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		<title>Niche Affiliate Marketing Mentoring Group Offers $4.95 14 Day Trial Membership</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcasmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Niche Power Group is now offering a $4.95 14 Day Trial Full Membership to their highly publicized niche affiliate marketing mentoring group.  This is not a typical trial membership where you get access to certain areas of the site and then you have to upgrade to get full access.  The NPG is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Niche Power Group is now offering a $4.95 14 Day Trial Full Membership to their highly publicized <strong>niche affiliate marketing mentoring group</strong>.  This is not a typical trial membership where you get access to certain areas of the site and then you have to upgrade to get full access.  The NPG is offering full access for 14 Days at $4.95 for a limited time only.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nichepowergroup.com/index.php/trial">Niche Power Group Trial Offer</a></p>
<p>Here is what the NichePowerGroup Trial membership gives you&#8230;</p>
<p>1) Unlimited daily access to 5 experienced internet marketing coaches. We all earn a full time income online and we will help you do the same! Unlike many membership site owners, we are actually in the private members forum every day to help you, advise you and answer all your questions.</p>
<p>2) A step by step action plan that teaches you how to go from a complete newbie to a profitable niche website owner. We’ll teach you everything from finding a profitable niche, to creating your site and getting thousands of visitors and sales. If you don’t understand something – no problem. Just post in our private members forum and one of the mentors will help you.</p>
<p>3) Free Wordpress Installation – we recommend building your website on Wordpress – a free content management system. This allows YOU to be in full control of your site without ever having to learn any HTML or fancy programming. Our experienced Web Tech will install Wordpress for you and a modern theme so you can get your site up and running in no time!</p>
<p>4) Massive 70% Discounts on our Niche Power Sites – If you want a ready made site to start promoting straight away, then these professionally designed and monetized Wordpress sites are perfect for you. We normally sell these at $97 per site, but as a member of the Niche Power Group you can purchase a site for less than $30, including installation and embedded with your own affiliate ID.</p>
<p>5) Niche Marketing Learning Center &#8211; niche marketing training covering many different &#8220;How To&#8221; subjects, article marketing, and FAQ&#8217;s. We are constantly adding new content and videos to this section. </p>
<p>6) Niche Checklists – these handy checklists will help to ensure that you don’t forget anything important when you are marketing your website.</p>
<p>7) Niche Ebooks, Reports and Articles – we add PLR and resale rights products on a regular basis. You have unlimited access to these products and can sell them on your website and keep all the profits.</p>
<p>This is a limited trial offer so get on board before its too late:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nichepowergroup.com/index.php/trial">Niche Power Group Trial Offer</a></p>
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		<title>Business Coaching Statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jschuman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niche Affiliate Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Here are some interesting statistics to consider if you own a small business or internet business. Recent business coaching statistics reveals that applying the skills of a business coach is one of the best ways to stay ahead.]]></description>
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<p>Here are some interesting statistics to consider if you own a small business or internet business. Recent <strong>business coaching statistics</strong> reveals that applying the skills of a business coach is one of the best ways to stay ahead.</p>
<p>It is predicted that it will become more challenging for a small business owner to be able to work competitively on their own. During this recession especially, when the competition among companies is exhaustingly fierce, it becomes crucial to look for assistance to give you that competitive edge.</p>
<p>Business coaches give you an outside perspective on how your business is running. Because this is something most businesses do not bother to find out, this in itself gives you a lead over your competition.</p>
<p>A practice development research revealed that 42% of businesses don&#8217;t use a business coach. This same study though, found you can increase your profit margin by an average of 46% by using a business coach.</p>
<p>Thus 42% of businesses are missing out on a 46% profit increase. If you among that group you may want to carefully consider if you can afford to not use a business coach.</p>
<p>An article posted on affiliatedragon.com stated that having your own internet business was the last weapon against a recession. However, as we&#8217;ve seen more businesses both off and online negatively affected by this slow economy, having your own business isn&#8217;t a fool proof plan. However, hiring a business coach can be the difference between those that struggle and those that survive.</p>
<p>To help them develop plans to build profit-growing businesses even during a slow economy many business coaches show their clients how to navigate their way through changing economies. This gives them another advantage competitively.</p>
<p>A study conducted by the International Coach Federation surveyed 210 coaching clients for demographic data and feedback /opinions about the value and use of coaching. The study revealed that those who were coached had a positive change in personal work habits. This is instrumental to changing your business during a recession.</p>
