The Super Affiliate Handbook Review

"Can you make over $400,000 in a year and not even sell your own products?"

Well Rosalind Gardner sure does!

A fellow marketer told me about Rosalind Gardner's new ebook explaining how she had made $436,797 in one year. The Rosalind Gardner book is called "The Super Affiliate Handbook". I was (to say the least) intrigued. Since I hadn't yet developed my own products I wanted to learn HOW to sell products for OTHER people and make money. The subtitle of her book is "How I made $436,797 in One Year Selling Other People's Stuff Online". This told me that I should be able to get killer information on selling products that were not my own.

After purchasing her book I found out that NOT ONLY IS IT POSSIBLE, IT IS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE MONEY ON THE INTERNET.

Listen, when I purchased this book, I barely knew what an affiliate WAS. Now I are one!

One thing I can say about her eBook is that I immediately noticed that the writing style was easy to comprehend. No highfalutin words here! Her style is clear & friendly. This gem packs in 273 pages of pure gold.

Here are how the sections of the book are laid out.

INTRODUCTION (P13):

Here Rosalind tells you right at the FRONT of the book how you are going to make money with this. Then she goes on to explain internet & affiliate marketing basics. She lays out everything from myths of internet marketing to the lifestyle that you can aspire to.

INTERNET & AFFILIATE MARKETING BASICS (P19):

Here Rosalind debunks the 6 biggest lies about internet marketing. She explains from the beginning how affiliate marketing works. Rosalind gives you 15 FABULOUS reasons to affiliate, explains how you can work from anywhere in the world, and gives you a taste of what your new lifestyle might be like. The lifestyle sounds pretty good to me!

SETTING UP SHOP (P35):

Rosalind talks about hardware, software needed & budgeting. She gives you a general rundown of what expenses you might expect. It just doesn't cost that much to get started in this business. It is a VERY low risk way of starting a business online.

RESEARCH A PROFITABLE TOPIC (P45):

Here you will find one of the MOST important sections in the book. Now listen, some of this info is as good as you will find at ANY price. You HAVE to be able to find your niche. Rosalind shows you the "tricks" to researching keywords. She walks you through how to create keyword lists, how to determine who your competitors will be & how to SPY on your competitors. If you don't know what keywords are, she'll show you what they mean & why you need good ones.

HOW TO FIND MERCHANTS (P75):

Rosalind covers how to find & choose merchants, products & affiliate programs. How to know difference between a good one & a bad one.

You want resources?

Rosalind shows you 48 SPECIFIC Affiliate Networks that you can join. She spends one chapter on just Commission Junction who she claims is her very favorite affiliate network. She goes on to list some affiliate directories that can help you find an affiliate program you want too.

HOW TO CHOOSE PRODUCTS & AFFILIATE PROGRAMS (P105):

Rosalind spend 35 pages going over this very important topic. In her time on the internet she has been literally gone from a-z learning how this works & here she passes on this information without you having to experience the pain. She shows you how to contact people who do not have affiliate programs & how to make money just by showing ads that relate to your business on your website. IT'S EASY!

With her experience she gives you a list of 20 questions to ask before you join an affiliate program. These come from the school of hard knocks. She can save you some trouble here.

When you don't know which affiliate program to choose Rosalind has some ideas to help you choose between them.

Next there is a list of types of programs to avoid. This is, once again, something designed to keep you out of trouble BEFORE you get into it.

Hey the book is only halfway done!

But don't stop now, this is too important.

PLAN & BUILD YOUR SITE (P143):

With such topics as "Do I really need my own web site?" and "No such thing as a free lunch" Rosalind covers some of the web site startup issues. She goes into detail on your website name, how to register your own domain name & the things to look for in the all important web host. She gives you some GREAT tips on how to make your web site a place that will attract business while avoiding HUNDREDS of HOURS of work.

Do you do a micro site or a content site? Do you create multiple domains. Rosalind has the answers. They may surprise you.

She has more chapters with 4 site building options, 6 web site essentials, design rules of thumb, web site building primers, 9 ways to make search engine friendly pages & 10 scripts & code snippets.

Any ONE of these scripts is worth the price of the book.

But I like Script #10 the best!

THE JOB OF SELLING (P187):

This section covers web site content & how to write compelling endorsements. She covers the art of copywriting, talks about merchant copy & sales tools.

Next Rosalind covers "How to build a 1,000 page content site in mere seconds!" This is just too cool. You gotta read this. I still haven't implemented this, but eventually I will.

Finally Rosalind gives us the 10 commandments of how credibility pays. Gaining the trust of your customers is INCREDIBLY important.

31 WAYS TO MARKET YOUR SITE (P199):

Here she covers 8 ways to get traffic fast. She isn't kidding. These are great ideas...ESPECIALLY if you are a beginner. If you are an old pro, you probably already know these tricks. I will point out that you are probably reading this BECAUSE of these tricks.

OK how about 12 ways to get FREE traffic to your website? This is the Holy Grail for web masters. They are always looking to find FREE ways to get web site traffic. Rosalind covers it from JVs & RSS to Reciprocal links. Don't know what a JV or RSS is... well Rosalind spells it out for you.

Then she covers 11 ways to market your site off line. I'm not interested in this one much, but it shows that Mrs. Gardner is leaving no stone unturned.

OK we're on the home stretch now...

MANAGE & GROW YOUR BUSINESS (P225):

OK here is an example of where Rosalind's organization comes through. She shows you how to stay organized & when to do what to KEEP organized.

She shows how to evaluate your sites performance, as well as how to collect & track data. One IMPORTANT section is 3 ways to prevent commission theft. I know we all would LIKE to think that everyone is honest, but in our hearts we know that is just not true. Rosalind gives us a list of 25 avoidable mistakes. Hey I like avoiding mistakes don't you?

About the author

Rosalind Gardner worked as an air traffic controller for almost twenty years. It was a crazy schedule, high stress job that was starting to seriously effect her health. She knew she had to leave the job before it killed her.

In 1997 she saw a banner ad for the One and Only dating service offering webmasters a chance to become an affiliate & knew that she had to give it a try. In 2000 she left her job since her online businesses were supporting her.

She was (and still is) one of the featured interviews in Corey Rudl's / Derek Gehl's membership web site "Secrets to Their Success"". In fact at the time of this writing she was the first interview picture you see.

Anyway, Rosalind earns between $30,000 to $50,000 a month in affiliate commission with around a 40%-50% profit margin! Can you imagine making that kind of money from the home office! WOW! Her websites draw over 4,500 unique visitors EACH DAY & has sales conversions that are 3-5 times higher than the average affiliate. This qualifies Mrs. Gardner to truly be a "SUPER AFFILIATE".

She has gotten so successful with her affiliate programs that she is in HUGE demand as a speaker at seminars everywhere.

It is pretty obvious to me from listening to her being interviewed & from her easy style in this eBook that this is one VERY nice lady who is not short on brains. (In fact, my wife & I have since met her in person and she IS the real deal! Ros was my wife's favorite speaker at that event. She certainly is a great speaker.)

Was I disappointed in anything?

No, not really...

The pages numbers didn't match my Acrobat page numbers. I tracked that down to a jump from page 8 to page 13 before the introduction. Fortunately this eBook has a LINKED table of contents (many don't) so you can jump right to any section you want to read about.Likely this has been fixed by now as this book gets updated all the time.

One other little thing... I am using some of her scripts on this page, but there is a slight miss-print on one that can drive you batty. If you purchase it through me you can send me an email & I will send you the correction. Of course it is likely fixed by now.

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