Affiliate Sales and Marketing Info

This is not necessarily an affiliate marketing related topic. However, browser speed can make your life a lot easier when working online, especially for those of us specializing in affiliate sales and marketing and other online ventures.

Having tested and used several different browsers I can honestly say that my preference is Mozilla Firefox. Being a recent convert to Broadband, I must confess that I was somewhat disappointed in my new ‘high speed’ service. Being faster than dial-up, it was still quite slow, which was quite a disappointment.

However, I discovered that the slowness wasn’t altogether the fault of the broadband connection. Some of the problem was related to Firefox. Once I made the changes detailed below to my Firefox Browers, I was amazed at how much faster pages load.

Making Firefox faster is a relatively easy procedure. Just follow the instructions below and be prepared to be amazed!

HOW TO CONFIGURE AND SPEED UP YOUR FIREFOX BROWSER

1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Then scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests”
to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.

Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!

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Paypal has a new storefront widget, still in beta but fully operational, that enables you to create an online store complete with shopping cart via your own account on the Paypal site.

This is the link you will need to use to set up your own Paypal Storefront, as the Storefront Widget is still in Beta at Paypal Labs. You login with your current Paypal information.

This is a tremendous new service!

What this means is that customers can now purchase products directly from your website or blog. You no longer need to install a shopping cart on your website, or hire a programmer to create an online store for you.

You can also offer your customers the opportunity to purchase an online Gift Certificate or Discount Coupon using the Paypal Store feature.

You need to host your images elsewhere in order to have pictures show up in your listings. I recommend Image Cave as an excellent, basic image hosting service.

One of the things I really like about this storefront is how easy it is to customize. You can change colors and make other changes that will help the storefront blend in to the look of your current website. Another nice thing is that this little storefront looks very much like a mobile phone interface. I think it will have a lot of potential if you are targeting the .mobi crowd!

Note that that the storefront is viral via the ‘Help Sell These Products’ link, meaning someone else can sell your products on their website. (Why they would want to do this, I’m not sure, but it is an interesting concept that has great potential for enterprising online entreprenuers!)

Take some time to click anything and everything that is clickable to see how versatile this widget really is. (Don’t overlook the little i in the top right-hand corner!)

When you click the ‘buy’ button, the item is added to your shopping cart. When you click the ‘Checkout’ link you are taken to your Paypal account login page. (Which means you can have fun clicking the links without having to worry about making an accidental purchase. Purchases can only be completed via your Paypal account.)

Please note that this storefront is still in beta and is available on the Paypal Labs site only. (PayPal Labs is PayPal’s showcase site which allows you to take Paypal’s experimental products for a spin.)

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If you have taken the time to read through some of the posts on this site, I can well imagine what you look like right about now. Hair sticking straight out, eyeballs crossed, beads of sweat dotting your forehead…

Not to mention the migraine that simply won’t let up no matter how many ice packs you stack on top of your head.

Affiliate marketing is not easy. It is a profession that requires detailed education, business planning, strategic marketing and of course, a professional attitude and approach. Affiliate selling is a profession. Treat it as such and you will prosper. Eventually. Nothing happens overnight in the field of online sales and marketing regardless of what some shifty ‘product pushers’ would have you believe.

I have a suggestion for you.

If you are serious about wanting to learn the ins and outs of affiliate sales and marketing, do yourself a favor.

Buy a HerbalBiz website. For a $49 investment you simply can’t go wrong. You will have a top quality website, plus top quality products to promote PLUS top quality, exceptional training and resources at your fingertips.

If you want your own affiliate sales site and don’t know where to begin, then invest $49 and purchase a full-fledged herbal business website. By so doing, you will have a quality site stocked with excellent products. You will have complete access to the Market Health website and all their excellent resources as part of the deal.

By taking this introductory approach to online affiliate selling you will also learn the ropes of affiliate marketing. Once you start generating sales from your website, move on to a new product or service. If you don’t make any money you will have lost $50. However, in the interim you will also have gained a wealth of information that would cost you thousands of dollars elsewhere.

Here is my affiliate link to the Market Health Herbal Business offer. Go there and check it out.

HerbalBiz

As quoted from the Market Heath HerbalBiz website:

“If you have ever looked into owning your own commercial business, you will know how great the financial investment, and therefore the risk, is involved with becoming your own boss. Perhaps you do not have the financial resources to start your own store, feel like you don’t want to work “regular” 9-5 hours or you cannot expose your family to the financial risk and insecurity of giving up your job to start a business.

HerbalBiz.com offers you an alternative: you can have all the benefits of owning your own store, without exposing yourself and your family to the financial risks!

You don’t need to give up your regular job right away, build your business first!

Don’t borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to start a business, without knowing if it will be successful.

Don’t get in debt to stock your store with products you may not sell.”

DO check the HerbalBiz offer.

I can personally vouch for the Market Health affiliate programs because I use them myself. The products are excellent. Sales are steady. And the amount of information and resources provided by Market Health are quite simply, outstanding.

Once you learn the ropes of online affiliate selling, move on to other venues.

For example, if you are familiar with web page design, html, ftp programs and the like, you can get a branded affiliate sales site from Market Health to upload to your own, private domain name.

If you would like to see some of my Market Health specialty sites, take a minute to visit Dear Flabby.com Dear Flabby is an example of one of my fully branded Market Health websites.

For more information about ALL affiliate programs offered by Market Health go to: Market Health Affiliate Program

Or Call:

Toll Free: 1-800-756-3499 (US & Canada)
Direct: 1-818-303-2600 (International Callers)
Office Hours: 10AM to 6PM Monday through Friday (PST)
info@markethealth.com

And do take a minute to check their HerbalBiz offer by clicking Here.

You won’t find a better product anywhere to begin your career in affiliate sales and marketing.

Guaranteed!

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Definition of Reciprocal Linking: You put a link to someone’s site on your website; they return the favor by putting a ‘reciprocal’ link on their site.

Why is this important? To answer this question, I recommend you take a minute to read fellow Canadian, Noah Fleming’s excellent article on this topic.

Done properly, reciprocal linking adds benefit and value to your website for human visitors and search engine spiders alike.

Here is a link to Noah’s article. It’s brief and to the point, and contains excellent information and advice.

http://www.noahfleming.com/private/reciprocal-linking-a-key-to-success

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