<p>Here are some of the statistics this study shows us about business coaching.</p>
<p>62.4% smarter goal-setting</p>
<p>60.5% more balanced life</p>
<p>57.1% lower stress levels</p>
<p>52.4% more self-confidence</p>
<p>43.3% improvement in quality of life</p>
<p>25.7% more income</p>
<p>Those are just a few of the outcomes found through the study.</p>
<p>What we see is the number of people who are experiencing positive personal development skills to apply to their business. It&#8217;s not just about dollars and cents and most times companies who are struggling have a personal reason linked to their financial struggle.</p>
<p>Some more interesting business coaching statics were those that we don&#8217;t immediately link with business for example, 33.8% saw their health or fitness improve, 33.3% had improved family relationships and 25.7% stopped a bad habit.</p>
<p>Although we don&#8217;t immediately associated something like stopping a bad habit to having an effect on our business, the fact is something like being lethargic can affect your work habits. To find out what may be keeping them from advancing their business clients can turn to business coaching.</p>
<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s a simple as learning how to organize their office in a more effective and efficient manner.</p>
<p>The <strong>business coaching statistics</strong> found in this study prove that even during a recession businesses that use coaches can still thrive when they take advantage of the skills offered by a business coach.</p>
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		<title>How Does Affiliate Marketing Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jschuman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Niche Affiliate Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The method of promoting an online business in which an affiliate earns a commission for each action a visitor takes on the merchant&#8217;s website is known as affiliate marketing.
An affiliate may be rewarded for each customer sale (pay-per -sale, subscriber (pay-per-lead), or visit (pay-per click). The merchant decides the value rewarded for the action.
Sites like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The method of promoting an online business in which an affiliate earns a commission for each action a visitor takes on the merchant&#8217;s website is known as <strong>affiliate marketing</strong>.</p>
<p>An affiliate may be rewarded for each customer sale (pay-per -sale, subscriber (pay-per-lead), or visit (pay-per click). The merchant decides the value rewarded for the action.</p>
<p>Sites like Amazon.com have decided to run their affiliate program directly from their website. Others use a third party service like Commission Junction (cj.com) or Linkshare.com to track affiliate links and sales.</p>
<p>How does affiliate marketing work?</p>
<p><strong>Signing up for the program</strong></p>
<p>An affiliate can sign up for a merchant&#8217;s program either directly on the merchant&#8217;s site, if that is where they run the program, or through the third party intermediary. Most affiliate programs are free. Because of spamming. and to insure the affiliate&#8217;s site matches the merchant&#8217;s, some merchants will now investigate the affiliate&#8217;s site before they allow them to join their affiliate program.</p>
<p>It is not unusual for a merchant to decide against allowing someone into the program. They may not have enough traffic or their site may not relate to their own.</p>
<p><strong>Your Affiliate ID</strong></p>
<p>If the merchant accepts the affiliate, the affiliate is then given an affiliate ID or code that allows them to promote the website. This ID is found on all marketing and promotional tools offered by the merchant including banners, text links, and graphics. Some merchants allow the affiliate to customize their link by adding their own name.</p>
<p>Because this ID is found on all the marketing tools, an affiliate simply needs to place their banner or text link on their website or blog and then drive traffic to the site.</p>
<p><strong>Earning your commission</strong></p>
<p>When a visitor to the affiliate&#8217;s site clicks the banner, and then completes the action required, the affiliate would then earn a commission. The best way to describe this is if the affiliate was a car salesman, and someone bought a car they would earn a commission. Online though, an affiliate can earn a commission for generating a lead or sending a visitor to the merchant&#8217;s site.</p>
<p> The visitor must complete the action in order to receive the reward. It is important that the affiliate understands what they are being paid for.</p>
<p> The merchant will then give you a commission for the action completed. The commission rates vary depending on the merchant. Because there are so many affiliate programs on the web now, many merchants offer commission of 50% or higher in order to keep up with competition.</p>
<p> Some affiliate programs offer recurring commissions in which an affiliate would be rewarded for future sales as well. For instance, if the affiliate was part of a magazine site they would receive a commission every time their past subscribers renewed their subscription.</p>
<p> There are also tier programs. This works on recruiting new members into the program. When someone you referred makes a sale you earn from their commission as well.</p>
<p> Merchants are offering more ways for affiliates to earn such as, earning for offline sales and offering more marketing material for their affiliates.</p>
<p> To sum it up, <strong>affiliate marketing</strong> works by the affiliate aligning themselves between merchants and customers. When an action is completed, via the affiliate ID, the affiliate earns a commission.</p>
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		<title>Using Testimonials To Promote Your Niche Affiliate Marketing Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testimonials are a very powerful way to promote products on your niche affiliate marketing business site, so let&#8217;s find out how to use them and why they work.
