The WordSmith's Lens

Nearly 10 years ago, I came across a company that was marketing an all in one product which among others had website creation, hosting, domain registration etc..) Interestingly, I decided to check them out years after my discovery of the internet around 1996/97. At that time I saw great potential in this company but well, I never did anything about it because it was not in my "line of business interest" then. So recently, almost 10 years on, I went back to check them out and discovered that the company is still alive and growing. They have mellowed! They have no hype about them.

Their products are truly impressive and being an IT person myself, I see a lot of integrity in their line of products which include: site designing (you do this without knowing any coding), hosting and much more. They have one of the best online affiliate programs too! When I returned to the internet 'fulltime' recently, I knew this was it. I did not hesitate. I joined the affiliate program and bought the site builder product. The price is good too, considering the quality! But hey..lemme not push you, after all seeing is believing right? Yes? Yes! There is a lot here to be blessed with especially trust and integrity. Go check them out. You won't regret. I am still happy. The support is fantastic.
Check them out here: This is the one!

I pray Peace and Prosperity to YOU in abundance.

First off, affiliate marketing like any other business is a serious affair and has lots of success stories. Yours is the next success story waiting to be unveiled! Problem is,some tend to think that success will come just by waving a wand, nope, it won't happen. This ain't no Harry Porter Stuff! You've got to love it, nurture it, put in hard work, commitment and right resources. Be original and unique in your roadmap. But, above all else you will need a brain ( I pray you have this with you all the time...) and lots of motivation. These are just a few of the variables required for YOU to Succeed.

When you put your heart in your business, then your success is already half way achieved. Remember that all important faith adage from the great teacher himself? "Where your treasure is, that is where your heart will be also." Build a lifestyle and enjoy it and not just some pass time.

So then in this lens let's start by looking at some of these points. If you are just starting out (I don't like the word "Newbie" you are an emerging entrepreneur), or you have been at it for a while, check out these points which I have listed in no specific order:
(1) Don't just shoot from the hip - Have a plan. These days the common phrase is roadmap to someplace...in your case it is a roadmap to your success.
(2) Choose a program which will give you benefits LONG TERM not just one off payoffs. Read the fine prints and checkout the pay structure critically. Ohhh and find out what sort of residual income (if any)in addition to the direct commissions.
(3) Be UNIQUE. Don't be a copy cat. The internet is awash with all manner of stuff it is confusing. Take care. Someone once said "Do not believe 50% of the stuff you read in the papers." Question is which half do you believe? This is true even for content in cyberworld.
(4) You must have a target audience for your marketing campaigns. Check the first point on this list. You are not marketing to every Tom, Dick and Harry.
(5) What about the support? Are you left to break your back in order to bring in sales? Are you in a partnership?
(etc..) so much more.

To your Peace and Prosperity

JS-TheWordSmith

I am so frustrated! I am so frustrated it's driving me nuts! I mean I cannot stand this spam business any more. What is even more frustrating is the fact that there are no real solutions out there for me to get rid of spam once and for all. Everywhere I look communication has stopped being communication any more. Good people have been scared into retreat from spam and have found relief in creating cocoons of temporary relief from spam. I am talking about things like "thank you for subscribing to our blur blur blur, but please check your inbox to confirm it is really you!..." Aaahhh can someone quantify the lost resources in time and money due to spam/junk?

I want to throw a challenge to all you smart programmers. Can you come up with a lasting solution? Let me give you some ideas along these lines:
(1) - Create a program that will first of all identify the ISP address of the mail that I have classified as spam and I have junked it;
(2) - The program must crawl and identify the web host where the notorious spam has come from;
(3) Let the software send a "friendly" warning to the ISP and Web Host that an e-mail with IP address so and so is deemed offensive and can they exculpate themselves within 48 hours or else they will face a law suite whose primary emphasis will be to shut them down;
(4) The software should permanently block the offending IP address and bounce off every e-mail back to the sending ISP or Web host until they get so clogged up they must deal with this matter or else "we run them out of town!"
(5) The anti-spam software must be developed under open source arrangement and made available freely for home and personal use. A commercial version should also be developed but priced afford ably from which resources will be raised for continued development of this software.
(6) All the programmers to work on this project must be open minded and enthusiastic to move this project forward.
(7) etc. etc. etc.... If you have any feedback regarding this matter help me to resolve this problem. I am spending too much time looking and worrying about junk mail. The authors of e-mail software currently in use are not doing much otherwise we could have found a "spam/junk cure" by now!

I am truly frustrated.

Well for now at least,
I pray Peace and Prosperity to you in abundance
TheWordSmith.