Affiliate Marketing News

4 Aug 2010 | 10:56PM

This is another virtually pointless post, yes. I’ve promised posts and more frequent posting and just haven’t lived up to it. I’m just making this post to say: I still have plans on blogging more in the future. I’ve learned A LOT of information that I can definitely share. Right now I’m just [...]

11 Jun 2010 | 10:59AM

Read it here. Did an interview with my good buddy Volk, it’s kind of an update of what’s been going on with my business. I feel like everyone coming to this blog from Volk’s is looking for something good to read, so I promise I’ll write something tasty up this week for you guys to check out. Happy [...]

24 May 2010 | 7:16AM

*Spoiler alert* So after six seasons, LOST finally concluded last night. I started watching the show three weeks before this season, I got through all of the prior five seasons in that time. Once I started watching, it seemed to get more and more confusing but I just wanted to see how the show [...]

27 Apr 2010 | 10:01AM

Well, this was an update over 2 years in the making. Yep, the last time I updated my Affiliate Marketing Guide was in April of 2008. You can imagine a lot of things have changed since then, a lot of the links were dead/irrelevant. I’ve scoured quite a few industry blogs and looked at [...]

14 Apr 2010 | 9:59AM

Haven’t made a post in a while, I’d like to get back to posting more but I’ve said that before, so we’ll see what happens. I’ve had some industry friends come out with a few things though and figured they were worth sharing.   Local Lead Plan from Chad (CDF Networks) I’ve known Chad for a [...]

26 Oct 2010 | 11:00AM

Profit from Satellite TV, Digital Cable, Internet, Phone, Home Security and more. This 5 Star Affiliate Network offers top payouts, many in the $100 - $350 range. Excellent support from dedicated account managers to help you be successful.

19 Oct 2010 | 9:39AM

If you’re making money with affiliate marketing you should try to boost your earnings with some of the above tips as soon as you can. Every day you wait to implement a strategy to increase your earnings you’re literally leaving money on the table that could otherwise be in your pocket.

14 Oct 2010 | 11:08AM

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28 Sep 2010 | 11:18AM

One of the biggest hurdles that affiliates face in getting started in performance marketing is deciding on a course of action for what they are going to market. The best answer we can give is for you to market something that you love, something you’re interested in and will be able to dedicate time to out of a love for the process, rather than just a desire to earn a buck. Affiliates who find a way to follow their passions in affiliate marketing get to fulfill, not just their desire to be entrepreneurs,…

23 Sep 2010 | 10:56AM

One of the most exciting things about being an affiliate is the freedom to change things up, be creative and continually improve, without the constraints of a boss or corporate rules. However sometimes affiliates get stuck in a rut and stop growing, or just accept things the way they currently are, without challenging themselves to do better. Here are some tips for affiliates that want to keep that winning edge. Tantalizing text and excellent insights

1 Nov 2010 | 3:07PM

One of the most difficult aspects of being an affiliate is making sure that you are managing your time in the most effective way possible. Make no mistake, as an affiliate you are an entrepreneur just like any other. That’s why we think it’s so imperative to incorporate best business practices into your marketing endeavors. [...]

31 Oct 2010 | 7:30AM

There’s no question that this year top Halloween costumes will likely be a Snooki or the Bed Intruder singer or Justin Bieber. Yes, the Biebs again. For those of you allergic to the TV, internet or water cooler gossip, and are scratching your heads thinking, “What’s a Snooki?” or, “Bed intruder say what?”. Both Snooki [...]

22 Oct 2010 | 9:31AM

A few weeks ago Gap announced that they had rebranded their 20+ year old logo, creating a contemporary, modern image. Well, that’s was their original intention but the little social media monkeys got the best of them. Within a week, Gap went from YAY to ney because of the torrent of criticism coming from Facebook [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 11:47AM

This past weekend, Shawn Collins announced that he is once again giving away free Gold Passes to Affiliate Summit West 2011. There are 65 Gold Passes up for grabs, each valued at $549, and entries for the Affiliate Summit Ticket Sweepstakes can be done on Facebook or Twitter. Winners will be notified by email or [...]

18 Oct 2010 | 11:00AM

You have built a great site, have added some good content to it, and are ready for business. But nobody is coming to your site. This can be a frustrating and disheartening thing. It is worth considering that an online business is not so dissimilar to any brick-and-mortar establishment, in that, if people don’t know [...]

24 Aug 2010 | 2:55PM

In case it hadn’t crossed your mind, your Google Webmaster Tools account (and most likely other Google services) are a permanent record of your activity. Delete a site on Webmaster Tools and it’s not really gone. Don’t believe me? Try attaching your Google Account to show stats for a site on somewhere like Digital Point and [...]

23 Apr 2010 | 2:18PM

Like some kind of super-hero (or super-villain?), I live something of a double life, blogging on both here (my personal blog) and working and blogging at a search marketing agency that I just gave an anchor text link to. Yesterday, I posted an article highlighting some rather high-profile link selling that I don’t agree with. I received [...]

