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Friday Podcast: eBay Power Seller Strategies With CJ Caccam

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CJ CaccamI met CJ Caccam over the Facebook social networks a couple of months ago where we’re active on a number of the FB applications.

CJ’s known as “the eBay” guy and after some research, I discovered he’s the top merchant/seller in his category, bathroom vanities.

Gathering nearly 5,000 feedback, CJ’s company Silkroad Exclusive has sold a couple of million dollars worth of products according to my estimate.

In our discussion, we talked about:

  • How CJ got started as one of the earlier merchants on eBay
  • His pricing and business model
  • How to market effectively on eBay and close the sale
  • Using the bidding format and “Buy It Now” auction formats effectively
  • Strategies on getting started as an eBay seller

Check out the podcast below:

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Friday Podcast: PPC Affiliate Marketing Tips With Chad Frederiksen

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Chad FrederiksenI met Chad Frederiksen (better known in affiliate marketing circles by his moniker “CDF Networks”) at the Blue Man Group show at the Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas earlier this year, and he came across as a very down-to-earth guy.

Which is a little surprising, given how successful he is as a PPC affiliate.

If you haven’t checked out his site yet, you might like to read his posts:

Doubtless his creativity and work ethic have played a part in feats like hitting the top 10 affiliates from CPA network Azoogle (now a division of Epic Advertising) 6 months after he started up his PPC -> affiliate campaigns.

His blog at CDFNetworks.com contains a treasure trove of PPC strategies, tips and case studies.

Since he already blogs in great detail about his tactics, I wanted to get a better idea of how his business system operates.

During our discussion, we covered:

  • How you can get started as a PPC affiliate
  • How Chad approaches his marketing campaigns, including a number of key techniques
  • Chad’s recommendation on learning resources, especially if you’re a new affiliate
  • Evaluation criteria on deciding which affiliate offer to promote
  • How you can increase earnings from your PPC efforts
  • How and why building destination sites will help grow your business

Check out the podcast below:

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Friday Podcast: Business Building Tips From Mike Peters

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mike petersI met Mike Peters in person at Affiliate Summit West last year, having talked to him a number of times before that.

With a colorful lifetime of experience, Mike:

  • Was born and raised in Israel
  • Started his first company at 14
  • Made more money than his dad at 15
  • Dropped out of school at 16
  • Said no to Microsoft’s offer of a 6-figure income job because he wanted to run his own businesses
  • Started 4 companies, closed them down or had them fail, accumulated $150,000 in credit card debt before hitting it big

And now serves as Florida General Manager for Software Projects, a full service internet marketing and web development firm.

In our discussion, we talked about:

  • How you can get started on planning and building your internet business
  • How you can effectively deal with challenges and failure in your business
  • Lessons Mike learned, especially with raising $6 million in funding for one of his businesses which ultimately failed
  • Which billionaire business owner Mike recommends as a role model to learn from
  • The truth and reality checks about owning your own business

Check out the Friday Podcast:

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Friday Podcast: PPC Marketing With Nickycakes

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nickycakesNickycakes is/was a Wickedfire regular who has the distinction of calling himself a “reformed blackhat”.

Although he’s been a full time marketer for about a year, he’s riled up and rallied a number of experienced PPC marketers on his cakes chat IRC channel.

Inviting him to the Friday Podcast, we talked about:

  • How he made the moved from near full time video game player to PPC affiliate marketer.
  • Tips on building up your PPC knowledge and skills
  • How to get ideas for creating effective landing pages
  • Three perpetually “hot” niches
  • What you need to do to succeed in affiliate marketing

You can check out the Friday Podcast below:

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And visit his blog: NickyCakes.

Friday Podcast: PPC Affiliate Strategies With John Hasson

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John HassonI first met PPC affiliate John Hasson at ShareASale’s “Party Under The Stars” party at Affiliate Summit West earlier this year. We were eating a heartattack-inducing tiramisu/ice-cream concoction and talking about our businesses.

John spoke at the “Meet The Experts” session chairing a table on PPC affiliate marketing. At the recent Affiliate Summit East in Boston, John presented a session on PPC marketing.

During the course of our discussion, I was pretty amazed at how John’s brought his programming skills to automate and employ leverage in PPC campaigns.

We also talked about:

  • How John got started as a programmer early on and his first experience at generating $600 a day through PPC arbitrage
  • How he made his transition into affiliate marketing
  • Tips to succeed in PPC affiliate marketing

You can access the Friday Podcast below:

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Note: John was travelling as part of a project he’s working on and the line dropped a  number of times and the connection wasn’t the best. Listen in for some great tips though.

You can visit John’s blog at JohnHasson.com

Building A 7-Figure-A-Year Business With Amit Mehta

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amit mehtaAmit Mehta who speaks regularly at events like the Affiliate Summit is a true internet success story.

Starting out $20,000 in consumer debt a couple of years ago, he stumbled upon affiliate marketing and later PPC and owns a 7-figure-a-year business today.

On the Friday Podcast, Amit shared:

  • How he got started in Internet Marketing
  • How he overcame the challenges that all new marketers face
  • His success strategies for building his business
  • The “inner game” mind elements and strategies he uses.
  • His upcoming projects

Amit delivered a ton of content on this call.

Check out his blog: Super Affiliate Mindset

Just released: PPC Classroom 2.0 (product review)

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