When "Google Cash" came out a couple YEARS ago, there were some people making money with affiliate programs.

All you did was find places there were only 5 ads for that keyword, and you were on the first page of google for 10 cents.

Adwords is now causing 200 ads or more for a given keyword sometimes, so for a new guy starting out its a tough road. The same guy that did Google Cash is now coming out with a new software that all the fast buck internet marketing gurus are sending to their lists in hope of fast affiliate commissions. My advice is to wait on this and see if the software stands the test of time, because so many of these guys support the software for about 6 months, long enough to make a good profit, and then they drop the whole project. Of all the guys out there, there's just a handful that really support their software well.

The guys I have seen who are really doing well in adwords these days have a product or service that is really expensive, like 5000 bucks or more, which they deliver themselves. If your service costs 5000 bucks,you can handle paying higher click charges and laugh all the way to the bank.

But if you are trying to get these 10 cent clicks, hope they convert, and also hope that the click bank merchant pays you, and you don't have enough of a budget to REALLY see if your idea is going to work, I find it hard to recommend.

There are still some affiliate players out there, but they are REALLY REALLY good. I think picking the low hanging fruit to get started is better- if you have a friend that has something he wants to sell on the web, get an ebay account and sell a bit on ebay, if that goes well slap up a site and buy some keywords for it but not as an affiliate, as the person that actually delivers the product or service. That takes a lot of financial pressure off of success in the beginning, and its the beginning that is the hardest. After you have a little taste of success its then easier to go ahead and become an affiliate master, and internet marketer of other products.

My first successful "internet marketing" venture, was selling some laptop computers on ebay, which wasn't high profit, but it worked enough for me to quit my day job and get into internet stuff full time, then I formed a company with 3 other guys and we took it public and the rest is history. But getting that first taste of success is important and you want to stack the deck in your favor.

Rock on,

Steve

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I have never done an Adword Campaign, but I have bought some e-books and I dunno what the hell their talking about! Am I just stupid?

I've been using a PC for about 15 yrs. now and have never made a dime. In the 90's everybody said it was hard to make a living online, but now all these gurus say it's easy.

Can your videos teach me enough to use Adwords and market Clickbank products? I don't have a company or anything, but I would like to work for myself and dump my crummy dead end job. Let me know what you think!

When I found your site I figured, no way it's gonna cost way too much but you say it's very affordable. I guess the KeyWord Phrase here is what is your definition of Affordable, and Steve I don't even have $50,000 in my pocket!

Nice looking site and blog by the way.

regards
Frank

-Steve

Steve Blom
Certified Google Adwords Professional

Adwords Training Video Author:

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Contact: steve@adwordstraining.org