About Me. I'm an online learning junkie. I love it. I love to learn new stuff, then write about it. There's a chance that I'll have affiliate links sprinkled throughout my post but that doesn't change the fact that I'm going to tell it like it is. Affiliate links are my bread and butter... As my mother always said, "You can't be the light of the world, if you can't pay your electric bill" and I'm taking the time to tell you this now, because I want you to REALLY pay attention to this review. Like me, don't like me... like that I have affiliate links in my post... don't like it... put that aside for a minute and just read. Because this post might chance your life.
My Personal 30 day Challenge
This morning I decided to do a 30 day challenge to monetize my free blog. I will be posting my challenge on my three platforms: weebly, wix and blogger. It will be interesting to me to see which one receives the most traction.
I know from experience that it's easier to follow a program then it is try to "recreate the wheel", so I went looking for an old educational platform I had previously used from Clickbank called Clickbank University.
I found that was no longer available but they now offer SPARK, which is an educational and community platform. AND, as I expected, they have a 30 day challenge - step by step guide.
This research and finding a program that fits my niche is what I call pre-game. I am a fan of "just starting it." So, this post isn't "day one" as much as it is my pre-game. I am getting lined up for day one to start tomorrow.
The Overview
"Spark is ClickBank’s education platform that offers courses, tools and community to help you grow your affiliate marketing business." ClickBank is an affiliate marketing network. It is like a shopping mall for affiliate marketing opportunities. There is everything from weight loss, to marketing strategies. "Spark" is a paid platform for learning how to monetize your blog, website or social media.
Note: As I mentioned, Spark was preceded by ClickBank University. I was a member of clickbank university about 7 years ago and I found a lot of value in that platform. It also included an easy way to create products to sell on Clickbank. I'm curious to see if Spark will have the same opportunity.
The Product
Spark - ClickBank Affiliate Marketing Educational Platform
$47.00 a month
First month 50% discount
My Thoughts
My first reaction is that this landing page is the "classic squeeze" page. It has the color contrasts to emphasize the "money" words. Words like:
- Fast paycheck
- 5X more likely
- Clickbank Sale
- Enroll Risk Free
The reasons someone would want to take the class. The Call to Action (or CTA) is at the top of the screen, and there are two more classic "encouragers" the discount and the urgency of limitation.
Most people won't get past this top section of the page before they "enroll risk free" for $23.50. It is on the registration screen, that you learn the 50% discount is only for the first month.
If you encounter a "squeeze page" like this it's always a good idea to do a little research. Of course, you'll need to look further than the fake reviews. (those are the reviews designed to get you to click on their affiliate links and purchase the product or something else similar).
WHY is it so important to notice these elements on this landing page?
Paying attention to why you want to click on a website, will help you with your website design.
In fact, if you haven't already, you should start a "SWIPE FILE". When you see an ad on social media or a landing page on your phone or computer that you find compelling for any reason, you should take a screen capture, and save it to a folder you call "swipe files".
You can use your swipe files as templates for design or content inspiration. NEVER COPY someone elses words or graphics, but look at the colors they use, how the words are spaced, maybe they use bullets, maybe they use symbols... consider your swipe files as TEMPLATES.
TOMORROW is DAY ONE!
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