

After signing up for the course, the first thing you realize is how he does it. He provides a high-value product at a low price. After you buy the online class and trust has been established he upsells you more product. This technique is important to realize because it’s easy to sell to customers who have already bought from you. It’s one of the reasons why email list building is so important.

The first chapter work philosophy woke me up. Dan Brock makes it a point to AVOID TELLING YOUR FAMILY WHAT YOUR DOING. The thinking is that family will tell you that you’re crazy and that making money online is a waste of time. This negativity won’t help you. This thinking resonated with me and I agree with his point.

The Critical Part of the Course is
Boosting Traffic with Fivver. BEWARE!

This traffic creation system is his way of driving traffic to the site per his 2015 course. Google Adwords are too complicated and expensive so in his opinion, boosting Traffic with Fiverr is the best way to get the rank for beginners. It’s cheap at $6 to $24 per post but beware things have changed and this method is officially “Black Hat”.

[su_note note_color=”#ffffd9″ text_color=”#000000″ radius=”10″]The Course Was Written in 2015 – It Freaked Me Out[/su_note]

The first thing I noticed was that the course was written in 2015. I was concerned that boosting traffic with Fivver would send a negative signal to Google. Could it be that Dan Brock’s tutorial still works in 2017?

My Method to Test the Waters

My solution was to use scottfichter.com as a Guinea pig. If boosting traffic with Fiverr at this site gets me punished it won’t matter.

Boosting Traffic With Fivver Works With Iennod

Cannons & Machine Guns – My First Shot On Goal

I had decided to attend the Lancaster Gatling Gun Shoot, so when I visited the event, I took video and wrote up a super cool blog post about it. I then signed up with Fivver and found iennod which is

Robert Piercy
Thank You Robert Piercy

the very same guy that Robert Piercy used who is an avid Dan Brock follower. I noticed that Rob’s videos also reviews boosting traffic with Fiverr. His videos show proof of his success with Dan’s Fivver traffic boost system.

Thank You, Robert Piercy!

Robert Piercy’s helped me because he demonstrated proof of his success with Dan Brock’s system. Here’s Rob’s working affiliate website created from Dan’s tutorial.  I created the needed spin tax file and submitted to iennod for a single Fivver gig per Rob’s video below. I waited three or four days and checked my site stats.

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BOOSTING TRAFFIC WITH FIVERR WORKED
BUT AFTER TALKING TO DAN ONLINE HE CONVEYED THAT THIS TECHNIQUE IS BLACK HAT AND GOOGLE MIGHT PUNISH YOU

Rob the Super Affiliate Student also conveys this in his later posts. STAY AWAY FROM THIS METHOD.

 

After waiting a few days, I received iennod’s site submission report. I immediately logged into scottfichter.com, and to my surprise, the traffic to my site increased dramatically. A few more days passed and my keywords “Scott Fichter” and “The Lancaster Gatling Gun Shoot” also lowered in the Google rank. The system worked as promised and Dan’s tutorial is still effective after close to three years.

The Bottom Line – It Worked But The Method is Officially “Black Hat” In the Eyes of Google – YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Boosting Traffic with Fivver Works
This is proof showing that boosting traffic with Fiverr actually works but it’s considered black hat so don’t get greedy and do it.  You’ll get punished.

Boosting traffic with Fiverr is not a great way to get started with affiliate marketing. The only hurdle is that you MUST blog and blog hard. Interesting and useful blog copy makes money. Get Dan’s course, and he will explain techniques to Funify your text, so folks are more motivated to read your information. There are other techniques he mentions in his course so sign up and find out how to do it.

At $17 Bucks There is Little to No Risk.

So what are you waiting for? $17 Bucks is all it costs. That’s nothing. Dan Brock’s course is THE best introductory affiliate marketing course out there. Don’t over think it like me. Learn from my testing.

Now (not later) is the Best Time to Start

Time is not your friend! Everyone is getting involved with affiliate marketing and the product niches are getting owned by aggressive bloggers every day. Stop thinking and start acting.

I wish you all the luck with your venture.

