ClickBank Offers International Direct Deposit

Maybe you already knew this, but this was news to me and I haven't received any notification from ClickBank or seen anything reported about it.

ClickBank publishers and affiliates who DON'T live in the USA have always faced considerable inconvenience. In most countries the depositing of foreign checks/cheques usually involves extra fees and considerable delays before your money is cleared.

Well, finally ClickBank has caught up to companies like PayPal and will make direct deposit payments to accounts at banks in a number of countries outside the US. ClickBank calls this service...

International Direct Deposit (XACH) Payment periods are the same as for checks, and delays are measured in days rather than weeks. ------------ Payments take 1-2 days for Canada, 2-3 days for Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, The Netherlands, and New Zealand, 3-4 days for Austria, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and 4-5 days for Spain. ------------ There is no application form. You just e-mail a request to join XACH, along with your account details, to: paychecks@clickbank.com The information you need to send is just your Bank Account Number and the International Routing Code for your bank. That's all they ask for. For information about what the banks in your country might call their version of the Routing Code, refer to the following information I received from ClickBank. For me this was a very significant and long-awaited discovery. ------------------------ Australia Account number - numeric. The account number is 5-9 digits, depending on the financial institution. If less than 9 digits, do not add leading zeros. Note Australian credit union accounts cannot be used for XACH. International routing code (BSB) – 6 digits numeric. The BSB (Bank, State, Branch) number is six digits and consists of the following: * A two-digit bank number. * A one-digit state number. * A three-digit branch number. For example, if the BSB number is 032001, 03 is the bank number, 2 is the state number, and 001 is the branch number. Do not include a dash or any other symbols. Austria Account number (Kontonummer) - numeric. The Kontonummer is 4-11 digits, depending on the financial institution. If the account number is less than 11 digits, do not add leading zeros. International routing code (bank/branch number) – 5 digits numeric. The bank/branch number is five digits. Consists of bank and branch codes. Belgium Account number - numeric. The international routing code for the bank is included in the account number. The entire account number string needs to be 12 digits in length and consists of: * A three-digit international routing code (bank/branch code). * A seven-digit account number. * A two-digit check digit. Canada Account number – 12 digits numeric. If less than 12 digits, do not add leading zeros. International routing code – 9 digits numeric. Consists of the following: * A four-digit institution number. * A five-digit branch transit number. France Account number – 11 digits alphanumeric. Add leading zeros if less than 11 characters. For example, if the account number is A123456789, the account number you use is 0A123456789. International routing code (RIB) - 10 digits numeric. The RIB is ten characters and consists of bank and branch codes. Germany Account number – 10 digits numeric. Add leading zeros if less than 10 digits. For example, if the account number is 12345678, the account number you use is 0012345678. International routing code (Bankleitzahl) - 8 digits numeric. Eight characters in length. Ireland Account number – 8 digits numeric. Add leading zeros if less than eight digits. For example, if the account number is 123456, the account number you use is 00123456. For savings accounts, follow the same guidelines as for checking accounts. Building Society collection accounts cannot be used for XACH. International routing code (sort code) – 6 digits numeric. The sort code is six digits. Mexico Account number – 1. Enter as 1. The account number itself is included in the CLABE number, which is entered in the international routing code field (see below). International routing code (CLABE) - 18 digits numeric. Since April, 2002, every account holder in Mexico has been assigned a CLABE number. The CLABE number is 18 digits and consists of four components in the following order: * A three-digit bank code. * A three-digit bank plaza code. * An eleven-digit account number. * A one-digit check digit. The Netherlands Account number – 10 digits numeric. The international routing code for the bank is included in the account number. The account number can be either of the following: * For a Giro account, use three leading zeros plus the seven digit Giro account, for a total of 10 digits. For example, if the Giro account number is 1234567, the account number you use is 0001234567. * For a non-Giro account, use a leading zero plus the nine-digit account number, for a total of 10 digits. For example, if the account number is 123456789, the account number you use is 0123456789. The international routing code for the bank is included in the account number. See the description for the account number field. New Zealand Account number – 12 digits numeric. Do not include a dash or any other symbols. Consists of the following: * An eight-digit account number. If the account number is less than eight digits, use leading zeros. * A four-digit suffix. If the suffix is less than four digits, use leading zeros. For example, if the account number is 12345 and the suffix is 789, the entire 12-digit account number would be 000123450789. Note NZ credit union accounts cannot be used for XACH. International routing code (bank/branch number) – 6 digits numeric. The bank/branch number consists of the following: * A two-digit bank number. * A four-digit branch number. For example, if the BSB number is 030123, 03 is the bank number and 0123 is the branch number. Do not include a dash or any other symbols. Spain Account number – 11 digits numeric. Consists of the following: * A one-digit check digit. * A ten-digit account number. International routing code – 9 digits numeric. Consists of the following: * An eight-digit bank/branch code. * A one-digit check digit. Switzerland Account number – 16 digits alphanumeric. Account numbers are 3-16 characters in length and may include letters, digits, and even certain punctuation characters, such as periods and hyphens. Account numbers may or may not contain a check digit. Do not add leading zeros. International routing code (SIC number) 5 digits numeric. Normally 3-5 digits in length. United Kingdom Account number – 8 digits numeric. Add leading zeros if less than eight digits. For example, if the account number is 123456, the account number you use is 00123456. Savings accounts at banks are assigned a sort code and account number, just like checking accounts. For these accounts, follow the same guidelines as for checking accounts. Note Building Society collection accounts cannot be used for XACH. International routing code (sort code) 6 digits numeric. The sort code is six digits.