1 Feb 2010 | 2:34PM

As long time readers will know, I released Autostumble back in April 2008 (wow, yes coming up two years ago). At the time, it absolutely wtfpwned StumbleUpon and our network delivered just under half a million vote swaps. The program went through a few versions, having various features added on the way and multiple fixes as [...]

7 Dec 2009 | 4:30AM

If anyone tells you blackhat SEO doesn’t work, get them to comment on this. Go on - Tweet This Post! 

23 Sep 2009 | 3:47PM

As usual, lazy-man post overview: With this post you can learn to make a Twitter bot that will automatically retweet users talking about keywords that you specify. You can achieve this with (just about) no coding whatsoever. Why would you want to do this? Lots of reasons I guess, ranging from spammy to fairly genuine. Normally giving [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 5:36AM

We just got word today, that the transition from Yahoo Search Marketing to Bing is complete. Now you can manage all your ads across Yahoo and Bing from your Microsoft AdCenter account. This combination of a single ad serving platform gives advertisers access to 163 million unique searches and 33.8% of the US search queries on Yahoo! Search, Bing, and...

27 Jul 2010 | 6:38AM

I have been a big fan of Joel Comm for a long time. For me, it started with his AdSense Secrets Book. He showed me how ANYONE could make extra money with your websites using the power of Google's AdSense program. I had known about AdSense, and had even toyed with it on some of my sites, but it wasn't...

4 Jun 2010 | 9:36AM

It seems like there was a time where all the Internet marketers were taking pictures of themselves holding up their largest checks, and saying look how much I made! Probably the most famous of these is Shoemoney's 132k check from Google Adsense (see pic). At Imwave, we never felt the need, or maybe we never had a check worthy enough...

13 May 2010 | 7:01AM

Chris Trayhorn wrote an interesting CPA Survivor article for mThink, in which he looks at the landscape of CPA networks and the number of failing networks and those that are "refinancing, merging or crouching in a defensive posture" and questions which ones will survive. Chris believes that BRAND is the key to survival in the CPA network space. While I...

21 Apr 2010 | 7:28AM

GSI Commerce has appointed Stephen Denton, former President of Linskshare, to head up their new GSI Media Division with the vision of combining leading media networks under one roof. Here is the press release: KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Apr 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GSI Commerce Inc, (NASDAQ: GSIC) the leading provider of e-commerce and multichannel solutions, today announced that...

1 Nov 2010 | 8:22AM

I thought this would be pretty cool so let’s see what happens. I’m going to start by sharing with you what goes on inside my inbox. By that…

26 Oct 2010 | 7:05AM

Last night I was searching for a product I wanted to buy. Yes, I became one of the people that I’ve been teaching others how to market to…

18 Oct 2010 | 4:28PM

It’s a situation that is probably supposed to have taught a lesson… I’m just not quite sure what the lesson is yet. Yep, got my old Adwords account…

10 Oct 2010 | 12:06PM

I always love hearing more about the personal lives of the people who’s opinions I care about. Not presuming that you care about my opinion or anything But…

4 Oct 2010 | 11:08AM

I often get emails like this: “I’ve had this site for X months now. I’m promoting a good product, I’m getting rankings in the search engines, I’m getting…

28 Oct 2010 | 4:43AM

If you’ve got a technical solutions idea that will help the industry, speak to your affiliate network, because they may be able to build your idea and monetise it for you.

22 Oct 2010 | 8:13AM

Having the ability to know which advert, merchant or product is converting best is vital when it comes to optimising your site.

22 Oct 2010 | 7:13AM

The A4U Expo took place last week, but the event is still fresh in our team’s minds. Read their highlights and what made this year’s Expo ‘bigger and better than ever’, with recollections from account managers to our general manager, and even our CEO.  “I had a great two days of networking, managing to meet some [...]

18 Oct 2010 | 9:24AM

Make sure you check your network’s terms and conditions. If merchants you promote decide to stop their affiliate marketing activity, you’ll want plenty of notice to be able to replace them.

15 Oct 2010 | 4:44AM

Ensure your affiliate marketing network can give you access to 3rd party niche technology experts so you don’t miss out on the next big thing.

25 Oct 2010 | 9:08AM

This shit goes hard as fuck. I listened to this at least 50 times yesterday. Thanks to dullly once again for the find. I don’t know if this is really Barack Obama, but that is definitely Michelle.

20 Oct 2010 | 8:44AM

Christmas came early? Oh fuck yes! Rob Hustle spits some epic verses about his adventures with Shoe and Epic Advertising at the Playboy Mansion. Little known fact: Azoogle changed their name to Epic just so Hustle could write this song. True story yo. Fire is below: Lyrics +++++ Verse 1 it’s fuckin epic when you young [...]

18 Oct 2010 | 3:33PM

shouts to dully

18 Oct 2010 | 10:08AM

This is a guest post and contains affiliate links from the author. Split testing is one of the most important things in the CPA game, but its something that many affiliates do incorrectly or just ignore (choosing instead to take the lazy route and copy without improving on something). Split testing to be honest, is a [...]

