| 2005 is a great year for affiliate marketers, as online | | | | several Big Deals last year of very expensive |
| businesses will continue to grow exponentially. 2004 | | | | products that made record breaking sales. |
| showed a major transition to the type of products sold | | | | John Reece sold over $1 million dollars of products in |
| in affiliate markets. | | | | 24 hours. The product delivered to your door cost |
| Did you notice all the other major changes in the | | | | $997. The commission paid to those that he invited to |
| Internet Marketing scene in 2004? Or did they pass | | | | Joint Venture with him is 50%. Up to $500,000 affiliate |
| you by, and you missed out on the opportunities to | | | | commissions were made in 24 hours. The product is |
| make money with the new types of products. EBooks | | | | still selling at the same price. |
| are still the most popular type of information product | | | | This all gives you a clue as to what will continue to |
| being sold at this point. But lots of ground has been lost | | | | change and expand in 2005. These trends will blossom |
| to the other methods of delivering information. | | | | further in 2005. The frantic craze of Blogging and RSS |
| Every week there are lots of tele-seminars provided. | | | | are roaring ahead and being installed like a runaway |
| Most of them are at no cost. Those that charge are | | | | freight train. |
| increasing in scope, and are real moneymakers for the | | | | Will you join these trends in some way? You should. I |
| hosts. Web casts and video presentations are growing | | | | know I will. Take RSS for example. There are 2 ways |
| in popularity. | | | | to get involved. The easiest and almost a must-have is |
| Most of the above are recorded, and can often be | | | | to just install an RSS reader. This permits you to |
| viewed or downloaded after the event is over. I have | | | | subscribe to blogs and newsletters that are delivered |
| collected 1 GB of Audio and video files and am | | | | direct to your desktop without email spam filters |
| overwhelmed by it all. I just can't find enough time to | | | | blocking the reception. |
| listen to them all. | | | | The alternative is to install an RSS publishing system. |
| That of course, is one of the advantages of written | | | | This is much more complex and not for everyone. |
| text in ebook form. One can scan through the ebook, | | | | As an online marketer it is imperative that you keep up |
| and select the areas we want to absorb more fully. | | | | to date on the major trend shifts in 2005. Failure to do |
| An audio recording must be listened to in its entirety, so | | | | this could mean that you're using the traditional |
| it takes much more time. | | | | methods that were successful 12 months ago, and |
| In spite of this, the popularity of this media is growing | | | | may be 'old news' today, Your results will quite |
| very fast. People feel more involved participating in a | | | | probably be sub-standard. |
| teleseminar, or even a recording of it, as compared to | | | | It is imperative that you recognize and react quickly to |
| the reading of an ebook. You must give your market | | | | any changing trends. This is the key to success in |
| what they want, or you lose out big time. | | | | 2005 and only those who "stay awake" and have the |
| Another important shift in product popularity that | | | | desire to constantly improve their business model will |
| boomed in 2004 is the home delivery of printed text | | | | succeed this year. |
| books along with DVD or CD media. There were | | | | |