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It’s part 2 of my WP-Robot review. I show you my traffic & Amazon stats, and share my thoughts on the whole concept of this tool.

Plus, I tell you whether I think it’s a YES or NO tool to use and why.

CLICK HERE to watch the part 2 video and then be sure to come back and share your thoughts and questions in the comments section.

I remember putting together my first information product a long time ago, and in hindsight, I can see so many things I did wrong. But even so, I still made at least a couple of sales per month because of a good sales letter and an inadvertently chosen keyword rich domain name.

Not too shabby for someone who had no clue what they were doing. Of course, you can’t help but think about how different it could have been if I’d known to follow the plan I use today.

I missed a lot of vital steps which amounted to a lot of wasted time and lost profits. I had the foundation in place with a great product and sales letter to sell it, but I have to admit, my marketing stunk.

What I did wrong:

1. I didn’t do market research, so I had no idea if people were even interested in my product or if the market was likely to spend money on it.

 

2. I didn’t know how to package, price, or position my product for success.

 

3. I didn’t have sales system in place so there was no list of people interested in the topic, no blog, no articles, etc, so I wasn’t pre-selling or upselling for that matter.

Overall, I wasn’t setting myself up for success because I didn’t know what the steps were to get there. Of course I figured it out eventually, but I could have been where I am today a lot sooner had I known what to do back then.

One of my goals with this blog is to help others learn those steps, because creating and selling information products has proven to be the best thing I’ve ever done online. The passive income they generate enabled me to quit trading hours for dollars in the service industry, and freed up my time for family.

With so many people eager to work less and earn more, I was really excited when my friend Nicole Dean & Ronnie Nijmeh told me about their new product, Rapid Product Formula (see the end of this post for bonuses) and chose to share it with me. It turned out to be exactly what I needed all those years ago.

The product is broken up into a 4 week program, which includes training reports and calls, all group Q&A calls, plus videos, checklists, and brainstorming sheets. The main training reports include a lot of step-by-step guidance and examples, which makes it easier to grasp what you need to do.

The fact that Nicole and Ronnie laid out their program in a “show you” instead of “tell you” kind of way, and then expanded from that to video, checklists, etc. really takes the guesswork out of the process, and helps you move forward a lot quicker.

But it was the fact that they didn’t skip over 3 important aspects of product creation that really got my attention:

• The sales process
• Marketing and promotion
• Creating a long-term business

So many products teach you how to create an information product, but then leave you to fend for yourself when it comes time to make money with it.

Like my own experience, having the product is great and may get you a few sales, but it’s only a small part of the pie. If you’d like to be able to support yourself with information products like I do, you’ve got to do a lot more than just make the product.

In Rapid Product Formula (see the end of this post for bonuses), a large part of their program is dedicated to helping you create a profitable marketing strategy to sell your product, recruit JV’s and affiliate partners, and establish yourself as an expert in your niche. If you don’t have a marketing plan in place, you’ll waste a lot of time and money like I did.

The only downside is the fact that it is split up into 4 parts, so if you tend to work quickly you may end up with time on your hands in-between weeks. So don’t work so fast

Who is the Rapid Product Formula coaching program for?

If you’re anxious to create your own information product to create passive income and you’re already blogging online, this program is perfect for you. But if you’re just getting started online and you don’t have a website, this program is not for you.

If you do have a blog and some basic skills and training, but you really want to take your business to the next level, Nicole and Ronnie offer email and phone coaching options with their product. They will answer your questions, look at your progress, and talk about any roadblocks you come up against.

I’ve personally worked with both Nicole and Ronnie, and I chat with Nicole regularly.

There have been a lot of times where I’ve hit a roadblock in my business and wasn’t really sure what I should do to get over it, so I’d go to Nicole for help. Her suggestions and guidance have always boosted my profits, so when you combine her one-on-one coaching with the creation of an information product you’re bound to see amazing results.

Are you ready to crank out your own information product from start to profit in just 30 days? Click Here to see my private bonus page before you sign up.

All my best,

P.S. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below.

One of my goals is to increase my affiliate income over the next 6 months, but to be honest; I’ve never really promoted anything from Clickbank except for Jimmy D. Brown’s stuff.