13 Oct 2010 | 9:49AM

Step your dick game up. Hot tip from Mr Greens

16 Oct 2010 | 6:40PM

I’ve had quite a few people asking to see my Powerpoint presentation about email marketing at this year’s a4u Expo performance marketing conference which took place a few days ago in London, so am placing it on this blog. In the presentation I share the secrets of profitably growing, managing, and mailing a database. It [...]

3 Oct 2010 | 6:09PM

Due to a doubling in our client base in the last 12 months we are on a recruitment drive once again and seeking new digital superstars to join the growing Azam Marketing team. Below are a list of exciting vacancies we have. These are all senior roles; you must have at least two years full-time [...]

30 Sep 2010 | 5:19AM

We’re extremely proud to announce another great addition to our Affiliate Management portfolio – Regus, providers of office space, virtual offices and meeting rooms to rent. We are going live with an affiliate program for the UK today and, as part of a global contract, will be launching affiliate programs in other countries at future [...]

29 Sep 2010 | 9:46AM

We are delighted to introduce Rana Hussain, the latest staff member to join us at Azam Marketing. We’re thrilled to welcome him onboard! Rana brings years of experience of delivering successful email marketing campaigns for internal and external clients. Having held positions at LG Media, the Islamic Conference Group, Dixons, Essential Soft Private Ltd, E-linx [...]

25 Sep 2010 | 2:19PM

People who are new to the affiliate marketing game are often perplexed by the vast array of networks, all claiming to be the best. In the absence of detailed, independent appraisals of CPA networks, it can be hard to determine which to work with and which to not bother with. As with everything in life [...]

22 Aug 2010 | 1:29AM

I saw a random tweet tonight that had me interested – so I clicked through to see what all the fuss was about.  As we know – Google likes to roll out random small tests to random users in an effort to constantly improve their search algorithms and the way search works.  I’ve seen several [...]

17 Aug 2010 | 12:29PM

As most of you know – I’ve been a member of PPC-Coach for a long time.  Will also owned a site about CPV training and it’s been around for awhile.  CPVCoach has thousands of posts – but it had been slowing down as of late.  Will decided that it was time to focus on his [...]

19 May 2010 | 2:12PM

WordPress is by far the most powerful blogging platform that there is.  This blog and millions of others are hosted on the WordPress platform.  Since we want to use our own domain we will want to install WordPress on our own host. Today’s post is going to be very short – because I just have [...]

18 May 2010 | 9:44AM

As your blog begins to gather traffic and loyal readers – you are likely going to want to start communicating with your readers.  This post ismainly for authority style blogs that the owner is passionate about their niche and plans to be in it for a long time to come. When you begin to talk [...]

17 May 2010 | 9:00AM

There are other factors involved besides choosing a domain based on a brand or keyword.  You have to think long term when you are creating your domain name.  You have to consider the goals and objectives of the site that you are building past just the brand or keyword decision. Overall Naming Strategy What is [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 6:42AM

I’ve written posts like If I started today and Start From Nothing, where I talked about how I’d go about building my social presence. In this post, I want to talk about if I were managing a small team or department for an organization using social media tools. There are similarities, but there are some [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 6:55AM

When time gets tight, we stop calling our friends. When our work gets busy, we stop doing those things that please us. When the world gets hectic, we shut big chunks of it out at a time. When our energy drops, so goes our courtesy. And yet. (Elie Wiesel, a wonderful writer and thinker used [...]

31 Oct 2010 | 5:36AM

Can you name your top 5 customers? (Your top 20?) Can you explain the challenges those top 20 people face? Can you talk about what else is on their plate besides potentially buying more of what you sell? Do you know how they talk about you to their bosses, their peers, or others? We know [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 2:30AM

If you ever just wanted to start browsing through my stuff, you can always throw the “category” into your browser and look around a bit. For example, here’s my writing on: Business Marketing How-To Self-Improvement Thinking Of you can check out my book reviews. And If You Like What You Read I’d love for you [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 2:30AM

Blogging is tricky. Thinking up blog topics can take a lot of effort. Depending on what you’re covering, it can start to feel in short supply like you’ve covered every possible angle on your topic of interest. Further, as you get busy, your dedication to blogging often falls away. Here are some thoughts on how [...]

10 Feb 2010 | 8:09PM

Use it repeatedly. When you write an article, make a speech, converse with a prospect, create a web site, and/or engage in any other form of business communication, always incorporate your brand. If your brand is “The Financial Strategist”, casually write or comment that, “The reason I’m called the Financial Strategist is because of my unique [...]

10 Feb 2010 | 7:05PM

Voicemail is one of those love-it-hate-it things about modern life.  Yes, not having to answer every call (or worry about missing something important when out of touch) is handy, but then having to listen back to those messages and usually feeling obliged to return the calls can be a chore.  PhoneTag – formerly SimulScribe – [...]

10 Feb 2010 | 6:23PM

If you’re a blogger, then you already know a bit about community building. The people who read your blog are your community of readers! However, one of the things that I’ve learned from my studies of successful blogs and internet marketers are that most heavy hitting websites contain multiple communities. Here is an account of [...]

