I am always skeptical when I read about the various make money online systems that appear in my inbox every day. But one program that caught my eye is called the Empower Network, by David Wood and David Sharpe. This is because it was recommended to me by someone I trust, so I decided to sign up and check it out it for myself.
On a basic level, the Empower Network is a viral blogging platform. But if you dig down deeper, it is actually more than that. And if you have the ability to promote it properly, it really has the potential to make you a lot of money. Of course you are still pretty skeptical about what I am talking about, so let me explain how it all works in my Empower Network review.
What Is The Empower Network
The Empower Network launched on October 31, 2011 and in the 53 days since it launched it has attracted over 13,000 paying members and paid out over $2 million in commissions. According to Alexa, Empowernetwork.com is already the 324th largest site in the US. Pretty impressive, right? You will see why after I explain the setup.
A basic membership to the Empower Network gets you access to the viral blogging platform and it will cost you $25 a month. Essentially, it is a hosted platform for you to blog on, similar to WordPress.com or Hubpages.com. It fact it uses WordPress on the backend, so it should be familiar to most of you already.
To see it in action, you can take a look at my own Empower Network blog here:
http://empowernetwork.com/joshkotsay
How Will Empower Network Make You Money?
To see why it is considered a viral blogging platform, check out my Empower Network blog more closely. Notice the ad in the header, the sidebar ad, and the banner ad on the bottom of the page. It utilizes the Facebook comments system (which is viral in nature) and it has social sharing button everywhere. So if anyone clicks through any of the ads on the page, they get sent through the sales funnel and your affiliate id is cookie’d.
Ok, that’s great. But why should you care?
Because if anyone signs up via your link, you get 100% commissions, sent instantly and directly to your bank account. So if someone you refer purchases a basic membership you will get $25 a month recurring commissions.
Not only that, but the Empower Network uses a tiered commission structure.
You see, the first sale you make goes to you, but the 2nd, 4th, 6th and every 5th sale after that goes to your Empower Network sponsor (the person who referred you). As you recruit more people to join under you, and these people recruit their own people, you will continually be taking a cut from all the people under you. Over time, this means a lot of money for you.
And it actually gets better…
There are also a couple of upsell products that people can buy. First, there is the Empower Network Inner Circle, which is a set of audio interviews from members who are already making 6 figures a year. This is a $100 a month. Then there is the Costa Rica intensive training program which is a $3000 seminar that David Wood presented this year. This is an additional $500 one time fee.
If someone you refer purchases all these upsells, then you can potentially earn $625 up front, and $125 a month recurring commissions. And that’s just the products they offer now. There are other products in the pipeline as well which will only increase your commissions.
Now here’s the ingenious part of the system.
You can only get those upsell commissions if you purchase those products yourself. If you haven’t bought the product yet and someone buys it through your link then that commission goes up to your sponsor. So essentially you are heavily incentivised to buy all the upsells yourself for maximum commissions.
Empower Network Blogging Platform
That’s all well and good, but if the blogging platform doesn’t work, then everything else don’t matter.
What really made me interested in joining the Empower Network was the possibility of using it as a powerful Web 2.0 link building property ala Hubpages.com.
Not too long ago, Hubpages was my favorite Web 2.0 property because I could write articles on it with a link back to my site. Google loved these hubs, and I had several hubs ranking #1 for several keywords.
Now post Google Panda, Hubpages.com is no longer very affiliate friendly. They discourage the use of affiliate links and some of my hubs were taken down because they talked about topics they didn’t like anymore (like article spinning for example).
With my EmpowerNetwork blog, I think I have found my replacement. It is completely affiliate friendly and you can pretty much post whatever you like on your blog. You can promote other products or just use the link juice it provides to help your other sites rank better as well.
I mentioned earlier that Empowernetwork.com already ranks as the 324th most visited site according to Alexa. By the same measure, Hubpages.com is ranked #207. In less than 2 months, EmpowerNetwork.com has quickly climbed up to become one of the most powerful sites on the internet.
Empower Network Blogging Results
I’ve only been a member for a short period of time now, but I am already encouraged by the results I have seen so far.
