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I’ve been looking for a good business with an affiliate program that would be a good fit for my Act On Your Dream! site. The majority of the revenue from that site dried up when Amazon.com canceled me, and all the other affiliates in NC, a couple of years ago.

I’ve tried a couple of others, but they do not convert well. Adsense ads bring in only a little revenue, because there are few good ads for the topic of the site.

A couple of days ago, I found Simple Truths and looked over their products and affiliate program. I liked what I saw in both cases.

They offer quality products full of inspiration and motivation and I look forward to promoting those products on several of my sites.

I’ve already implemented links to a couple of their free movies on my Success Quotes page. The movie at the top of the page better fits the subject of that page, but I find the movie at the bottom to be more inspirational.

Here’s a link to the second movie:

In just a couple of minutes, I want to know more about Marty and why he is called the richest man in town.

I’ve been looking at several of their movies, as I slowly work my way through all of them — part of the getting acquainted process.

I like this one that addresses some of the problems related to to-do lists, goals, and procrastination…

And, I’ll share one more in this post.

Have you read or heard this quote?…

“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…
it’s about learning how to dance in the rain!” — Vivian Greene

That’s one of my favorite quotes, and it’s one I thought of frequently the last three years as I battled cancer. There were days that I had to dig deep inside to find ways to dance in the particular (metaphorical) rain I was experiencing.

So, I really enjoyed this short movie when I watched it last night…

Over the coming months, I’ll be buying some of these products to read for myself and then I’ll pass them along as gifts to people I think will benefit from them.

At this point, I have not bought nor read any of their products, so this post is based on an initial gut feeling I have about them, based on the high quality of the free movies. I’ll know more later, from experience, and I’ll follow up on this company in the future.

They have an attractive affiliate program (link on the bottom of their website) and it is managed through ShareASale.

I joined ShareASale a long time ago, but at the time I didn’t find anything I wanted to promote and I basically forgot about them.

When I tried to join a couple of days ago, it said that my preferred username was already taken, so I was pretty sure that meant I’d been accepted some time ago.

I searched through my records and found my username and password and tried to login. I was told my account had been deactivated due to inactivity. I sent an email and asked for it to be reactivated, and that was done within 24 hours. Another request to reset my email address, because I no longer had access to the one they had on file — yes it was THAT long ago, was also handled quickly.

So, I’m back to business with ShareASale.

If you would like to promote the products from Simple Truths, you can apply in your ShareASale account.

If you’re not a member of ShareASale, you can remedy that easily…

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content. shareasale.com.

As I start to generate income, I’ll know more about ShareASale and I’ll review them in the future. I checked with some friends who are experienced affiliate marketers and each of them had good things to say about the company.

I like what I’m seeing in their affiliate center, so far. It’s easy to find companies to consider and finding links and generating the code has been flawless and intuitive.

I’m looking forward to working with both ShareASale and Simple Truths.

Do you have any experience with either company?

Act on your dream!

JD

PS. It feels very good to be able to do some new affiliate marketing, for a change.

Now, you can instantly watch movies and television shows commercial-free on Macs or PCs.

You can enjoy instant playback of hit Hollywood movies and the latest TV shows.

This new movie and TV streaming service offers a wide range of movies, TV seasons, and individual TV episodes.

Of course, to take full advantage of this service, you’ll need a broadband connection to the Internet.

To make it even easier for you to decide to rent or purchase a movie or TV show, the first two minutes of videos automatically play at no charge when you visit the detail page for that video. At any time during this 2-minute viewing period, you can choose to purchase or rent the video to watch it in its entirety.

If you are an Amazon.com affiliate, you can earn up to 10% referral fees on movie and television show purchases. Amazon makes it easy to link to the Video On Demand section of their massive store and you can link to individual videos using standard product links or the versatile movie and TV show preview widget.

NetFlix – an alternative to Amazon

I live in an area where high-speed broadband access to the Internet is not available. So, video on demand, no matter how reasonably priced and convenient, is simply not an option.

I have been a very satisfied NetFlix customer for several years and enjoy watching movies and TV shows by selecting them on the NetFlix website and then receiving the DVDs in the mail. After I’m done watching the video, and re-watching the best, it’s a simple matter of inserting the DVD in the postage-paid envelope and dropping it into the mailbox. A few days later, the next video in the list of shows I have selected is automatically sent to me. There are no late fees and you can keep a DVD until you have the time to watch it and are ready to return it.

Lately, I’ve been watching entire TV shows in order, episode by episode, year by year.

Currently, I’m on season 3 of Star Trek Enterprise, and last month I watched season 3 of Stargate Atlantis and the Stargate Continuum movie.

I’m getting a chance to watch shows I never had time to watch, before.

Netflix lets you rent, watch and return DVDs from home – Try free for 2 weeks

In addition to renting videos on DVD, some are available for instant viewing, so NetFlix may be a convenient alternative to Amazon.

One advantage that NetFlix has is a fixed price. I subscribe to the plan where I can have up to 3 DVDs out at any one time and pay less than $20 per month. Most months, I can watch about 15 DVDs, and some have four to six TV episodes on them.

Today, for instance, I’m supposed to receive the next two DVDs of Star Trek Enterprise season 3, and that will include four episodes per disc, for a total of eight episodes.

I live on a strange schedule and work whenever I feel like it – an advantage of working at home – so I may watch a video during the day, evening, or even the middle of the night. It’s completely up to me. I can watch the good shows more than once, if I want.

Last month, when I rented Stargate Continuum from NetFlix, I watched it three times before returning it.

I mainly watch science fiction, but over the last few months, I rented the first three seasons of Little House on the Prairie, and Mom loved watching shows that she understood and enjoyed much better than the sci-fi flicks I love.

Currently, I have over 100 DVDs in my NetFlix queue, including the first two seasons of Boston Legal, and I’m considering watching the entire production of The West Wing.

It is convenient and cost-effective to watch videos in your own home. For the price of one or two movies at the theater, you can watch a dozen or more in your home. And, both Amazon and Netflix have many thousands of videos from which to choose.

Plus, for people like me – and possibly you – they both have an affiliate program and you can earn nice commissions for referring people to their services.

All work and no play…

I enjoy working, but there is also a lot to say for entertainment.

I am 100% satisfied with my multi-year experiences with Amazon and NetFlix. I am happy to recommend them to you.

Take a break. Watch a video today. Enjoy yourself.

Act on your dream!

JD