I Just Joined Unguru.Me

If you are sick and tired of all these online gurus who promise you the moon with their "systems" and "reports", then you may want to check out UnGuru.Me and see what you think. Before I go any further I want to let you know that as I type this I'm not an affiliate of Unguru.me. If that changes at a later date I will update this for the world to see. I gain nothing whether you sign up with them or not. I do not recommend a product or a service just to make a quick buck and I never will. That is not how I do business, I care about my credibility and want to make an honest living online. When I recommend something it's because I believe in the product or service and I either use it or would use it myself.

If you have not been around the world of blogging that long you may not be sick of the gurus, yet. I promise that if you stick around long enough you will grow to despise them as much as the rest of us! All they are after is your money and some of their sites and pitches are good, some even look great. So they prey upon the new kids on the block who have no online experience. I'm not trying to bill myself as an expert on anything and will freely admit that I'm still learning each and everyday. I've been online around 2 years and have taught myself up to this point.
I was drawn to Unguru.me for a couple of reasons that I will go over briefly. The first being that all the guru stuff is not part of their culture and they have a very impressive group that makes up their leadership board. Their leadership board is full of people who have well documented online success and they take a no nonsense approach that appeals to me and has me excited to be part of their community.

Affiliate Marketing In Layman's Terms

What is affiliate marketing? I will give you my understanding in layman's terms. Affiliate marketing is basically a transaction involving a "middleman", it's that simple! It's a win-win for all parties involved, let me rephrase that, it's supposed to be a win-win.Here is an example: you see a product or service on a website and click the ad and go to that product or service providers website and make a purchase. Then the website where you clicked the ad would earn a commission for referring you.
The concept of affiliate marketing is really pretty simple to understand. Now applying all the nuances and being successful is another whole ball of wax that I will not go into here. There are rules and regulations that you need to adhere too as well. I decided to post this after a friend asked me what affiliate marketing is about and I wanted to put it in very simple terms.

Great Online Blogging Resources For New Bloggers

Where can a new blogger go online to get the best information about how blogging works? That was one of my earliest questions. You can get all the information you need to start your blog and to get traffic to come as well, for FREE! Sounds easy enough, but how do you know what sites are legit and which ones are not? You don't, you have to be careful because there are some sites that are scams. I have come across plenty of both in my brief time on the net. You should go with your first gut feeling if something does not jive. I operate the same way. One thing I can promise you is that I will never recommend a site or a product that I don't beleive in. So I'm going to recommend some sites that I found that worked for me. I still go and check them out from time to time.

http://Becomeablogger.com Is a 10 part video series that is designed for the new blogger it is very,very good. Plus it's free. Each video is about 10 minutes long and packed with quality.

http://Dailyblogtips.com Is a very informative site with alot to offer. You should check it out.

Another great site to check out is SBI, Sitebuildit. SBI is a very unique site because of all that it offers you. The best thing is that you can get some great training for free even if you don't buy anything. They will give you free Affiliate marketing training by signing up as an affiliate of theirs and that is free as well. If you plan on making money blogging then you should learn about affiliate marketing. There are more great sites that I will be putting on here in the coming weeks. You need to determine what blogging platform you will want to use. I will get into that in my next post.