I love creating new streams of passive income. It excites me, it thrills me, and it frustrates me beyond all belief!

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you will know that I love affiliate marketing. There is something rather cool about creating a small landing page, driving traffic to it, and then seeing money being put into my bank account. It sure beats working for someone else.

The problem is that with most affiliate income streams you have to constantly work on your landing pages, add additional content, and spend hours backlinking your pages if you want to have any success at all. I have always wanted a system that would be more ‘push button’ and less hands off.

Fortunately, Brian Johnson and Alex Goad released Auto Content Cash today (aff link).

I am so pumped about this new product. For those that know me, you guys know I buy ANYTHING that Brian Johnson or James Jones releases. These two guys have made me more money than any of the so-called internet gurus! (I am also a fan of Mark Mason – from masonworld.com fame!)

Brian’s last product, Commission Ritual, is the system I am basing my entire internet portfolio on. Every site I have launched in the past 2 months ranked in the top 30 for its main keyword WITHOUT any backlinks or off-page SEO. Adding just a few blog comments have pushed these pages into the top 15 or so. Pretty cool if you ask me.

As a way of diversifying, I am going to buy Auto Content Cash and add it to my list of passive income streams to grow! I will report back in a few days with my initial reaction!

To visit the ACC official site, and get the initial discounted price, check out AutoCashContent!

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A better, more effective, method would be to sell physical products on small, niche type websites.

By selling physical products on Amazon, you are tapping into a massive market of ready-to-buy people. These are the types of people that have their credit cards in hand, ready to plug the trigger once they find what they are looking for.

During the Christmas season, I created four niche sites. I followed the SEO techniques found in Commission Ritual and had some really amazing results. The sites are not masterpieces either. Not by any stretch of the imagination! They are simple one to five page mini sites that promote one specific product. For example, a nice Christmas niche would be to sell Christmas trees. Unfortunately, that market would be extremely competitive. So why not dig a bit deeper.

I have a few friends who buy everything in pink. Heading over the the google adwords tool (I actually use Micro Niche Finder since it is so much easier), you will find that the term “pink christmas tree” was searched for 40,000 times (broad type) in December. Why not try and buy a domain name such as pinkchristmastree.com (not available and not mine – but I wish it was). With just a small amount of SEO work you could easily crack the top 10 spots on Google and would almost certainly sell enough pink trees to cover the cost of a domain name.

You could do this for almost any niche or season. Brian Johnson has made a name for himself selling Halloween costumes. I have personally purchased over 50 Halloween domain names to try and capitalize on this PROFITABLE NICHE MARKET. If each of these sites make just $50 during September and October, I will pocket a profit of around $2,500. Each site takes me about 2 hours to complete from start to finish. If I complete all 50 sites I would have invested 100 hours and $375 on domain names. This leaves me a profit of $2,125 or $21.25 per hour. The cool thing is once these things are set up, they will continue to earn passive income for me each and every year.

If you have no idea how to harness the power of Amazon, I highly recommend that you check Amazon Riches Revealed. It pretty much covers everything you will need from picking profitable niches to getting traffic to maximizing your time and energy to put more money in your pocket. If you do not want to buy anything else, shoot me an email and I will try and answer whatever questions I can!

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The Ultimate PLR Article Collection – On Sale Until January 10, 2010

I am quick to tell anyone who will listen that I absolutely love everything that James Jones produces. For those of you who don’t recognize the name, James is the guy behind the now famous Micro Niche Finder. That brilliant piece of software has actually made me money since, as you know, the real key to making money online is finding the most profitable keywords. When MNF was first released, it only cost something like $15 (I have heard that he is raising the price to something like $147 soon – which would still be a great price).

Keep reading to learn about a bonus offered exclusively on my blogs…..

Last year, James released a GINORMOUS PLR package that had 20,000 plus PLR articles. As I am a HUGE fan of re-purposed PLR articles, I was extremely upset when I missed out on it (which he sold for more than $200).

