Mentorship Programs - Should You Sign Up?

Mentorship programs are becoming increasingly popular on the 

Internet. Usually, they require a significant investment of 

money and time - but are they worth it?

Imagine this scenario.

You get out of bed early (as usual), sit down at the 

computer and open your email program. As you watch a flood 

of emails pour in, you feel overwhelmingly tired. This is 

understandable: you're putting in hours and hours at the 

computer. You've tried one income-earning method after 

another; you've worked on building your list; you've 

uploaded a ton of content to your sites. Surely it should be 

getting close to 'pay off' time? Yet the income level never 

seems to go up...

It's definitely one of those "Should I just give up and look 

for a real job?" days.

Then an email header catches your eye. It says "Don't Use 

Johnny Marketer's New Software Before You Read This!" You 

realize it's a subject line deliberately crafted to get 

attention, but it's also from one of the marketing 'gurus' 

that you actually trust. You are pretty sure that there's 

substance behind this bold statement.

Jaded as you might be, your interest is piqued. You'd been 

thinking of buying this new software. You've been trying not 

to put too much on your credit card, but if it helps your 

bottom line... 

Hmmmm, you'd better check this out and make sure you are not 

wasting your money.

You open the email and find a short paragraph advising you 

that this information is essential reading for any would-be 

buyer. There's a link directing you to read the rest of the 

story on the website. You click through... and you find a 

credible explanation of why you shouldn't use this software 

before you learn a few essential facts. In essence, your 

trusted guru is explaining that without key knowledge that 

surrounds the use of this software, your chances of success 

go way down. It's a brilliant product, he admits... but 

there are five essential techniques that will guarantee 

better results. He's going to explain the most important one 

in detail.

And he does. He also briefly lists the other four techniques. 

You have enough understanding of the Internet to know that 

this is really good stuff. You'd love to have the other four 

techniques fully explained, but this valuable information is 

available only to those in his mentorship program.

You sit and think. You click a link and read the details of 

the program. It runs for a year and you are guaranteed an 

in-depth analysis of your current situation and a 

step-by-step plan for growth. You will find out the best 

current software and approaches to use. It sounds perfect 

for where you are now. However, it costs big bucks.

You mull it over some more. Your mind goes over the 

struggles you've had to date, and the thought of a helping 

hand is incredibly tempting. You could really do with that 

objective overview of your business. Your hand hovers over 

the mouse - and finally, you click through and sign up.

Will this be worth it to you? It could be - but this depends 

on several factors.

1. The Promise: What does the mentor actually promise to do?

- Is there a guaranteed figure or result, or does he just 

promise to work with you and show you the way?

- Is there a safety net if he doesn't deliver?

- What exactly does he require from YOU in order to achieve 

what he promises?

2. Credibility: Do you have good reasons for believing that 

your mentor will deliver the goods?

- Does he have a background of success himself? Is he living 

what he preaches?

- Have you purchased other lesser-priced products from this 

person? Did they deliver?

- Has he coached others to success before you?

- Does he have the ability to TEACH as well as DO?

3. Your Own Work Ethic: Will YOU deliver the goods?

- Are you prepared to work hard to make the most of your 

time?

- Can you take direction? Do you usually work well with 

others?

- Are you willing to believe that an experienced marketer 

can see your business path more clearly than you can?

- Can you stick it out for the full year?

4. Can You Afford It?

- Can you afford the payment without unnecessary hardship?

- Can you afford the time?

- Can you afford the emotional investment?

A good mentor can save you days, weeks and years of errors 

and frustration. A bad mentor can result in your losing 

money, time and even your health. Before you sign up, 

evaluate the program and your mentor carefully. If you 

decide to commit, be prepared to work hard to achieve the 

results you desire.

I have 3 mentorship programs that I joined and gave me

great results. It's at 

www.iandelcarmen.com/recommends/adsense-coach 

www.iandelcarmen.com/recommends/1millionvisitors 

www.iandelcarmen.com/recommends/uncut-videos

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Ian Del Carmen was a TV and stage writer before he became 

an online entrepreneur. He owns a business called digiBook 

Publishing House that can be found at www.digiBook.ph 

and www.digiBookNetwork.com. One of his newest websites is 

an exclusive membership site providing mobile ebooks and 

information products for handheld devices. It's located at

www.MobileEbooks.net. Visit his main website at 

www.ianDelCarmen.com and www.ianDelCarmen.net 

for more information.

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Internet Marketing Centre (IMC) Review

The Internet Marketing Center (IMC) is one of the five affiliate programs that are included as part of the Plug-In profit Site. The IMC site sells home business and internet marketing related products including The Insider Secrets to Marketing your Own Business and Ebay Secrets Course.

IMC is free to join, whether or not you have your own website. You can sign up for the Internet Marketing Center Affiliate here.

If someone visits the IMC site through your affiliate link and buys any of the IMC products you'll receive a generous commission ranging from $6-$200 depending on the product.