Affiliate Marketing Resources and Techniques

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Affiliate Marketing Freedom

If You Act on One-Tenth of this Affiliate Marketing Info You’ll Inch Yourself Closer to Freedom From the 9 to 5 Life

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WARNING: This is a Joe Rogan Podcast with ADULT LANGUAGE

 

This Video Demonstrates Proof that Old Media is on the Way Out! Now is the Time To Develop Your Own Brand on Youtube…..RIGHT NOW!

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This page is a living breathing entity.  It’s actively updated and modified weekly.  I hope this information gets you pointed in the right direction. Your hurdle will be to retain the concepts and then have the guts to act on it. If your spirit is strong if you’re willing to sacrifice you’re gonna win big.

YouTube Personalities For Insight Into Affiliate Marketing

If you’re starting out with affiliate marketing, seek input from the silent army of influencers who don’t have the massive audiences.

They are more accessible and are more apt to respond to your questions or comments online.

The uber-popular personalities are so overwhelmed by inquiries that they probably won’t have time to respond to your comments.

  1. Dan Brock (The Deadbeat Affiliate) His course is the best way to learn Affiliate Marketing.
  2. Tim Francis – He reviews Affiliate Marketing courses and provides good info at his Youtube account
  3. Terry Lamb – This guy is a no nonsense affiliate marketer whos a helper.  He also makes a boat load of cash online.
  4. Cole Dockery – He has a good heart and he’s legit. A bit rough around the edges.  Does discuss some black hat /grey techniques which I believe are not a good idea. Just listen and absorb it.
  5. Dewan Bayney – Excellent communicator, he’s very slick.  No bad language clean. I’m willing to be he’s a close friend of Pat Flynn
  6. Patt Flynn – The 800-pound gorilla of making money online.  His podcasts discuss hundreds of techniques and ideas for making money online.  There’s more focus on developing an online business (content) that using affiliate marketing.
  7. Geek Hybrid – decent communicator – he really breaks down the process well.
  8. LuSundra Everett – Excellent speaker, Videos are clear and sharp.  Some (not a ton) good things in here.
  9. Marisa Bush – She’s REAL she’s giving what she knows with no strings attached which is rare.
  10. Sanu Ogunkoya – He’s slick, polished and he sells education. Not too many videos but his concepts are strong. Check out his why campaigns fail video.
  11. Sean Cannell – Specializing in driving traffic with Youtube.
  12. Jerry Banfield – This guy is making it happen.  He’s similar to Sean Cannell. He provides tons of affiliate marketing info.  Get ready, he goes fast.

Think Twice About Hosting All Your Sites Under One Server

It appears that Google is looking at affiliate marketing websites and looking at the Whois records and the server IPs. Google does not like it when all your assets are hosted under the same shared hosting company and all the domain names have the same Whois record.  So what do you do?

  1. Get Class C IP Hosting
  2. Purchase Whois Guard so your info is hidden.

Hmmmm.. It looks like the guys over at Warrior Forums seems to think it’s  a non issue if your sites are legit.  If your into Grey hat or Black hat stuff you’ll get your ass handed to you.

This information was found from Terry Lambs Dan Brock Affiliate Marketing Course testimonial video on youtube.

Affiliate Marketing Explained from a Global Perspective

  1. Geek Hybrid – Cost Per Acquisition (or cost per action) explained – video
  2. Geek Hybrid – choosing an affiliate network (websites that find affiliate offers from websites/people that are trying to sell – Video

Paying  For Traffic to Your Funnel or Squeeze Page

  1. GrowTraffic – Personal ad network with access to 20 million viewers.
  2. The Deadbeat Affiliate Student – Talks about using Fivver for blog promotion
  3. Facebook – You can select niches down to the hair follicle.

Boosting Traffic With Fiver – Fast Facts

The Risk: Do This Wrong and You Might Piss off Google Which Will Hurt Your Rank

Source Video

The Deadbeat Affiliate Student
Robert Piercy Reviews submitting a Spintax file for blog traffic promotion at Fivver.
  • Look For around 200 -> MANUAL <-  submitted Bookmarks
  • Look for a Fivver that allows for Spintax – Click for example
  • You can add multiple key phrases and descriptions separated with a “|” (pipe)
  • See spin tax file template here

You Can See Rob’s active affiliate network site here.  Take note of how he formats his bog text.  It’s all strategy.  

