I have decided to cancel my membership in Wowzza and walk away. I joined to check it out and see what was up there. Initially it seemed like a reasonably good idea as an affiliate marketer to be a part of such a network, but would it be worth paying a monthly fee? Now that I have spent a few days checking it out, it really doesn’t make sense for me and where I want to focus. Plus, I’m already sick of all those mlm-ers spamming everyone with their biz opp pitches and the old favorite “can you check this out and tell me what you think?” requests.

Wowzza is a network marketing site – period. If you want to get spammed with sales pitches and friend requests from every member with an opportunity to promote, join Wowzza.
I have been getting friend requests like crazy and a whole lot of messages, comments and group invites. Everyone is there to recruit others into their MLM program. If you are a network marketer, you might be considering Wowzza to try and recruit others into your program. Before you do, you have to be able to somehow demonstrate to the population why yours is better than theirs. You might also want to join if MLM’ers are in your target market.
So to summarize, I’m passing on Wowzza and I recommend you do the same.

It never ceases to amaze me how one thing can lead you to another on the internet. The entire concept of linking and networking is what the internet is all about. Although I receive a lot of marketing pitches from the various lists I am on, every once in a while one comes along that piques my interest enough to make me take action.

For example, this morning I received an email from a vendor I am affiliated with telling me about Wowzza – not wowza or wowzaa – but Wowzza, with two Zs. It is a new social network for online business people and others who are interested in making money online.

The concept is simple enough but I’m not quite sure yet how it will pan out. I mean really…there are a ton of free social networking sites on the internet already that are filled with people. Why in the world would someone pay to join Wowzza? I thought about it for a little while as I took the site tour, which I recommend, and realized the answer is obvious. People will join because they want to make money. People that are already trying to make money will join to help promote whatever they currently have to Wowzza members because they are pre-qualified business opportunity seekers.

For the most part, the people that are spending all their time on free sites like Facebook, MySpace and others like them are not monetizing their time or their pages at all. What if there was a way to make money while doing all the same things they are doing now? All they need to do is add a link to Wowzza on their Facbook page. That’s all. Some people will click the link. That’s just the way it is. You don’t have to make a big sales pitch about it if you don’t want to. People are interested in what you are interested in. That’s why they’re on those sites in the first place.

So I jotted some things down and came to a conclusion – I’m joining. I will be writing more about Wowzza and doing a full Wowzza Review in the near future so look for that. For now, I suggest you take some time to go to visit the site and look around. There is even a FREE signup so you can see all the features and benefits before forking over any financial info.

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[UPDATE] I spent a couple days at this Wowzza site and decided quickly that joining was a mistake. I’m getting spammed like crazy from the membership there. Review my Wowzza Review page for more info. DO NOT waste your time on the company. I have cancelled my account and requested a refund.
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I was in my Adsense account today and decided to check out the Adsense Video player feature they have now. I created a player style, selected my colors and that was it. All done. Here is the player:

I will be changing this up no doubt to make sure it is something I want to keep on this blog. I’ll be keeping my eye on this because I’m not completely sure which YouTube videos it will be serving up here. You have the option to somewhat limit which categories or search terms to use for the videos, but not necessarily the actual video itself. At least I couldn’t figure it out tonight. I just left the defaults which is supposed to slect video based on the site’s content.

Since this is a Business Opportunty related site, I sort of expect to see those types of videos. Maybe some on real estate and affiliate marketing too. We’ll see.

Is it a questionable niche? Yes. Is it a crowded niche? Yes. Can you make a lot of money in a crowded niche? Absolutely. I don’t want the whole pie…I just want a small piece. Even a few little crumb would do.

Since I’ve been thinking more about getting some affiliate commissions going again, I decided to put a past successful site back on the table again and do something with it. It was a generic viagra site where I sold access to my list of cheap online sources. I charged $49.95 and had a LOT of people sign up for access. The site did well over $100k in sales and commissions back then in the first and second year it was live, then the bottom dropped out when Pfizer and the FDA cracked down on the generic drug websites, especially those using the term Viagra since it is a trademark of Pfizer. All the sites that accepted credit cards and payments (ie. Paypal, 2checkout, etc.) stopped processing payments from any drug related sites. Forget about it…

I kept the site and just changed it around a little it to remove any payment options and basically just left it there – forgotten and never updated. It still generates about a hundred dollars a month to this day just sitting there. I just decided that I will be bringing it back to life right before your very eyes. The site still gets several hundred visits per month with no promotion of any kind and the same old, static, outdated useless information. It has to do better if I work on it a little bit, right? So…look for that if you’re interested. I will post more soon as I get started on it. First I need to change the format around. I’m going to make it a WordPress site. I’ve been looking at Joomla a lot recently as well but I have to learn a little more about it first. Looks very cool though.