29 Feb 2008 | 8:29PM

At the heart of what might have been an interesting and engaging keynote speech about curation of the internet and creating more value for internet users on February 25th, Jason Calacanis unabashedly called affiliate marketers in the room spammers who were spoiling the internet, while at the same time acting as if he wasn’t really [...]

15 Feb 2008 | 7:12PM

For nearly as long as media has been produced, producers have been looking for better ways to distribute their valuable content. Authors want more of their books printed. Musicians want their music played on more radio stations. Actors want their television show to play on the most popular network, or their film to be produced [...]

25 Oct 2010 | 12:50PM

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21 Oct 2010 | 8:36AM

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10 Oct 2010 | 12:48PM

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9 Oct 2010 | 6:07PM

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4 Oct 2010 | 8:13AM

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28 Oct 2010 | 9:58AM

The holiday shopping season seems to start earlier every year. Although it’s only a few days before Halloween, hints of the holiday shopping season are already appearing in brick and mortar locations as retail merchants gear up for the biggest spending months of the year. There’s a great article on the front page of the [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 8:01AM

It’s always great to hear good news related to the success of our Publishers! Offers.com announced this week that it has closed a $7 million growth equity investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLLP. Offers.com was launched in February 2009 with the idea of helping shoppers find great online deals.   The Austin-based company is a LinkShare Platinum [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 7:46AM

Today’s savvy shoppers are demanding ever more product information when it comes to shopping online. If you’re a Publisher looking to improve the user experience for your shoppers, implementing data feeds is something you should consider.  For some Publishers, this might seem like a daunting task technically.  But it’s easier than you might think and you [...]

25 Oct 2010 | 3:00PM

We wanted to remind you again that LinkShare has no “secret shopper” or “mystery shopper” program, and we never have. If you are approached about such a program, please know that it in no way involves LinkShare, and it is a not legitimate enterprise. If you have been a victim of one of these scams then [...]

21 Oct 2010 | 2:19PM

Luxury sales are heating up! It was a dismal 2009 when overall sales of luxury actually fell 8%. This year, luxury goods worldwide are bouncing back and projected to increase at about 10% and online sales are projected to grow even faster at 20%   To learn more about the forecast by Bain & Company check [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 12:44PM

It seems to happens without fail every time I leave my office for a significant stretch. Before we left on our little affiliate jolly I said to Duncs, “Well? What’ll it be this time darling???” “What do you mean?” He said, looking up from his packing with the usual confused look he bestows upon my [...]

19 Oct 2010 | 9:00AM

I’m still tired and broken after an incredibly busy and hectic 2 days and 3 nights at the A4U Expo. I went straight from London to spend time with old friends and have returned to my Mum’s with a bad case of the horror lurgey – so my apologies for the lamentably late round up [...]

8 Oct 2010 | 3:08AM

I’ve landed back in the mother country, my accent has become so Scottish my husband no longer understands me, and it’s T-Minus 3 days and counting till this year’s A4U Expo London kicks off! Win a Ticket If you haven’t got a ticket, Kieron Donoghue is running a competition over on his blog which closes [...]

21 Sep 2010 | 3:09AM

After no less than 20 days on holiday I’m finally at the point where I can just about relax and enjoy myself! Like many addictions the withdrawal from my usual working routine has been somewhat painful. The Sky is Falling In!!!! At least that’s how it felt for the first few days.  Several times a [...]

10 Sep 2010 | 2:36AM

God Bless You Google – It’s Never Dull! Ahhh… it’s always the same isn’t it? You decide to take a well earned affiliate holiday and Google turns around and changes all the rules on you! The introduction of Google Instant Search this week has created widespread anxiety all over the internet. So is it the [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 11:01AM

Every good Affiliate Manager will always remind retailers (merchants) that an affiliate/publisher is a person or entity which requires cultivation over a period and sustained support throughout the year. It is tempting at this important trading time of year, for retailers to hit that short tail for all it is worth and some savvy [...]

24 Oct 2010 | 4:36PM

First exclusive AtticusClothing.com affiliate promo in time for halloween. Atticus teamed up with Brian Ewing and Vannen Watches to produce this extremely limited edition watch. Only 50 of these were made, all hand numbered and signed by the artist himself. and comes in a hand painted Black Curse box. Promo is Start date: Now Expires: Midnight 31st October 2010. Promo: Get 20% [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 5:08PM

MarketingDot.Com spoke to Allan Gardyne of AssociatePrograms.com and Jessica Luth-Hertl of AffiliateProgramAdvice.com on the subject of Affiliate Marketing. The article is due to be released in the December 2010 issue. The questions asked of us were the following. 1) How profitable is selling products as an affiliate, compared to years gone by? 2) What’s the best way to attract [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 3:44PM

AtticusClothing.com Affiliate Program is now live. We are tweaking a few things as we go. Where? Via  www.Shareasale.com  here is the direct link http://www.shareasale.com/shareasale.cfm?merchantID=28940 What do affiliates get? Commission You will get 8% default, on all referred sales. 10% will be allocated to affiliates by way of rewards and on a case by case basis. Validation of affiliate generated sales Will be within ten [...]

