It seems that new affiliate programs are popping up all the time, but something I’ve found is not a lot of them seem to be able to keep the momentum that they start with. But in saying that, today I am going to take a closer look at one affiliate company that seems to be building a lot of momentum in the affiliate circle to see what it is doing to make sure it lasts.

Who Is T3Leads.com?

T3Leads.com is a specialised affiliate company that focus’ on lead generation of CPA (cost per action) affiliate offers in the finance industry.

Their offers are in niches including:

• Debt Settlement
• Credit Cards
• Pay Day Loans
• Insurance
• Tax Debts
• Mortgage Loans
• Forclosures
• Auto Loans
• Home Improvements

While some may say that T3Leads is limiting themselves by focusing on just one niche, I see it as a smart move as they set themselves apart and now have the opportunity to be the leader in the Finance affiliate niche - and what I have found is that it is easier to make a name for yourself by having a defined focus instead of targetting everyone.

Let’s Take A Look Inside?

I created an account with T3Leads to have an inside look at what they have on offer, and once I logged on, the first thing I noticed was that those who do well and are committed to this program are rewarded. I mean, check out this screen shot I took of something I noticed on the home page of my account.

I’d love to win a Sony Vaio

The Offers

Next let’s take a look at the most important part of a good affiliate program - the products on offer.

Here is a look at the campaign listings.

As you can see each campaign gives you the following important information:

• A Preview of the landing page
  It is no use promoting a campaign - no matter how good the end product is, if the landing page doesn’t convert. Here is a sample of a few of the landing pages. Payday Loans Landing Page. Credit Repair Landing Page.
• Keywords
  Once you click the notepad icon, a new window opens with a list of keywords for you to target with your PPC campaign. I am sure this may be helpful for new affiliate marketers, but I am sure the more experienced PPC marketer will probably create his own unique list.
• Your Affiliate Link
  You won’t get very far without this! Obviously this is the link you need to use in your campaigns to make sure that you get paid for each lead you send.

But How Much Do I Get Paid?

As you may have noticed from the above screenshot, their doesn’t seem to be any mention of how much you get paid for each lead you send. It took me a while to find out why they don’t say anything -and how we find out, but it seems that the reason is because they work on a dynamic pricing structure that rewards quality leads over quantity.

Here is what T3Leads say about their pricing:

“Price of every separate leads depends on several factors. The main factor affecting leads prices is quality of your traffic - the customers should meet the criterias of lenders. Furthermore, your website should stay on higher positions in search engine results page to overtake your rivals in the fight for potential customers. The visitor can fill in application forms on several different feeds. If your feed is the first one, where the visitor has filled in a form, the price of your lead will be near maximal high.”

They also have a page dedicated to their pricing structure, with not only price guidelines but also with conversion rates. You can vieew their Leads Pricing Page Here.

Banners

If you are looking at using your traffic from your blog or website instead of PPC, then you will love the selection of banners that T3Leads have made available for you to use. They are all animated gif banners and I personally think they may be a little bit too animated but I’ll let you make your own decision:






Payment

As you can see, you have quite a range of payment methods to receive your affiliate money. I am guessing Paypal and Company Checks are the most popular options.

Conclusion

I personally will be using T3Leads for one of my niche blogs that focus’ on finance as I have found a campaign that would fit perfectly. I think that T3Leads would be a great way to monetize any blog of website that has visitors with some form of financial need.

PPC is not one of my strong points and I have never really tried it, but I am sure that you could definately make some money with T3Leads if you plan your campaigns!

I’ve Taken A Few Detours

I remember growing up and all through high school, not knowing what I wanted to do with my life. There were so many choices, and so many possibilities. One week I was set on becoming a scientist, the next I was sure the career path I would follow would be that of an optometrist - then it change to business.

When I finished high school I enrolled in a Bachelor of Biomedical Science - which I did one year of before decided that science wasn’t for me. The next year I completed the first year of a Bachelor of Business, but got frustrated with the fact that all they taught me to do was work for someone else - when I wanted to learn how to start my own business.

After that I started a Diploma of Financial Services with the intent of getting into stock broking, but before I could finish that course I was offered a Traineeship in Real Estate Sales - which I took. At the end of the traineeship I decided that sales wasn’t for me and started working for my dad, building houses - which is what I have been doing for the last 12 months.

Why Am I telling You This?

Because not everyone is able to slip straight into their lifelong career right from high school, sometimes we take detours and other times we have things to learn before we are ready.

It takes a while for us to find out who we are, what we are meant to do and how we are meant to go about doing it. The funny thing is that we never usually end up where we think we will!

I remember when I was growing up, EVERYONE I knew thought I was going to be a scientist, doctor or in some other medical related field. I was smart, I read nonstop, I was interested in it and studied it in my personal time - but as I got older I started to grow and develop. To search and to learn. And I ended up in a totally different (not right or wrong - just different) spot than myself and everyone watching my life had expected.

