I finally got to download and use the the Authority Loophole software Chris Rempel released this morning.  I have to say the software is pretty well put together for the price tag - FREE!  What this software does is provide you a way to exploit an existing Wordpress plugin for your own backlinking benefit.  It works by finding you blogs with the Top Commenters plugin installed, allowing you to post your link there.

This is where the ethics of the thing turn a little murky.  What the Top Commenter plugin does is display a list of the Top Commenters on the right or left side of the blog on every page of the blog.  The value in this for the website is that the Top Commenters get exposure for their comments and want to keep posting.  What Chris and Dave want you to do is use one of the Top Commenters name's in your own comment and then place a well thought out and written comment on an article, this will turn the previous commenters name into a backlink to your site.

If you haven't commented on a blog before and don't understand what I'm saying try it now.  It will ask you for your name, email, and website address before allowing you to post your comment.  When you input your name and your website address if the comment is approved your name will turn into a link back to your website.  The standard way to comment is to use a keyword for your name and then post your website and comment, which would give you a keyword based backlink.

The problem with the traditional way of doing things is that your backlink is going to have very little link juice headed back to your website because it's only placed on one post that may not have much page rank.  With this method you hijack someone else's Top Commenter spot and earn yourself a link on every page for commenting once.  The only problem with this is that your link isn't keyword based.

Frankly I think this method is a little gray hat but will probably work well for you if you don't rely on it alone.  The search engines like a variety of links coming into your site and this is a good way to build varied backlinks from high PR blogs.

Now before I set you lose on it, Chris and Dave put together an Upsell called Profit Loophole that you have to take a look at to get the software.  I didn't buy this and don't plan on buying it unless the reviews are outstanding so I can't recommend it.  Just thought you should know

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I just recieved an email from Jason Moffat about Russell Brunson's Micro Continuity offer.  Frankly I've never ordered from Russell before but have got one of his DVD presentations and liked his style.  So I ordered it.

Right now I'm going through his ordering process and am astounded at how good he's doing things.

Step 1

• He creates a great irresistable offer by offering the training pre-loaded on an ipod nano shipped to your door for only $9.97
• He answered every one of my objections in his sales letter
• I click the order link - Fill out my information and am presented with a checkbox offer to try out his DotComSecrets newsletter for 30 days free.  Why not!
• I complete my order by hitting submit

Step 2

• After I submit I'm taken to One Time Offer #1.  This offer is for technical training in setting up my very own micro continuity system sent to my door on DVD for $97.  Things such as setting up order buttons, web pages and all the technical mumo jumbo in a short 60 minutes DVD.
• I click no thanks.

Step 3

• I'm offered a digital version at half the price.
• I click No Thanks

Step 4

• One time offer #2 - 19 hours of training from the workshop
• Cost $397, I hit no thanks again.

Step 5

• I'm offered the digital version for half price.
• No thanks!

Step 6

• I'm offered his Traffic Systems USB stick for $997
• No Thanks again.

Step 6

• I'm offered the digital version of Traffic Systems for $497
• No Thanks again.

Step 7

• Finally taken to the download page
• The previous one time offers are at the bottom in their tables ready for download if you've paid.  If you haven't you're offered them again in both versions.

Now there's a lot to take away from this.  The first thing I noticed is how in tune with his market he is.  He doesn't mince words on his sales page and really followed Mark Joyner's formula for creating an irresistable offer by differentiating himself from the other "Guru's" in the market.

I mean what kind of idiot wouldn't trade 10 bucks for an Ipod worth $40-$50?

Second if you've read through the above you can see he really had his ducks in a row with all of these one time offers.  Sure not every person has as much material behind him as Russell does, but what's stopping you from cutting a deal with another seller that would be happy to offer his products to your list?

Finally I like how he differentiates his physical products from his digital ones by pricing them differently and giving you the option of either one in his ordering process.  To me a physical product has a much higher percieved value than the digital one.

Great job Russell!  I like your style, here's to making money with your Micro Continuity program.

Update 6/24/09: I've gone through about 3 hours worth of the information, roughly half of the course.  So far I'm thinking it's a great value for $9.97.

So I was on the list for one of Jon's products and he kept emailing me about his new product My Way Links and how it took the hassle out of linking for webmasters. I've always heard good things about his 3 Way Links setup so I stayed on his list despite the promotions. I eventually gave in and purchased My Way Links in its beta stage and I must say I'm impressed so far.