8 Oct 2010 | 11:53AM

The brave men and women at www.discountvouchers.co.uk which is owned by ASAPVentures Ltd have spent a considerable £100,000 to acquire www.discountvouchers.com in a domain sale. Doug Scott the affiliate, merchant, internet entrepreneur and all round good egg was quoted as saying: Obviously this was not a cheap purchase as we didn’t want anyone else trading on our [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 9:34PM

I’ve been getting quite a few questions lately about Facebook advertising as a viable option for affiliate marketers so I wanted to address it and give you guys an idea of how it works, what I like about it, and whether it’s a good place to spend your advertising budget. What is Facebook Advertising? For the most part, Facebook advertising should look familiar to any current or former AdWords marketers. You create an ad, choose your demographic and bid on ads at a per-click rate. There are some…

31 Oct 2010 | 4:09PM

As an affiliate, you will eventually face a Catch-22: The majority of your time is spent juggling menial day-to-day tasks like customer support requests and administrative duties, leaving you unable to work on the more important tasks like increasing conversions. At the same time, you don’t have enough cash to hire and train a new staff member to alleviate the situation. Could outsourcing to offshore contractors be the solution you need to take your business to the next level? Why Outsource? The…

25 Oct 2010 | 3:58PM

I’ve got a bee in my bonnet and I hope you’re not part of the group that’s causing it. The subset of affiliate marketers I’m talking about are characterized by the following: They want short cuts, things done fast, and reward with no effort. Wouldn’t we all! But what really irks me is when they sniff at the thought of developing a relationship with subscribers to their email list or social media groups and ask: “Can I actually sell through this channel, or is it for relationship building…

23 Oct 2010 | 3:38AM

We are very excited to announce a brand new free feature available to everyone on Affilorama that we know you're going to love. Introducing (drum roll please) … The YO Blog! What is the YO Blog? YO stands for 'Your Opinion' (and appropriately, it's also a casual greeting). The YO Blog is your chance to put yourself in the spotlight in front of your peers, and it’s also a great place to get well-articulated advice and opinions from fellow affiliate marketing friends. It looks exactly the same…

20 Oct 2010 | 4:12PM

As you might be aware, October 2010 is the month we’re talking about all things social media here on Affilorama. This ‘web 2.0’ stuff can be pretty baffling to many of us because it is simply so new, and it’s growing at such a fast rate it can out pace even the most savvy of us! How are we ever supposed to keep up? Do you even bother trying to figure it all out? Well if you’re an affiliate marketer, you definitely should. Not to worry, we have a ton of resources on Affilorama that can…

1 Nov 2010 | 11:04PM

… That’s it. Just got word that they bought me a ticket and I leave in 8 hours.  I’m off to pack! Mad love to the ECM crew for flying me out to Ad-Tech and footing the room. Click here to check out the EliteClicksMedia crew in action. Mad love to my boys Justin, Greg, [...] Related posts:Ad Tech Miami June 3rd-4th I realize it is a little soon but we are... Ad-Tech Miami kicks off this week Ad-Tech Miami kicks off June 3rd and 4th. Our favorite... My First Daughter Is Born Well…

18 Oct 2010 | 3:52PM

About 2 years ago I gave a review of T3Leads.com. You can see it here: Check out this Financial PPL site! So… T3Leads has asked me to give them another review… So here I am… Just so we’re clean, I did get paid for this review. What’s changed? For starters, the T3Leads website has a [...] Related posts:Check out this Financial PPL site! . . . . So the other day I had... Successful Affiliate Network Application Tips This is important. This is vital. Not taking this seriously... My…

21 Aug 2010 | 3:22PM

Well… It came and it went.  Affiliate Summit 10′ was definitely one for the record books.  I don’t think I’ve made so many connections in my life. Let me give you a brief play by play of what when on. I sat down to give you a play by play of what went on… But [...] Related posts:Affiliate Summit East 09′ Meet Market Recap (Video) Okay guys.  I’ve been out of town for a while... Christmas Came Early – Not 1 but 2 Free Affiliate Summit West Silver…

17 Jul 2010 | 6:55PM

Sorry guys.  After I posted that message I’ve been dealing with PayPal accounts that were shut down. Jump over to twitter : @cashtactics and I’ll post one at 8pm! Then one at 8:30 Then the last one at 9pm. All CST. Again, sorry about this guys. Related posts:Free ASE Silver Passes I have a couple [...] Related posts:Free ASE Silver Passes I have a couple to give away.  Just keep an... Christmas Came Early – Not 1 but 2 Free Affiliate Summit West Silver Passes – Hurry and…

16 Jul 2010 | 2:28PM

I have a couple to give away.  Just keep an eye out for my twitter @cashtactics.  I’ll be giving one away tonight at 7pm CST.  The other two will be given away tomorrow. One at noon CST and the other at 5pm CST.  No real reason for those times.  I’ll just post the code on [...] Related posts:Christmas Came Early – Not 1 but 2 Free Affiliate Summit West Silver Passes – Hurry and Get Yours ($700 Value) CashTactics is proud to hold a drawing on behalf of... ASE 2010 Session…

1 Nov 2010 | 5:30AM

My next product that I’m involved in has been officially announced. The launch date is November 23, 2010. The product essentially takes list building to an all new level. We’re re-inventing the way lists are built and money is made with email. Seriously, this stuff is INSANE! I’ve coached hundreds of people on List Building over the last 8 months and I’ve combined it all into one killer product… Not only is the content great, but we’re doing all sorts ...

