Have you seen the affiliate training videos yet? I know some of you haven’t because there’s some questions being sent to me that are answered in the videos 
So, since I had to watch them all anyway, I figured I’d do a full review of these videos so you know exactly what to find in each one. Seriously folks - these videos are gold!
Guys, these are absolutely, positively free … one of my favorite phrases is … no purchase necessary. Don’t ignore these videos. Use them to your advantage. And don’t let the “free” word turn you off either. Just because it’s free doesn’t always mean it’s worthless.
I mean let’s face it. There’s a reason Liz does these videos. If you watch these videos and learn how to be a successful affiliate for her then you and she both make money. If you ask me, it’s just called very smart marketing. Just like Phil said here. We’re going to teach you how to make the money. (Yes, we DO realize the importance of this.)
Besides, as so many of you have said, you all want me to reach my main goal as your affiliate manager, right? Then you have to meet me half way. You have to take the tools available to you, use them and apply what you learn. If you don’t meet me half way then we’re not going to reach our goal … To Make You More Money!
If you don’t care to see what I have to say:
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Alrighty enough of all that, let’s see exactly what is on these videos:
In the following you will find a full review of all the training videos and you will see many personal notes from me. So you’ll either have to ignore or enjoy me. Who wants to read some boring review? I created this review not only to show you exactly what you’ll find in these videos but to also add a few tips of my own.
Domain Names
As an affiliate marketer, you have several different options when it comes to building your websites to promote products - and that’s all going to depend on what your domain name is. Choosing your domain name is such a crucial step. In plain words, it’s a step you don’t want to screw up.
In this video Liz shows you things like how to choose the kind of domain name you need. She even goes as far as to take some of the products available for you to promote as a Tomey Marketing affiliate and tell you what type of domain name you may want to choose to promote those products. (Important little piece of advice in there.)
Liz also discusses the several options you have to promote the product you choose. You’ll see a brief example of how to create a content site OR blog w/ keyword research, how to know how many pages to create and of course, how to pick a domain name for the option you choose to promote the product you choose.
Once you choose what domain name you want, you’re going to need a great place to buy it, right? So, Liz shares with you:
- one of the best places to to get a domain name
- how to get a whole list of suggested domain names by simply entering your idea
For example, we all know most of the “good” domain names are already taken - even if you’re positive the domain name you want
is taken, watch the video and find out how to get a whole list of domain name suggestions (very helpful - I personally do this all the time! You never know what’s going to pop up that you haven’t thought of before)
Basically, this video lays a very good foundation for choosing and buying a domain name. So, before you purchase your
next domain name - be sure to watch this quick 6 minute video - highly worth your time.
Hosting
-First of all - what exactly is hosting and why is it important to have?
- Where’s the best place to get it?
- What type/package of hosting is the best to get?
- Why is this type/package the best choice for a true blue affiliate marketer
(Tip: I also buy this type and it WILL save you a ton of time and money in the future if you’re going to be promoting several products)
This video is not even 4 1/2 minutes long but inside you will find the answer to these oh so very important aspects and it will be your saving grace when it comes to purchasing your hosting. Before you buy hosting for your first time or again even - watch this video.
Tip: Even if you already have hosting, you just may want to watch this video just in case you can’t save some major money by doing som minor things.
Setting Your Name Servers
You have your domain name and you have your hosting - now what?
You receive this email with these crazy looking numbers and it tells you - your site is not live yet.
Your hosting is through one company and your domain name is through another (best way to do this!)
How do you make them work together?
How do you make your website totally live so you can invite others to visit your site?
Wait till you see exactly how easy this is to do. Then keep in mind that when I first started out, I actually paid someone else to do this part for me! (Sure wish I had found out about Liz long before I did! This woman WILL save you time and money!!)
How to Use a WHM
If you bought the type of hosting package Liz recommended in the Getting Hosting video - you’re going to need to know how to add multiple domain names to your hosting account. This is not setting your name servers or DNS that Liz talks about in the Setting Your Name Servers video. This is how to set up your hosting to hold the multiple domain / multiple websites. Again, as usual Liz literally takes you step by step on how to do this - screen shots and all.