The way My Way Links works is that you join the program, setup a links page on your site using a wordpress plugin or an automatically generated PHP page. Then once your website is approved you are in the system. Next you login into the system and request links from other sites in the system, enabling you to define your anchor text, description and page to link to. It's based on credits so the more links you accept or purchase the more links you can get back to your site.

The most difficult part of the process was setting up the links page, which by the way isn't called "links". It's not something you can't figure out though, and only took me two tries to wing it no instructions. I think this may have been due to the beta testing of the system, and Jon probably hasn't had time to setup the tutorials on this.

From what I've been reading at Web Marketing Now, systems like this don't really help in the long run as Google is pretty smart.  The links are genuine and most of the people in the system are semi-picky about what they link to so you can't just go in and spam the system. I also like the fact that you can sign up with one site and link to another, as long as your first site's links remain intact.

Update: As I've been studying more at Web Marketing Now I've realized you probably don't need to spend your money on systems like this and I've cancelled both my subscriptions to this and to AMA.  Instead I'd invest my money in training at Web Marketing Now, Directory Submissions, or PPC Traffic.

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I'll share a Moment.

I arrive a feeling of apprehension, giddiness, butterflies in my stomach. Today I pitt myself against chance, the payment my life. We unload the motorcycles, I look up the towering Sand Dune far above. I recall all of the times I've ridden around it, graceful and peaceful. Will it be the same this time? I can only pray…

The first ride, my boots are on, the only thing between me and the ground - a pair of thin jeans. I start the bike, it grumbles a low rumble. Like a 10 I know she's ready to roll. We jet off, at 60 before we know it. We're there, we hit the dune hard and fast, straight up we go. It's time to turn, I look down and the whole world is as crystal, bright and clear. Only a second this can last, but it's my moment, fun and fast.

The Conduit Method may be one of the fastest easiest ways to make money online. I'm not sure exactly who invented this method but all the big names in every industry use it without knowing it. I think Chris Rempel got the idea for the report from the likes of Amazon or Ebay even. The concept is that people buy based on what other people say is good, and not what you tell them about the product. Take a look at your most recent Amazon purchase, when you were going to buy did you read all the negative reviews and all the positive reviews? My guess is that you did and perhaps because of one or two negative reviews you didn't buy what you we're originally going to but instead bought something another consumer recommended.

The Conduit Method is basically just placing yourself in front of existing traffic for existing consumer goods or information products. Then you put together customer reviews along with your own and add information on the product, leading the consumer to the best purchasing decision. *Or the most lucrative if you're on the black hat unethical side of business. The search engines love it because you're supplying unique fresh content on a very low searched, low competition phrase.

My review on the Conduit Method is a 4.5 because the concept is great but Chris never adds a follow up to watch as he puts one of these together, also the directions may be somewhat lacking to some people. Frankly this may or may not be a long term cash cow and you might need some cash up front to get started, after all hosting isn't free. If you're looking for a good place to start Internet Marketing or a way to add another income stream the Conduit Method is definitely for you.

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AMA or Article Marketing Automation is a system designed to bring you traffic and results. It ties together people who want fresh content on a daily or weekly basis with those who are looking to spread their content across the internet leading people back to their sites. AMA allows you to submit your articles with back links intact to gain search engine visibility and rankings.

I'm not sure just what I think yet on this blog network so far. I haven't seen excellent results from it yet but I've only done 2 articles spun 10 times. I think if you use it consistently it will work eventually, also if you're an article marketer why not spin those articles and get more back links for 30 minutes of work.

I'll update on this $47 a month service as I see results from it.

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Update: I ended up cancelling my subscription to this service because of my research at Web Marketing Now.  I've learned that while systems like this can be effective they aren't necessarily the best way to go.

The guys at Noble Samurai released some unexpected upgrades today. At the behest of their bigger clients who were breaking Market Samurai in some regards, they redid it to include faster keyword research. The upgrade was adding access to their proxy servers for free, thus allowing you to research hundreds to thousands of keywords at once without breaking Market Samurai and doing it at break neck speeds.

Woohoo!!!

This new upgrade also set the stage for the long awaited release of their other module's.

