As I was starting up this blog again the other day, I decided to go to ClickBank and take a look at my account. I was surprised to see that my account balance had shrunk to $0.00! After getting over the shock I thought, “This must be like one of those gift cards where they deduct fees off you balance until they have all your money.” Well, I searched for an answer and found out that ClickBank has something in their accounting policy called “Customer Distribution Requirement,” or CDR.
Here’s a snapshot of my account:
See how my account balance goes from $33.59 to $0.00? In a nutshell, ClickBank deducts fees from your account for inactivity if you haven’t met the CDR. So what do I do about this? In my search, I found a free e-book that explains what is going on with my account and how to fix it. The book is called ClickBank for Newbies. You can click on this link to download the book.
The book is only 18 pages long, so it is a quick read. In it you will learn:
- The Basics of ClickBank
- How to Succeed with ClickBank
- Why ClickBank Affilliates Fail
- The Solution, or How to Meet the CDR
Best of all, this information is free! Just click on this link to go to the download page for ClickBank for Newbies.
In my recent post, Now I can get going!, I mentioned as my next step is to create an affiliate marketing site. The first question that comes to mind is, “How do I do that?” I have subscribed to a newsletter from Dr. Andy Williams called ezSEO. I always liked Dr. Andy’s detailed and methodical approach to doing things and remembered that he had a course for creating fat affiliate sites in WordPress. Since I build all my sites using WordPress, I thought I would check out Andy’s course to see if it could teach me how to create profitable affiliate sites.
His course is called WordPress for Affiliate Sites. It is a subscription course that costs $47 per month and runs for about five months. It does have an option to purchase the entire course at once, but there are a couple reasons to subscribe monthly.
- Course modules are presented on a schedule of about one a week. This is the right pace if you are doing this course on a part-time basis.
- There is a 14-day money back guarantee offered with the monthly option. This is not available if you purchase the whole course.
On the flip side, if you are able to focus and do this full time, then purchasing the whole course might be right for you.
Each lesson comes with a PDF guide, video, and action plan. Some lessons also come with a mind map. I just finished the first lesson. The PDF is 18 pages long, so it was easy to read in a short setting. The video is just short of 37 minutes long. You can complete the first step on the action plan in about an hour. I did this today, Saturday, and then planned the remaining activities for the rest of the week. Following this approach, I can make progress toward my goal every week!
I also want to mention that the quality of the materials is very good. You can definitely tell the skill, knowledge, and experience that Andy applied in making this course. If you are wanting to setup quality affiliate sites, I definitely recommend that you give WordPress for Affiliate Sites a try for the 14 day guarantee period. I am going to see it through to completion.