(You can certainly consider yourself lucky to be an affiliate of Liz who hands you all this information at no cost - whereas many others will charge you for this kind of tutorial. I know - I’ve seen them.)
This video also explains to you in which order you want to do all of this - again saving you from a lot of time and heartache a little later.
Autoresponders 101
Video 1
The autoresponder series in your training area has to be one of my favorite parts. I told you before in my introduction, I am an
affiliate marketing geek - and I wasn’t lying. I am a true blue,100% full-blown MARKETING GEEK! And if you’re anything like me, this series will fill your craving to not only learn more marketing techniques but also how to make some more serious money.
This series is a bit longer than the rest of the videos but that should go to show you just how important this all is. Autoresponders and newsletters are vital to your business and done properly are a great way to make you a ton of cash (or coin as Liz often likes to call it).
Make sure you watch these videos, pull up a blank text document or - wow 
- maybe you’ll even want to pull out a notebook and pen (you do still own those, right? lol). Anyway - all joking aside, take as many notes as possible. Use this time to do a little of that “brain dumping” I told you about to help you write the best ad copy. You’ll be amazed at what can come from one little brain dumping session.
No, not amazed but extremely happy you’ll have a list that rocks! You’ll have an actual list of ideas you can run with! Trust me when I say this is oh so very fullfilling! Remember, these are videos. Videos you can pause, rewind and even start over.
Actually, this is exacty how I would do it:
I would watch one entire video - not taking any notes yet. Then I would pull out mytool of choice for note taking (which just so happens to be a notepad doc) and I would watch the video again. And, if the need arises, I would watch it a third time. Then I would proceed to the next video and repeat the process.
What you can expect to find in this video:
- Which is the best autoresponder program available? This progam is hands down the easiest to use and the most reliable.
(Again, I personally too use this service is well - LOVE this list management program!)
- Walks you through step by step setting up your first list through your autoresponder and putting up an optin form on your site so you can collect those email addresses which is absolutely, 100% essential to an affiliate marketer so you can MAKE MORE MONEY.
- One tiny step that will help increase the chances of your subscribers taking that one extra step to confirm that they want to receive messages from you. If your potential subscribers don’t confirm that they want to receive messages from you - you’re out a subscriber. (And you need those subscribers! Needless to say - this is one very super-important step. You don’t want to skip this one!
- How to turn that blah confirmation email into something that makes your subscribers say - “Wow! I can’t wait to hit that link!” Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating just a bit but seriously, this is very important. This is your first chance to stand out from all the rest.
- How to make your subscribers feel as though you’re speaking directly to them and that they are important to you. You need to make them know how important it is to confirm their subscription now. What happens if they don’t confirm right now? Well nothing if they DO confirm later but what happens when they forget why they signed up in the first place? (Which surprisingly - it does happen often.) I don’t need to tell you what happens then, do I?
- How to make use of every single opportunity to grab more traffic to your site. You don’t want to miss these tiny windows of opportunity. You have your readers attention, now use it to your advantage.
- Some ideas of what to do with that confirmation page. There’s no rules saying that once your subscriber confirms their subscription you have to send them to the same old “Thank you page”. In this video, you’ll see some ideas to take this opportunity to grab a few more sales.
Autoresponders 101
Video 2
At this point, you should be ready ready to rock and begin collecting subscribers from your page. This video, the second in the series, discusses setting up an autoresponder series so that once you get that subscriber, they automatically begin recieving a series of emails. (And how to make money with these messsages.) This is usually where the word “autoresponder” comes into play.
See how this can work to your advantage? You can set it up once and it’s all done automatically from there. Yep, set it and forget it. Actually - to be completely honest and just a little sidenote - from my own personal experience: Do not ever completely forget it.