You see, in order to get paid from Clickbank you have to meet their customer distribution requirements first. And since I didn’t actively promote a lot of stuff, it took me quite a while to get my first paycheck .

Yes, I did a happy dance It took me 9 months to get that. But now that they’ll be cutting me a check every 2 weeks for any earnings I’ve made, I’m feeling a lot more motivated to use Clickbank.

Keep in mind that you can certainly get paid a lot faster than I did just by actively promoting on a regular basis.

So anyway, while I was peeking around the Clickbank marketplace, I came across a product called Clickbank Bonus Domination 2.0.

It grabbed my interest from the get go because I already have the desire to increase my affiliate income using Clickbank, and the potential this product has of ramping up my affiliate marketing efforts made buying this product a no-brainer. And you can use it for unlimited clickbank products and put it on unlimited domains too.

How does Clickbank Bonus Domination 2.0 help?

Basically it allows you to do 2 things…

1) Offer Bonuses: By offering valuable, and unique, bonuses to those who purchase a product through your affiliate link, you can entice more people to buy. By using Clickbank Bonus Domination you can set up your bonuses, and they’ll automatically send buyers the information they need to claim your bonus, and download it. It a hands-free system for you.

2) Build a Buyer List: Normally, when you recommend a product to someone and they purchase through your affiliate link, well that’s it, you’ve sent those buyers to someone else. But by using Clickbank Bonus Domination and offering a bonus, you are able to add those buyers to YOUR list – and we all know how valuable buyer lists are.

What exactly is Clickbank Bonus Domination 2.0?

Clickbank Bonus Domination is a website script that automates the process of sending buyers bonuses, and adding them to your list. The installation instructions are laid out in step-by-step format, and were easy to follow. I’m no techie, but I breezed through the whole installation process.

But it also comes with full training that consists of 6 Modules with an optional add-on 7th training module. The training is setup to provide a solid framework for any newbie to mid level marketer, and I was really impressed by how much work the developer put into the training.

It’s incredibly in-depth, clear, and easy to follow, and includes:

• Getting Started: Everything you need to begin laying the foundation for affiliate marketing.
• Module 1: Niche Finding and Research Techniques
• Module 2: Building the Bonus: When to use and how to create high value incentives and bonuses for list building and bonus giveaways. These include copy and paste techniques and over 3 hours of videos.
• Module 3: Relation management: How to treat your lead and buyer list to produce more commissions. Includes a complete heat map of when to mail and what to say in each email to create a hyper responsive list.
• Module 4: Traffic and List strategies. Using what you’ve learned in the previous modules you now learn how to grab traffic, build optin pages that convert and use the incentives to build a list.
• Module 5: The Bonus Delivery System Configuration – learn how to setup the bonus delivery system in under 10 minutes and configure it to build your list, give away your bonuses and run your business on auto pilot.
• Module 6 (Upsell): Maximizing the Bonus Delivery System – discover how to double and triple commissions using the BDS, how to recapture lost money from refunds and how to effectively cross sell to your buyers.
• Bonus Delivery System: The automation script that does the following:
  • Automatically emails every buyer that purchases from your Clickbank Affiliate Link
  • Automatically delivers bonuses and verifies receipt before the buyer has access to view or download them.
  • Automatically adds buyers to your own autoresponder list (Supports all major auto responder companies including Aweber, GetResponse, 1Shopping Cart and more)
  • Allows customized emails that will input product name, customer name, receipt information directly from the Clickbank Receipt to offer a personalized email experience for the buyer.
  • Allows for upselling, cross promotion when delivering a bonus. Increasing your commissions!
  • Has a built in HTML/Bonus Page creation tool. Every bonus page is protected from non-buyers and direct hotlinking. The entire system is self content and easy to use.
  • No Real Technical Experience Required. Install and Setup in under 10 minutes.
  • Automatically emails anyone who refunds a products and allows you to recapture lost commissions
  • Bonus Delivery System Add-ons(Upsells): Features that can be added on to the bonus delivery system include:
    • Ad Insertion for every email that is sent out. This allows the affiliate to put another offer infront of the buyer right after they purchase.
    • Qualified Buyers – Begin capturing buyers before a bonus is created, then add a bonus and find every buyer that qualified for that bonuses and send them an email to claim it.
    • Advanced Reporting: Discover your most profitable bonus offers, how many bonuses have been claimed, last Bonus Delivery System logins and all Clickbank Transactions.