Here is an example of one post I have written:
http://www.empowernetwork.com/joshkotsay/blog/articleranks-vs-traffickaboom/
Almost immediately after posting, it ranks #1 in Google for the keywords:
ArticleRanks vs TrafficKaboom
TrafficKaboom vs ArticleRanks
Sure, it’s not the most competitive keyword, but they are targeted, buying keywords that will help me earn some additional commissions. But more importantly it tells me that Google already sees EmpowerNetwork.com as an authority site. And it’s easy to see why.
In the Empower Network training, they tell you, you have write a post to your blog every day. So in theory, every member is doing this and building links to their content and trying to get their posts ranked higher. And as more and more links are being built, the EmpowerNetwork.com becomes more and more of an authority site.
As I continue to write more posts on my blog, I will be sure to keep this Empower Network review updated with my latest results.
Empower Network Quick Tip
Here’s a quick tip for you to try. Before even joining, take one of the Empower Network banners and stick it on any of the sites you own and track how many people click on it. If you are seeing a decent number of clicks per day, then there is a good possibility you can make money with it.
Empower Network Final Thoughts
With all the hype you see written about it, you may think that the Empower Network is a scam. But from what I’ve seen so far, I think it seems legit to me. The blogging platform is good, the training is useful and the system as I understand it appears viable.
While I am still a new member of the Empower Network, I am pretty excited about the possibilities. If you already are an influential person, with a loyal following already then I can see you making a ton of money with it right away. Just show people how you make money with it, and you can easily get your followers excited to sign up under you.
If you are just a regular guy like myself, then seeing results might take a little more time. But I think with a little bit of work, the Empower Network has the potential to make you some serious money if you can promote it right.
I’ve also put together a nice Empower Network bonus package for anyone who joins our team. Not only will I personally help you to learn my link building system, you will get a bunch of other exclusive goodies as well.
Ready to get started with the Empower Network?
- Watch the sales video and pay close attention to how well their sales funnel works.
- Check out my Empower Network Bonus.
- Join my team and start your blog.
- Receive your bonuses and let me help you start making money.
If you have any questions about the Empower Network, please leave your comments below.
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I’ve also seen a lot of people promoting the Empower Network and I really wasn’t sure what they were talking about until I read your review Josh. Thanks! It makes every much clearer.
So how do affiliate commissions get paid to you? Do they accept PayPal?
Hi Kinley. Thanks for stopping by. Yes, the Empower Network does accept Paypal. But I think they encourage you to setup a merchant account too. It’s one of the first steps in their training and the process takes about an hour.
Been doing a lot of research and reading several Empower Network reviews and I was thinking that the whole thing was potentially a scam. I mean, can blogging every day really make me money?
But I love how you explained how you are taking advantage of the blogging platform and it really opened up my eyes to how I could also take advantage of this.
I also watched some of the videos on the site, and I must say that David Wood and David Sharpe are excellent marketers and I can see why their sales funnel potentially converts so well.
I’m still on the fence about joining, but I really appreciate your honest review Josh. You gave me a lot to think about.
What’s really impressive to me though is how fast you were able to rank this post for the Empower network and Empower network review keywords. I might signup just to take you up on your bonus offer just to learn your system, lol.
Thanks for the kind words Ron. Yeah, the blogging platform does work really well, but only if you are committed to consistently making posts to it. The Empower Network is certainly not a Get Rich Quick system and you do have to put some work into it.
But if you want to join under me Ron, I’ll be happy to show you how I make things work.
Hi Josh
will there be any issue if use Paypal for monthly subscription?
from what i know, Paypal are notorious for freezing accounts with this type of programs.
Hi Rozz, if you’re talking about paying for your Empower Network membership, then you can use Paypal if the person you sign up under uses it.
If you are asking about receiving money then that’s a little different story. I am currently using Paypal to receive payments and it seems to work fine.
However, I have heard the same things that you mentioned that they don’t like MLM type programs. So I am wary about using Paypal long term and I don’t trust them in general.
So I will be switching over to using a merchant account shortly.
Hi josh, first oft thanks for writing this piece.
I am definitely looking at getting started with you, but i was wondering if you knew if we can use any other payment options, like AlertPay, SolidTrust, SavingsPoint etc., for receiving affiliate commissions?