29 Oct 2010 | 7:37AM

This is a case study of how to make $10,000/month promoting product launches. One of the purest forms of affiliate marketing. “Slow down Brian, what is a product launch?” A product launch is a product that is being promoted online through usually a “launch sequence”, it should have a pre-launch and a launch date. Before we get into that let’s talk about how to find a product launch to promote. If internet marketing is your niche, for example, you could ...

27 Oct 2010 | 4:30AM

Don’t you hate when important emails end up in your spam box, and they go unread for days? People get mad at you and think that you are ignoring them. Here’s what happens. Every time you send an email it gets rated by spam filters and if the rating is too high, it goes in the spam box. The most common thing that makes a rating go high is linking to a URL that has a bad rep or using ...

25 Oct 2010 | 5:11PM

So the day started off nice, lots of work on my slate, calls to make, content to put together for my upcoming product launch. Everything is moving nicely and I’m checking items off. As I jot down some things that I want to get done today, I find out about this Celtics/Dunkin Donuts event at my local Dunkin Donuts with Ray Allen. I decide to take the show on the road and get some work done in a different environment. ...

25 Oct 2010 | 7:34AM

I wanted to start by giving you some history of me and my good friend Arbitrage. If you don’t know what arbitrage is, it’s the simple act of buying traffic at a low price and monetizing it at a higher price. It’s one of the simplest things for most marketers to put their minds around. Find a cheap generic traffic source -> funnel them through to something that’s going to pay more than that generic traffic source. This is the ...

7 May 2010 | 7:47AM

We’ve all run some shady ads through MyAds and Fox Interactive… but I think this takes the cake for a Marquee ad on MySpace Homepage

3 May 2010 | 7:36PM

Run this with Eagle Web Assets to get paid One of the most popular affiliate offers to run is dating. Everyone is running dating offers on Facebook and its only getting more and more difficult to keep ads alive unlike the past when Facebook Ads was the Wild West. With singles on [...]

16 Mar 2010 | 12:14PM

… Actually this number is higher, but I can’t say how much exactly. Has anyone gotten anything cool from Facebook? I have a few shirts and other pieces of swag from my visits to their offices over the past few years…

15 Mar 2010 | 2:56PM

Seen these lately? Facebook is now letting weight-loss rebills to appear on their homepage. I’ve spoken to one of the directors at Facebook and apparently rebills/weight-loss has never officially been banned. Facebook has just banned flogs and rebills where its not clear to the user that they will be billed ridiculous amounts of money (below the [...]

23 Nov 2009 | 4:22PM

Check out the screen-shots below. Does the new homepage of Ignighter.com look familiar? They blatantly stole Singlesnet design including the text used. It looks like this is something they asked a developer to just hack up and did a really poor job trying to duplicate the look and feel. Nothing about their new homepage looks original. On [...]

16 Apr 2010 | 4:04PM

Based on the requests from some others, they wanted a script that not only checked for useful proxies but to see how anonymous they are.  The first one you upload to some server, it rates the proxy based on the header information passed.  3 being highly anonymous to 1 being a transparent proxy. <?php //proxy levels //Level 3 [...]

15 Apr 2010 | 3:31PM

Been using a certain proxy finder lately, after lengthy testing you get lots of dead or not anonymous proxies. Testing these one by one with back to back curl calls is very time inefficient (testing 150 proxies even at 1 second a piece is going to take over 150 seconds). [...]

8 Mar 2010 | 8:28PM

A couple days ago all of a sudden I couldn’t access my email accounts on a server of mine.  I figured it was most likely temporary, who knows – shit happens – and sometimes the tubes get crossed.  However after a day I was getting pretty concerned. I wondered why, after months of no issues, all [...]

8 Dec 2009 | 1:13PM

If you ever wanted to know what it would be like to watch a network flush their rep down the drain in one of the fastest ways possible, look no farther as XY7 is doing it right now. I guarantee it’ll only get better. This should be a lesson to all networks: Don’t belittle an affiliate of your [...]

17 Nov 2009 | 6:10PM

Of course you already knew that, because you might partake in some sort of internet marketing.  People don’t read the fine print, well in general most people read very little ad print period.  So I guess it comes as no surprise that Senator Rockefeller is getting all up on the nuts of the exit / [...]