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That's kind of a bold statement, but it's one that I believe is true. Xsitepro website design software is a godsend for most beginner affiliates.  The fact is that when you're just starting out there's so many things you have to learn just to get your first site up it's damn near impossible for most people.  You have to contend with hosting, learning how to install Wordpress, then learning how to tweak Wordpress, and then learning how to use it.  Then you have to learn how to get your files uploaded.  What is this FTP thingy anyways and how does it work?  Let's face it Wordpress is a great tool and it's easy for most people to learn but it's very time consuming.

Xsitepro 2 on the other hand is very easy to use and has an intuitive interface.  I learned how to use it in a few minutes and published my first site without reading the manual.  Up until then I had fuddled around with Wordpress or hand coding my sites off of templates through Kompozer (an HTML editor).  I had also tried the BANS route (short for Build A Niche Store) but found that customizing it was my Everest.  After buying Xsitepro 2 and using the Xsitepro 2 Cheat Sheet by James Schramko I had a fully optimized and customized niche site.

BaddaBoom!!!

That's why I recommend Xsitepro 2 for most beginner Internet Marketers.  There's so much more to marketing than just getting your site up, and by using Xsitepro 2 you cut your learning time in half.

5 Stars for Xsitepro 2!

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Internet Marketing Tools seem to be skewed towards Windows at the current time so I thought I'd write a post containing all of the invaluable tools I use to conduct my Internet Marketing business everyday. I know you'll love these tools too!

Mac's rock!

ScreenFlow

Screenflow is one of the most essential Internet Marketing tools available. It basically captures everything you're doing on screen and makes a video out of it. The thing that I love about Screenflow is that it captures every pixel of your screen and only records the changes so it's not resource intensive like the alternative IShowU or Camtasia for Windows. It also comes with a great video editing system that allows you to put together several different captures or mesh audio, and do easy trimming. Anything more and I tend to export it to IMovie for the final additions.

Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a great time saver app that allows you to pull up any content, any time using keyboard hot buttons, no mouse needed. I open all of my apps using this handy little device and I also can add content to my notes anytime I want using it. Frankly this application is very difficult to explain to the uninitiated, but it's worth the time to learn how to use.

FlexTime

Flextime is a great time keeping app that allows you to setup a process of tasks that you need to do and then allocate a certain amount of time to complete them. I've setup my article writing routine and several other routine tasks that have individual actions needed to complete them in Flextime and it's improved my productivity many fold. This technique is based off of Robert Plank teachings which you can read up on at:

The Gimp

The Gimp is a graphics editing program similar to Photoshop but much much cheaper - think FREE! Once you learn to use the Gimp it's an essential tool in your marketing arsenal for the creation of website themes, buttons, or graphic headers.

1Password

1Password is a private data management application that allows you to store routine information such as passwords, your identity, & credit cards. When you fill out forms a lot 1Password is great.

AntiRSI

AntiRSI is designed to keep you from staring at that computer screen for too long. It makes you take 10-15 second breaks to preserve your eyes and then it tells you to take a 7 minute break at set times. Also free but a donation is recommended.

Market Samurai

Market Samurai is the premier keyword tool at this time. This cross-platform (Windows and Mac) allows you to tap into The Google External Keyword Tool and pull data out then analyze it in a variety of fashions including a competitive analysis.

Jason Fladlien is the creator of 7 Minute Articles a complete system he's made to write articles in 7 minutes or less. On his sales page he promises several things which may seem like tall orders at first.

1. Teach you how to write an article in 7 minutes or less
2. Turn 1 article into 8
3. A secret NLP technique to get you in an article writing frenzy!
4. How to use Digg to find the perfect headline

First off let me say he over delivers in this report big time and it's totally worth the money. This is probably one of 6 or 7 reports I use on a daily basis to make money. His system flat out works once you've installed it in your brain, and you only get faster with time. Also his secret method of turning 1 article into 8 is absolutely brilliant, and believe me it's not the traditional spinning you see all the time. In fact if you do spin these 8 articles you could probably end up with about 36 totally unique articles with unique headlines. Using his technique is way more fun and less time consuming.

I hardly ever do the NLP technique he teaches you but it does help on occasion. Also I never really use the Digg technique to find my headlines just because I don't. I highly recommend this report and give it 5 stars.

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