  Who is Clickbank Bonus Domination 2.0 not for?

  This website script and training is not for you if you aren’t serious about affiliate marketing. It is also not for you if you don’t plan on setting up bonuses, or building your mailing list when you promote affiliate programs, or if you’re happy with your current affiliate income.

  Who is Clickbank Bonus Domination 2.0 for?

  This website script and training is perfect for those who are ready to create bigger affiliate paydays by giving buyers an incentive to buy with their link, and building lists of buyers to promote to in the future.

  It is for anyone who wants to promote Clickbank products, and get the highest return for their investment of time in the form of large bi-weekly checks.

  Now there was one thing that I didn’t really like about the order process. While multitasking, I clicked the wrong tab to close (which was the sales letter for this product) and a box popped up and one of those virtual agents offering me the chance to get in on a special offer. It said I would save $20, so I thought, wow – he’s going discount the already crazy low price by $20 bucks – I’m in!

  But when I did, it took me to a page that offered some extras – but it was at a higher price point than the product being sold on the main sales page. So that kind of threw me for a loop. But you don’t need the add-ons because the standard product is chock full, and carries the low price tag of just $47.

  

  But in the end I am so glad I bought this product because it really exceeded my expectations. I was pleasantly surprised by how much time and effort the developer put into making this system usable so that you do take action and use it.

  If you’re ready to get serious about affiliate marketing and take your passive income to the next level, click here to get started. You’ll receive immediate access, and can get the script installed and your first bonus set up today.

  Warmly,
  

  P.S. I found Clickbank Bonus Domination 2.0 very easy to install and use, the manuals and videos are chock full of information, examples, and resources. Even if you’re a complete newbie, you can do this if you know how to follow simple step-by-step instructions. Click here to get started and I’ll give you a copy of the Affiliate Marketing Sweetie self-study course absolutely FREE that you can download right away – any time of the day or night.

The Three Pillars Help Desk created by Willie Crawford is simple, yet versatile. It has all of the features you would expect from support desk software, yet it’s incredibly inexpensive ($97 with $50 discount) compared to other solutions like Kayako.

I find the ease of use, and design a lot better compared to the free software I was previously using, and the free support desk was causing a lot problems for my customers, so I was dealing with support through email.

Before I run through the features, I just want to mention the one thing that really jumped out at me about this software. Your customers don’t have to register for an account before they can submit a ticket!

To me this is an awesome feature, because I find that people don’t want to take the time to register, confirm their registration, and so on, so they just end up emailing you because it’s faster. And well, that just defeats the whole purpose of having a support desk.

So what can the Three Pillars Help Desk do?

- Create ticket: Your customers enter their name and email address, choose a subject for their ticket, type in their message and enter the CAPTCHA. The ticket gets created in the database, and your customer is emailed their ticket ID.

- Check ticket status: You customer can check the status of their ticket at anytime by simply typing in their email address and ticket ID. They’ll be able to view their entire history.

- Super Admin (You): You can assign different people to handle specific support requests. For instance, if you provide design and blog installation, you could have one person take care of blog install support questions, and another who can deal with design questions.

You have full control over who can read and respond to help tickets, which is perfect for when you have tickets being submitted for things that you want to personally take care. For example: JV requests. You can set it so that no else can read those tickets, or respond to them.

- One-touch responses: This feature is a big time saver. If you find that you get tickets from customers asking the same questions, you can create a one-touch response.

So when you get asked the question, you simply choose the response you want from the drop down box - easy!

- Email notifications: Allow your customers to be notified when they open a ticket and when you reply to it. You can also choose to have email notifications sent to your assistant when a ticket is submitted, so they can respond in a timely manner. You can also add custom signatures to your emails, which can be used to promote other projects.

- FAQ/Knowledgebase: To save you and your customer time, you can enter questions into the FAQ so they can check for the answer to their question there. There is also an option to faq-ify a commonly asked question, and with the click of a button you can add it to your knowledgebase.

