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If only it were that easy. I swear I am completely addicted to Coke, or LA Maxi Ice (a cheap diet cola) to be precise. It is my health vice. I don’t smoke or drink alcohol, yet my health is really suffering from something most people would assume is no big deal.

Perhaps this is how smokers feel about smoking. I drink at least 2 litres of diet Cola every day and increasingly when I lay down at night I feel sick. Nearly every other night I have to actually get up to be sick. Gross, I know. Whenever I feel this way my mind wanders to Coke and even the thought of it makes me feel sick. Every night I swear off it for life. However the next morning comes around, my stomach feels better and I start to drink it again. The thing is, I really like the taste and I can’t think of any other drink I could replace it with. Coke is so comforting and delicious.

So drink it, some of you may say, but I really should point out just how dangerous drinking Coke is. Here are the things in Cola that can cause you damage:

Caffeine - This is the stuff that keeps me awake at night. Sure it gives me a buzz and helps me get over that afternoon slump, but it also causes headaches, fatigue, stress, cardio problems, gastrointestinal problems and liver damage. It also affects libido (not good!)

Corn Syrup - This stuff may make the drink taste oh so sweet, but it also turns to fat easier than any other sugar and inhibits copper metabolism, which leads to destruction of connective tissue and arteries.

Aspartame - The worst culprit of all. This stuff is really damaging my health and can be found in all sorts of foods and diet drinks. It causes a whole range of health problems including blindness, depression, insomnia, seizures, nausea, hives, balding, ulcers, suicidal tendencies, ADD and Alzheimer’s and these are just a few of the side effects. These effects can show up after many years. There are even support groups for people who have suffered Aspartame poisoning.

You really should check out the Sweet Poison website to find out more about Aspartame. It has loads of really useful information. The FDA took a lot of persuading before they allowed sale of Aspartame and unfortunately most of the side effects remain a closely guarded secret. This is due to the fact that the diet industry is worth trillions of dollars and as we all know when it comes to the government, Money Talks.

Most of the illnesses can be cured by just stopping your intake of Aspartame That means avoiding diet drinks and diet products such as NutraSweet.

I am hoping now that I am armed with this knowledge I can fight my cravings for Coke. I know it sounds silly, but it is really hard to resist. I am ashamed I have let it get to this stage where my health is already suffering, but if I stop now I should get healthier. It amazes me that governments let these kind of drugs sell, but then again they will do anything for money. It just shows you really can’t trust anyone in power.

I use article marketing to help promote my websites. It is a really easy and free way to get some publicity and some high PR links to your blog. The trouble is if you have a lot of websites as many people do, article writing can be really time consuming. That is where the Instant Article Wizard is pretty useful.

The Instant Article Wizard is made by Jonathan Ledger with the aim of making article writing and submitting fast and easy. I bought a copy to try out. I decided to write a couple of articles on topics I wasn’t so sure on for my other websites.

I was actually surprised that Instant Article Wizard was easy to use. I was able to write on Spanish food, as if I were an expert. I guess it would be really good for people who write articles freelance, or have a lot of websites, as it is very fast and can make you seem like an expert on anything. The video on the website shows exactly how to use it.

So was Instant Article Wizard worth the money? Yes, I would say it was. You can use it if you run out of ideas for articles, or if you are not sure of the topic, or even if you just want to churn out articles quickly. For articles related to this site I would rather spend time writing them, but for sites thats main aim is to make money I would go with Instant Article Wizard.

Forget Clickbank and Amazon Associates, what you need to look for in an affiliate program is a company that pays out over 50% of each sale (compared to Amazon’s 5%) and pays quickly via paypal, Payoneer debit card or cheque. So if you are looking for a great affiliate program please consider MarketHealth.com,

MarketHealth.com is probably your best option if you want to make money fast and with not too much difficulty. One of the things that I love most about them is that they pay fortnightly (no long waits) and you can sign up even if you don’t  have a website. All you need to do is to fill in the form with your website address, or what other promotion methods you plan to use (like Google Adwords) and you will be instantly approved.

With MarketHealth.com you can earn up to 60% per sale, as well as up to 60% on reorders. That is a pretty great commission and the thing with health and beauty products is that people do reorder. There are loads of different products you can promote. Health products are also proven to be one of the most easily marketed with article marketing. A good idea would be to write a few articles for each product and perhaps a blog related to the product and a Google Adwods campaign. You could do all that tonight and have income by tomorrow.

One of my fave bloggers Jim Karter reccomends MarketHealth.com and he manages to make a great income from it, as well as a lot of his readers.

One of the things that really annoys me about Clickbank is that they take donkey’s years to pay and when I get the cheque, it takes another month to cash (if you are international) MarketHealth.com pays fast and it is really easy to promote.

You may as well sign up and give it a go. It is completly free to sign up, so you have nothing to lose. You can also promote the links via forums and by leaving comments on health and beauty related blogs. If you want you can arrange an automated website with MarketHealth.com. They provide loads of banners and links you can use.

Oh by the way you will probably have most success promoting items with Adwords and articles if they are the kind of “embarrasing” health products people may not want to go to the chemist for.

Good Luck! I will let you know how I get along with this one.

At first I tried writing articles on all sorts of Clickbank products and posting them in pretty much every article directory that I could find. Well, that didn’t work for me. For some reason the clicks would not transfer to sales. Perhaps I needed to choose a better Clickbank product to promote? Or perhaps my articles just weren’t believeable enough?

I decided to focus on promoting my own website instead. This website is a pet related site and I found this a very easy area to write articles about. I am very interested in animals and I think this showed in my article writing. I wrote these articles about a year ago and when I checked my traffic stats today over 50% of the traffic to this pet website is from either EzineArticles or Searchwarp. The other article directories don’t seem to produce any traffic this far on.

My website seems to have benefitted greatly from my article marketing efforts. I think this is because the pet website is in a niche area, whereas the things I was writing about for Clickbank products were more general.

Here are some tips for online Article Marketing:

1. Keep it clear and concise. Don’t waffle on too long.
2. Submit only to Ezinearticles.com and Searchwarp.com as these will benefit you most
3. Try to write at least 2 articles a day for your website/blog
4. Numbered lists and bullet points keep people’s attention
5. Have a catchy title. Titles that use numbers like: “7 Ways to Stop Dandruff” (for example) are the most popular.

I’m off to write some articles for MissGullible.com!