On April 29, 2009, I received this email from Willie Crawford, the most successful Internet marketer I personally know.

Good morning Randy,

As I recently went over my sources of actual online income, I noticed that I get a lot of smaller checks, from numerous places, every month.

Over the years, I’ve promoted dozens of products very successfully, and some of them offer recurring commission. Now those have built up to nice little “oil wells.”

I used the term “oil wells” because I was visiting the site of my friend Greg Writer, and that’s what he named his site. On his site, Greg actually shows many of the checks that he gets like clockwork. I noticed that I get checks from many of the same places.

You can check out Greg’s site at:
http://SageMarketer.com/OilWells/

Yes, I do one-time promotions for product launches, but those are not my bread and butter. Instead it’s the regular recurring income from those oil wells.

For example, I have a private label of the 1Shoppingcart system at http://ProfitAutomation.com I’ve had that since 2003, and have build up a nice customer base. We do have an affiliate program incidentally.

I’ve sold lots of web hosting over the year, and that has started to add up.

My pet project now is an audio, video, article, and press-release submission service called Easy Pushbutton Traffic. EPBT costs $27 per month for unlimited submissions AND pays 50% commission. Over time, that has started to add up.

Check them out at: http://EasyPushButtonTraffic.com

Even ebooks that I’ve written have turned into oil wells. For example, I co-wrote one called “20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online” and promote that book heavily (in articles, interviews, etc.). That ebook sells for $27 but has a 100% commission affiliate program.

When someone purchases 20 Ways, they are offered the opportunity to sign up as an affiliate on the download page… then THEY can market the ebook using their affiliate link, with commissions going directly to their Paypal account.

You can check out 20 Ways at http://20Ways.org

I market my own helpdesk software via Clickbank. It’s at http://ThreePillarsHelpDesk.com and is a consistent seller :-)

I actually have dozens of these little oil wells going… some producing a little, others producing a lot. They add up.

I remembers listening to Ted Ciuba joke about getting commissions checks and having NO idea what they were for. I have the same thing happening to me because they often just have the company name, but the product is mentioned nowhere on the check. I guess that’s a good problem to have though.

My real point in today’s newsletter is that when marketing affiliate products, you don’t always need to go for a homerun. Marketing several products that sell consistenly is probably a much better model.

Over time it can all add up, and you could find yourself with a lot of internet oil wells.

I prefer products offering recurring commissions, and think that you can see why :-)

Take a look at all of the oil wells that Greg has at:
http://SageMarketer.com/OilWells/

That’s it for today :-)

Willie Crawford
Offices at:
2345 Whispering Pines Blvd.
Navarre, Florida 32566

Founder – The Internet Marketing Inner Circle
http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

Joint Venture Broker, Executive Director of
The International Association Of Joint Venture Brokers
http://InternationalAssociationOfJointVentureBrokers.com