- Ticket priorities: To help you deal with the urgent requests first, and go down from there.

- Ticket categories/departments: You can add a category for each of your products or services so that when a customer submits a ticket you know the exact product they are referring to. This is perfect because you have one support desk for all of your websites.

This help desk software has everything I need, and yes, what most help desk software has. But, the Three Pillars Help Desk allows you to pretty much do whatever you want with the design, and you can install it on unlimited domains. You can easily change the header, footer, colours, and even promote your other products, like Willie Crawford has does.

Who is this product for?

Well, if you’re tired of having your inbox flooded with support requests and you’re ready to streamline your efforts, a support desk is for you. If you are more comfortable handling support through email, this product is not for you. Three Pillars Help Desk.

This is the exact support desk software I use for my own business, and my assistant recently asked me what software I was using because it was nothing like she’d ever seen before -  so simple and easy to use.

On the down side:

The only real downside I’ve found with this software is that you have to know how to set up a database, and you need to be able to edit the template html in plain text (to change your header, footer, etc.)

Fortunately, the software comes with a step-by-step manual and video and it shows you how to create and set up your database in cpanel, and get things up and running.

The design editing part, well, it took me a little longer to figure that out.

You see I use NVU, and so when I was editing the html files in the WYSIWYG, it was adding in extra code which was messing up the end result. So what I did was make my changes in the html editor, then compared the html to the original html template file, and this is what I found:

Once I removed the above coding, it worked perfectly! If this sounds too complicated, they can install it for you for $25. Three Pillars Help Desk Review

If you’re ready to streamline your support, whether you plan to handle it yourself through a help desk, or hire someone to take care of it for you, you can get a $50 discount here: Three Pillars Help Desk Review (the discount is limited, so if you’re interested I wouldn’t wait to pick up a copy of this software). Once you order, you’ll be taken to the download page where you can download everything right away:

* Three Pillars help desk software
* Installation Manual (PDF) and video
* BONUS #1: 5 HTML Templates
* Advanced Power Features
* Desktop Ticket Alert software
* BONUS #2: Over-Delivery Report

Get it here => Three Pillars Help Desk

Seller: David Peters

Summary:

Learn Elements Now is a set of 30 tutorial videos on how to use Photoshop Elements. It covers the most basic tasks in Photoshop Elements to the more advanced.

Product Details:

The product consists of these 30 tutorials:

- Interface
- Opening an Image
- Guided Edit
- Quick Edit
- Full Edit
- Create Overview
- Share Overview
- Zoom and Pan
- Layers
- Blend Modes
- Undo History
- Brush Tool
- Selecting Colors
- Gradient Tool
- Creating Text
- Selection Tools
- Quick Selection Tools
- Refine Edges
- Effects
- Adjustment Layers
- Resizing Images
- Aligning Images
- Saving Your Photo
- Saving for the Web
- Remove Red Eye
- Remove Blemishes
- Remove Objects
- Convert to Black & White
- Color Curves
- Create a Panorama

The course also includes the following bonuses:

- Video tutorial images: All the images used in the video tutorials are provided in JPG format so the user can follow along with the very same images.

- “Absolute Beginners Guide to Photoshop Elements”: a 65-page easy-to-use guide to Photoshop Elements

- 30-day free trial of the latest version of Adobe Elements

Format:

The video tutorials are in Flash and Shockwave format, which can be either viewed online or downloaded into the user’s hard drive for local viewing. Downloading is not necessary, as the videos will always be available to those who purchase the course.

The tutorial images are in digital graphic JPG format.

The bonus, “Absolute Beginners Guide to Photoshop Elements” is in PDF format.

Thoughts on the Product:

“Learn Elements Now” is a good example of how to use video to teach skills. In this case, the video tutorials give step-by-step demonstrations of how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements. The instructions are clear and are easy to understand through both the voice-over and onscreen demos. The videos progress logically from the most basic to the more advanced operations that can be done in Elements.

Each video is only a few minutes long and clearly labeled, so the users can easily and quickly choose the video they need. I’m not sure the user will learn Photoshop Elements in 2 hours, as David Peters promises – especially if one follows along each step using the images provided – which is the best way to internalize the lessons in the videos. But it definitely will not take more than 2 hours to view all the tutorials.

