Are you deciding to join one? Make sure that you are getting into an affiliate program that is patterned to what you are capable of. This will give you an assurance that you are capable of doing anything to come out successful.

10 ways: to know a good affiliate program to promote.

1. One of the best ways of knowing if that is the kind of affiliate program you wish to promote is; are you are interested in purchasing the product yourself? If that is the case, chances are, there are many others who are also interested in the same program and products.

2. Look for an affiliate program that is of high quality. For instance, look for one that is associated with many experts in that particular industry. This way, you are assured that of the standard of the program you will be joining into.

3. Join affiliate programs that offer real and viable products. How do you know this? Do some initial research. If possible, track down some of the members and customers to give you testimonial on the credibility of the program.

4. The program that is catering to a growing target market. This will ensure you that there will be more and continuous demands for your referrals. Make inquiries. There are forums and discussions you can participate in to get good and reliable feedbacks.

5. A program with a compensation plan that pays out a residual income and a payout of 30% or more would be a great choice. There are some programs offering this kind of compensation. Look closely for one. Do not waste your time with programs that do not reward substantially for your efforts.

6. Be aware of the minimum quotas that you must fulfill or sales target that is too hard to achieve. Some affiliate programs imposes pre-requisites before you get your commissions. Just be sure that you are capable of attaining their requirements.

7. Select one that has plenty of tools and resources that can help you grow the business in the shortest possible time. Not all affiliate programs have these capacities. Make use you decide on one with lots of helpful tools you can use.

8. Check out if the program has a proven system that can allow you to check your networks and compensation. Also check if they have it available online for you to check anytime and anywhere.

9. The affiliate program that provides continuous help and upgrades for its products have the tendency to retain its members. These things can assure the growth of your networks.

10. Check some of the things that members are not happy about in a program. Like with the ones mentioned above, you can do your checking at discussion forums. If you know someone in that same program, there is ho harm asking if there are many downsides involved.

  Posted By tyna     Jun 7, 2008       6 comments  

Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Dream!

Do you have any dream killers in your life? Dream killers are those people who discourage you when you are trying to change your life. It’s amazing how many people tell their friends and family that they cannot succeed. This is especially true when you are trying to do something “outside of the box” like making money online or starting your own business.

The main argument these dream killers have is that your goals are unrealistic. They will advise you to be more “practical”, and pretend they are offering you sound advice.

Many of them believe they are doing a favor by discouraging you. They think they are helping you live a life in “your best interest”. But really, they are encouraging you to a live a life without vision.

If you are really motivated toward success, doing anything less than your ambitious goals will be unfulfilling for you. You end up wondering what could have been. You continue to live your life for other people, instead of yourself.

Your friends and family who discourage you from trying something new are only giving you insight into what they would do in your position. They do not have the vision and the drive that you do. They are only reacting out of their own fear.

Other people take the path of least resistance, but that does not mean that you have to. Your goals are important to you for a reason. You will only be happy when you achieve them. Giving up on your goals because other people think they are unrealistic is no way to live your life.

How to you overcome the dream killers in your life?

You may want to start with choosing who you spend your time with. If you want to be self-motivated, you’ve got to spend time with other people who are self-motivated. The same goes for the other aspects of success.

If the dream killers in your life are close relatives, and long time friends, try keeping your business goals to yourself for a while until you get going. By the time you’ve had a little success, they will probably be a lot more supportive.

Finally, the best way to overcome the dream killers in your life is to be confident in yourself and your goals. If you are truly confident in yourself and your ideas, then no one can stop you.

Keep your goals and dreams in front of you all the time. They will be your motivation, when some of your “well-meaning friend” try to discourage you.

Don’t let anyone steal YOUR DREAM!