I really would like to use SavingsPoint out of all them, because the fees are very low, even the only drawback is US only.
Thanks
Hi David. I really appreciate you stopping by with your question.
Currently the Empower Network supports Paypal, AlertPay, Linkpoint and Authorize.net. At least those are the options I see in my account page.
Great review Josh. I am not a member and probably will not be as I am already highly successful online. However, I do have many of my students looking into this program and opportunity from a pure SEO or, from a potential income generator and have found your review insightful and honest. Thank you for the information and I will pass this along to those within my system.
God Bless,
David J. Boozer
Hi Josh,
Thank you for this review. Its speedy growth is definitely something that grabs my attention. Im very new to affiliate marketing and blogging but I’m very eager to learn. Would you reccomend this as one of the first systems to get started with or some of the article sites you’ve reviewed?
Thanks,
Brandon
Hi Brandon. If you are willing to put in the time to follow 2 of the core principles which is to blog daily and market daily then yes I think you can have good success with the Empower Network. Especially if you signup under my team as we can help you with the marketing aspects.
Hi Josh,
I’m new to empower network and I like your article here. I don’t understand some thing, its about blogging every day if your not a marketer, and being able to make money doing so, do you have any idea’s on that subject, they say you can do you know for a fact that a person can?
Lynn
Hi Lynn. The basic idea is, if you blog everyday, then people will find your content via the search engines, and a small % of them will see the EmpowerNetwork ads on your blog, sign up via your link, which will then earn you a nice affiliate commission.
Of course, that’s really over simplifying things. To really succeed with this method, it takes a little bit more effort than that.
Before you write, you need to do some keyword research on your potential blog post topic and target 1 or 2 specific keywords per post that you know you can rank for. Next you have to write a quality blog post on your topic. And then do some link building or social sharing to promote your post so that it will rank.
You must be dedicated to do this process every day.
If you are new to all this keyword research, blogging and link building stuff, then it’s extremely important that you find a good EmpowerNetwork sponsor who is willing to train you and help you do this. Otherwise, it’s more than likely that you will not succeed.
Ok! So after reading your reply it seems like I’m not going to succeed with this process.
I’m retired and living on SS and it’s not much! I was willing to cough up the $125 for awhile and see if it would work for me, I’m new to all this keyword research, blogging and link building stuff.
That was the reason for joining this program, I thought that it was simply blog and then people would come to my blog with the help of the two Davids, but there are so many of you people that are more invested in blogging and training.
You have set up teams and most people would be joining you guy’s before finding me. I’m not fretting the money that I spent because you sometimes have to learn the hard way.
Looking at some of the team leaders I wonder how you would make a difference? We still have to learn all the stuff that I mentioned above and put it to use somehow.
I like your way of teaching and your honest thoughts.
So I may cancel out of this program and go to work (dirty four letter word) earn the money the way I know how! (sweat and toll earn then burn out)
Well, all the best
Lynn
Hi Lynn,
I can’t speak for other teams, but I think joining under our team could make a huge difference.
My goal is to provide enough value for our team members that the basic $25 a month membership would be worth it, even if you don’t do anything at all with the Empower Network.
Also, it’s not necessary to get the Inner Circle membership when you start out…especially if you are budget constrained. The basic membership ($25/mo) is fine until you are at the point where you are earning Empower Network commissions. Once you reach that point, then you can leverage your earnings and purchase the other products to boost your earnings even more.
I would love to talk more to you about this, my e-mail address has been placed in this comment area if you would get back to me via that address I would appreciate it very much.
Lynn
Hi Josh,
Really like all this you wrote – I do regret more or less that I already signed up for the Empower Network with another sponsor… Well that’s just the way things work I guess. Still – as an unpaid member, because 1. I cannot get the funds free to sign up right away for the Costa Rica level, and 2. I needed some time to see if it really would be ‘my kind of thing’. Now I’ve read your posts I really understand the way it works – thank you!
Josh, This has to be the best Empower Network Review post I have read to date. My hat is off to you my friend. Also at the time of this comment the blog post is ranked #1 for this key work. Another congrats to you because so many are going for it. I’ll be stepping up my blogging efforts and following your example.
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