A good word spoken can be very powerful.  Wouldn&#8217;t you rather buy a product or use a service that has been personally recommended to you?  Or wouldn&#8217;t you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Testimonials are a very powerful way to promote products on your <strong>niche affiliate marketing business</strong> site, so let&#8217;s find out how to use them and why they work.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A good word spoken can be very powerful.  Wouldn&#8217;t you rather buy a product or use a service that has been personally recommended to you?  Or wouldn&#8217;t you rather try one that has received great reviews, even if you&#8217;ve never heard of it before?  I am sure your answer is &#8220;yes&#8221; to both questions illustrating the power of testimonials when used in promoting a <strong>niche affiliate marketing business</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Nowadays you will find that testimonials are a common strategy for building credibility and generating excitement about a product or service.  Corporations worldwide spend billions harnessing the power of a good word alone.  You will find in affiliate marketing that testimonials are regularly used to promote a niche affiliate marketing business, to attract new recruits and customers as well as compete with the opposition.  Have you noticed all those testimonials that often appear on sales pages?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>So why do affiliate marketers use testimonials?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Testimonials are used to try to influence consumers&#8217; buying decisions and behavior when they visit a niche affiliate marketing business.  This is why you will often see carefully chosen testimonials on their home page for visitors to view.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">You may have noticed that some of the larger affiliate companies will use testimonials from famous personalities.  However, not all affiliate companies can afford to do this so they invite their customers and members to submit testimonials based on their successful experience of the product, which can be just as if not more effective than those of the celebrities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Promoting a niche affiliate marketing business using the power of testimonials</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">You will need to build credibility in your niche and this can be done by employing careful strategies:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Testimonial Specifics</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">If testimonials are expressed in more detail they will exhibit much more power in promoting your niche affiliate marketing business.  Rather than just quoting a customer stating that the product is &#8220;highly effective&#8221;, follow this up by displaying the benefits and features of the product.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Customer Skepticism</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When used with testimonials for promoting your niche affiliate marketing business skepticism can do a great deal of good.  We&#8217;re talking about words such as, &#8216;I really wasn&#8217;t convinced at first, BUT&#8230;&#8217; or  &#8217;I have always used a very popular product and never intended changing to another brand, but your product has benefits that have proven to me it is so much better.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A testimonial that contains an objection can certainly be quite powerful if it is followed by a positive statement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Use Genuine Testimonials</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Don&#8217;t jeopardize your credibility by using fake testimonials.  You are likely to get found out, and you will lose your credibility when negative comments about you start flying around the internet.  A discredited affiliate internet marketer is certainly not something you want to become. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Good Words are Powerful</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">You need to be selective with your choice of testimonials.  When used for promoting your <strong>niche affiliate marketing business</strong> they can be quite powerful but don&#8217;t over use them.  Select well-written and detailed testimonials or you could take the best sentences and phrases and post them as a paragraph on your website.</span></p>
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