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I know, I’ve said it before… “It’s been a long time since I posted here”

The main reason is there are so many things going on, so many blogs and websites, this one has become a little behind in the update field.

For those of you that follow, this the the change. I will make this more of a personal blog instead of a marketing blog. Which means, I will share what I’m doing personal and in business, with some results and knowledge.

There may be some rants, and maybe some blatant “commercials” but I promise to be honest and blunt.

With that said, here is a bit of a rant I need to talk to you about. This is your wakeup call. A slap in the face. It’s a “What are you thinking!?” before you’ve gone and did it.

!!!WARNING!!!

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First of all, I am an Internet Marketer. Which means I market products and services on the internet to make money. No, it’s not a “get rich quick scheme” like some people think when you say you make money on the internet. I have over 30 websites some bring in money, some funnel people to the money sites, but they’re all there for a purpose.

There are A LOT of “newbies” who want to become Internet Marketers. That is, they want to make money online. They could be a small business owner or someone who wants an online only business, like me.

I have been bombarded by offers from other Internet Marketers who are talking about “push button” or “Automatic” systems. You can do a months worth of work in 2 hours by pressing a couple of buttons or make money on autopilot.

IT’S ALL CRAP &/OR LIES OR YOU NEED A BUNCH OF MONEY TO MAKE IT WORK

When someone who is making “$540,340.00 On Autopilot” and they want to sell you a product on how to do the same for $150 or less… Doesn’t that but up a RED FLAG!?

Let’s do a little math here. I’m going to show you, if you don’t already know, how things work. First, before the math, let me tell you about affiliates. I make a lot of money there so let me explain it briefly so you’ll understand the math.

Basically an affiliate marketer is someone who promotes someone else’s product for commission. So, say like I was promoting something like “How to get online jobs“. You click that link and it takes you to a website. If you buy from that website, I get commission. Normally 50% on average, for electronic products.

So let’s get to the math. This guy made “$540,340″. In order to make that money with his product, let’s say it’s $47 and there’s also an upsell for $97. That means the main product is $47 and after you buy it, he asks for $97 for an upgrade or something to make it better. You know, when you have your credit card out, it’s easier to keep paying, right?

OK so let’s say 50% of the people who buy the $47 product, upgrade (very high rate by the way, but the math is easier). I take $97 and divide it by 2 (50%) and get $48.50. It’s easy to say that every person that bought was an income of $47 + $48.50 = $95.50

NOW let’s talk about affiliates. Generally, that’s where you’re going to get a majority of your sales. Affiliates email their lists of people and some of them buy. Let’s say the affiliates get 50% commission for promoting this “automatic” product.

Let’s take $95.50 and divide by 2 since 50% goes to the affiliate and 50% goes to the product owner. That comes out to be $47.75

Now, how many units does this guy have to sell to make the amount he does on autopilot?

Take $540,340 and divide by $47.75 and you will have to sell: 11,316 units

That doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is. Since not everyone you email opens the email, and not everyone that opens clicks on the link, and not everyone that clicks on the link buys.

In fact, industry average is about 3% of the people that his your sales page will buy. That means you’d need 377,200 people to hit the website in order to make $540,340.

So WHY would anyone go through all the trouble to create a product, a website, sales funnel, get affiliates, and more when you can just sit at home and make money on autopilot?

It’s because YOU CAN’T!

If you want to make money, no matter if it’s online or offline or both, you need to WORK for it. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT, buy any of these push button, make half a million dollar type products.

I bought it, read it, and returned it because it was not feasible. Probable yes. It could be done, but not from the materials provided.

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What do you have to say on the matter?

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