In addition to this you can recruit sub-affiliates. Since the IMC affiliate program is a 2 tier program, you'll also receive commissions from any products that your sub affiliates sell. These commissions can range from $1-$50.

Anyone who signs up for a Plug-In Profit site from your link will automatically become one of your sub affiliates and you will earn commission on all of their sales for life.

Another advantage of joining the IMC affiliate program is that you can purchase any of their products from your own affiliate link and receive commissions. Not all affiliate programs allow you to do this, but IMC is one of the affiliate programs that does. In the past year I have purchased The Insider Secrets to Marketing your Own Business and Ebay Secrets Course and have been very impressed with the high quality of the training.

As an IMC affiliate you'll also receive the Marketing Tips newsletter once a month. This newsletter is packed full of useful tips and tricks for internet marketers and is once of the best newsletters that I have subscribed too.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up as an Internet Marketing Center Affiliate and start earning commissions today.

You can also read reviews about the other programs that make up the Plug-In Profit Site:

Empowerism Review

SFI Review

Traffic Swarm Review

Host4Profit Review

Clickbank Review

Traffic Swarm Review

Traffic Swarm is a free advertising program similar to a traffic exchange. If you open a free Traffic Swarm Account here you’ll get the following benefits:

100 credits just for signing up and activating your account
1-5 credits each time you visit another advertiser’s site
100 credits each time someone signs up through your link and activates their account
Your link(s) displayed on other advertiser’s websites

If you upgrade to Pro you’ll get the following benefits:

200 credits for each new signup (instead of 100)
2500 credits added to your account each month
1 bonus credit per page that you view
1 bonus credit per page that your downline views
Unlimited links
Priority support
Commission - $5 per month for every member of your first level downline that upgrades to Pro & $4/$3/$2 or $1 for people who upgrade on your 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th levels respectively.

Traffic Swarm is unlike any other traffic exchange that I know of. Instead of blindly clicking to view the next site when you are surfing for credits, you have the choice of 8 different ads to click on. Clicking on an ad and viewing the web page for 20 seconds will earn you between 1 and 5 credits (+1 if you are a Pro Member). You can then create your own ads and use your credits to display them to other members. Each time you display your ad, 1 credit is used up.

You can also choose which different categories you want to view ads for and which categories your ads should go in.

In addition to this, you can also display a link box from traffic swarm on your website. In return your link is displayed in traffic swarm boxes on thousands of other websites.

You can sign up for a free traffic swarm account here.

You can also read reviews about the other programs that make up the Plug-In Profit Site:

Empowerism Review

SFI Review

Internet Marketing Centre Review

Host4Profit Review

Clickbank review

Host4Profit Review

I thought it was about time that I wrote a review of Host4Profit, since I have been using them as a host for the last 2 years now and since this is an integral part of the Plug-In Profit program.

If you'd like a full rundown of Host4Profit features you can read this here , but here's a quick run down of the main features:

• 800 Mb of disk space
• 10Gb Traffic per month
• Unlimited pop email accounts, autoresponders, mailing lists and email aliases
• Access via FTP or control panel
• $5 per month to add on hosting for a new domain
• $10 per month referral commissions for everyone you refer

On a personal basis I give Host4Profit full marks for reliability and support. I have rarely had down time or technical issues with my site. When I submit a support question I have always received a helpful response within a few hours.

The only downside is that the $25 cost per month is higher than some of the competing hosting companies. This is more than compensated for me by the fact that I receive hundreds of dollars in commission per month through the host4profit referral program (which is only open to people who have a host4profit account) and I host 3 of my other websites with Host4profit, so the total cost for hosting all four websites is just $40 per month.

As a member of Host4Profit you can also take advantage of the following bonuses:

• You can apply for a Plug-In Profit Site
• You can install ready made sites to resell the Ebay Secrets Revealed, Email Marketing Strategies Revealed, Ebay Marketing Secrets and Internet Cash Machines ebooks and keep 100% of the profits - see more details about Host4Profit's Plugin sites here
• Free membership of the Internet Warriors forum - in my opinion, the best Internet Marketing forum on the internet

If you have any questions about Host4Profit, please feel free to contact me at support@businessopps4u.com.

You can apply for a Host4profit account here.

Read the Reviews of the other programs that make up the Plug-In Profit Site:

Empowerism Review

SFI Review

Internet Marketing Centre Review

Traffic Swarm Review

Clickbank Review

SFI Review

SFI, which stands for "Strong Future International" is one of the 5 programs that make up the Plug-In Profit Site.

SFI is a division of a company called Carson Services, which was founded in 1985. SFI itself has been around since 1998 and is thought to be one of the largest affiliate networks in the world, with tens of thousands of affiliates in over 200 countries worldwide.

I joined SFI in 2004, just before I signed up for a Plug-In Profit Site and I'm currently a Silver Team Leader in the program.

