Effective from November 19 2009, in order to get paid referral commissions, all A.P.S. affiliates must subscribe to Step 3 for at least 45 days before they are eligible for a payout. This in addition to the first steps, meaning a total monthly cost running at minimum $39.95. More if you choose to subscribe to GVO and/or Wealthy Affiliate as well.

Also, the commission system for Step 1 through Step 3 has changed:

You now earn $1 when a referral completes Step 1, $2 for Step 2 and $3 for Step 3. These amounts no longer depend on each step’s success rate, something that aggravated affiliates before. Additionally, a %15+ success rate in Step 3 adds a $32 bonus, although this is 100% voluntary.

“I am poor, how am I supposed to earn anything with ACME People Search now?”

• Register in the Support forum after registering as an ACME People Search affiliate.
• Read and learn, start posting helpful answers in the forum on a daily basis (important!).
• Subscribe with Step 3 via PayPal (the first month is free).
• Continue subscribing with Step 3 via PayPal until you have become a Super Sponsor.
• Alternatively, wait with Step 3 and promote A.P.S. with only Step 1 and 2 activated.

You need a plan for how you are going to promote ACME People Search. Many prefer Google Adwords. I was recently banned for life from their program when promoting ACME People Search with it (I am not bitter, just frustrated at how Google treats their paying customers), but there are many other PPC companies around, most being more affordable than Adwords. Also look into utilizing SEO for articles, blog posting, e.t.c.

“Okay… but, I think ACME People Search is not for me after all… what about GDI?”

If money is an issue, I recommend GDI (Global Domains International) at $10/mo. With 10 active referrals your membership fee is covered and you’ll profit from there. GDI pays on time, offers a $100 bonus for every 5 active referrals recruited by you in a week and they have been around since 1999. GDI’s requirement for the bonuses is that you purchase one of their 10-packs with promo DVDs. This is a one time purchase and each DVD comes with your personal GDI affiliate code, for giving away to friends, family, colleagues, e.t.c.

The first week of your GDI membership is free of cost, then you will be charged $10 for the first month and onward. If you are (still) worrying about the money, I help my referrals by showing them ways to easily earn enough money to cover the membership fee until they have enough active referrals to make it sustain itself. It is important to get past that point, because it means one thing less to worry about and gives you peace to try out different free and affordable ways to promote the program.

Also: I am not promising you anything, but if you show a genuine interest in succeeding with GDI, I’ll move new sign-ups under you to help you build your own downline. I believe in paying it forward, and I always ask my referrals to help their own downlines. This way, everybody wins!

Click here to find out more about GDI

Click here to learn more about ACME People Search

In conclusion:
This most recent change in the ACME People Search policy means more effort and money required in order to earn money with it. Tissa Godavitarne has confirmed additional changes in their policy is coming. I don’t know the details, but I will post and update whenever.

When I joined my first affiliate programs, I did everything wrong: I joined under lazy uplines, I used Traffic Exchange websites and free safe-lists to promote it, yielding poor results. One of the lessons I learned from the start, was to find the right sponsor or mentor. I found mine and signed up under her. I did mistakes still, especially one that a lot of fresh marketers still do …

My biggest mistake was promoting GDI (Global Domains International). Even though it is a solid affiliate company rewarding their users for their efforts, you have to both work smart and hard to achieve good results with it. With no results and no sign-ups, other than those from my sponsor, my frustration was mounting. I was told that, writing articles works well for traffic, and as my endeavor into the minefields of PPC advertising left me flat broke, I wrote my first article ever, on ACME People Search and GDI, and submitted it to a directory. With the help of a few back-links, my article climbed to the top-three positions on Google’s first page in few days and pulled in several new referrals in my ACME People Search account, one of whom also signed up in my GDI downline. I realized by then that, submitting articles to promote ACME People Search works much better than promoting GDI alone.

In addition to the new sign-ups, I earned $25 with that article, which is still sending traffic to my sign-up page. Imagine what you can achieve with 10 articles, 20, 50 … This is powerful!

Where to start when writing articles: Research the keywords you want to use for your articles, write a new unique article, publish it on your website or blog and index it. Use an article spinner: Easy Article Rewriter (free) and spin five to ten different versions of your article, submit to the top article directories using your anchor keyword (i.e. “How to sail a boat”). Build new back-links to your articles from websites, blogs, forum signatures e.t.c. on a regular basis, and your links will receive free “laser-targeted” traffic when done right. For more SEO information and tools, I suggest that you sign up for free with SEO Book.

About ACME People Search:

People Search is free to join and has multiple income streams. Tissa Godavitarne, the creator of the People Search engine, adds $125 to your People Search affiliate account when you complete the three steps in your account. To avoid any misunderstandings: Tissa’s money is a reward for those with a genuine desire to earn money with ACME People Search, and it requires that you sign up for a paid affiliate program in step two. Those who are not serious about making money online should not bother in the first place, but it is perfect for those who are. I recommend that you choose GDI in step Two, because at only $10/mo for a membership it is affordable, and it is much easier to build your GDI downline using ACME People Search. Setting up your People Search engine is an easy and straight-forward process.

Tissa is a strong believer in teaching others how to educate themselves, and ACME People Search together with GDI, is one of the most rewarding affiliate programs today, with its multiple income streams. Both have their own support forums. Tissa’s ACME forum offers a nice bonus for the most helpful members, and he puts emphasis on helping others. With ACME People Search and GDI, or as I like to call it: “The power of two and Internet Marketing”, you can learn and earn from the beginning and at no risk. Watch the video below for an introduction by Tissa:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8vwxplR3Qo&feature=related

Click here to sign up with ACME People Search

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