Great points Condrut - personal reviews are the way to go.

For me though, unless the person has shown me that they have actually purchased (or gotten it from the person who made it) and somehow used the product I won't buy it from their link. People can recommend stuff all day, but I want to know how it has worked for them already.

I've also seen many people offering their own bonuses on top of the products. Darren Monroe recently did this with Profits Theme.

I'm going to take a note from both of you and not only write (or record) a person review of the products, I'll also add a bonus of my own. Two strategies combine like Voltron for even more power!

Hi Zac great point on the "blogger etc" domains. At a minimum a blogger intending to make money in any way, shape, or form must have their own domain. It isn't all that expensive and there are so many reasons to do it.

As for monetization I have numerous methods: affiliate offers, my own products and services, and I'm about to have numerous continuity programs based around my content and my products. Most of the monetization isn't on the blog though, it's on my other sites connected to it.
My recent post The War On Affiliate Marketing Is On – Be Ready

"What counts the most is the quality of the traffic (visitor) reaching your landing page combined with the speed of your page, the overall offer (headline) and the position of your email form." - and that does it for me right there, along with testing.

There are many ways to structure a squeeze page. When using either static HTML pages or an awesome theme like OptimizePress, it's easy to use Google Website Optimizer to find out which one works out the best. These are all great starting points.

One more for the list would be the GoToMeeting signup form. I've heard over and over again that using the plain Jane GTM signup form works much better than creating your own.

Thanks again for doing this interview John. I got a lot of value from it and I'm sure that all that listen will as well. And it was even more awesome getting to meet you at WordCamp MSP.

Stay cool and keep kicking ass. And have a happy Thanksgiving.