Here’s a litte true story for you …
When I had set up my very own first autoresponder series, I had set it and forgot it. In this particular case, the autoresponder was actually a bit of an email course to go along with an ebook I had for sale. When someone purchased my ebook, they would be automatically sent to a form to fill out to “receive their ebook”. Yes, this was my means I offered for my customers to get the download link to the ebook but this had a few other benefits as well for me and the customer.
The list they were subscribing to wasn’t necessarily a newsletter but an ecourse to go along with the ebook. I had it set up so that my customers would automatically and immediately receive a thank you message as well as some additional resources that might interest them. Spoken as a true affiliate marketer, the additional resources were affiliate links of course. After that initial email, they would then receive a series of emails set for a specific number of days after the purchase that included additional resources and help that was not in the ebook.
(Another fine suggestion of something you can do with an autoresponder )
This worked beautifully. As a matter of fact, I would often received more messages of thanks for the ecourse that went along with the purchase than the ebook itself. (Just goes to show you how much value this adds to an info product - something that is so extremely easy to set up.) Anyway, like I said, this worked out very well until probably close to a couple years later.
I received a message from one of my customers letting me know that there was a broken link in one of the messages. I checked the link and found that the owner of a particular product had changed their affiliate program. This of course, made me want to review each message in the ecourse and I had found a couple other links that I then remembered had been dead for a while.
Lesson learned, I should have kept an eye on my messages and kept the links up to date because I was essentially letting money lay on the table - missing out on commissions.
This is not something you need to check every day or even every week or every month. A quick check every couple of months just to be sure your links are all still working is a good idea. You may also consider adding a note at the bottom of every message saying something along the lines of: “Please hit reply now to let me know of any broken links.” Then your subscribers will basically be helping you keep an eye on things. (You still want to occassionally check yourself though too.)
I’m getting a little ahead of myself here but this is certainly something to keep in mind once you really do get going and if you choose to do something like I did.
Now back to the video and just to clarify - some services offer list management duties only. While this is perfectly fine for some, most need more. More importantly, most should want more. See with most services that offer list management duties only, you’re limited with how many messages you can have set to automatically be sent out to subscribers (if any) when they subscribe. With the sevice Liz & I use and described in these videos, you’re able to utilize basically an unlimited number of autoresponder messages. (Huge plus!) In this video, Liz takes you through the steps - literally step by step on how to set up the autoresponder series.
She even shows you a quick and simple tip that will make your subscribers feel as though you are speaking directly to them when
they receive their email. This is extra important as it helps you build a relationship with your subscribers all on it’s own. If you don’t know already - buiding a trusting relationship with your subscribers is crucial to your email marketing strategies - essentially helping you make it easier to make more money.
Have you ever subscribed to a newsletter that had your name in it? The greeting or the subject line was addressed directly to you? Yep, this is how it’s done. With this video, you too can learn how to step up your newsletters and autoresponder like the “big boys”
Setting your autoresponder up properly, no matter when someone subscribes, they’re going to start getting the messages at the
same time, at the same intervals.
For example:
You have your autoresponder set up so your subscribers receive the following:
- Message one - immediately
- Message two - one day after subscribtion date
- Message three - two days after subscribtion date
- Message four - three days after subscription date … etc, etc …
So, Sally subscribes on Monday:
She will receive message one - immediately
Message two - on Tuesday
Message three - on Wednesday
Message four - on Thursday
And …
Joe subscribes on Tuesday:
He will receive message one - immediately
Message two - on Wednesday
Message three - on Thursday
Message four - on Friday
See how this works? This is a very, very simple set up, taking very good care of your subscribers automatically without any work on your end (once you set it up of course) and Liz explains exactly how to do this step by step in the video.
Don’t forget to be taking notes! You’ll want to pay close attention to find out where to learn how to write really good autoresponder series, ecourses, etc. (A step by step guide on how to create a killer ecourse that makes you money!) You don’t want to miss this!
And then, if this is a newsletter, the subscriber will then begin receiving the regular broadcasts as you send them out just like every other subscriber. This is also described how to do in the video.