Fortunately for me, this week James has released something better – The Ultimate PLR Article Collection Software. If you have even the smallest desire to EVER use PLR articles you need to check this software out. Like Micro Niche Finder, James is releasing a limited quantity at an unbelievable price of $14.99. This incredible (not trying to sound overly dramatic but I am pumped) sale only lasts until January 10, 2010. The price will then increase!

My words could never adequately explain just how cool this software is so go check it out for yourself. Here is the link one more time:

The Ultimate PLR Article Collection Software

Bonus Available for Chasing The Bull Readers: Many people would love to use PLR articles to help supplement their online income, yet they do not even know where to start. If that description fits you then I have a great opportunity for you today!

I have been able to secure the MASTER RESALE RIGHTS to a really cool product that will teach you everything you need to know about PLR articles. This product retails for $67, but you can find it on sale for about $40. Since I know that even $40 is a lot for someone just wanting to learn a bit more about PLR article profits, I have decided to sell it for $4.99. If you are interested, you can find more information by CLICKING HERE!

For those of you who do not know, by selling you the master resale rights, I am granting you the rights to resell this to anyone you want, at any price. I recommend that you sell it for much higher than I am charging you here, but it is completely up to you! You can read more about the resell rights inside the product review – PLR Articles Explained!

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Many people have been emailing me asking where I have been.

To be honest with you, I have been out there putting in the effort that is needed to really change my financial life. A few months ago, I only dreamed about making money online. The problem was that I had no IT background, no money to spend learning everything you need to know, and no real focus. Fortunately for me, I stumbled across the Newbie University while wasting time of the Warrior Forum (one of my former bad habits).

In case you have never heard of Brian Zimmerman allow me to introduce him. Brian is just a normal person like you and me. He is not some guy that claims to make millions online each month, nor he is one of those gurus who tries to sell you something everyday. He is a guy that has learned from real life experience how to make this stuff work. And the cool thing is he shares it with us for FREE.

The is no catch. No hidden membership fees. No products to buy, etc. Brian simply provides a wonderful forum in which internet marketers of all abilities are able to ask questions, get feedback and make money online. Every other week Brian holds a 2 hour webinar which focuses on specific ways to make money. Again this is ALL FREE.

You guys know me by now. I do not tell you about stuff that is crap or that I have not personally tried.

If you have ever wanted to learn how to really make internet marketing work, The Newbie University is the perfect place to begin. With over 10,000 posts and hundreds of people joining every month, you are sure to find the answers to anything you are looking for. Even if you are a seasoned veteran, the community is a tremendous place for you to give back and help others in need.

Join the Newbie University Now!

Disclosure note – While joining TNU is 100% completely free to you, if you join through any of the links above I will receive a small commission. The cool thing is that once you join, you can do the same thing. So please, if you are going to join do so through any of the links posted on this page.

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Nothing has been as exciting for me as Commission Ritual.

In the past few weeks, I have built six new niche sites. A couple target Christmas stuff, while the rest are targeting normal everyday crap that people buy. The thing I like best about the Ritual is that it focuses primarily on real products. This is actually what I thought internet marketing was when I began my journey. I never even knew informational products existed.

It is so much easier to get ranked for ‘ice cream makers’ (not my niche, btw) than it is to have to constantly battle another internet marketer in a Clickbank niche. Even relatively obscure Clickbank niches are sometimes impossible to crack into the top 10 spots of Google. Another benefit of my new strategy is that I won’t have to constantly pump out articles to maintain my rankings. One or two posts a month should be sufficient to keep traffic flowing to my sites.

So far, my results are pretty decent. Here are the rankings for my new niche sites:

1. #11
2. #11
3. #14
4. #19
5. N/A
6. N/A

As you can see, these sites are doing fine for being only a few days/weeks old. In fact, site #1 has actually produced a few sales already. Too bad this was a test niche and the commissions are so low. One thing that I have started doing is integrating Chitika ads into every new niche site. Say what you want about them, these little ads can create some serious clicks. The best part is that you can use them along with Adsense, or any other CPC type ads.