Link to Fivver Account Used By Robert

Dan Brock’s Traffic Boost System WORKS

[su_note note_color=”#ffffd9″ text_color=”#3e4991″ radius=”10″]The Dan Brock traffic boost system WORKS. I created a video and post at scottfichter.com concerning a super event called the “Lancaster Gatling Gun Shoot”. It’s been three days now, and my rank for “Scott Fichter” has already dropped by five positions. I was worried that Dan’s course was outdated because the online class was created in 2015. Now that you know this fact GO FOR IT.[/su_note]

Dan Brock's Affiliate Marketing System Works
This graph shows proof that the Dan Brock traffic boost system still works after three years. Graph was created on 11/23/17

Scottfichter.com has only TWO posts, that’s it.  Can you imagine where it will be after 20 posts?

 

Websites With Lists of Offers For Folks Like Us (CPA Networks / Affiliate Networks)

Hint: The best affiliate Networks don’t want rookies.  The harder it is to join the better the offers. Many make you jump through hoops. MaxBounty will call you and interview you! NOTE: I will provide links to instruction on how to sign up soon. Also, never pay money to join an affiliate network.  This is a major red flag if the network asks for credit card info during sign up.

There so many of these sites it’s hard to keep track. If you want access to them all its best that you sign up with OfferVault.  There’s purpose is to keep track of all these websites.  Bob Prebreza talks about this in this video.

  1. MaxBounty = This is the best one.  How to join Hint: Don’t bother trying unless you have tried others first. This is quality network and they will call you before letting you in.  They have been around for years.
  2. Offer Vault
  3. ClickSure
  4. EPC Boss
  5. Click Bank
  6. JVZOO
  7. PeerFly

Why Can’t You Just Sign Up and Go?

We’ll consider what’s going on.  These sites write the checks and the hackers know it.  All they have to do is spin up a website, create a sales funnel and use stolen credit cards to make the purchases. Then the affiliate network sends them the check. But when the owners of the stolen cards find out that their cards have been stolen they back the charges off and the affiliate network is out the money.  THEY DON’T WANT THIS SITUATION.  They will ask you about what sites you have, what you have sold in the past and why. They will listen to see if you understand how affiliate marketing works. If they think you’re a chump or that you are lying you’ll never get in.

Beware The Affiliate Cookie Duration

When choosing affiliate listing sites make sure you pay attention to the cookie durations. Your objective is the longest duration possible. For example, if the customer gets sent to the product page, you selling but does not buy they may revisit the page at a later time and buy. If the cookie duration is long and the user is using the same browser and computer, you’ll get credit for the purchase.

So What’s a good Cookie Duration?

Five Days or Less: This is a red flag. Avoid these deals.
One Week: There are quite a few of these.
30 Days: This is best
30 Days and Up: This is even better.

The more time you get, the greater the potential for you to get the commission.

The Four Types of Affiliate Commission Structures

  1. Promote Product > Sold > You Get Commission
    • PRO: Easy to setup
    • CON: Low commissions due to lower trust
  2. Pay Per Action / Pay for Leap
    • PRO: Action completions are higher
    • CON: Commissions are smaller
  3. Gets the potential lead to the salesperson
    • PRO: Higher commissions
    • CON: Commissions based on length of call
  4. Reoccurring Commissions
    • PRO: Commissions continue to come in

Affiliate Network Sites for Beginners

  1. Amazon
  2. PeerFly
  3. ShareASale
  4. WealthAffiliate
  5. MaxBounty = Hmm some folks say this is a good start?

Don’t Let Your Network Account Manager Tell You That Offer Pay Is the Best Metric

This video by Mr. Opulent explains that when he’s looking for good offers listed at network sites he talks to his account manager that’s assigned to him. He asks for two metrics.  1) What market industry or niche is showing the highest volume (buyers)  2) What are the Earnings Per Click (EPC)?  Do not focus on the amount of pay for an offer.  What would you prefer?  Would you pursue an offer that pays 1 dollar but gets a conversion rate of 100% or would you pursue an offer that pays $100 but converts 1% of the time?  This is why EPC is the metric you should always consider.

