Ed Cohen

Its a great question. They’re going after anyone. It’s not just affiliates or bloggers. Anyone promoting a product and is getting paid to do so needs to be upfront about it and they also need to be honest about their claims. It’s basically what you’ve been seeing me do here for months. It’s called being honest. lol Some folks are in uproar about it because they haven’t really been doing that. So it boils down to transparency. I honestly think they’re doing this more to crack down on those shady products that claim you make a gazillion dollars after signing up for their program. In that situation maybe one person was able to do that who purchased the product but most of the people didn’t. That’s the type of stuff that the FTC wants you to say or just don’t mention the fact that one person made a gazillion dollars from your product.

In terms of a blogger, if you’re getting paid to write a review or have some type of relationship with a given company you’re writing an article about, just be sure to include that in the article. It’s like in my wa review where I said hey I may not be getting a lot of comissions because of this review but…..

So it’s just about being transparent. I think over the next couple of months they’ll be a lot more clear about what’s acceptable or not. There are literally millions of affiliate marketers, bloggers, advertisers, etc. So they don’t have the man power to go after everyone. Folks will probably get warnings at first where they’re more clear about what’s acceptable or not. That being said, I’m not an expert on the FTC. I’m monitoring the situation closely as well more so just because I want to know if I’m doing the right thing not so much of fear of getting smacked down by them. I already make it clear I’m an affiliate marketer on this site over and over again and which programs I’m an affiliate of via my reviews and videos. If I need to do more, I’ll just do that. As long as you’re truly being honest and trying to help people, revealing you’re getting paid for these affiliate suggestions shouldn’t be an issue.

“Before I get to the real subject of this email I just wanted to let you all know I have a lawyer looking into the FTC’s recent announcement on promoting products and how you can protect yourself from the new laws that will go in affect on Dec 1st. ”

Ok, Eddy, have you heard of this? What does it mean and who are they aiming at? The one thing I don’t want to do is mess with the FTC!!!

Ed Cohen

lol, It’s great that you’re thinking of selling an ebook. Here’s what I do before venturing into such a task. Determine if there is a demand for your book. There may very well be but are they buying ebooks? The best way to determine this is to become an affiliate of companies that are offering a similar product. Train to be a competent affiliate with a company like WA or any other legitimate company of your choosing. Then put that training to use by promoting the ebook of another company that is in your industry. If you can make some decent sales then you know your ebook can sell too using the same techniques. The other benefit of doing this is that you get to see what the competition is doing. You’ll be able to identify their weaknesses and fill in the gaps to make your product even better.

Unfortunately WA doesn’t really teach you about creating products. They teach you how to get traffic to any site and promote other products or your own if you have one already. There are other courses out there for product creation. None that come to mind at the moment though. lol I hope this helps you.

Take care Ed. (Feels weird saying that. lol)

Eddy/Bo Shirley,
Here is a Ripoff report review of Swap Clix.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/swapclix-com/BBB-Better-Business/swapclix-com-SCAM-Completel-Q829A.htm

Also, EWealth considers it a waste of money and calls it click scam.
Hope this helps.

I can’t say I have heard of Swap Clix or Patrick Creek. But as always, just follow the steps in our scam video:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/scams and you’ll know everything I would know.

By the way all companies with affliate programs provide you with your own clone of their website so that’s not a unique feature. Be sure you read my article on affiliate marketing so you understand how this works:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/affiliatemarketing Eventually you do want to get your own website. You don’t want one controlled by anyone else but you. Because when another company “foots the bill of your website” they can cancel
it or change their policy anytime on you. That’s why I have my own domain name and hosting for both my websites. This isn’t an area where you want to pinch pennies. As someone that has done that in the past, trust me it costs you more in the long run. So for now I would worry about getting your own site until you can gather up the money to do it correctly. But definitely don’t put in all the work and effort into putting the content on a site that you don’t really own. Just my two cents.