Friday, November 13, 2009

Maintenance on this blog Good morning. I've been making some big changes in my marketing business and today I realized I needed to update this blog, make some corrections, and delete some out-of-date posts. Since I'm no longer promoting traffic exchanges, Amazon.com, SFI Marketing Group, and others, I've deleted posts about them. This has resulted in some categories having no posts and that leads to an error, so I'm publishing this post in all categories. This is just a part of running a business in general and is particularly important when running an online marketing business. Things change and we have to change with them. Act on your dream! JD 10:51:47 AM    comment []

Sunday, August 31, 2008

New edition of Affiliate Masters Course released As you may already know, Ken Evoy's affiliate marketing training course, Affiliate Masters Course, has been updated and released in a new August 2008 edition. For over eight years, this course has been highly acclaimed as one of the best affiliate marketing training courses available at any price, and it's free. Learn more: Ken Evoy releases updated 2008 edition of the Affiliate Masters Course If you're interested in becoming more successful with your affiliate marketing efforts, you should download and study this ebook. Highly recommended. Act on your dream! JD 1:42:15 PM    comment []

Friday, August 15, 2008

Updated Site Build It! 5 Pillar Program lens on Squidoo If you don't already know it, I'm a huge fan of Site Build It!, Ken Evoy, and their 5 Pillar Affiliate Program. I've joined and tested hundreds of affiliate programs, and the 5 Pillar Affiliate Program remains at the top of the list. You can earn generous commissions from each sale, and recurring commissions from each annual renewal. This is true lifetime commissions, and the folks at SiteSell go out of their way to make sure you are credited for the sales you make. It is a two-tier program, so you can earn residual commissions each time someone you refer to the affiliate program makes a sale. SiteSell offers outstanding training, a regular newsletter for affiliates, great promotional tools, dedicated affiliate managers, and free members-only forums. The 5 Pillar Program remains one of my highest paying and most reliable income streams. Have you joined, yet? It's free, you know. Come learn more about the Site Build It! 5 Pillar Affiliate Program. If I were going to recommend only one affiliate program, this is it. Act on your dream! JD 9:03:01 AM    comment []

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Site Build It! Special Offer It's scary trying to build a successful online business when the great majority of websites do not succeed in attracting new visitors and making the sales you need for your business to grow. Site Build It! offers the tools you need and a proven step-by-step process for building an online business that offers a much better probability of succeeding. During the special offer, instead of paying $299 to subscribe to Site Build It! for a year, you can choose to pay $399 and get two subscriptions. Keep one for yourself and give one to a friend, associate, or someone in your family. (Note: even if you look at this posting after the Halloween special has expired, the above link will still take you to the SBI order page - and - if there is a current special, the image will inform you. How's that for keeping you informed of any special promotions for Site Build It?) Give the gift of Site Build It! to someone who is newly retired and wants something new to do or to a college student for building an in-demand skill for the real world. There are so many possibilities. Take advantage of this special and it may help you change your world. This Halloween Special Offer promotion for Site Build It! expires at midnight on October 31, 2007. Act on your dream! JD 6:01:03 AM    comment []

