Why I Nearly Fell Out With Allan Gardyne Over 5 Pillar
To be frank, the first time I looked at 5 Pillar affiliate program, I was not much impressed. I had come to know about it from a friend's email who also mentioned that even Allan Gardyne, the recognized master of affiliate programs, recommended it.
Now when Allan says something, you sit up and listen.
So more because of Allan than my friend that I looked at it and was instantly disappointed.
Allan Praised 5 Pillar But...
Even without joining 5 Pillar I could see that it was a revenue sharing program like any other. You got paid when you sold SiteSell products.
Of course, Allan was there along with other biggies raving about it. But what turned me off was the sop of getting Site Build It! - a site building product - at half price for yourself if you sell it once as an affiliate. Wasn't I being pitched even before earning a single cent?
This was as bad as, if not worse than, other programs and I had seen many in my days. All this happened at the time when after failing at countless affiliate programs I was ready to give up. I was going broke paying internet bills. Selling apples on the sidewalk looked a better option than chasing internet marketing.
I had almost forgotten all this when my friend emailed me asking how I was doing with 5 Pillar.
I was furious. I gave him a piece of my mind, telling him I didn't have time to waste chasing hot air. I was sick of joining affiliate programs.
His reply was instant and "furious-er" even -
"Don't sell or buy a single SiteSell product if you don't want - though I will say Site Build It! could be the best thing in your situation. Don't join 5 Pillar even. Just look at its training program 6th Pillar. No, you don't have to join it to see what it is. And download Affiliate Masters Course. Allan Gardyne likes it a lot."
Ah, Allan Gardyne again! By now Allan's popularity rating with me had got a severe beating. So this time it was because of my friend that I looked at 6th Pillar - more so because I didn't have to join it. Have a look and forget if it turned out to be a dud.
The Surprising 6th Pillar
But here I was in for a surprise. Without any commitment, 6 Pillar was doing for me no other program had ever done. It showed me how to get targeted traffic in a step-by-step 8-day process.
This was what I was seeking all along. Because without this skill, I was not making headway even with such easy-to-earn programs as paid a few cents if I got people to subscribe to a free newsletter.
Then I went through Getting Started Action Guide and the 5 Pillar Manual that I got free on joining 5 Pillar. Here were countless ways of building online business which I would never have thought up by myself.
And to top it all was the Affiliate Masters Course.
Allan Gardyne soared in my esteem with every page of this free manual. He hadn't uttered a single un-true word when he praised the book.Here SiteSell CEO Ken Evoy had revealed all the secrets of making a successful website all by yourself without anybody's help. However if you wanted to concentrate on building your online business without the hassle of building a traffic-pulling, earning website, there was the Site Build It! at your service.
Did all this help me? I won't say I am making thousands a month though I am on the way, hopefully. That is, if I apply the techniques that are there.
But this much I can tell you for sure:
* I am not selling apples on the sidewalk nor am I upset when the internet bill turns up in my mailbox.
* And I stand chastened. I have learned my lesson: You don't fight with your best friend or Allan Gardyne. When they say something, you listen and do their bidding.