Getting User To Act With The Use of ClickFunnels.com

Paid Advertising With Facebook

Buying Traffic For The First Time? Reduce The Risk With a Prepaid Debit Card

If you’re new to Affiliate Marketing you’re probably freaked out by the potential to get ripped off. Let me boil it down. Every paid traffic source wants a credit card and it’s up to you to shut it off if your campaign fails.  Trust me it’s gonna happen when your green.  If buy keywords and fail to track your ROI and walk away from it your gonna get used like a shammy at a diving competition. A debit card is your firewall.  The worst thing it can do is run out.  Should you put $10,000 on it right off the bat? HELL NO! Be smart. Here’s Cole explaining how to get accesses to ClickFunnels by using a debit card and getting access to a free trial for beginners.  He illustrates another great reason to use debit cards here.

 

Online Tools / Resources to Help You Make Money with Affiliate Marketing

  1. Warrior Form – Free, Jammed with valuable quality forum posts.  FANTASTIC
  2. SEO Clerks – A community of folks who provide services (for a price) that help you with your venture
  3. Google Alerts – find out what others are talking about in your niche.
  4. http://www.evernote.com – Forget taking notes on paper. It sucks
  5. TextExpander – WOAH! Major productivity creator. This is a keystroke snippet maker. It is FANTASTIC
  6. http://o.tecademics.com/ – very slick education site.  Its education is flawless. I plan on diving in on this one.
  7. https://letsworkonline.net – A blog site that touches on many subjects.  It’s pretty good.

Cost Per Action (CPA) Marketing – https://youtu.be/r8jvwCRj8gA  (reasons why this guy does not do it.)

Effective YouTube Sales Tips

Creating A Tie Down Question

Create A Tie Down: Ask a question that demands a yes response
Use no more than two tie downs. More than two and you’ll appear to be pushy which is a turn-off.

The Alternate of Choice Question Technique

Ask a question like this, “Would you like to A or B?” Both A and B options are what you want and the person making the selection thinks they are in power and so they are more apt to make the selection. For example, if you ask, a question with a single option the response will be yes or no. You never want a “no” response.

Identifying Typical Buyer Fear

  • They are afraid to be sold. They are afraid of you. Come back as an expert advisor.
  • They are afraid to make a mistake. You must isolate these elements and take the pressure off their mind.
  • They are afraid they are being lied to. Using honesty from your heart is the best way to combat this thinking. You come from a foundation fo truth. Use storytelling to explain why you believe the product.
  • Fear of loss of importance. NEVER belittle the prospect. NEVER. You must convey empathy by putting yourself in their shoes. Reflect on your frustrations with the wrong products first.
  • Fear of the unknown. Be the teacher and become the expert.

Avoid the Use of the Following Words in Your Videos or Sales Copy.

  1. Avoid: Cost / Price Use: Total Amount
  2. Avoid: Down Payment Use: initial amount
  3. Avoid: Monthy Payment Use: monthly amount or monthly investment
  4. Avoid: Contract Use: form
  5. Avoid: Buy Use: own
  6. Avoid: Sell
  7. Avoid: Sold Use: involved
  8. Avoid: Deal Use: opportunity

Good Lighting Helps

Using natural light behind the camera creates a very natural and the effect creates excellent skin tone. If you use non natural lighting, make sure you the bulbs with the same Kelvin rating. Don’t mix them because they put off different colors. It’ll make your face look weird.