Allyn Hayne, who runs my favorite video blog, likes to say that if you put Chitika ads on an ugly blog, she becomes the prettiest girl around and really attracts the clicks. How right you are Allyn…how right you are

Well enough of my ramblings. I am off to start another new site. Did I mention I found 30 domain names in just over 2 hours that I want to buy? As soon as I catch up on the domains I got last week, I am going to grab a ton more.

By the way, if you use this link, and the code ‘geo199‘, you can buy a dot com domain name for $1.99. Pretty cool. Too bad it is limited to one per customer.

Later all.

If you have not picked up Commission Ritual yet, you can get a 7 day trial for only $4.95 by following this link!

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Twelve months ago, I started my quest to learn how to make a few bucks online. Looking back at my first couple attempts it is difficult not to laugh and wonder what I was thinking about when I decided that was a good idea. To be honest with you, up until a few short weeks ago most of my campaigns are quite pathetic (I tend to get bored rather quickly).

During this time spent online I have come to realize a few things about myself and this industry that I wanted to share with you.

Quantity beats quality ever time – While it is true that if you are trying to build a true authority site you should endeavor to create only top notch content, when building mini-sites (aka niche sites), it is better to simply pump out as many as you can, as fast as you can. How else can we accountant for the tremendous success that many of X-Factor’s students are achieving? Those little sites are popping up everywhere!

Having perfect grammar is not required to be successful – Most internet users simply skim whatever they are reading. Most readers look for bullet points that will help them solve their problems, address their issues, or entertain them from the monotony of life. They do not want to read scientific jargon that would confuse even a PhD from MIT.

Diversification is your friend – If you do not own the site where you publish your content, you risk losing it all. Take, for instance, Squidoo. After years of accepting any garbage that a writer wanted to publish, Seth decided that he wanted to clean up his site and not allow certain truly profitable niches (i.e. weight loss products). If you were in one of these now taboo niches, your lenses were frozen.

Another example would be eHow. Don’t get me wrong, I still like that site but I do not spend much time writing for them anymore. I simply do not want to waste my time writing articles for a site that will delete your article, redirect the url to one of their own articles (using the traffic that you naturally built) and then give you no explanation as to why your article was deemed unworthy. At least Today dot com came right out and told you they were scamming you!

Procrastination is a habit – During my first 10 months online, I spent 2 hours reading for every 5 minutes actually working. There are so many different techniques that truly can make you a lot of money, but if you never put those plans into action, you will have nothing to show for it. Following a few techniques outlined in Brian Johnson’s Commission Ritual, my progress has skyrocketed. Brian is the same dude that sold $22,000 worth of Halloween costumes last month. Instead of wondering what to do next, I now have a workable plan that will take me all of 2010 to complete. I have committed to avoid purchasing anything else until I make this technique profitable; which unfortunately means that I will not be promoting CPA offers anymore (which stinks because Copeac is awesome).

Ten minutes a day is not enough – If you want to actually make money online, it is crucial that you put in some serious effort. You cannot succeed if you spend more time checking your stats than you do creating content. The past two nights I have created 2 new niche sites. These babies are sweet, if I may say so myself. Each site takes about 3 to 4 hours to completely set up; from buying the domain names to publishing its first page.

My new plan is to try and create 2 new sites a week, hoping that each site will eventually earn $2 per day. After a year, this could be real life-changing income. If this does not excite you, nothing will.

At the end of one year of sacrifice, my potential earnings could be:

104 niche sites * $2 per site per day * 365 days = $$75,920

So there you have it; five things that I have learned in the past twelve months. In my naivity, I imagined myself a lot further along in my journey towards financial independence. I actually thought this stuff would be easy. I am, after all, a relatively bright and hard working individual. Unfortunately, it takes more than brains to make money. It takes a well thought out action plan, seed money (to buy domain names) and a ton of work, which does not include checking your stats.