Do you have several subscriber lists? If you don’t now, and trust me when I say this - you more than likely will later.
Let’s say for example, you do have several lists. You have something you want to send out to your subscribers but turns out this is a fit for all your subscribers on all your lists - you can create one message then pick and choose which lists it goes out to. (Huge time saver!) Again, this is discussed how to accomplish this in the video.
Have you decided yet you need to go watch this video series? If not, I’m never going to convince you!
Setting Up an Optin Page
In this video, Liz takes “step by step directions” to a whole new level. She will show you from the very beginning every step of the way till you finally publish your optin page.
From where to get optin page templates to a suggested HTML editor to having your optin page ready to grab those subscribers!
With the visual of the screen by screen instructions and Liz explaining - you will be shocked to see exactly how simple this is. The main idea of this video is to help you get over those little technical hurdles commonly found when creating an optin page so you can get something up there and make some money!
Before we go on though we should discuss exactly what an optin page is. An optin page has one and only one purpose. To grab the email addresses of your website visitors. Nothing more … nothing less. You do not want anything more on that page other than text to grab their attention, text to convince them why they need to enter their name and email address and of course … the biggie … the optin box. That’s it.
If you’re a complete newbie and don’t have a clue, then you’ll want to go with the exact programs and templates used in this video and you will be able to create your own optin page right along with the one Liz creates in this video.
They invented pause and rewind for a reason. Use it!
If you can use a typical word processor program - you can use the tools used in this video.
If you have a little bit of website building knowledge and already have your own preference of HTML editors and/or templates but just need a little help. You’ll want to watch this video too. You’ll be able to see what she’s doing on the video and work around it with however your own program works. No biggie.
I’m telling you guys (and ladies of course) the stuff in these videos is absolutely priceless! And it’s all free to TomeyMarketing.com affiliates! Consider yourself very lucky
I personally use raw HTML for my own websites. That’s what I learned with and what I’m comfortable with - not to mention, I’m just too much of a control freak to do it any other way! I’ve also created numerous websites over the years. What I’m trying to say here folks is, I’ve been doing this kind of stuff for years and I still picked up a few things from this video.
(Hmm … guess that’d be another benefit of being Liz Tomey’s affiliate manager 
)
Anyway, back to the video …
Testimonials block blank? Watch the video and find out how the “big dogs” do it.
By the way here - just a sidenote to toss in here - all affiliates do NOT need to be “in competition”. Another way to get some testimonials is to help your fellow Tomey Marketing affiliate out. There’s a lot of you here (HINT HINT)
As I get to know Liz a little better, I’m willing to bet she didn’t even realize she accidently gave some help with creating those catchy headlines - those things that are oh so very important. If your headline does not grab the attention of your visitors immediately, there’s a good chance you’re visitor is going to say bye-bye.
If your visitor says bye-bye then you don’t get the subscriber to convice why they need the product you’re promoting. And if you don’t get the subscriber, you don’t get the money. See the importance here?
** Make those headlines the very first thing your visitors see and grab their attention right away. **
And if you didn’t get enough help with the headlines here, make sure you watch the second video in the autoresponder series for the link to learn more about how to create a killer ecourse. You’re sure to get some great catchy headline tips there!
Are you using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word or any other Word version to create your website and are getting frustrated when you copy and paste it into your site builder and it ends up all screwed up? Watch the video and find out what you should be using instead - something I can almost guarantee every single one of you already have on your computer.
No purchase necessary, hee hee …
I already use this too myself but unfortunately I wasn’t as lucky as you and I didn’t have someone like Liz to show me the ropes. End result? It took me a long time to figure it out. (lol!) As a matter of fact, I’m using this program right this very moment to write up this resource so I can copy and paste it right into the blog post. So as you can see, this one little tip will come in handy for lots of other things too!
Having a hard time putting that optin box code? Does it require going into the actual HTML code to place it? Does this scare the crap out of you? No worries - this is a very common issue!
