It becomes more and more difficult for Publishers to use classified ads due to amount of time required to filter-proof all of ads.

Submitting articles that are not sp*am-proofed will probably get you nowhere. When a publisher attempts to use your article, if it is found to contain too many triggers publisher may just use another article that is spam-proof.

Some auto-responders used for publishing ezines and newsletters use SpamAssassin to tell publisher which triggers need to be modified before publishing. SpamAssassin also operates a fr*ee service that you can use before submitting your articles and ads. Copy and paste your ad, article or newsletter in message addressed to mailto:spamcheck@sitesell.net and use word TEST (case sensitive) as subject. (Notice I did not say "sub*ject line" as that is a trigger). Shortly, you will receive their report telling you score along with an analysis of item you submitted. It seems that a guideline you can use is: A score below 5 is acceptable; A score of 12-16 means that most filters will reject your communication.

Notice number of times * is used in this article, and you will see how sensitive these filters can be. Sp*amAssassin, after use of all of *, gives this article a score of 2.3. _________________________________________________________ Darlene Styers is Owner and Publisher of iNetProfitz Newsletter. Subscribe: http://inetprofitz.2ya.com Contact: iNetProfitz@hcis.net You may reprint this article if you leave this Resource Box in tact and you do not modify article. ==================================================

o You can sell 8 copies for every 1,000 unique visitors.

o You need 12,500 visitors to move 100 copies.

Can you make money? Depends.

How much are those 12,500 visitors costing you? Let's say you're paying 10 cents per visitor. That means $1,250.

And how much are you selling your ebook for? Let's say $29. 100 copies puts $2,900 in your pocket.

Now, subtract amount you shelled out for traffic and you're left with $1,650.

Sounds good, right? Trust me. It ain't that good. You could be doing a lot better.

But, I'll leave that for another article.

Run Your Affiliate Product Promotion Numbers ===============================================

You need to do this for affiliate products you promote, too.

Know your numbers.

Define your barometer for success. This is your "line in sand."

Figure out your conversion ratio.

Do math.

For example, let's say I send 1,000 people to Michael Green's "Create And Sell Products Online" site...

---> http://www.damonz.com/green/

My goal is to turn 2.75% of that traffic into buyers. Or, at least put that traffic in buying mood so that *Michael* can convert 'em.

30 people end up buying his toolkit. That's a conversion ratio of 3%.

WooHOO! I beat my goal.

What about my numbers?

I know my profit on Michael's toolkit. I know how much cash it'll take to get 1,000 people to his site. And I know what percentage of those folks I can turn into buyers.

That's all I need to know to build an income stream that keeps chuggin' along.

The rest is simple...

Go buy traffic. Send that traffic to Michael. Watch him convert 3% of that traffic to buyers.

Remember, numbers don't lie!

Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Damon G. Zahariades