Early, today I had the opportunity to get 2 other people that relies on PPV traffic for their business. We got on a phone call and discuss the circumstances of the traffic, the good, and the bad. We just had an overall discussion about PPV traffic and its uses on the internet.

I got Cashtactics, Kris Trujillo and Stephon Rudd. These guys base their business on strictly PPV and use it to their advantages. Kris came out with the popular product Mass PPV Traffic and Stephon Rudd who also has his own product called Dark Side of PPV, are the ones on the podcast tonight.

Pics form left to right: Kris Trujillo and Stephon Rudd

…I just got off the phone with the VP of Unique Leads, Glenn Pagan. We discuss the after affect of ad tech and as well as their network and how they differentiate themselves from others. We discuss international traffic and how lucrative the market is overseas versus domestic.

All in all it was a great interview… If you do not know Glenn you should I interviewed him a while back about the changes our industry is having. Now with more information and a love for our industry he comes back with more information.

Unique Leads is currently having a contest where they are going to fly out an affiliate to the Affiliate Convention in LA. Now I have been to LA and LA is super nice! I personally havent been to the Affiliate Convention but I did hear a lot of good news about it from its first one in Denver.

You can easily win a trip to the Affiliate Convention, find out more about this contest.

Listen to our call and let us know what you think.

We discussed about PPC marketing and the hassle of creating just 1 campaign with a lot of tedious work. We talked about all the trial and error in search marketing and how to not waste too much money or no money at all on launching a successful campaign. We discussed how to look at PPC Bully and even case studies that Emil has launched in the past and made it profitable right out the gate.

With PPC Bully you can see the simple formula below and see how it can be easily implemented with your offers and LP. Let others work for you while PPC Bully just sits and waits for the right opportunity for you to create a new and successful campaign.

I personally use PPC Bully and found it to be a boat load of information, speaking with Emil definitely brought the tension off and explained some things to me that I wouldn’t even think of doing because of the mass of information PPC Bully provides.

Emil has a lot on his hands and has provided a great service for users that want to get into PPC marketing but do not want to do all the testing. Find targeted keywords that work, find targeted ad copies that work, find a successful campaing. The podcast below will give you a great insight of what PPC Bully can do for you and your campaigns. Enjoy

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I first met Jim at Affiliate Summit West 2008, from then I seen him at almost every conference I been to. Jim is a great guy to talk to and just hang out with. He is the type of person to just have fun with projects success or flop. He has had several projects and several websites, all base on his interest at that time.

In today’s podcast we talked about several action items base on Jim’s success and of course what I wanted to learn from Jim. Jim helps businesses grow and helps them succeeded. With so many things that are happening right now, especially in marketing Jim has found unique ways to diversify his imagination to help others succeed. One aspect of the podcast and which he recently wrote as well was about word of mouth marketing and how his list grew 300%.

Another great section was about branding and how Jim is taking himself to the next level. He also goes in saying a brand is diverse, you can have social equity by being fun or just being the video guy. I have written several articles on branding and how branding can help your business. Base on multitudes of criteria and how others perceive you. I myself want to somewhat rebrand myself because of what others has stated about me, I even bought the domain (GhettoAffiliate.com) but not sure what to use it for as of right now.

Maybe IanFernando.com is general or maybe too specific? I personally do not just do affiliate marketing, I do alot of other things to get a stream of income flowing in. So the section on branding was really informative to me. Enough ofme talking – podcast below!

In today’s podcast I got back in contact with Collin to discuss this controversy among young entrepreneurs and students who want to venture in an online business. Now there is a big difference here, Collin is only 18 years old and has successfully started a business online. Direct from his about me page:

I am a young entrepreneur (age 18), and unlike most people my age, I earn a living from the web. I am living proof that anyone who has the will and determination to succeed can make money online, and I hope to inspire you to do the same.

Collin was also in the Top Affiliate Challenge show. He does a different form of online marketing than affiliate marketing. If you read his blog, a lot of his strategies are for link building.

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I asked myself if he is making money online and earning a living, why go to school? I personally have been to school for 2.5 years and I quit because of my attitude and getting in too many fights. But it was the best thing that has happened to me, I would never think back to go back to school just to say that I graduated from.

Collin and I discuss this controversy and came up and I agreed that society creates this so called education. I believe education is important, it is just how you view education. Typical students look at education as learning and going to school to get a job. Where I think education to benefit me now and later or to earn an income is far better than learning who the author was on who wrote a famous poem 200 years ago, honestly.

Society does create this type of barrier to others and it was a great oppurtunity to talk to Collin again esepcially about education and the reason why he is back in school, maybe for experience or just to satisfy his parents. I know my parents would like me to get a piece of paper stating I graduated somewhere. Enough and here is the conversation me and Collin had.