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  Posted By tyna     Jun 6, 2008       6 comments  

Kachi got his green belt this week from his Taekwando class,he started with a white belt after some months he got his yellow belt.It is a pity that we wouldn’t which colour of belt he would have gotten next.He is so proud of his green belt,he also came 2nd in a race during their school sports day.He had his kindy graduation ceremony and a send off party for his class teacher who went back to Greece.
Chinedu is coming home today for the summer long vacation,last weekend when he came home he was worried about leaving his friends.We told him that he will make new friends in his new school.He has grown a lot in the past one year,he won the Principled award.This award is given to any student who was able to achieve more personal responsibility and a commitment towards his school work in a particular academic session.His exemplary improvements and actions are commendable,we are so proud of him.He also got the Risk-takers award,this award is for anyone who could take up a challenge
of something he is not used to doing before.He played in his school basketball team,generally i think he had fun living in a boarding school.
We are preparing ourselves emotionally for our big move,some many things to do in such a short time.
I believe it is all for the best,I will be going for the tour on the FPSO AKPO platform on sunday evening.

  Posted By tyna     Jun 6, 2008       4 comments  

It was just 2 years ago that my young friend Carl Ocab became the Kidblogger who snatched the throne on Google with the keyword “make money online“.Now he is 15years old that makes him just 3 years older than my first son.Who said adults can’t learn a few things from children? I don’t think he should still be answering a kidblogger anymore or don’t you agree with me? I didn’t give him any birthday gift although i managed to send him a card and a birthday greetings on my facebook.I have friends of all ages,well that depends if you are smart enough to earn my respect.Believe me this young guy sure have earn that respect. For those of you that didn’t know, he is giving so gift out for his friends to celebrate his 15th birthday.
What are the gifts? See for yourself:
Five packages of Direct Response Templates worth $37 each Sponsored by Direct Response Templates.
One copy of IM Triggers with IM Urgency 2.0 worth $9.97 Sponsored by IM Triggers.
One WordPress SEO tuneup worth $97 Sponsored by The WordPress Expert.
One spot to Jason Dinner coaching program worth $297 Sponsored by Jason Dinner Coaching.
10 copies of the “Atomic Blogging” package worth $37 each Sponsored by Make Money Blogging.
One copy of “Photoshop CS3 For Dummies” worth $17 Sponsored by Peety Passion.
10 copes of “Direct Linking X” worth $47 each. Sponsored by Day Job Killer.
Five packages of five PDF reports, two of which have never seen before worth $147 each Sponsored by Buzz Marketing Expert Dean Hunt.
Five copies of “The Traffic Secret” worth $97 each Sponsored by The Traffic Secret.
One copy of “Viral Marketing Manuscript” worth $47 Sponsored by Viral Marketing Manuscript.
One membership to “Profit Generator System” worth $50 Sponsored by Profit Generator System.
12 copies of the “My First Online Product” eBook and videos worth $17 each Sponsored by My First Online Product.
One copy of the upcoming Web Traffic Orgasm eBook worth $97 Sponsored by Web Traffic Orgasm.
One copy of “Domaining Manifesto” worth $47 Sponsored by Domaining Manifesto.
One copy of “Copywriting Sweetie Course” worth $77.95 Sponsored by Copywriting Sweetie.
The grand prize
One mp3 player with the whole Masters Seminar worth $697 Sponsored by Master’s Seminar.

  Posted By tyna     Jun 5, 2008       2 comments  

I promised in my post Akpo Project to post the photos from the dinner party,which took place on the same day of the naming ceremony of FPSO AKPO Project.It was attended by the creme de la creme of the oil and gas industries.

Some of the guests that I remembered are :MD DPR(directory of petroleum regulatory) Mr Chukwueke,
Directors of SAPETRO General T.Y Danjuma and Senator Daisy Danjuma,MD TOTAL S A,MD NNPC(Nigerian National petroleum Co-operation) MD PETROBRAZ,MD HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industries),The Nigerian Ambassador in South Korea and his wife,MD TECHNIP,Korea performers,the MDs of the other companies mentioned in my post AKPO PROJECT. My twins God father Mr Otigbah,my bestfriend and my humble self.

Your job now is to decide which one of these ladies is yours trully.

  Posted By tyna     Jun 5, 2008       7 comments