What is Affiliate Marketing, and How to Get Started with Affiliate Programs.

The short description for an Affiliate Marketer is... the middleman. Walmart is the middleman between the manufacturer/supplier and you. Your realtor is the middleman between the buyer and seller. The Girl scout with the cookies, she's the middlegirl between the cookie supplier and you the customer. And along the way the middleman gets something... Walmart makes a profit, the Realtor earns a commission and the girlscout, well I'm sure there's a cool looking Girl scout badge in there somewhere for her.

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Note: Before we get too far along we'd like to welcome Ashley Wright and Joshua Wright to Lotto Magic and our power team of marketers. You can visit them and learn more at their free Lotto Magic team site (Team Free Lotto Magic) today, yea then join them and grab YOUR free team site and free targeted visitors too!
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OK, back at it...

The point I'm making is that being an Affiliate Marketer is no different, it's really about being the middleman, nothing more. Your job is to get the word out to the public about a product or service, then you earn a commission for it.

Unlike direct customer sales which are for the most part "active" selling, an Affiliate only needs to place a link or banner on his or her blog or website, then walk away. Passive selling takes place when a visitor visits the blog or site, clicks on a link or banner then makes a purchase. All this while you're cutting the grass, watching TV, or reading this post!

There's much more to being an affiliate marketer, but we sure can't cover it all here. You can read more (no registration or email address is required) about Affiliate Programs and learn step by step what you need to do in order to properly monetize your blog or web site.

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Affiliate programs, companies and step by step online training guide

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Start your own home business? Do it!

If you're here at our blog it's possible you're looking to start your own home business like thousands already have (most all those Mom & Pop web sites and blogs out there). If our Lotto Magic lotto pool home business doesn't suit you then that's no biggie, there are plenty of other things you can do online to earn some extra moola.

Every home business has to start somewhere

It all starts with you and what you know, what you like and what you're passionate about. Maybe it's crafting where you physically make something cool with your talents and want to sell them offline (flea markets, consignment) or online through eBay or from your own site.

Or maybe it's an affiliate program closely tied to your current web site content where for instance you might have a "pet" related web site and can sell pet related goodies via an affiliate company, direct from the supplier, or maybe you just want the simpleness of running Google ads on your site?

Well here on my wimpy little blog there's just no way for me to cover it all but I wanted to at least get you thinking about it.. that IS the first step. Now that it's in your head (such power I wield) I recommend you take the next step which is research. Just remember with a home business you can do it part time on your schedule, without spending money on advertising and who knows... yea, it could even be your full time job "income generating" home business if you work at it.

Recommended and useful links:

~ eBay for auctions of course, Etsy for buying and selling the cool stuff you make and Google adsense to place income earning ads on your web site or blog.
~ Learn about affiliate marketing from an old (I say that respectfully of course) affiliate webmaster at Affiliate Company List. Yes, the Whitney Lotto Magic story is there too, fine, you got me. :-)
~ One of my favorite online home business resources is called Home Business Magazine
~ You probably have already been to "About" where they have a home business section to get you headed in the right direction with your new home business as far as getting started, planning, management & more.

OK, now get out there, do your research, find your home business niche and get busy. You need that new car, college funds to build and don't forget about retirement... it'll be here before you can say "Ahhh crap, I should have listened to that blogger guy all those years ago!

Related: Interactive 25 question home business assessment guide.

Lotto Magic New Mega Captains!

Hi all, today I have a couple of very important announcements!

Before I say anything else I'd like to send out a warm welcome to the team's 2 newest team Mega Captains Bernard Forde &  Darrell Anderson, you can visit their Lotto Magic sites below. The Lotto Magic Mega Captain pays $240 per month for their lotto pool membership then a Mega Captain participates in all four (4) available lotto ticket pools. The pools are for the Florida, Powerball, Mega Millions and the Mega Money lotteries. They also earn 50% ($120) per month on all other personally sponsored Mega Captains on their team, plus 50% ($60) on Power Captains and 50% ($25) on Team Captains.

So 2 personally sponsored Mega's in their team and they are "break-even" and in Lotto Magic for FREE which means they are playing in 4 lotteries in every drawing during the month and paying nothing for it - powerful stuff. Anything after 2 Mega's of course is pure monthly commission gravy for them. Gravy is always good and it keeps the economy rolling along.

Visit the team's 2 newest Lotto Magic Mega Captains:

Mega Captain Bernard Forde and Mega Captain Joseph Prokopchak

So whether you're a Mega, Power or Team Captain... get out there and spread the word far and wide. People already know about the lottery, your job is to let them know that through Lotto Magic they'll never miss a lottery drawing, they'll share in team lottery ticket winnings and when they tell others about it they have the opportunity to earn a nice monthly income too.

Wow, huh. What the heck just happened there. I went from welcome to the team right into Lotto Magic commissions and the whole join Lotto Magic or your arms are going to fall off thing - apologies. This is a team marketing blog so back to team building & team marketing business!

An update on the company site: The main company website has an upgraded look with the new blue header (below) and addition of the Mega Captain information on the index page. If you're just visiting here then you take a look at it via our special team URL rotator or you can click the new company header below and go!

The new Lotto Magic Online index page header

Update on new traffic generating site LottoMagic101.net All graphics complete, content 90%, currently adding code for light box video pops, URL previews and more. Do a search on "What is a Lotto Pool" to see how we're doing so far for you! Stay tuned for more...

Wishing you a great weekend!