Tune Your Youtube Video So that It Ranks Higher Fast

  1. Define Your Video Subject
  2. Visit YouTube and Search your Subjectyoutube
  3. Take note of the “About Results” that show up towards the top of the Youtube page.
  4. You want lower numbers (under 20 to 30K) higher numbers means you’ll probably have a harder time getting visible on Youtube.
  5. Now you’ll test to see how many videos are conditioned for higher rank. In other words, we’ll be testing to see if the current competitive videos are effectively modified for rank. So here’s what you do. Execute a find on your browser (Mac = Command +F) and enter your keyword. Look to see how many times your keyword shows up in the video title and or description of the videos you searched on youtube. If the resulting videos display your keyword, an effective rank position will be impossible because the competition is already doing it. You must combat this by looking for a different keyword.
  6. Enter you discovered keyword into the title and description of your video. Use the least amount of words possible in your title.
  7. Enter your keyword into youtube and look to see what suggested keywords show up underneath. This technique is called “Keyword Stemming” Enter suggestions that are relevant to your video and enter them as tags into your video.
  8. SECRET WEAPON: Make sure that you physically talk about the term you’re trying to rank on. Youtube will automatically analyze the audio of the video and convert it to text for closed captioning. In other words, YouTube ranks based upon your spoken words!
  9. Make sure your thumbnail is colorful, has a simple message and pops visually.

Actual Money Making Techniques.

Please, if you know of any websites that provide this information let me know. I’d like to grow this section of the page.

  1. Money Making Method  – Using Craigs List – video
  2. Instagram mentions – Using Instagram and Mentions to drive traffic to your landing page Explanation (Dockery)

Limiting Your Liability

When an affiliate network asks for a social security number it’s a bit of a wake-up call.  You should consider limiting your liability. If you’re just starting out the best option for you is to set up an LLC.  Below summarizes talking points why this is true.

1. You file a single return (like you do as a sole proprietor)  but you submit a Schedule “C” and in there you report on your companies income and expenses.
2. Owners or members of the LLC file a partnership and each return a 1065 form. Each person gets a K1 and the income shows up on their personal return.
4. If your business grows you can switch into an S Corporation.  S Corporation is designed for folks who make more money due to the tax implications.
5. Limited Liability Corporations are simple to setup and require much less paperwork.

This video is a must watch.

Using The Google Keyword Planner (GKP) To Find Niche Markets

If your new to the GKP your going to find it difficult to get a global perspective on it because it is jammed with parameters and data.  Below are some videos that will help you.

YouTube and the Google Keyword Planner

Jerry Banfield discusses why YouTube advertising is awesome and he reviews what he does. Warning he flies through it and it’s a lot to digest. Video He discusses many many solutions here.  It’s an amazing video.

Keep Fighting & Keep Quite

When creating your blog understand that money will not come right away. You must stay positive and keep fighting. The money will eventually continue to roll in. Remember NOT to tell your family and friends about what you are doing. Unless your friends are abnormally positive, they will make you feel like shit. They will call you crazy and try to convince you that you that making money online is stupid, dangerous and a waste of time. Don’t open the door to this negativity. Keep your activities close to the vest. You’ll be better off. When the money does start to coming in, they will come to you for advice on how to do it themselves. Wait until the checks come in!

Content Creation That Makes The Visitor Buy Your Product

Before you start to write content for your product consider these tips that will aid in making the reader buy the product your selling.

  1. Make your the page title has the primary search term towards the front of the title
  2. Don’t be afraid to create a longer title
  3. Use multiple desired search terms in your header.
  4. Avoid going beyond a <h3> tag in the body copy
  5. Avoid big paragraph blocks in your body copy
  6. Use one to two sentences and bullet points
  7. Use bolded text

Dan Brock the Deadbeat Super Affiliate

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Dan Brock Super Affiliate

Dan Brock is Lazy?

Is Dan Brock a lazy deadbeat who sits in a recliner and collects boatloads of affiliate cash with minimal work? Hmm, I don’t think so. I’ve been following him for a while now, and he cranks out up to three videos a week which is no easy task. I’ve made over 40 YouTube tutorials myself, and if you make a fully edited video, they can take 5 to 10 hours depending on their length and complexity. Dan is not lazy. He is a motivated and driven money making machine and his brand is gaining in popularity every day.

Dan projects an appearance of mediocracy with his flannel shirts and his loose-fitting socks but don’t be fooled. He is a cunning, smart, hardworking genius. He’s figured out a system to make money online, and his system sells. The brand he’s invented for himself is polished, unique, funny and I love it.