It Is The Same With Our Blogs

When ever I start a blog, I have it all planned out. The theme, the content, the style. I have a mental picture of how I expect it to look in 6-12 months time. But just like with our lives - it never turns out like we expect!

Looking back at the last 6 months of this blog, I have seen it go through stages of growth as well as times of staleness. I have watched myself change the way I blog and tweak the way I convey my thoughts.

I have tried:

• List Posts
• Tutorials
• Motivational Posts
• Competitions
• Video Blogging

And I am sure some of you would by now be thinking ‘ just go ahead and choose your blogging style already.’

But what I am doing now is exactly what I did as I was growing up - I am finding myself and my blogging style. I am seeing what works and what doesn’t in the purpose of finding myself in the midst of millions of other bloggers, and in the process - setting myself apart.

In the last 6 months I have noticed a few things that I have learnt about finding your own unique blogging style that I hope will help you in the pursuit of finding yours. Read more

Well it’s monday morning and the first week of the blogging film festival is over, and to be honest:

It was a failure!

I hate admitting that I was wrong, but obviously it seems that bloggers are not that interested in video blogging and it is no use beating a dead horse.

I’m not sure if Suzanne is still submitting an entry, so I’ll let her reply to this thread and see. But if she doesn’t then Ben will take all the prizes for this week.

What About The Rest Of The Film Festival

I am going to cancel it. I tried something new, some thing different - and it didn’t work. That means that it is time to move onto something that does. A post is coming that will talk about why I decided on the film festival and where I am going from here.

And The Rest Of The Prizes?

All the generous prize donaters will be contacted and I will let them know that the Film Festival is now cancelled. However, I will discuss with them the possiblities of using their donated products in another way for your to benefit from them.

And John Chow?

Never replied….enough said…

But seriously, I understand he is busy, and he was in hospital for a couple of days. It would have been nice to get a reply, but then again to have him judge one entry would have been embarrassing.

In Failing I Find Myself In Good Company

Check out this video of some famous failures! A friend of mine just sent it through to me today and it is really inspirational.

Your Thoughts….

A lot of you said that you didnt think that this would work out - and you were right! Now is your time to tell me, ‘I told you so’ or be a bit nicer and leave your condolences for a creative idea that just didn’t work.

Well too many things are happening today and I am not the type to do multiple posts in one day so I just wanted to let you guys know about a few things that are happening right now as you read this!

Become A Blogger

If you havn’t already read about this 10 times in the last week, I don’t know where you have been. Yaro Starak (who runs the first blog I ever read) and Gideon Shalwick have created a new product that uses videos to show you how to become a successful blogger.

Become a Blogger Premium is an extention of 10 free videos that they created that have been viewed over 70,000 times!

I won’t go on to much about this, because that is what a sales page is for, but I’ll just mention 2 things that you might like to know.

1. Yaro makes between $30,000 and $50,000 EACH MONTH - from his blogging. So he knows what he is talking about.
2. Become A Blogger Is almost 50% off until the 11th of December - then it is $47!

If you are looking to improve yourself as a blogger I strongly suggest you head on over and atleast read what Yaro and Gideon have on offer over at BecomeABlogger.

StandOutBlogger Underground

First time visitors of SOB would have seen the popup and regulars should have read about it, but I am ready to launch and that means later today I will be sending out the first email about my new blog launch.

For those of you who do not know what ‘The SOB Underground’ is, it is my newsletter for this blog where I will be giving more indepth reviews and case studies than I do on this blog - AND the first case study I am doing is a secret blog launch.

I have bought the domain and already started setting things up good to go. For this blog launch I will mainly be monetizing this blog through Adsense, and the traffic I generate will solely be through Entrecard!

WHAT? Entrecard…?

Yes! I have a whole heap of traffic methods to do with Entrecard I am ready to try out - and I’m not just talking short term traffic…I’m talking long term traffic (intrigued?).

I am telling you I am launching today, so that you don’t miss out on the first email I send out!

It is 4 pages long in the wordprocessor and jam packed with information about the first thing you need to look at before launching a new blog.

MOTIVATION!

I know you are going to love it, so sign up right now (before you forget and miss out!):

SOB Film Festival

We are coming to the end of the first week of the Film Festival, for those of you who missed it the two keywords were ‘pro blogger’ and ‘response’ and the first of our submissions have come in.

Check out Ben’s entry to see what you will be up against: Ben’s Film Festival Entry

Aside from Ben, Suzanne is the only other entrant we have so far, so, everyone else! You have til Sunday night to get your submissions in because there currently is a third prize that has no winner

Speaking of prizes here are this weeks again:

1. 1st Place Win: Sensonize Ad Package ($50 Value) + Automatic Optin List ($47 Value)
   PLUS a Video Review of your blog on StandOutBlogger.com!
2. 2nd Place Receives: Black Belt Covers ($27 Value)
3. 3rd Will get:Blog Comment Blueprint ($9.95)

To view the rules: Click Here

To watch this weeks challenge: Click Here

Still hoping that John Chow will respond to my invitation to be a guest judge - but maybe he is too busy?