What have you learned in the past 12 months? What steps have you taken to secure your financial freedom?

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As such, I spent a few hours organizing my passive income streams while my son was taking his nap this afternoon. What I discovered is that I have been bouncing from one technique to another, never giving any of them a real chance to work. My income is down, my production is down and my confidence is down.

I need to get back to the basics.

For me, the most consistent income stream has always been eHow. I have a little over 100 articles published and I should actually clear $100 this month. Some people complain about the eHow sweeps. I find that whenever they do a little house cleaning, my earnings increase a bit. Works for me!

Clickbank is all over the place. Sometimes I make decent money, other times I make nothing. I can sometimes go a month without a sale and then follow that up with four sales in 24 hours. I honestly believe it has something to do with their tracking but you could never prove that.

My Squidoo earnings are absolutely pathetic, although I do manage to make a sale or two every now from a OWM campaign or two. If you are trying to learn how to effectively use Squidoo to make some extra money for Christmas, Jackie, from Beginner’s Internet Marketing, has some really effective ideas. I printed out one of her mindmaps which has really helped me organize a few campaigns.

Finally, my niche sites are quite simply a waste of space. I bought a few domain names that have a ton of potential but the subjects BORE ME TO TEARS. I will never finish these, but at least it taught me to only do things that I like instead of thinking only about their potential.

Passive income is a tremendous way to plan for the future. It is, however, really easy to get distracted. Instead of trying to do everything at once, start slowly and build a little bit each day.

Now, I just need to follow my own advice!

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The problem with trying to make money online is that you either have to create your own products or learn how to be a really good affiliate. Product creation takes too much time, since I basically have 2 hours a week to get stuff done online. And to be honest with you, I am not really that good of an affiliate (or at least my sales indicate that I am not). Fortunately for me, I found a product today that takes care of both these issues for me. It creates products for me AND creates professional looking websites with a push of a button…No really. It is that easy.

Please, do yourself a favor and go check this out. Once this site gets 100 members it will move from a low one time payment of $37, to a monthly subscription of $17. It is not hard to do the math, is it? How do I know it is going that the membership will reach 100 quickly….Brian Zimmerman, creator of The Newbie Notebook, just blasted this to his lists, and in case you do not know, that dude is awesome.

Here is the link to check out the product – Easy Button Business. I just bought this, so tonight I will create my first site and publish a review for you guys in the next few days!

BUILD YOUR OWN PASSIVE INCOME BUSINESS TODAY!

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Normally, I would encourage people to give this method a try. After all, what could you possibly lose besides a few dollars for a domain name and a couple hours of your time?

What people are failing to understand is that in order for this system to work it is crucial that you create quality content. Since you are only posting 5 pages at most, each one should provide some value to the reader. If not, you are simply spamming the world.

Need proof? Take at look at this site – http://carlsonfishoil.net (I am not going to link to this since I do not want to negatively impact this dude’s site), so open a new browser and check it out..I will wait …) What is the first thing you notice? Yep. That is the exact SAME template that hundreds, if not thousands, of X-Factor’s students are using. Using the same template as others is not that big a deal. Using the same template while providing the same crappy content is a big deal. Pretty soon the engineers at Google will put a stop to this. Just ask those people who bought NicheDevil.

What else do you notice about that site?

The home page has the following wording: “Here you will be able to find suppliers of all types of Carlson Fish Oil“. Really? I do not see links to any suppliers. What I see is Google ads….so is this writer implying that I should click on the ads listed? I think so, and that is a direct violation of Google’s TOS.