11 Mar 2010 | 12:18AM

Most SEO articles and blog posts I come across talk about how to achieve top rankings in Google for targeted keywords and what it takes to get there. While ranking is of course the crucial first step, what’s missing from the sea of information out there is the answer to the question, “what next?” [...]Internet Marketing Blog - Make Money Online Copyright 2009 Winning the Web. All Rights Reserved. 5 Strategies to Maintain and Improve Your #1 Rankings in Google – After You’ve Reached…

5 Mar 2010 | 3:48PM

Other than your domain name, your logo is probably the first thing visitors will notice about your website. Think of it as the first impression – which believe it or not has a big impact on whether users stay on or click the back button. Would you go to a job interview wearing a t-shirt and [...]Internet Marketing Blog - Make Money Online Copyright 2009 Winning the Web. All Rights Reserved. LogoBee Review – A Good Place to Get a Snazzy New Logo?

3 Mar 2010 | 3:12PM

I don’t know about you, but I take spelling pretty seriously in my web projects, especially for content sites and blogs like this one. I’m careful to ensure that words are spelled correctly and that typos are minimized. With spell check included in most word processing tools, I don’t think there’s really any [...]Internet Marketing Blog - Make Money Online Copyright 2009 Winning the Web. All Rights Reserved. 6 Ways to Optimize Your SEO for Misspellings – And Why It…

11 Feb 2010 | 7:20PM

Back in the early 2000s, link building was relatively easy. All you really needed to do was submit your sites to a large quantity of online directories using your targeted keywords – and you were almost guaranteed improvements in organic search rankings. A lot has changed since then, and needless to say, SEO [...]Internet Marketing Blog - Make Money Online Copyright 2009 Winning the Web. All Rights Reserved. Romow Directory Review – Is It Worth Submitting to?

18 Jan 2010 | 10:57PM

Can you believe that it’s already 2010? I’ve been involved with Internet marketing and SEO for over 7 years now and each year has always been more exciting than the previous one. 2010 is looking to be no different. There are so many opportunities online to make money and make a difference. If [...]Internet Marketing Blog - Make Money Online Copyright 2009 Winning the Web. All Rights Reserved. Top 5 Crucial Internet Marketing Tips for 2010 – Are You Prepared?

1 Nov 2010 | 1:32PM

Welcome to our new blog feature, Ask The Experts. Have a burning question about performance marketing? Submit a question to Ask The Experts, and get an answer from a member of the PMA who is a subject matter expert. Follow our blog, on Twitter or Facebook, to read the answer! Question: How do I attract [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 11:33AM

Calling all US publishers! We have a 3 question survey that will help us gather some data, useful in our fight against the Affiliate Nexus Tax. We’re going to prove to legislators that their states gain revenue from affiliates due to transactions that actually happen outside their states. A publisher in Georgia will earn revenue [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 4:17PM

The UK Telegraph reported that the online business in the UK makes up 7.2% of the UK’s gross domestic product, and represents £100 billion ($160 billion), making the country the largest online economy in the world. This data came from a Boston Group study sponsored by Google. One compelling factor is that the UK spends [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 1:35PM

Welcome to our new blog feature, Ask The Experts. Have a burning question about performance marketing? Submit a question to Ask The Experts, and get an answer from a member of the PMA who is a subject matter expert. Follow our blog, on Twitter or Facebook, to read the answer! Question: Why should a publisher [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 10:48AM

Welcome to a new feature of the PMA blog, Guest Posts from PMA members. If you are a PMA member,  learn more about submitting Guest Posts. Guest Post Author: Richard Newman, Internet Attorney and Internet Law Specialist,  Hinch Newman LLP On or about October 19, 2010, Facebook, Inc. (“FB”) filed a lawsuit against MaxBounty, Inc., [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 2:30AM

Google Places is big news this week but it is exposing a massive flaw in the methods Google uses to find out where searchers are physically located. The main problem Google has is that they use IP geolocation which is woefully inaccurate in the UK. The second issue they have is that they use two separate [...]Not getting the rankings you want? Hire us for Search engine optimisationThe Google Geolocation Nightmare

28 Oct 2010 | 12:29AM

Google has announced a major change to the way that the search results are displayed for local based search queries. Rather than having a map at the top of the results Google is just going to integrate the local results into the main organic results. The impact of this change is that in the long term [...]Not getting the rankings you want? Hire us for Search engine optimisationGoogle phasing out the organic search results for local queries

24 Oct 2010 | 12:39PM

Google seems to be rolling out seller ratings to the UK AdWords results today, just in time to take advantage of increased Christmas marketing budgets. This feature has been in existence for a few months on Google.com but today is the first time I’ve seen it on Google.co.uk. Last week Google was still telling people [...]Not getting the rankings you want? Hire us for Search engine optimisationStars on AdWords : Seller Ratings Hits the UK

20 Oct 2010 | 3:19AM

Due to continued expansion Branded3 is currently recruiting for a number of SEO positions based in our Aberford office, just near the M1 on the outskirts of Leeds. We’re always looking for Link Analysts but we are also looking for a Senior Search Strategist to help develop the natural search campaigns of some very large brands [...]Not getting the rankings you want? Hire us for Search engine optimisationWe’re hiring: Senior Search Strategist