They have done a lot of blogs such as the famous ShoeMoney and John Chow. They add a unique twists to their designs, it isn’t just color is web 2.0 color. Their styles definitely jump out and they know what they are doing. I learned quite a bit from them knowing Josh is a consultant and finds out what the blogger wants and how Unique Blog Designs can better optimize their blog. It was interesting to hear also they are going into the premium style web designs as well. I highly favorite my friend Brian Gardner’s Revolution Theme and we even go into discussion about his themes.

They have created a great brand among their team and it is funny all three of them are friends. I know when I try to partner up wit my friends, it was hard – but UBD definitely has their head straight. Though we are all about the same age – around our 30’s – we still hanged out and had fun. I met up with them at IZEAFest and once more at Blog World Expo where they had a huge booth. I met up with them in the night life as well, just ballin as Jim Jones would say.

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These guys definitely are focus they have done work for Yahoo and Nike! Getting it in! Before they left, like i said I was able to grab them and just have a great conversation about their company and how they differentiate themselves from other blog designers and premium template designs. The most interesting part is they are releasing something int he affiliate market space – eagerly waiting and might have to do a followup podcast with them about it!

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Entering as a total noob to the internet and internet marketing, Monica started to realize there is potential on the internet. Everyone was telling her to start a blog, since she already does it on her myspace page. Wes Wyatt has helped her register her own domain and John Chow helped her setup her full blog! Everyone was giving her tips and tricks about the internet and even how to benefit from the internet.

Jeremy even had her model for his Fighters.com website. Monica learned a lot from the show and though she was going through rough times while at the show, every contestant made sure she was feeling home. Her personality showed very quickly and almost felt like we all were best of friends.

For today’s podcast, I had the opportunity to talk to Monica for a little bit about her success with her new blog. Her blog has received an enormous traffic from other blogs and just the internet in general. She is getting traffic that other beginner bloggers are trying to get after several months while Monica received it within days of launch of her blog.

Though her blog is very different from a lot of blogs out there, hers is very personal. She talks about her daughter and even does video blogging on her blog! It is amazing how a newbie is doing video blogging because she realizes the potential of video, while others out there are stuck under a rock about vlogging.

Monica jump started her internet stardom right near the end of Top Affiliate Challenge, we all helped her with her blog and she appreciated all of our help. It is a great time to talk to her about her blog and about her experience on the show.

This was a good podcast because I wanted to show everyone out there that it is possible to get traffic and good traffic as long as you do networking. This discussions proves you can make it on the internet and your blog does not have to make money, it can be for personal growth as Monica has stated. I believe this is a great podcast for beginners on the internet when creating a blog because it proves you can have a successful launch within days of releasing your own website or blog.

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I am flying out today from Nebraska and I had the oppurtunity to have a live podcast with Ken McArthur. I sat in his room and had this podcast and did I learn a lot within 40 minutes. Ken McArthur is one of the gurus on Top Affiliate Challenge and he has brought his team to the top of every challenge. Ken is a great guy and surprise to really meet him in person. I can only imagine to meet the big internet marketing gurus and now I have met one of them.

Before I am leaving Nebraska I wanted to get in contact with Ken to discuss his new book, the Impact. This book has a lot of knowledge and from the podcast with Ken, Ken discusses specific aspects of the book which makes sense in marketing or as a person. I personally have not read this, but I will certainly be reading this while I am on the plane or waiting for my next flight. But talking to Ken live, he goes into a lot of detail with a lot of analogies that just hits your head and leave you thinking. Certain quotes or references just keeps your attention for quite sometime.

According to the book description:

How can one ordinary person make a difference in this noisy world?

Some people spread a simple message that is so compelling that their voice is not solo for long. People rally around their message and spread it like wildfire.

Impact reveals the key strategies used by some of the most influential people in the world. These people create measurable and undeniable impact on millions of people. The stories of these people and ordinary people alike, illustrate vital strategies that enable you to create your own legacy.

How does one person touch millions of lives and have an impact on the way people think and act? Many people dream of having that kind of effect on others’ lives, but few know how to accomplish it.

Ken and I discuss several factors about the show and marketing in general. We also discuss the aspects of marketing as a whole and how it is divided into smaller ‘niche’ categories of marketing. We also discuss a certain vocabulary “Porcupines in Heat” which the concept is so simple yet it is rarely really used. When talking to Ken in his room suite, I was in awe at the simple concept but brilliant idea.