There are a number of different ways to make money from SFI:

(1) Promote SFI's Products and receive commissions - SFI has hundreds of products including vitamins, cleaning products, magazines, books, memberships to the International Association of Home Business Entrepreuners (IAHBE), domain name registration, pet care products, coffee and tea. You can browse all of SFI's product's here.

(2) Promote the SFI opportunity and receive a percentage of commissions from sales generated by people in your downline (known as your T-Net). You can find out more about the SFI opportunity here.

(3) Promote NiceOffers.com - Nice Offers is a website that provides special offers on all sorts of products and services. To take advantage of a special offer you just need to print out a coupon. As an SFI affiliate you can promote the special offers and make a commission every time someone redeems a coupon (including yourself or one of your friends or family) or you can promote NiceOffers to local businesses in your area and make commissions whenever a coupon is redeemed at that business. It's a great deal for businesses as they only have to pay when someone redeems a coupon.You can find out more about NiceOffers here.

SFI is a good place to start an online business as it provides lots of good training and there are many possibilities for you to generate an income. It's also free, so you've got nothing to lose if you change your mind!

You can join SFI for free and get a free internet income worth $295.

You can also read about the other programs that make up the Plug-In Profit Site:

Internet Marketing Centre Review

Traffic Swarm Review

Empowerism Review

Host4Profit Review

Clickbank Review

Empowerism Review

I said that I was going to give an explanation of each of the programs that are part of the Plug in Profit Site, so I'm going to start off with a review of Empowerism as its my favourite program. Out of all the programs that make up the Plugin Profit Site I find that this one is the easiest to promote and it makes me the most money.

Firstly, what do you get for your Membership with Empowerism?

A monthly "Excellence Magazine". Visit the Empowerism site to get your free sample copy

35 Website Templates

50 leads automatically loaded into your account each month

Internet Marketing Tools, including a Search Engine Submission Tool,

Access to Internet Marketing Training - topics include HTML & website design, copyrighting, Google, time management, email & email marketing, autoresponders, tools, website linking

Next, what you really want to know - how much can you earn with Empowerism? Here is a breakdown:

(1) Matrix Commissions

You earn an instant "Fast Track Bonus" of $20 whenever someone signs up under you as a paid member

For every month that this person stays in Empowerism you get $6 per month

You also get an additional $1 per month for very person in your downline. That includes personally sponsored members and non personally sponsored members

Your downline is organised in a 3x9 matrix. This means that there are 3 people on your first level, 9 people on your second level, 27 people on your 3rd level and so on, right up to 19,683 members on your ninth level!

If your upline has filled each of the levels above you they may place members below you, earning you $1 per month for each member. When any of your downline sponsors a member you will also earn $1 a month from them.

(2) RSVP

You can buy a leads package for $25. This will get you 50 leads (who could potentially signup for Empowerism under you).
As orders cycle each $25 that you use to buy leads will double until it reaches $2000

(3) MVP

You can buy an advertising package for $100. This gets you a solo ad mailing to 50,000 people
After your order has cycled time you will receive $250


Finally, how much does Empowerism Cost?

An Empowerism membership costs $24.95 for the first month and $19.99 per month thereafter.


I get the majority of my subscribers by just promoting my Plug in Profit Site.

If you have any unanswered questions on Empowerism feel free to make comment in this blog and I'll be sure to answer your questions!

If you'd like to join empowerism and have me as your caring helpful sponsor, feel free to sign up here :-)

You can also read about the other programs that make up the Plug-In Profit Site:

SFI Review

Internet Marketing Centre Review

Traffic Swarm Review

Host4Profit Review

Clickbank Review

What is a Plugin Profit Site?

In very simple terms a Plugin Profit Site is a professional home business website created by Stone Evans.

If you sign up for a Plugin Profit Site, within 24 hours you will be the proud owner of site that looks like this

Once you have your site it is 100% yours and you can keep it as it is or make changes as you wish.

Your Plugin Profit site will contain:

Informative articles and information on starting a home business

Information on 5 high quality legitimate business opportunities and programs - if anyone signs up for these business opportunities from your website you will either earn an income immediately (in the case of Host4Profit and Empowerism) or you will have the potential to earn money in the future (in the case of SFI, IMC and Traffic Swarm)

A Signup box, where visitors to your site can sign up for free to your home business ezine

You are also provided with:

A free autoresponder account pre-loaded with 400 days worth of informative home business and internet marketing emails, which also happen to advertise each of the business opportunities and your website.

A 30 Days To Success Training Package to teach you how to promote your new website

To make money from your website, all you need to do is follow the instructions in the ebook to promote your website.

To find out more information visit my plug in profit site

Watch out for my next few posts where I will be explaining in detail each of the programs that are part of the Plugin Profit Site. Have a quick look at what is available:-

1. Empowerism

2. SFI

3. IMC

4. Clickbank

5. Traffic Swarm

6. Host4Profit

I will also be adding posts will more information on

1. How much it costs to get your own Plugin Profit Site

2. How much money you can make with Plugin Profit Site