Dan Brock The Black Belt of Affiliate Marketing
The man (Dan Brock)  slurps on a pineapple while collecting mad cash.

Dan’s Affiliate Marketing Course Costs Under $20

His money-making step by step online video course cost me only $17. Other courses come in at $200 to $500, so the reasonable fee is hard to ignore. Upon signing up, you’ll begin to realize that he uses the very information he teaches to make more money. His sign-up process upsells you on just about every click you make. The added offerings are hard to ignore. He sells tools that will augment your success with affiliate marketing. I have to admit that I got upsold on one product and I’m thinking of purchasing another one in a few weeks.

Humor Is An Excellent Method To Keep Visitors Focused

Dan Brock’s humor also contributes to his success. He works off the deadbeat persona that he created for himself. He even took the time to arrange a red flannel in a picture frame so he could place it on his desk. He pays homage to his brand without talking about it. He lets you notice it naturally. This technique is effective because you discover it on your own. I also love his talks while  he sits in his lazy boy chair. Take note of the objects he’s placed around him during his videos. It’s strategic branding. Did you notice the box of Captain Crunch on the table next to his chair, the empty bag of chips, the soda? Ha!

Dan Brock Sells Freedom

Dan also encourages you throughout the course. Succeeding in affiliate marketing means you must convince yourself to act. A positive mental attitude, eating right, getting sleep and having the correct work frequency is discussed in the first part of his course. This information is critical, and it resonated with me. Blog method affiliate marketing is not easy, and it requires a personal conviction. If you stay up all night watching the shit box and eating junk how will you ever change your life in a manner that will create freedom? Yes, freedom is the end game.

What You Get For Your Money

If you make it through the lessons, you will begin to see the global perspective on how Dan approaches affiliate marketing. There are several ways to make money online, and Dan approaches it via the blogging method also known as squeeze page development. Below is a summary on his method to effective affiliate marketing.

How Dan Teaches Affiliate Marketing

  1. Find a unique product niche. Dan uses medicine that fixes skin tags as an example.
  2. Choose and buy a domain name that will sell this product niche
  3. Install WordPress and install his custom theme set up for maximum sales.
  4. Sign up for the affiliate program selling that product. Dan shows you how.
  5. Create content that sells your product.
  6. Use Fivver to promote that page. Update: 100% Confirmed Works: Get Details
  7. Create a Youtube Video selling your product.
  8. Promote that Youtube video with Fivver.
  9. Blog about the product and provide links to the squeeze page. Promote with Fivver.
  10. Create a new product and website and do it again.

Truth: Affiliate Marketing Is Not Easy at First

Dan conveys that doing this is easy. All you have to do is follow the steps listed above, and the money rolls in. When’s the last time you created a blog site? Was it easy? How many articles have you written? How many polished YouTube videos have you made? Was it carefree? The truth is Affiliate Marketing is not a walk in the park, BUT the potential for making money is unlimited. Your selling to the planet Earth! Your not making anything and your not delivering anything your just selling it. Can you imagine the income if you devoted all your energy into this system for one year? One website may create a trickle of income, but if you had ten sites (referred to as assets in the affiliate marketing world), the trickle would turn into a deluge of money. The potential for future revenue is limitless. Start now. It’s a gold mine.

Where I Disagree With Dan – Blue Host

Dan recommends Blue Host as the best solution for hosting. I passionately disagree with this recommendation. Blue Host is part of Endurance International Group. They are a HUGE company that powering millions upon millions of websites. I suggest that you stay away from the big hosting companies. Their service is wanting in a big way. Their servers are slow, and you’re treated like cattle. Stay away from them. The hosting I recommend is MDD Hosting.

  • They are privately Owned
  • Their servers use Lightspeed
  • Their servers use super fast ram drives with no moving parts
  • Their servers use self-healing distributed storage by Storpool
  • Their support is fast
  • Their support is accurate
  • Cost is minimal

This host suggestion is the only part of his course that I don’t agree with. Every other tidbit of info he provides is absolute gold.

