TOPIC: Affiliate Marketing

The quickest and easiest way to make money now, is to become an affiliate marketer. That is, to market someone else's product and as a referral agent you make a commission. They already have the websites, the product development, the payment systems, affiliate links and marketing materials created. All you need to do is to plug in and start marketing.

One company you can research is ClickBank.com ClickBank allows you to get set up as an affiliate and they have literally thousands of products and services you can select to market. Another one is Amazon.com and there are more. For example, there is hardly anything Amazon doesn't sell. You can pick a niche that suits your interests, knowledge and experience, start a newsletter on the subject and start attracting subscribers to your newsletter. As you write about certain aspects of your niche, you can offer related products using your affiliate link.

The key to this, is learning how to effectively do marketing and finding buyers for those products. There are plenty of resources available on this in YouTube and elsewhere.

The reason I like the CrowdRising Funding platform so much is because;

...there is nothing to sell
...everyone needs extra cash, so the market is huge
...the focus is on other people achieving their own dreams, and not convincing them to buy from me so I can achieve mine!
...anybody can do this. It requires no knowledge or particular skill.
...it's only a one time, $20 out of pocket to get started and that's it! Easy entry for everyone.

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Setting Up Your Local Meeting
Have you thought of hosting local meetings~?
You can set up a local chapter of our Lighthouse MEETUP Group using the MEETUP website program.
As an Affiliate you may want to hold meetings to attract others who have similar concerns that will lead to solutions for them and cash for you.
A Win-Win Mindset
Long before you have your first meeting you may want to consider orienting your mindset in a win-win attitude. This means developing a plan by understanding the nature of a meeting, who is likely to attend and how to help them find what they seek so satisfy a personal need. You want to clearly see how to attract them, what they are going to be looking for and how to insure they receive value. And you can’t expect them to choose to purchase a solution you show them if they have no trust in you or do not feel you are credible. But that all comes with time. First let’s talk about getting started.
Attending Others’ Meetings First
You may not want to start by holding your meeting right out of the gate. Why not search in your local papers, bulletin boards and advertisers to find and join meetings about ‘freedom,’ politics, social and legal injustice and any similar topics that beg for remedy. Look for meetings with similar foci (political activists of all kinds have meetings - churches hold meetings). By attending these you will take the pulse of the community and begin to recognize the faces and personality of those who may one day come to your meetings. In this way you are building a foundation by attending others’ meetings.
Why are you attending~?
Not to go to solve their problems. This is reconnaissance networking. See who is attending, why they are there and how you might fit in with their personal conversations. Identify those who are seeking relief and not to complain. If you are welcomed and can join in the discussions you will be well on your way toward establishing personal credibility with the attendees.
Attend with the purpose of making respected contacts, gaining trust, building associations, establishing recognition and becoming a part of the fellowship. This then sets the foundation for inviting them LATER to your meetings in a few months’ time.
Building a Foundation
Holding meetings can identify prospects who will lead to cash for you, but is will take time and here is why. Meetings are social animals that have a life and personality all their own. They require care in cultivation, time commitment and astute management to keep them focused. People attend such meetings for various reasons and not all will be aligned with yours. If their needs are not being met they will not tell others or return.
Expectations
Not only do you need a long term commitment to the people who will attend but you must develop an accurate assessment of why they attend and have reasonable expectations of how people are going to behave. You need to get really clear on just what their expectations are too.
The internet cannot promise you a rose garden. People who are like minded in matters of freedom, court corruption and bank fraud and the deception of our corporate government are in no way guaranteed to be the people you would choose to be friends with~! Don’t expect it. It is not essential. You are building a business and the FRNs in his wallet are just like those in the purse of the gal next to him. Don’t discriminate.
The people who will hear about your meetings may not attend upon an initial invitation. We are a hard working society and you must anticipate people will need to rearrange their schedules to attend on a regular basis. When they do attend they will judge how well thought out and presented yours is. You can’t afford people who attend to discover you are a nutcase or ill prepared. They won’t be amused if you waste their time. So have a plan and think it through so you deliver a valuable experience people will want to come back for.
Why do People Attend~?
People want acknowledgement. They want solutions. We each look for confirmation we are not crazy. Let people share. Don’t criticize. Be cooperative and work hard to build affinity with all. You may not like the person next to you in the squadron, but all you really care is that he is shooting in the same direction as you. That is alignment; not agreement. A liberal can purchase what you are selling as well as a conservative.
Topics with a dark fringe like the swindles we are dealing with in the United States need levity and people will enjoy a social gathering to air their laundry. We all love to complain a lot, share war stories and strategize. Too, encourage the fun, positive and uplifting aspects when possible.
Provide or ask for others to share in bringing refreshments - this is another feel-good people love and it allows others to own the meeting experience. It costs a pinch but is worth the added comfort is provides.
Astute Management
You need not be an expert. In fact why bother. Sometimes not knowing the answers is better. Let others take their turn being the expert. Your job will be to find ways to steer the conversations back toward solutions and ultimately to the solutions you can show them.
Be careful for the whacko, remain in control and manage the meeting while letting people seek their own level of involvement.
Never lead the meetings from start to finish - open it and close it. Let others have the floor and allow other leaders to emerge. You can hand out business cards or thumb drives in the back of the room, while having a snack, just as well as from the podium in the front.
Advertising
Once you are ready, you will now see that you have made contacts and new associates. Ask them to attend your first meetings. They can then invite friends as well and you will not need to rely solely on an internet posting. But you must advertise your meetings~! Go back to those same local papers, bulletin boards and advertisers and get the word out to the community. MEETUP alone is not going to do it until the group is well established when others have taken a strong interest in it and word of mouth is playing a roll.