Bob

New Lotto Magic Video Marketing Site

Been working on some video editing while getting help with the video posting I mentioned in an earlier post about Lotto Magic marketing and team projects. I received an update yesterday that the postings to the 17 or so other video hosting sites is starting to take place with Metcafe as the first in line. You can check them out here:

Lotto Magic on Metcafe

I emailed Whitney and asked that she mention the Lotto Magic juggler so hopefully she will either tonight or sometime this weekend. He juggles from atop a 9 foot unicycle while juggling knives, torches and a chain saw. Entertaining and funny too so watch it when you can.

Also, there's a new page added to the team site that better explains the Lotto Magic membership levels, compensation plan and pay outs etc. I understand from the recent newsletter that the Mega membership levels are due out in June, so if you wanted to get involved in a Mega-Millions lottery pool you can.

A couple images from the team compensation page about the Team Captain and Power Captain positions:

Florida Lotto Magic Team Captain Membership

Florida Lotto Magic Power Captain Membership

I'd write more but I'm already past my limit on team related projects and gotta get back to it. Working on an informational site, basic Lottery Pool stuff with a link to well - you know where everything links backs to eventually so I'll leave that alone huh?

Good night,

Bob

Mega Millions is coming to Lotto Magic

In the April 2013 Florida Lotto Magic newsletter it was announced that the multi-state Mega Millions lottery would be offered as an additional lottery ticket pool in Lotto Magic come June 1, 2013. This of course is in addition to the current Florida and Powerball lottery pools already available to club members. Here's the Lotto Magic Mega Millions newsletter announcement for easy online reading, click to read it:

Lotto Magic Mega Millions Position

A Lotto Magic Mega Captain will have a monthly membership fee of $240 which might seem high to the average person, however a Mega Captain will be participating in all 3 lotto pools (Florida, Powerball, Mega-Millions) plus the monthly commission pay-out is 50% which is the same percentage as a Lotto Magic Team Captain or Power Captain so in the case of a Mega Captain you'll earn $120 for each personally sponsored team member. Personally sponsored is defined as them joining you through your Lotto Magic ID number. What does that mean to you as a Mega Captain? Well it comes down to you being at a "break-even" point with two (2) personally sponsored team members (2 x $120 earning per month and paying $240 per month) so with 2 people on your team your Lotto Magic membership is basically free.

The best part of course is that for every personally sponsored Mega Captain after your first 2 you'll earn $120 per month for each new member. Based on my experience with higher cost programs of the past the new $240 a month Mega Captain position will attract the heavy hitters and bigger marketers out there who can email their list of thousands of followers, have a mere 100 people join them and then they start earning an immediate $12,000 a month.

Click the link above or you can view previous Lotto Magic newsletter issues here.

Have a nice night there!

Bob

The Lotto Magic newsletters are posted online at the team news site...

I just received an email that the most current Florida Lotto Magic newsletters are now posted at the team down line news page at: Florida Lotto Magic newsletters page. I checked them out and it looks like there are some from 2012 that are not posted so I'll check to see if they're available or if they're going to be included in a future newsletter archive.

The most interesting one of course is the March 2013 newsletter where it talks about the recent Lotto Magic lottery win - sweet!

Click to read the newsletter full size online (PDF)

If you're new to the team and just so you know, you'll receive a hard copy of the newsletter each month along with your down line report, order form information if you'd like additional Lotto Magic marketing materials and your commission check (unless it's direct deposit).

More soon,

Bob

What is Lotto Magic?

I received an email asking me "what is Lotto Magic" so I wrote him back, explained the program then sent a link to the team site and also the newer team member information update site. All the information is at those two sites (and many other places) but the down and dirty is this... Florida Lotto Magic is a company that manages a lottery pool for the Florida and Powerball lotteries. It's similar to what people are doing now at their offices which is putting their money together then buying more lottery tickets to increase their team chances of winning.

Click above to learn more, no really it's OK.

The Lotto Magic company in Florida (the main company) has been in operation since 1996. Whitney as I understand joined the team in 2005 and I joined her a couple years ago in early 2011. Back on track here. Besides the lotto pool component there's also an income part of the program which is optional for those that want to increase their number of tickets in the pool through their team and want the opportunity to earn a monthly commission.

If you want to just play in a lotto pool in either the Florida or Powerball lottery pools you can join as a "Team Player" (Florida Lottery Only) or as a "Power Player" (both the Florida and Powerball lotteries). If you want to be involved in the optional network marketing/MLM/Home Income part of the program, then you can upgrade at any time to either a "Team Captain" (Florida Lottery Pool only), or to a "Power Captain" (again it's for both lotteries). You can also just jump right in as a Captain, it's up to you.

Whether you join as a Player or Captain really depends on what your lottery goals are... Play in a lottery pool (Player) or play in a lottery pool and earn for sharing the program with others (Captain). Either way you increase your chances of winning either or both lotteries so both are a good choice. I will say (you knew this was coming) that as Captain and because of my monthly commissions my membership in Lotto Magic for free since my monthly earnings cover my membership. The remaining commissions are my monthly profit or income for sharing it with others.

Later on I might cover the commission structure though it's also at the Lotto Magic site so I'm not so sure I want to clog this blog with that info.



An update on the Lotto Magic Video posting sites mentioned earlier... Whit said she's having the list of video posting sites added to a new video page in the works at the Florida Lotto Magic updates site (graphic above), just not sure when it'll pop there so visit there on occasion to see if it's ready or I'll post another update here as soon as I get the word.