With “Learn Elements Now,” even complete newbies to image editing will soon be able to create impressive digital photos using Photoshop Elements.

Where to Learn More:

LearnElementsNow.com

Seller & Creator: Dan Feildman

Summary:

The Internet has made it possible for even hobby photographers to make money with their digital photographs. This special report explains some basic information the digital photographer must know in order to profit online.

Product Details:

“How to Make Money with Digital Photography” is a 20-page special report from TurnYourPhotosIntoCash.com

Format:

Digital report (PDF)

Thoughts on the Product:

“How to Make Money with Digital Photos” is a quick overview of how to sell digital photos online through stock photo sites. The report explains how stock photo sites work and how easily a digital photographer can make a living through them.

There’s enough in this report to get started with making money with digital photos, such as:

- how stock photo sites work and how to make money through them (page 7)

- the creative process of making money with digital photos (page

- which four subjects are always in high demand online (page 11)

- editing tips to take your photos from good to great (page 13)

- how to make more money by selling more photos (page 15)

However, the report only shows the tip of the iceberg. The opportunities for monetizing digital photography online are vast, and this report leaves the reader wanting to know more.

Where to Learn More:  TurnYourPhotosIntoCash.com

Seller & Creator: David Peters

Summary:

Photoshop Fast Track for Newbies is a set of videos, which demonstrate the many features of Photoshop. The videos include:

- 11 demonstrations of the various parts and features of Photoshop

- 7 videos on CS2 updates

- 13 videos on CS3 updates

- 11 videos on CS4 updates

Product Details:

The videos are in digital format and can be viewed online or downloaded into the customer’s hard drive.

Format:

• Digital video, compatible with both PC and Mac
• PDF transcripts of the tutorials

Thoughts on the Product:

Video is the best way to learn how to use software, in particular, a graphic editing software such as Photoshop. The tutorials begin with the most basic topic (e.g., “The Workspace”), to the most complicated (e.g., “Lighting Effects” for the Fast-Track set). Each tutorial is only a few minutes long. The presentor is clear and demonstrates each step of the process. Learning is fast and easy when you can see the results of each step right away!

The best way to go through the videos is to have your own copy of Photoshop open at the same time, pause the video, do the same step yourself, and see if you achieve the same results.

Unfortunately, there are a few occasions when the voice-over is a couple of seconds ahead or behind the actual video presentation (but this could be an Internet connection issue). Otherwise, even the most uninitiated Photoshop user should be able to follow along without difficulty.

The PDF transcripts come in handy for quick reviews of the lessons.

Where to Learn More: LearnPhotoshopNow.com

Seller: Dan Feildman

Free Report Summary:

Digital cameras have made photography affordable, quick and easy even for non-professionals. By following a few simple principles, even beginners can take photos like pros.

Product Details: (Main content and individual components)

“Shoot Digital Pics Like the Pros” is a free 28-page special report from LearnDigitalPhotographyNow.com.

Format:

Digital report (PDF)

Thoughts on the Product:

“Shoot Digital Pics Like the Pros” gives an overview of the special features of digital cameras compared to film cameras, then guides the reader through some basic principles of digital photography.

The report is perfect for somebody who’s venturing into digital photography for the very first time – or someone who has been using a digital camera but has never taken the time to really figure it out. For example, ever wonder what a RAW format was and whether you should select that as your camera’s file format? This report has the answer.

The report has plenty of tips that may be new even to intermediate users, such as:

- How to deal with shutter lag (page 9)

- How to take fast-action shots (page 12)

- How to warm up a picture without using a special lens (page 16)

- When and how to use fill flash (page 18)

- How much memory you really need (page 22)

Even if you’ve been using a point-and-shoot digital camera for family photos, this report will surely have you exploring your camera’s many features to get better and more interesting pictures with it!

While the report is full of useful advice and tips, some beginners may find parts of it too advance. For example, the author assumes that the readers know “white balance,” “depth of field,” and other basic photography terms. Total newbies will need to look up these concepts, in order to catch up.

Where to Learn More: Learn Digital Photography Now