Are You Prepared?

Howdy, friends. Depending upon where you are in the U.S., you
stand a good chance of being iced and snowed in over the next 72
hours. My old stomping grounds in The Big Apple have already had
their fair share of bad weather and it looks like after it hits
us with 10-15 inches of ice and snow it will keep going in their
directions.

They say this is the going to be one of those perfect storms
where a system from the north will mix with a system from the
south causing ice, snow, and even tornadoes. How do you see a
tornado in a snow storm? Heck, I couldn't even get a spare snow
shovel at Home Depot this morning. Hopefully, "Old Trusty" will
last another storm.

I do have plenty of salt and sand, but my driveway slopes down
steeply and my street is like a bottom of a fishbowl. Once you
get down, you may never get back up again or even get out of the
addition. We live on a hill and about the only way to get out of
here is to drive in reverse up the hill and then flaw it to get
out of the fishbowl. The only problem is if you can't stop,
you'll slide head-on into traffic as you get to the end of the
block.

I also stocked up on canned goods and dry goods just in case the
power goes out. Back in 2009, we got hit with an ice storm that
immobilized us for days with no power and no heat. They are
forecasting lots of ice, and I have lots of trees with limbs I
should have cut off before the Fall.

See where I am going with this?

It pays to be prepared.

I'm not talking Boy Scout level preparedness. I'm talking about
knowing changes are coming your way and making intelligent
choices for how to respond to those changes.

The economy is still moving slowly. You knew it was going to be
this way for some time. How are you responding? If you are out of
work or under-employed, how have you decided to respond? If your
business is flat or floundering, how are you planning to respond?
How are you going to survive?

Look, I don't have any fast, slick answers. Sometimes I feel like
I am barely hanging on myself. But the bottom line is you can't
stand there, looking at the headlights, wondering if you should
stand still or run. You have to do something. Inaction is not a
choice. Inaction is death.

I just got off the phone with someone who wanted to know more
about affiliate marketing. He wanted to know more, but didn't want
to get in over his head. He could use a passive revenue flow.
What about you? Here's what I told him.

Figure out what you enjoy doing -- what's your hobby, where does
your subject matter expertise lie, what do you do for a living,
what are you passionate about?

Once you have your list, you need to search for products or
services in those niches on Google and see if any of them offer
an affiliate program. You can also search on Clickbank.com or
CommissionJunction.com. There are also many affiliate program
directories to choose from.

Review the products and services that pay the highest referrals.
If you really like what you see, consider purchasing them. You
will be in a much better position to recommend a product or
service that you actually use and like.

Then go to Blogger.com and create a free blog. Start writing
about your passion and then recommend a related product or
service with each blog entry and be sure to include your
affiliate link!

Write some related articles and post them online with links back
to your blog.

Compile several blog articles into an ebook and offer it for free
download or sell it cheap for $7.00. Either way, use it to build
a mailing list. Send out updates to the list about new products
and services and always include your affiliate links.

This is a good start. It's how most of us got started a long time
ago, and it all still works. Not overnight, but over time. And
nothing will make you smile more then when you receive your first
affiliate check.

Well, I've decided to take a snow day -- possibly a snow week --
and I want to make your day a little warmer by offering you a "2
for 1" deal.

Go to ResellerProducts.com and pick any two products you want.
Pay the higher price and receive the second product for free.

There are some exceptional tools there and many come with
reseller rights (not all, so be selective if you are looking
specifically for reseller tools). Just send me an email with the
two products you want, and I'll send you a PayPal invoice. Upon
receipt of payment, I will send you the download pages.

Now go build a snowman or have a snowball fight.

All my best,

Steven

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