AffiliateDotCom ~ Costs: $1997 ~ Launch Date: August 24th.

Video 2 Will Launch Shortly. See "6 Better Things" Below.

6 Better Things To Do With Nearly $2000.00!

1. Provided I had a site worth promoting, I would get some Facebook Ads! Facebook is hot right now with a number of Gurus promoting it... Ryan Deiss has some great information on Facebook advertising. Or, if you think anything by Ryan Deiss is a scam, try Jonathan Volk's Course. If you get really into adverting with Facebook there is an inexpensive Firefox plugin that lets you manage and split test ads. Split testing good.  I would then use the rest of the money to actually advertise on Facebook. That would get e a lot of clicks!
2. I would read a lot of great books. And not just cheesy Internet Marketing E-Books, or video marketing courses, that are more hype and "I made one million before breakfast and you can too." than reality. But real books on doing real business online.  If you are into Facebook Marketing thank consider: Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day. I also recommended Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions by Tim Ash. Dollar for dollar this book helped me more than anything else I have purchased so far. The 2 things I love about this book- 1: There is not one single line of code in it. 2: The whole part about the ugly Baby. You just have to read that for a small slap of reality.
3. Outsourcing. Do not let the fact that  is in the middle of the stack fool you, this is probably more valuable than anything else I have done in terms of making things happen with my business. $1997 would get me about 4 months of FULL TIME work from my coder/designer/secretary/SEO guy Ivan. He has been working with me for over a year now and well due for a raise. Pretty much nothing happens without him. I could use Elance, and hire project by project, but about 18 months ago I discovered John Jonas's Replace Myself course, and I took a huge step forward in my business. Things really started to happen then. I guess if you are eager to spend $2K as quick as possible for you business, you could hire 4 full time people for one month and split test them...
4. I would get Traffic Geyser. But, that is only if I had a site already up and running and had, or didn't mind creating or "borrowing" some videos. Traffic Geyser takes your video breaks it into 4 separate complete video files, and uploads them into like 100 video and social sites. I have heard Traffic Geyser called the "make it go" button. Worth checking out.
5. I have a very hard time focusing on the computer for hours. The 2 best things I have ever done for my own personal productivity are 1: Work in time blocks. This includes taking breaks in "chunks" as well. 2: Designate a time to plan each day and do it away from the computer. Both of these things I learned from one of Eben Pagan's courses- "Wake Up Productive" I believe. That one came out a few years back, and is no longer available.  I have not seen his latest course Get altitude, and it is no longer available on Eben's site. It is not on Amazon either. I did see exactly 2 copies of it on eBay just now.
6. Take a vacation. Seriously. OK, sure you can go to some marketing convention or something... But I mean a real vacation. Like going to the desert, or skiing in Utah this winter. If you do go to Utah- look for me at Brighton Resort.

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