Dan Brock’s Course is a Smart Place To Start With Affiliate Marketing

If you’re just starting out with affiliate marking cost will be an issue. Dan’s course only costs $17 so where’s the risk? There is none! The information he provides for the price is an absolute steal. His lessons are jammed with valuable information. In my opinion, the only questionable issue is paying Fivver to promote your content. The course was written in 2015, and things change. Google changes and I’m thinking there are better ways to safely promote your blog posts. Synthetically boosting traffic can get you penalized, so you need to be careful.

Dan’s course is a feature-rich, valuable course that will teach you how to sell product online without breaking the bank. This course is perfect for the beginner.

GO FOR IT!

Blogging Tips and Resources For Improved Google Rank

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Writing A Blog Post

Below is a no-nonsense list of crucial tips and resources to help you drive traffic to your site. I also am including information on how to manipulate the content for improved rank at Google.

Blog Topic Resources

  1. Google Trends – Use Top Charts and consider receiving emails with “Subscriptions”
  2. Topsy.com – this is a blog / twitter topic finder.
  3. Hashtagify.me
  4. Buzzsumo.com
  5. Quora.com
  6. Reddit.com

Blogging Tips for SEO Rank

Apply the following to your content to gain better rank with Google:

  1. No less than 300 words.
  2. A photo of yourself should be posted within the article.  This reinforces the personal approach.
  3. Do not exceed more than two posts a week.
  4. Repeat your keywords a few times in content body. Use them naturally.
  5. External links (off site) are also good. Linking to smaller sites at first is the best strategy
  6. Limit your paragraphs to five to seven sentences.
  7. Use your keyword within the first 100 words in your post.
  8. Place your call to action, re: “Call us” or “Sign Up,” in the middle of your content area.  It’s a better placement.
  9. Use at least one relevant image. Impactful images are best. Make sure they are compressed so they load fast.
  10. Create an expectation with paragraph one.
  11. Bold, italicize, and underline your keywords or phrases containing your keywords.
  12. Use actionable phrases. Sell Google+ when possible.
  13. Kill all post spam in your comment area.
  14. Never post on the day you wrote it.  You will find errors on day two.
  15. Read your posts aloud before going live.  This will help you find errors.
  16. Respond to those who have commented on your post.
  17. Main headers and sub headers:
    • Reduce header length. Say it with less.
    • Start with a number in your page title / page name. For example “10 Best…” or  “5 Fastest…”
    • Include keywords in the beginning of your page titles / headers.

Activities To Avoid

  1. Copying content from any other website.
  2. Creating an epic header and not meeting the expectation.
  3. Over-stuffing your posts with keywords, placing them unnaturally.
  4. Degrading value by posting at an unnatural frequency.
  5. Uploading large photos (greater than 50K) to the post.  Load time must be fast.
  6. Being negative.
  7. Neglecting to give credit to those who have supplied content or photos. Link back to their site.
  8. Poor spelling and bad grammar.

Optimize Your Content For The Google Spiders

  1. Make sure page metas, XML site maps, and Headers all are sharpened for Google.
  2. Image names and alt tag must reflect keywords.
  3. Keywords may need to be adjusted because the words are too narrow.
  4. Change all internal links to absolute. Let the copycats send you traffic.
  5. Use the Yoast SEO plugin.  Its fantastic!  If you doubt my recommendation, take note of the total amount of downloads on this page.

The Post is Finished. Now What?

  1. Post the new blog link to your business Facebook page.  FYI: The Yoast SEO plugin will allow you to change the image and message that Facebook uses to create the post.  Check the “Social” tab.
  2. Blog summary to Google+.
  3. Submit the blog to Stumbleupon.com.

Keep Your Expectations In Check

  1. Success does not happen right away.  It will take a while (usually months) for traffic to build.
  2. The valuable content always wins.
  3. 5% of your content creates 90% of your traffic.  This is true for most posters.
  4. Do not give up.  People are interested in your content.

I hope these blogging tips help you. Come back again.  I’m sure there will be more info soon.