If your country isn't listed here, you might want to contact them to see if they are setting something up.

5 Ways to Promote Your Website

1) Blog, Blog, Blog…but here is the key, you need to have good content and use wordpress. You need to actually use wordpress and install it on your hosting server. Don’t use the free services that are remotely hosted…because you can do so much more with wordpress. You can create linkbaits, you can control the look and feel much easier, you can install plugins, it automatically pings, etc. There is an incredible book from Authority Site that I advocate (it is not an affiliate program or anything) but just a free ebook that will help you generate traffic to your wordpress blog and help you set it up! PM me if you want it.

2) Use EBay Auctions and Classified Ads, I use this incredible way to get leads using Ebay…I put a link that talks more about what I am selling to my blog and then I generate traffic that way! The link has to be very relevant to what you are selling otherwise you violate terms. I generally sell an information product and my link to my blogpost just goes into more detail about the information product.

3) Use Craigslist, Backpage, InetGiant, etc. Free Classified ads do work as long as you have really good headlines. There are some things to watch when you post on these sites:
• Don’t use .info urls.
• Change your IP many times
• Change headlines and ads
• Don’t create an account but submit using several different email accounts.
• Avoid subdomain or affiliate links like the plague…instead do something like this "www.green.com/tree" (put the index in the tree file)


4) Myspace , Facebook, etc – here is the key here – your myspace page needs to be geared towards your customer, it has to be all about them and it has to brand you as a leader. Don’t make your myspace just a commercial about a business you are selling, make it a commercial about what a great leader you are and what you can bring to the table…make it about attraction marketing! You will be surprised at the kind of traffic that you can bring in!


5) Forums – Big surprise! Forums are a great tool to generate traffic to your website. The key is content. Whatever your business is or whatever your expertise is – you need to give great content…Here are some tips:
• Put your signature in the bottom with a catchy simple headline…avoid the hype it is so low class and outdated.
• Use PS in your posting…this works great
• Once you post a new topic, go back in a few days and then repost to the same topic with some new info on it to keep it at the top of the forum to get it read more…hence your signature will get read more!

The Value of Outbound Links

The SEO forums and blogs are constantly buzzing about the use of linking strategies to increase Google Pagerank. The usual chatter is about acquiring inbound links, but the topic of outbound linking strategies doesn't seem to be as popular with the forum members. I was over at Searchen Internet Marketing and Search Engine Forums the other day, and the topic of outbound linking came up, and I realized that something I had been doing naturally, is actually an effective SEO strategy regarding outbound linking.

It seems linking to government (.gov) educational (.edu) and organization (.org) sites that have high PR has it's benefits in Google's eyes because you're linking to authoratative sites. I don't suggest abusing the technique and approach it naturally , and make sure the outbound links are relative to your website's content. For example, I'd strongly suggest anybody running real estate or local business sites to link to the county Property Appraisers Office, the Department of State, Better Bussiness Bureau or any legal or governmental agencies that are appropriate to visitors of your sites. For almost every site there is something, a Pizza Parlor website could link to the Small Bussiness Association at SBA.gov, as could any business related site. Not only would you be making your website look better in Google's eyes, but it will make your website visitors think your site is more official.

Just remember, if Google's bots are weighing inbound links in their Pageranking algorithm, when they assign that weight, there has to be some sort of reciprocal weight applied to the origination of the outbound link. Remember the obvious advice of keeping the number of outbound links on each webpage between 10 an 30, and do keep a common linking pattern in your html, avoid messy link pages with multiple link formats, and don't link to porn or gambling sites if your site is not specifically related to the porn or gambling industry.

