I have an early manuscript and it is a laugh I put together a better affiliate guide as a free resource that is more recent email if you want it.
Bad reviews:
successful affiliates?
Rosalind Gardner, who claimed she earns $30,000 to $50,000 a month in affiliate commissions
did not provide evidence that she received payments from affiliate ad brokers.
No, she doesnt. First introduced as an ebook around four years ago for $47, then printed as a regular crapbook for $59. Very poor writing and content (she explains very basic “how to use the computer to send an email” type of things for almost three hundred pages), there were roughly eleven pages that explained the marketing but years later it is worthless as the information is obsolete.
Another thing not mentioned is that it takes a massive amount of traffic to earn thousands of dollars in commissions in affiliate marketing
most websites dont have that kind of reach.
Make a Fortune Promoting Other Peoples Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich
It was a novel idea in 2004 or 2005 but for a beginner in the current climate of competition there is little likelihood of any sort of profits.
Avoid!
And the author missed out on a lot of common practices in that crummy book no mention of capturing email addresses/squeeze pages.
People did not find the book useful and gave it honest reviews that it is trash:
Overall Disappointing, August 21, 2005
I am an experienced Affiliate Marketer, who was intrigued by the title and its promo contents. Although Rosalind gives a decent high-level overview of how the business works, she provides less than adequate details on how to actually get started in this business. It appears that shes more concerned with selling other affiliate programs within her eBook, including her own telephone consulting services. I am technical. If you are non-technical, there is no way you will be able to get started by using this book. I picked 1 or 2 interesting reference points, but overall the book gets a thumbs-down. My advice – save your money.Not worth $59.00 dollars . . . November 15, 2005
I got hooked into the “hype” of this “sales product” and feel that I got burned. Although I feel that adequate insight was given on this business, that the book was simply a sales promotional for the authors programs. Save your $59.00 dollars. There are other books and free information sites that can provide you with the same information.
Disappointing! April 22, 2006
I purchased this book on line and unfortunately paid much more than the current price. Perhaps that is a reflection of how the information has deteriorated in value as well.For the most part, the information provided by Ms Gardner is general in nature and does not provide specific strategies which would help anyone begin an Affiliate business. She uses the book to generate even more business for herself, sprinkling a generous number of her own affiliate links.
In this sense her book is nothing more than an example of how to use an ebook to generate more income in the guise of a “guide”. She also spends a lot of time talking herself up as a guru, which does nothing for the reader.
Save yourself the money and just cruise the net. You will find all the info free.
****update 2009****
Another thing that wasnt mentioned is the new game of Cost Per Action/Acquisition instead of affiliate marketing.
CPA offers target capturing zip codes, email, and full contact details (of course, a sale would count too)
affiliate offers attempt to profit by making a sale while CPA looks to profit by just obtaining an email.
CPA offers are mostly for real items electronics, gift cards, and in the service sector, dating, and loans and advances.
The thing is most folks are out on the forums complaining that they cannot turn much of a profit (or any!) with promoting offers. Its a lot of wasted time
How these Internet marketing courses work:
Affiliate marketing:
They advise setting up a review site.
Selling real items:
– E-commerce store
– Review sites
– Info sites using product feeds
You just saved $77 that some false guru would charge for a “marketing course.”