I have been spending pretty much all of my time on real estate investing this year so I’ve really done nothing with affiliate marketing. I can’t figure out why I am having so much trouble taking a day or two a week and focusing on building a site around a niche. I mean really, how hard is it to get that ball rolling? I get fired up on a plan and an idea and then it would fade, then I’d ramp up again, and it would fade.

I’m not sure why it is so difficult to get that business in gear. That’s what this website was originally supposed to be all about – affiliate marketing and building an online business. A blog with affiliate links and adsense ads and all that. Maybe even a product or two of my own. So far it has mostly been posts about a now semi-defuct startup company that I never expected to make any money off in the first place.

In any event…on to 2008. What is the plan? I will have to get back to you on that one. As of right now, my plan is to build a real estate niche site. Basically a free foreclosure information site. This way, I can focus on what I’m doing and what I want to do at the same time. I have all this knowledge on real estate investing, why not put it to use in the online world? I plan to build the site and add content as I go, then I’ll work on monetizing it. Maybe add some adsense ads, a paid member area, some affilite products and services and who knows…

I wanted to get this information to you all right away.  I recently started working with a credit repair company that I’ve been very impressed with. They’ve been practicing credit repair for over 7 years and during that time, they’ve helped over 30,000 people with their credit, and repaired over 100,000 credit reports. 

They’ve launched a special promotion this month. which is actually why I’m posting this today.  If you ever wanted a second chance with your credit, I’m giving you the heads up on what I believe is the best opportunity anywhere to legally repair your credit.

The name of the company is “DSI Solutions”, and they are a leader in the credit repair industry.

I was really amazed at their results. They always keep you updated, and you can contact them anytime. And I think this recent promotion makes their service pretty affordable for just about anyone.

If you work with people in foreclosure, this is a great additional service to offer to them once their situation is handled to help build up their credit scores again. Realtors and even mortgage brokers can send clients here if they don’t qualify for a mortgage to help them improve their credit scores easily and professionally.

They work with all 3 major credit reporting agencies and you can expect to see results within the first 60 days. They take care of everything. I highly recommend you check them out, I managed to give you a head start on their promotion, so go to http://partners.repairyourbadcredit.com/z/60/CD635/ for the details.

All the best,

Steve

p.s.  I forgot to mention they fully guarantee their service too.  If they don’t produce, then you don’t pay. It’s risk-free, check it out. 

Well, so far this year didn’t pan out as I had planned for my online ventures. Back in December 2006 I posted that I was going to begin building my online marketing business this year. Well, I got sidetracked quite a bit with real estate investing and haven’t done much at all with affiliate marketing at all.

I have decided to commit at least one day per week to this from now on. I’m going to write up a schedule for all my business activities so that I can stay focused on one thing at a time. I have a problem with focus and tend to jump around a lot throughout the day.

I want to get some focus back and really spend a few days planning this all out. So look for that soon.

I have BIG NEWS to share with YOU…

http://May1st2007.com/?x=1189901 The BIG NEWS: Internet Marketing pioneer Rick Raddatz is launching five major new marketing services in 2007.

Cost: Free

This is your last chance!!

Well things are all set with Schefren and Strategic Profits. I got my second refund with no issues at all. It is nice to have a company handle things properly and do what is right without making the customer fight for it. Like I said, I love Shefren’s program but I just cannot handle it right now. If you would like more info on him and what he teaches, the following link will take you to his FREE page where you can download his materials and watch his movies at no cost:

==> http://schefren.infusionsoft.com/go/vault/bizdream

Very good stuff. I actually got a lot out of the free materials before I signed up with them. His subscription materials are even better if you can handle it. Now on to the rest of my day. I will be organizing my office and writing up a 30 day action plan.

 

I have decided to drop the Rich Schefren program. The materials are very good but I just can’t justify the cost and time requirements at this time. Perhaps in the future but not now.

Now the fun begins with refund requests so we’ll see how they handle that. When I first signed up with them, they said there was a 30 day guarantee. I signed up on 2/12 and they didn’t even have the site up and running until early March. I requested the refund on 3/29. I was then charged a second time on 4/3. I received a refund on one month’s payment on 4/6.

So now I was charged for two months and refunded for one month. I have requested a refund on the second month now as well.