Are You Cashing In With ClickBank?

Oct 12 2008

Just like any other affiliate program, making good money with ClickBank requires having enough traffic along with finding appropriate and relevant books for your audience.

You also have to be careful with ClickBank. Yes, the high commissions are nice, but you should choose products wisely.

Even though it’s one of my top money making affiliate programs, a lot of work and experimentation goes into getting those sales.

Watch the video below to hear my thoughts on the affiliate program.

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24 Responses

Jennifer Kilkenny

October 13th, 2008 at 9:25 am
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Very helpful video! thanks so much! I’ve recently signed up for clickbank and I’m having one heck of a time trying to weed out the good from the bad. It’s not easy. But I think you’re right…buy the e-book, it’s really the right thing to do to maintain credibility.
Chris

October 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
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Hi Lisa,

Thanks for the information on using Clickbank. I haven’t started using affiliate advertising on any of my sites yet (I have 14 of them), but I’m planning on doing it soon. I’m just waiting to get a little more traffic. All of my sites are pretty new - the oldest one is only about 10 months old.

I think that reading the books that you promote on your site is an excellent idea. I’d hate to promote worthless items and sell them to other people. I do think that credibility is important. If you sell someone a piece of junk then they sure won’t take a chance and buy something else off your site ever again!

Once again, thanks for the great advice. I hadn’t really even thought about using Clickbank before your video.
Denise Violetta

October 13th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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Hey Lisa,

I enjoy watching your videos! I am just getting started, so I am in the planning stages of organizing my thoughts and strategy with my new website project. Your site is helping me immensely, and I am just about to go and check out 2planawebsite.com! Thank you for showing us that it is very possible to work at home and be successful with it.
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October 13th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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R.J.

October 13th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
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Thank you for the advice.:)

I hear more and more affiliate masters are giving away their e-products for the affiliates to review. How true is that?

And wow! I never knew you could write em off(if purchased).

-May you become a bilionaire!!!
lisa

October 13th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
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Hey RJ,

Yes you can write it off but you can only do that if you are making enough (I believe it’s $4,000 profit for the year) for it to be considered a business expense. Don’t quote me on the amount but there is a tax law that sets limit on what you can and cannot write off.
Jennifer Kilkenny

October 13th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
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RJ - Everything you buy is a tax write-off. Everything from computer hardware and software to printer paper.

Also, the office in your house is a tax write-off. So if you have 5 rooms in your house, 1/5th of your electric bill (and oil/gas if you use that for heat) is a write-off too.

But Lisa is right - you need to make X amount of money to qualify as a business in the eyes of the IRS, otherwise they just consider what you’re doing a hobby.
Jennifer Kilkenny

October 13th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
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Let me specify more - everything is a tax write off if you use it for your business. I know that’s probably obvious to you, but for some, that needs to be specified.
lisa

October 13th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
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You got it, Jennifer. Thanks for the helpful info.
R.J.

October 14th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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And thank you for the feedback Lisa and friends.

Is the X amount of money required uniform from state to state(Federal law) or does it very?
nick dafos

October 15th, 2008 at 7:22 am
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hi lisa !

oh my god you were looking so great again !

i should think of some video idea for you to make, lol ! !

i dont do affilates yet ! but i will possibly do it when i will have my site
lisa

October 15th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
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RJ, I think it’s uniform but I’m not sure. You can check the IRS website for specifics.
R.J.

October 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
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gotcha
Joel

October 17th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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I had used Clickbank once but didn’t make money at all because of my low traffic, actually I’m not using any form of affiliate marketing because I believe getting traffic to blog or website is getting harder and harder everyday. for now I use few Google ads blended within my posts but no hug money coming in yet.

I had received money from Google but not sufficient to get all paid.
chuckypita

October 18th, 2008 at 2:28 am
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Thanks for the solid information Lisa. While my blog is more for information purposes, it’s nice to have a bit of income “on the side” that justifies the time, effort and energy I put into it.

Unfortunately, I haven’t used clickbank up to this point. Maybe I need to expand on that in the future.
ShakespearesBrother16

October 19th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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Hi Lisa! You may have seen me around the forum.

I don’t want to be the one to start throwing lots of video requests at you, but I’ve been looking into using “Include Files” (SSIs) for a website and it seems very complicated!
If you have the time, I would appreciate it if you could do some sort of video tutorial/explanation on it.

Of course, I understand if you are unable to or have to much work to do, but hey! if I don’t ask, nothing will happen!

Thanks in advance and, keep on making making these really helpful videos! They’re the best way to learn!
lisa

October 19th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
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I’ve already done that. Check the video below…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfvIGMru0M
Sunny kapoor

October 19th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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Hi Lisa,

Just wondering why you never allow my comments to get posted in your lbog. I am not a spammer luv.
lisa

October 19th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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Sunny, I’ll have to check but your posts may be getting caught in the spam filter.
ShakespearesBrother16

October 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am
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Sorry Lisa! I should have seen it myself

Thanks you so much, anyway! What would I do without you?!

Most sincere thanks,
Shakesperare
dedy

October 23rd, 2008 at 4:13 am
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hai lisa,could i have your email ?please!,actually i don’t have much knowledge about clickbank,my be you can help me how to make money from the internet.my email: matazzano@gmail.com
thank’s
Sharon

October 31st, 2008 at 8:58 pm
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I did understand your view’s on clickbank, that is the program that I’m really trying to promote.

Question can I use these site to promote clickbank or do I need a page of my own first to start with, I just don’t really know how to get this Affiliate program up and runing, if you can help, if you have time.

http://djoufack.cjb.net http://djoufack.synthasite.com
http://sites.google.com/site/djoufack1/ http://djoufack123.cjb.net

Thank and you
Have a good day/night
sdjoufack@gmail.com
Sharon
lisa

October 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pm
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Sharon,

As an affiliate, it’s really best to have your own websites to promote any products, and this is not just for Clickbank. I’ve found it works better when I personally review the product first rather than just promoting the sales/landing page.
Brett

November 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
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Great video. Thanks for taking the time to do this. You have a great blog. I’m definitely subscribing.