Ken also discusses how he first got started and how he created his first digital product. Going and creating digital products created JV partnerships with other business minded users. With that said Ken was able to release JVAlert which provides an intimate connection between business minded users. Which means we also spoke about Joint Ventures and the different variation of Joint Ventures. Our discussion was very informative and I literally walked out of the room with a total new mindset and a lot of new ideas just bursting to come out – too bad I don’t have a portable whiteboard.

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As you know social marketing is a powerful too to gain traffic, backlinks, friends, JV partners, etc. I use social marketing in ways to gain traffic and to gain new friends to which I can leverage from. Well, yesterday I had a great opportunity to talk to a marketer who specializes in social marketing. If you have not already heard of Alejandro then you need to get to SuccessFool.com right now. Alejandro is a very open and ‘loud’ person. I was first contacted by him via twitter, when that happened I just visit his blog and found videos of him just talking and providing a lot of information.

Yesterday, I saw something interesting on his blog a contest to his 8 week program in social marketing. Knowing how Alejandro personality is I asked him right away if there is an affiliate system for his specific product. The reason I asked right away is because he is attacking a niche no one is attacking the way he is.

When you look at social marketing it is about ’spamming’ the social networks or attacking it at an SEO perspective or even deceptive method. Alejandro has a nice 8 week system that he has posted and since he didn’t have an affiliate system, I pinged him if he would like to do an interview and discuss Social Marketing Rockstar. We talked prior to the interview and even a little after, but Alejandro speaks a lot of good information during our podcast.

He even goes into a little more details about his contest which he is extending to my readers. So take a look as well and get a chance to learn directly from Alejandro. Well without anymore delay, here is the podcast between me and Alejandro about social networking and being a social marketing rockstar!

Paul has been seen on the net because of his big checks and big screen TVs and even hot girlfriend! Paul has great tips on his blog about affiliate marketing and has a lot of supporters from his blog alone. He is not just an affiliate marketer he is a fellow blogger. I remember back in the day he didn’t post that much and as he gained fans, he became addicted! But Now Paul has released a new program or membership forum called UberCamp, not sure if it is one word or not. But this is a membership forum to help affiliates learn affiliate marketing. Now there is a big difference from this paid membership forum and others.

UberCamp is for the responsible affiliate marketers, meaning Paul is trying to filter out freeloaders or non serious affiliate marketers. The paid forum differentiates his camp from other paid membership forums because it helps stop people loading off free information and not participating in the community. Paul is going through applications at the time of the podcast. At that time he has been going through 120 applications! That is great for a first day launch of his new project!

Well, I did get Paul on the phone to talk about several factors of UberCamp. We talked about what Uber Camp will bring to the table and how it differentiates his paid member forum from others. Also we discuss pricing and the ‘mud slinging’ of his new projects from other blogs and forums. So let me stop typing and you guys can start listening!

]]> http://www.ianfernando.com/2008/telling-stories-around-the-uber-camp-fire/feed/ 12 00:01:01 Earlier yesterday, I was reading Uber Affiliate and I just found out Paul has launch his new project. Once I found out he has released ... Earlier yesterday, I was reading Uber Affiliate and I just found out Paul has launch his new project. Once I found out he has released his new program, I went ahead and tried to contact him for a podcast. I got him late night while he was going through applications for his Uber Camp. I actually met Paul at Affiliate Summit West 2008. I met him personally and it was great to talk to him for a little bit during dinner with Aff Spy and others. I hope I get to meet him during ASE and get into a more detailed conversation. But onto the UberCamp podcast special! Paul has been seen on the net because of his big checks and big screen TVs and even hot girlfriend! Paul has great tips on his blog about affiliate marketing and has a lot of supporters from his blog alone. He is not just an affiliate marketer he is a fellow blogger. I remember back in the day he didn't post that much and as he gained fans, he became addicted! But Now Paul has released a new program or membership forum called UberCamp, not sure if it is one word or not. But this is a membership forum to help affiliates learn affiliate marketing. Now there is a big difference from this paid membership forum and others. UberCamp is for the responsible affiliate marketers, meaning Paul is trying to filter out freeloaders or non serious affiliate marketers. The paid forum differentiates his camp from other paid membership forums because it helps stop people loading off free information and not participating in the community. Paul is going through applications at the time of the podcast. At that time he has been going through 120 applications! That is great for a first day launch of his new project! Well, I did get Paul on the phone to talk about several factors of UberCamp. We talked about what Uber Camp will bring to the table and how it differentiates his paid member forum from others. Also we discuss pricing and the 'mud slinging' of his new projects from other blogs and forums. So let me stop typing and you guys can start listening! Entrepreneurship,,Interviews,,Just,Found,Out,,Podcast Ian Fernando no No