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Sitesell announces Snippet Build It! for 5 Pillar affiliates On Friday, in the 5 Pillar #291 newsletter, Ken Evoy announced the introduction of Snippet Build It! This is a tool that can be used by 5 Pillar affiliates to build links to over 60 landing pages for promoting Site Build It! Many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and the rocks weren't quite hardened, Sitesell was selling some of the best ebooks ever published. Make Your Site Sell! was the Bible of online marketing that helped me start building my marketing business. Now, it's a free download and there is a lot of very valuable information in the 1,500 or so pages of this ebook. I still refer to it now and then. In addition to outstanding ebooks, Ken wrote a number of courses that were delivered via email. I remember taking all of those courses as they were introduced and updated. I still have several of them in a 3-ring binder, and they are covered with notes and bright yellow highlights. Now, these courses are available as free downloadable PDF files. I still highly recommend my favorite, the Affiliate Masters Course, because it offers as much as some courses that cost around $100 and you can download it free. It was always free and still remains free. Over time, to make it easier for Sitesell's 5 Pillar Affiliates to market these products, Ken introduced Page Build It! - a tool for building customized gateway pages. Around the same time, give or take, the Build It! tool was introduced to make it easier for affiliates to build web pages (or just snippets of code) that combined text and graphics. This was a cutting-edge marketing tool when it was introduced. Now, I hope you'll excuse my memory, but a lot of water has gone under the bridge since these tools were first introduced, so I may not have all of this exactly right, but I believe the gist of it is accurate. These tools for building pages and code snippets eventually lead to the first, less-than-impressive versions of Site Build It! But, Ken and the folks associated with Sitesell were not content with what SBI was and continued to improve it and add new features. Now, several years later - a very long time in the online marketing world - Site Build It has become an incredibly effective tool for building online businesses. More tools are added all the time and older features are updated continually. So, as I said, Ken announced yesterday that Snippet Build It! was available and I just now spent about a half-hour playing with it. I am impressed! What used to be the Build It! tool has been streamlined and greatly improved. Now, 5 Pillar affiliates can easily and quickly create links to over 60 different landing pages that tell the story of SBI and why it makes sense to use it rather than traditional webhosting. It's easy to go to the page, select either text or image, select the desired landing page, and build a link. If you select text, and a landing page, you can type the text you want in the link and see the link created as you type. It makes it simple to try several phrases to see which one you like, and then simply copy and paste the HTML code to your websites, blogs, and other places on the web. The text links in this article were created using Snippet Build It! as a test of using the system and it is easier than hand coding the links as I normally do. Not only is it easier, the landing pages are grouped by their order in the buying cycle, and this is explained in an excellent article that was also released yesterday. Why is that important? I've gotten into a rut of referring prospects to just a handful of the many pages that are available. Now, by using Snippet Build It!, it will be much easier to choose just the right page to link to, depending upon the point I want to make in an article or advertisement. This combination of being easy to use and providing a full list of the available landing pages (and this number is growing all the time) helps me provide the information you may need in order to make your final decision to buy, or not to buy, a subscription to the Site Build It! system - or to become one of our affiliates and make money promoting the best way to build an online business. In addition to text links, Snippet Build It! makes it easy to build graphics links using some new banners, buttons, and logos. For example, the following is a link to the Site Build It! main page, and was created in less than five seconds: The new graphics use less text and more people. They use more right-brained emotion and less left-brained logic. Now, I'm a left-brained logic kind of guy. I rarely make my decisions based on emotion. I spend a long time learning about something before I buy. Most people, perhaps you, make more decisions based on emotion and then later justify it with logic. Site Build It! is great for right-brained people. It is an exciting system that has helped many of its subscribers build successful online businesses, and quite a few have left the corporate world and are now living their dreams and working from home. Of course, not everyone is this successful, but SBI offers the tools and training to make it much more likely to succeed. Many people have said they were exposed to SBI and didn't believe that it was as good as many of us believe it to be. So, they moved on and built websites using other services. After a year or two of butting their heads against the technical hurdles, they remembered Site Build It! With more experience, they were better able to judge the benefits SBI offered and some bought on the spur of the moment. Rather than regretting the purchase, most of them regretted wasting a year or two trying to build their online businesses the hard way. Yes, some people do not do well with SBI, and some people don't like what they can't do with SBI - so Sitesell offers a money-back guarantee. You can't lose by trying it. Oops, I'm getting off track. Back to Snippet Build It! The new graphic images are more colorful and appeal more to right-brained people, in my opinion. I think they will be a welcome addition to the marketing tools offered to 5 Pillar affiliates. But, nothing is perfect. A few minutes ago, I offered my opinion about the new marketing tool on the members-only SBI forum. I think it is a huge improvement over the older tools and I welcome the ease-of-use and organized listing of the more than 60 landing pages we can promote. On the other hand, I believe we need a wider variety of graphics that are specifically targeted to each landing page. But, you know what? I don't doubt that Snippet Build It! will be improved over time and that we'll see more and better-targeted graphics to go with all the other marketing tools that Sitesell provides its 5 Pillar affiliates. It's easy to recommend something when I know from first-hand experience how much it has helped me build my online marketing business. I'm working from home 100 miles from the nearest traffic jam and loving it. I don't believe I would be where I am today if it weren't for what I've learned from Ken Evoy and all the many Site Build It! webmasters who help each other on the free, members-only SBI forums. I'm a very satisfied SBI customer and have many plans for expanding my Act On Your Dream! website. You know what? At first I balked a bit at spending $300 a year to build a website, but after building dozens of sites and blogs over the last few years, and wasting more than what I would have spent to build several more SBI sites, the only one that has never given me any trouble at all is the one I am building using Site Build It! Over time, that becomes more and more important, because I'm getting tired of wasting my time and efforts on sites that don't work or get destroyed by hackers. I'm one of those hard-headed people that just has to do it my way and I don't regret all the testing I've done. I've learned and I'll be turning more to SBI in the future, except for some of my sites that require perl and php programming to make them work. I just renewed my subscription to SBI for another year, and a long time before my subscription expires I will have earned back my $300 investment several times over. It's not an expense, it's an investment. Just as Site Build It! is the best tool I know of for building a successful online business, the marketing tools that Sitesell offers its 5 Pillar affiliates continue to get better over time, too. I am very happy that I found Ken Evoy and Sitesell those many years ago. I hope you'll find it worth the investment of your time and money, too. Act on your dream! JD 4:39:43 PM    comment []