Please understand that I am not against people trying to make money online. If you have been a reader here for any length of time you will know that I think the internet is the best place to develop a nice stream of passive income without having to leave your own home. What I have a problem with is that people take a solid, well-developed plan and then shortcut it so much that it really looks like spam. I am sure John (X-Factor) never intended people to create such crap. Since I have not read the ebook, I cannot be sure, but if he is making the kind of money I think he is, you can be sure his sites are top shelf.

If I were going to test this method out I would do things a bit differently. I would take the information I learned and work it into what I already know. I would definitely NOT use the same template as everyone else, but the ad placement is perfect.  I would create at least 5 pages of quality content that would stand up to a Google exam and I would not begin creating ANY links for at least a month. Furthermore, until my site was indexed I probably would not add any Adsense to it. I am seeing more and more and more sites that look like this that have public service ads on them since Google simply cannot figure out what the site is about.

This is just my 2 cents. I personally know a few people who are absolutely killing it with this technique. Personally, I am using a combination of Google Sniper and One Week Marketing. I also tend to be too much of a perfectionist so I am always adding content to my niche sites when in reality they probably should be left alone so that I can move on to another site.

If you are using X-Factor’s methods please do yourself and everyone else a favor, create readable content that provides at least an ounce of value. Otherwise you are simply spamming up the internet.

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Well, today is the day. You will be getting slammed with emails from the various internet marketing gurus, all promoting George Brown’s Google Sniper. And why not? If you are an internet marketer, this is the product that everyone will tell you that you need.

I agree.

On this little passive income blog, I only talk about products that I purchase AND use to make money online. Every now and then (like once every 2 years or so), someone releases a product that work. Pot Pie Girl’s One Week Marketing, and James Jones’ Micro Niche Finder are two of my favorites. Each of these have really put money in my pocket. Each article I write for eHow comes from the keyword research I can do with MNF.

Each month, I work on a few items. I create eHow articles, I create Squidoo campaigns, and last month I started creatingGoogle Sniper sites. All three of these areas have the potential to be profitable, but the Google Sniper system has the potential to be life altering. Combing Google Snipers with CPA networks (my personal favorite is Copeac) can really put some serious cash in your pocket.

The thing I want you to remember here is that I have actually purchased the product and give it my HIGHEST recommendation. Additionally, I have put togther a quick pros and cons list to explain a bit more:

Pros (Why I like this system)

1. Instructions – Unlike many systems, this system gives you step by step instructions explaining exactly how to set up your Google Sniper campaigns.

2. Wordpress – Unlike X-Factor’s Adsense Program, you do not need to purchase another web design program. Simply pick whatever FREE Wordpress theme you like and you are good.

3. Fully Autmated – Many popular techniques involve 2 hours of creation and then hundreds of hours creating backlinks. This system shows you how to properly structure your site so that you will not have to spend hours creating links. In fact, I have a fews snipers that are on the first few pages of Google with NO backlinks at all.

4. No Adwords – Many popular programs forget to mention on the sales page that you will have to use Adwords in order to make the big dollars. That is not true with this system.

5. Boredom Proof – If you are like me, you get bored easily. Since the Google Sniper method takes only a few hours to complete, from start to finish, I can put up a new campaign whenever I get some free time. This works for me as I work 60+ hours every week at my day job.

Cons (Why You Should Not Purchase the System)

1. Money – As in, you already make enough from other systems.

2. Domain Names – Unlike One Week Marketing, which uses primarily free blogs, you will need to purchase domain names and have your own hosting. This is NOT a bad thing. You should already be developing your own virtual real estate anyways. If you need help, drop me a line and I will help you out!

3. Addictive – If you have an addicted personality, this may cause problems. There is something truly motivating about spending a few hours on a site and watching commissions roll in for months and months and months.

Listen up folks. I like this product. If you follow it, you will make money (although I cannot personally guarantee that). If you are thinking about buying, consider going through my affiliate link. If you do, let me know.

BUY GOOGLE SNIPER HERE

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