QuitYourDayJob Now FREE - Jeremy Palmer Switches Gears
I often rag on ebooks, but there are a few good ones written by people I know and trust. Jeremy Palmer is one of those people. He’s a CJ performer, true super affiliate (not a hype filled guru) & he knows his stuff!
He just announced he’s giving away his popular book “High Performance Affiliate Marketing” which he’s renamed “Quit Your Day Job - A Blueprint for Affiliate Marketing Success”. (Free download link below.) He gave the following explanation on his blog today. Essentially he’s changing his entire business model, moving away from info marketing and moving toward community-based affiliate marketing education.
“After careful consideration I decided I no longer want to sell “info products”. Quite frankly, I hate the “business opportunity” category - I think it’s filled with too many get rich quick scammers selling hype-filled ebooks with no real substance.
The fact is, making money on the Internet isn’t easy. It takes a lot of knowledge, hard work, and above all - persistence. But it’s hard to get people to understand that on an e-book sales page. Many think that if they just buy this one product or service all of their financial problems will be solved. This thinking is completely unrealistic and a recipe for failure.
The new goal of Quit Your Day Job will be to educate and support serious online entrepreneurs who understand the time and commitment required to be successful.
As a gesture of my patronage to the affiliate marketing community and this site, I am now offering my ebook for free. You can get the 2007 version of the e-book using this link: quityourdayjob.com/hpam2007/
Note: the download link is located right under the the email sign up. You don’t need to sign up to get the free ebook - but it would be nice if you did, so you can keep updated.
I just downloaded it and it’s the real deal. It’s a zip file that also includes some handy excel spread sheets for tracking keyword ROI and comparing merchants.
Check out Jeremy’s blog to find out where he is heading with his new business model - which will be a community driven learning site.
#1 jl wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Really sad how he treated the members of PPC CLassroom. Set that up, got all kinds of noobs really psyched that they would be working with and learning directly from him and then bailed.
One more example of everything’s that wrong with the whole “Guru” culture in IM.
#2 jimmy reese wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Thanks for the ebook download link.
#3 Linda Buquet wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
jl, I wasn’t aware of that.
Jimmy, you are very welcome! Always happy to share good resources.
#4 Anik Singal wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Hey JL,
Just to clarify a bit. He did not really “bail” on anyone. He was there for an entire 3 months to work with the students and did so very actively.
However, at the end of that period it just became too much and he needed to get to his business. But before ANYONE was charged anything for the continued education, we made sure that there was full disclosure and we also brought in another amazing PPC expert to continue the support.
The students inside PPC Classroom currently continue to be very impressed and are ecstatic about the training going on.
We even recently did a full disclosure webinar with Amit Mehta where he revealed an entire active campaign that is making money using the content network.
Jeremy was very up-front about everything and he way more than over-delivered on his initial promises to the students.
If you have any specific concerns regarding this - I’d love to speak with you more about it.
Anik Singal
#5 Jeremy Palmer wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
I’m quite shocked and disappointed that you would leave this kind of feedback. If you only knew what kind of work went on behind the scenes. I dedicated 6 months of my life to PPC Classroom. 3 months before launch, and 3 months after. During this time I put my affiliate business, QYDJ, and most importantly my family on hold. I’m not sure you can fully appreciate what kind of sacrifice this was for me.
Unfortunately, it was unrealistic for me to continue juggling all of these balls. Something had to give, and it wasn’t going to be time with my family, or my primary income/liveliehood (my affiliate business).
I suppose it’s easy to be critical when you only see a small part of the complete picture. I won’t say that some of your criticisms aren’t valid. Yes there were some hiccups along the way, but every time there was a hiccup, both Anik and I went above and beyond to correct it.
After a lot of thought and consulting with friends, family and trusted business colleagues I decided that I needed to reset my priorities, which led me to change my business model.
Rather than build a product/site where people rely on me to provide new content, feedback and support, I’ve decided it made more sense to make QYDJ a community resource where everybody who cared could and could lend a hand would get involved. Not only does this make the site better, but it allows me to have a life away from my computer monitor.
I also want to add that Anik has done a tremendous job of filling any gap I may have left. He’s lined up a 5-star faculty that can offer 10x more than I could alone.
Jeremy
#6 Linda Buquet wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Thanks so much Anik and Jeremy for stopping by to explain the situation. I was not aware of what happened so was unsure how to answer.
I think the key here, is that students were notified in advance of the changes and given the opportunity to adjust accordingly.
Things change and sometimes people have to change their course of action or direction. We’ve all been there! The goal is to make those changes with integrity, full disclosure and try our best to ensure a smooth transition.
It sounds to me like Anik and Jeremy did just that PLUS went the extra mile to make it work out as well as it possibly could.
I’d like to add a thank you to Jeremy for providing the ebook at no charge. Many of my forum members are grateful and have posted their thanks too. Additionally, best of luck with the new community Jeremy. I look forward to it!
#7 jl wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Yes, AFTER everyone’s $500 was in the bank.
#8 Darwin wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Personally, I would rather get 3 months of practical training from someone who has walked the walk, been-there-done-that-got-the-tee shirt, then a years training from someone who only has book knowledge. It is great to have someone who can actually answer questions because they have the experience then getting told, “I’ll get back to you on that.”
I appreciate that Jeremy made his e-book available and also the dedicating to quality education by Anik and Linda.
I salute you guys.
Darwin
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#10 Mike Greening wrote on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008:
Three months of PPC Classroom-style training is more than anyone should need to get started in affiliate marketing. I have PPC Classroom and a QYDJ membership, and both of those have provided an intense amount of training and community support that I will reap the benefits of for a long time to come. Jeremy’s advice, forums, and educational materials helped me become a full time affiliate in August of last year. He’s given back more than enough, and it’s too bad that not everyone recognizes that.
Mike
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