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

New Web Master designs on CafePress It has been a very long time since I've been able to upload any new designs to my John Dilbeck's Shirts, Mugs, and Hats store at CafePress. Over the last few days, I created a dozen or so new designs and I'll be adding them to the store over the next few days, as I can. I thought it was appropriate to add some new designs to the Computers and Internet section. There are several designs in the WebMaster products, including the newest. Sometimes I see Webmaster as one word and sometimes as two. "Web Master" offers a new take on the design and it's now available on a number of products including clothing, tiles, stickers, magnets, buttons, mugs, steins, and probably a few I can't think of right now. Web Master Show the world that you control at least a portion of the World Wide Web, or give your favorite nerd a gift proclaiming her (or his) technical prowess. These products are available now. Act on your dream! JD 2:05:52 AM    comment []

Monday, July 30, 2007

Top 15 things I have learned about affiliate marketing I have learned several lessons that I think may be valuable to anyone who reads this. You may agree or disagree, but at least give it some thought. 1. Anything that is a good value today will be a good value a year from now. 2. The more the hype, the less the value or longevity. 3. If it has a deadline, run away, don't walk, run - in a zig-zag pattern. 4. Don't send your valuable prospect away on first contact. Try to get their contact information so you can follow-up - yes, build your list. (I wish I'd done more of this.) 5. If you can't understand the compensation plan after reading it twice, you may never understand it, so maybe it is best to avoid it. 6. Always try to get residual income rather than one-off commissions. 7. Try to get life-time customers. 8. If more than five people email you about something the same day, avoid it. 9. Spillover is a myth. It may happen now and then, but don't depend upon it. 10. Earning money - no matter how you do it - is work. It takes longer than you think and it takes more creativity and effort. Nobody will do your work for you. 11. Don't spend more than you can afford. Define your budget and stick with it. If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall. 12. Don't go into debt to try to make more money. Pour a percentage of your revenue back into tools and marketing. As a result of this, I'm spending more on marketing every month than I made the first two years of online marketing. But, it's all a percentage of income. I have no debt and I intend to keep it that way. 13. It takes a long time to start earning money with online marketing (unless you are very lucky or very good at what you do). It took months for me to earn my first commission check, and several more months before I got my second one. Now, I get checks from several companies every month. It did not happen overnight, but it can be done with perseverance, even if you make a lot of mistakes along the way. 14. Don't pay attention to how much money someone is claiming to earn. There is a huge difference between gross and net. 15. Help others grow and advance, don't take advantage of them just to get their money. Agree? Disagree? Let's talk. Act on your dream! JD 7:05:46 AM    comment []

Monday, March 20, 2006

Because I'm the Mommy, That's Why! Context Tag: shirts, mugs, hats, CafePress, Mommy, Daddy. When you were younger, you'd watch your Mom or Dad get more and more frustrated when you wanted something. Eventually, one of them would say, "Because I said so!," or a variation of that. Kids don't give up easily. They'll try asking, begging, throwing tantrums, and other assorted ways to dominate your attention and get what they want. Now, you're the parent and your kids are doing to you what you did to your Mom and Dad. Because I'm the Mommy, That's Why! Because I'm the Daddy, That's Why! Here are a couple of shirts to help you save your breath. Just wear them and point to the slogan. The Because I'm the Mommy, That's Why! design has been one of the most popular in my t-shirt shop. They also make great gifts for your children when they complain about children of their own. More similar designs are available in the Because, That's Why section of Shirts-Mugs-Hats.com. 8:31:43 AM    comment []