Waiting For Google - Where's the Update

Waiting for Google. It seems that's what most webmasters practicing, performing and learning about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are doing these days, as evidenced by this thread over at Searchen Forums. There had been a long silence in the top SEO Forums for the last week or so, with nobody asking the infamous, "When is the next Google Pagerank Update" question, but, now as we've passed the 100 day mark, webmasters everywhere are wondering where their websites are going to end up in Google's search results after the next update. Previously, the longest time between updates was 111 days, and at 100+ days as of time of writing, most experts are sitting on the edge of their seats, biting nails, and casting spells of SEO into the void of the web hoping the Google monster is kind and doesn't swallow their sites and efforts alive.

100 days seems to be quite a long time between updates. As a software developer and database administrator, I question why Google is not continually updating or doing "rolling updates" as most technology firms who maintain large amounts of data have done for years. In my opinion, Pagerank should be an invisible constantly updated variable, and nshould not be so important to search results and webmasters as it is now.

Take for example the Pixel Advertising community, which is less than 6 months old, and definitely a newcomer on the scene since Google's last update; How is it possible for any of the pixel sites to have any pagerank associated with them? Yet, I've seen some that already do have pagerank. My pixel site BigPixels.com which predates most of the other pixel sites by a few months, and has significant traffic and backlinks, has been sitting in the Google Sandbox for months, even though we've been spending the max in AdSense possible for our keywords. It leads me to believe there IS some sort of hand manipulation of search results and pagerank going on behind the scenes at Google's datacenters, and that it's time for me to pull the Adsense campaign.

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Google Outsourcing Some of It's Infastructre

Apparently representatives at Google has been talking to representatives at Sun about the possibilities of the search engine giant outsourcing their data center infastructure. Tom Foremski reported for SiliconValleyWatcher that in a chat with John Loiacono, Sun's software chief, Loiacono stated Google is thinking about switching from their propietary server grids that were developed specifically for Google by Google, to an outsourced infastructure. Considering Google's history of acquiring technology companies to fufill it's needs, further speculation might lead to an imaginary scenario of the search giant involved in another acquisition, this time possibly in the networking or hardware industries. Personally, I don't forsee Google outsourcing significant portions of it's propietary infastructure anytime in the near future especially considering Google's investments in creating it's own operating system to run the grids. I do see them outsourcing infasctructure for newer projects and user oriented services such as Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Groups. If they do, somebody's going to get a multi-million dollar easter egg in their basket.

Pixel Advertising

I'm sure most of you have heard about the "Million Dollar Homepage" and the "Million Quarter Webpage", which have spawned a new breed of internet entrepeneur, and a new form of internet marketing. If you haven't, well, it's time to pay attention to "Pixel Advertising", or risk falling behind the fastest growing phenomenon on the web. Pixel Advertising is definitely here to stay, and here's a couple of great places to start learning about the phenomenon...

Big Pixels - http://www.bigpixels.com - A hot new pixel advertising site that's going to give it's competitors a run for their money.

Top Pixels - http://toppixels.com/ - A Top sites list featuring hundreds of pixel advertising webites around the world.

Pixel Advertising forum http://www.pixeladstalk.com - A forum devoted to the phenomenon of pixel advertsing. A great place to learn about PA from webmasters and fans alike.

Increasing Your Websites Google PageRank

A high Google Page Ranking is essential to your websites positioning in Googles search engine. Optimizing your websites layout and keywords are simply not enough when consideration is given to the fact that Google uses your websites Page Rank as a base multiplier when ordering search results. The only way to achieve a high page ranking is by acquiring high quality backlinks (links into your website from other sites). For many new website owners, the time and effort involved in acquiring these high quality backlinks may seem daunting, but there are shortcuts available for a price. TextLinkBrokers.com is a great starting place for those looking to increase their Page Rank for a price. Prices start at $40 for a link on a PR4-PR5 website to hundreds, even thousands of dollars for a link on a PR9 website. In order for a backlink to be effective, it must be from a website with relative content as yours, and care must be taken with the anchor text for the link. TextLinkBrokers.com takes care of all that for you. It may seem a bit shady that Google has set up their search results to be ordered by whoever spends the most money advertising their site, but quite honestly, it has opened a new revenue stream for many webmasters.

Another decent source for finding inexpensive backlinks is on Ebay. I recently purchased two PR5 links for $7 each, and within two weeks, the PR0 site I was promoting went up to a PR3. I also added quite a bit of relevant content and informative, on topic articles to the site, but a second site in a similar situation, with an equal amount of content, but no quality backlinks is only a PR1.

Lastly, one product we've found useful is Reciprocal Manager. This PHP/MySql based software allows you to easily manage your reciprocal links, and takes a lot of the maintainence out of linking strategies. The $147 price tag is probably not feasable for a single website, but the software allows you to manage unlimited domains, and is you are running 40+ sites such as my company does, it's a small price to pay to consolidate all of your reciprocal links programs in one convenient place.

Tomorrow, I'll discuss the importance of avoiding link farms and click farms...