Oooh, then there is one super-fine tip in this video that you are going to want to see. Not sure Liz even realizes it but if you pay attention to what she does when she’s putting the optin box code, you will forever be letting out a huge sigh of relief! This will certainly also come in handy with other things you’d like to add to your site with similar coding! This little trick can be used for those too!
How cool is that? See, this is exactly why Liz has earned the right to use lizrocks for things like own server!
Cloaking and Redirecting Affiliate Links
- Do you have a problem with those big long very ugly affiliate links?
- Tired of losing commissions because someone took out your code? Or worse yet, complete replaced your affiliate code with their own!?! (Grrr! I call this affiliate theiving and it really burns me up! For gosh sakes give credit where credit is due!!)
- Tired of links getting broken in emails?
This is a huge issue with affiliate marketing that has been a problem probably since Amazon first started their affiliate program. This video will show you exactly what to do to clean up those affiliate links and keep those commissions! As you can see this is an issue I feel very strongly about. Anytime I see someone helping folks keep their commissions - I’m all for it!
In this video Liz shares with about 3 different ways to set up a redirect for your affiliate link (aka cloaking). This way you can pick and choose which way is best for you.
One of the problems with redirecting or cloaking your affiliate links with most ways is you can track the clicks you’re getting. So, one of the ways she shares with you will actually track how many clicks you’re getting on your cloaked link.
*Note: When Liz talks about choosing products to promote - Remember: They are no longer in the same place as they are in the video. To find products to choose from, go to: www.trainyouraffiliates.com/members/promote.htm
www.trainyouraffiliates.com/members/training.htm and watch videos 1, 2 & 3.
Okay back to the video. Installing a Wordpress is soooo simple! If you’ve been putting it off because you don’t know how, you’re so going to kick yourself when you see exactly how easy it is to do and how little time it takes. Let’s put it this way. In this video it took Liz exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds to install a blog - and that’s with chatting away explaining it to you.
But, she doesn’t stop there. She goes on to:
- Show you how to get a theme and install it.
- Show you how to edit the blog template (adding/removing links, sections, etc.)
- How to set up your categories.
- How to change your settings.
- How to make your first post.
- How to delete a post.
- How to install plugins - one of my favorite things to do! Do you know what plugins are? Plugins are simple little things you can install onto your blog to make your blog do some really cool things that your blog doesn’t normally do on it’s own. One of the plugins Liz mentions is one that automaticly makes any links you type a clickable hyperlink. You can even type in TrainYourAffiliates.com and it’s automatically turned into a hyperlink (I personally just sent off an email to my assistant to get that one installed! Very cool!)
Plugins can really jazz up your blog and I highly recommend getting some on your blog. It certainly turns bland to “fand-tastic”! Lame - I know, lol! Just laugh and make me feel better. But seriously, plugins are high up on my list of why I highly recommend you go with a WP blog.
- How to put a banner on the side of your blog. (Great for affiliate graphics!)
Yep, this video pretty much has all the basics you need to know to get your blog going. This video by far is not simply about how to install a blog - so much more. In true Liz style, she tells everything you need to know step by step, holding your hand the whole way.
*Note: When Liz talks about choosing products to promote - Remember: They are no longer in the same place as they are in the video. To find products to choose from, go to:
www.trainyouraffiliates.com/members/promote.htm
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<p>Liz has given you <b>the toolbox</b> of toolboxes for affiliates. Are you using them to your advantage? </p>
<p>I have managed my share of affiliate program and I’m an affiliate for who knows how many different programs. I honestly have yet to see any affiliate center that comes even close to what Liz offers you and what’s to come. </p>
<p>Most programs will offer you a bunch of advertisements, banners and buttons of every color imaginable, short ads, long ads … yadda, yadda, yadda … and while these are super-important to your success … they are <u>nothing</u> when compared to what you have right here! Make sure you’re watching your emails and coming here to the blog. Use these tools to create your own mega-arsenal of tools.</em></p>
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