Thanks for shopping at USA Flag Wear Context Tag: t-shirts, mugs, hats, CafePress, American flag, patriotic shirts I would like to thank the good people who have been buying items from the USA Flag Wear section of Shirts-Mugs-Hats.com. If I knew how to contact you, I would thank you personally. If you've never browsed this section of my CafePress store, I think you'll find some patriotic products here that will be just what you're looking for. Designs in the following categories are available on multiple products. America the Beautiful USA - Don't Tread On Me God Bless America God Bless the USA I'm Proud to be an American Land of the Free, Home of the Brave Let Freedom Ring! USA - No More Sanctuary for Terrorists Americans - Soft and Cuddly on the Outside, Hard as Steel on the Inside USA American Flag USA - We Stand United If you have any suggestions for products you'd like to purchase, please feel free to let me know. 2:11:21 AM    comment []

Monday, January 2, 2006

Site Build It! Two-for-one sale ends January 3, 2006 at midnight. This is my final reminder of the Site Build It! Buy-one-get-one-free special sale. SBI is a bargain at any time. Until midnight on January 3, 2006, it is an extra-special bargain. If you're not ready to buy your SBI site, you may be interested in reading the book that started it all. Make Your Site Sell! is an ebook with over 1000 pages of outstanding information. It is by far the best $30 I first invested in my online marketing business. After buying MYSS, studying it, and putting what I learned into action, I finally started earning money through affiliate marketing. So far, the only better investment has been Site Build It!. I use the SBI method, tools, and resources every day as I expand my network of websites, blogs, forums, and lenses, even on sites hosted elsewhere. You're probably not interested in building a network of sites. I don't blame you a bit. If my brain were wired differently and I could concentrate on just one topic, I'd probably be much better off, but it's not the way I am. If you have a particular subject in which you are interested, SBI offers a step-by-step method to identify your niche, build your site, and eventually monetize it. It will save you time, energy, and money, and you will have a better site with a better chance of earning a decent income with it. You may not be able to replace a full-time job, but perhaps you can earn a few hundred dollars per month with it. I highly recommend Site Build It! and I'll be developing more SBI sites later this year. Don't miss this special sale. Share the purchase with a friend. You keep one site and sell the other to your friend. Each of you can get your own site for half-price until tomorrow night. Or, buy one and give one away. Or, keep both for yourself. You don't have to activate the second site for several months. If you do this now, where can you be a year from now? 4:01:06 AM    comment []

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Site Build It! 2 for 1 sale extended to January 3, 2006 The Site Build It! 2 for 1 sale has been extended from December 25, 2005 until midnight on January 3, 2006. Why would you want to buy one website and get one free? There are lots of reasons. You have two sites you want to build. Pay for one, build both. You want to help your children learn to build a successful web business. Buy one and keep it for yourself and give one to a child, or give both to children. Teach them how to set a goal and follow it to success. SBI's step-by-step action guide will take them through the details of researching and building a real website. You can advise and mentor them as they progress. You want to give a friend or business colleague a chance to build that home business they've been talking about for so long. A gift of SBI gives them the best chance to make it happen. Buy one for a spouse or sibling, keep one for yourself. Perhaps you know someone who wants an SBI site. You can pay for one site, get two, and sell one to your friend at half-price. Each of you gets a full year at half-price. What a deal! Whatever you decide to do with the second one, you have until midnight on January 3, 2006 to make your purchase. Don't miss this extended deadline. Do you have a dream you want to achieve? Where will you be a year from now if you don't act on your dream? If you have a dream, isn't now the perfect time to act on your dream? Is $300 too much to invest in working to achieve your dream? What can you build in a year? Where will you be a year from now if you act on your dream? 8:53:22 AM    comment []

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

A good article about Ken Evoy in the Montreal Gazette The Montreal Gazette, in its December 14, 2005 edition has a good article about Ken Evoy, Sitesell, and Site Build It! You can read the article, Website help for small business, on their website. If you have a small business and you want to learn how to sell more online from your website, you owe it to yourself to see what Site Build It! can do to help you build a site that succeeds. There's no telling what you can accomplish in as little as a year from now if you decide on a goal, make a plan to accomplish what you want, and Act On Your Dream! 12:43:51 AM    comment []

Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Initializing categories at ISucceedByHelpingYouSucceed.com A few days ago, I made the decision to move all my blogs powered by Blogger off their free storage at Blogspot.com. Over the weekend, I was busy rethinking what I want to do with my blogs, how I want to power them, where I want them hosted, and how to syndicate them for maximum readership. This post is to announce a new website I just created to help me with those aims, and, also, to create the new categories I'll be using here. In subsequent postings, all will be posted to the home page, and some will also be posted to the appropriate category. It will take another week or two to make things work as well as they were before Blogger started blocking my blogs. Things happen, we make changes, time goes on. (Context Tag: Act On Your Dream, I succeed by helping you succeed) 8:05:43 AM    comment []

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