15 Oct 2010 | 5:12AM

I wasn’t intending to publish this presentation online because some of the content is the sort of thing best kept private. However it seems that the slides are already live on slideshare and various other places so I guess the secret stuff won’t be secret for much longer. The presentation is below. Any questions [...]Not getting the rankings you want? Hire us for Search engine optimisationAdvanced Link Building Strategies for Affiliate Sites Presentation

21 Oct 2010 | 10:07AM

Give the Customer What They Want: Coupons!10/21/2010 11:06:00 AM - repost from the Google Retail Blog Labels: coupons, HolidaysIt probably does not come as a surprise that sales are the most effective driver of holiday purchases. Savvy consumers have become accustomed to hunting for coupons before making purchases online and extras such as free shipping are the new basics. Source: Google/OTX State of Shopping, May 2010 Google saw search volume related to coupons increase by 30% during…

30 Sep 2010 | 10:53AM

If you’ve ever had a question about your Google Affiliate Network account, you’ve likely visited our Help Forum, a virtual meeting place where a community of affiliate publishers, advertisers, industry experts, and Google employees discuss all things Google Affiliate Network. We rely on all of you to keep the conversations lively, ensuring that the forum is a fantastic place for you to interact, troubleshoot, and learn from one another. Take a look through the current forum discussions and join…

21 Jun 2010 | 8:48AM

To help retail sites get ready for the summer shopping season, the Google Commerce Search team launched Google Commerce Search 2.0 for retailers in the US and UK. The new version of Google Commerce Search gives merchants greater control and shoppers a better experience online—not to mention a higher ROI for retailers. Google Commerce Search, initially launched just seven months ago, is an enterprise-grade website search solution hosted in Google’s cloud and designed for specific retail needs…

1 Jun 2010 | 9:54AM

We are pleased to announce the release of a new links interface for Google Affiliate Network publishers. With the new “Browse Links” update publishers can view all available links for current relationships, quickly find high-potential ads and join new advertiser programs. We’ve added advanced filter options like expiration date, promotional and creative specs, as well as advertiser Earnings per Click performance data alongside the links for your reference. Publishers will also see a dramatic…

1 Apr 2010 | 12:30PM

Google Affiliate Network publishers can now easily browse across relationships to find products and build links to specific products. The product search feature allows publishers to access aspects of the advertiser’s product feed within the Google Affiliate Network interface. Publishers can view product price, image, category and description in addition to tracking and creative urls. To search for a product, sign in and go to the “Products” tab. Next enter the name of a product you want to…

21 Oct 2010 | 7:54AM

Affiliates tend to be a selfish bunch.  Many are in it to make a quick buck with no real regard as to what the advertisers needs are.  In it’s simplest form an affiliate is a salesperson. Put your magical imagination caps on: You are a life insurance broker with a successful local business.  In hopes [...]

13 Oct 2010 | 3:14PM

You might notice that a lot of bloggers try to write every single day.  I don’t! The reason for this is if I have nothing of importance I want to talk about, why waste your time?  For me, blogging is not about having a huge ego and making sure that you give me your attention [...]

9 Oct 2010 | 1:27PM

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23 Sep 2010 | 1:09PM

Craigslist is a great website.  It’s simplicity, it’s sheer volume of traffic and it’s localization makes it a beast of a classified website.  It’s also a community moderated website, which is the issue with Craigslist.  I’d say a solid 50% of the time when I post something, it get’s flagged and removed.  It doesn’t matter [...]

16 Sep 2010 | 9:27AM

Although Facebook Ads is a great advertising system, I feel like they don’t update it and add useful new features all that often.  As of yesterday they’ve launched a dashboard where you can manage multiple advertising accounts.  This will be a huge time saver for agencies and affiliates that manage multiple advertising accounts (for whatever [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 9:26AM

In preparation for the holidays, we are doing a special promotion to fill up the upcoming Holiday Categories with really good content…for FREE! We are offering free placement for one year in ONE the following categories: Christmas, Winter Season, and New Year’s Eve. Typically Holiday Category Placements run for $100. Affiliates often look to holidays as [...]

7 Oct 2010 | 12:21PM

What is a “Site Map” and why is it so important to SEO? Site maps are the “belly” of Search Engine Friendly Design. They make it very quick and easy for the search engines to find and index every page on your web site by putting links to every page in one spot. Site maps also allow [...]

29 Sep 2010 | 3:59PM

Most blogging platforms let you apply tags to your posts. Tags help organize your blog so both humans and search engines can find what they’re looking for. They’re terms like “blogging,” “SEO” or “Jason’s Weekly Whiteboard” that reflect the topics and content of the post. Search Engines try to recognize tags and use [...]

27 Sep 2010 | 2:06PM

It’s back and bigger than before! We have added FOUR additional weeks for you to get in on some Fourth Quarter Frenzy!!! Are you ready to win big with ShareASale this Q4? You better be! Every single week from October 3rd – December 24th, we’ll be raffling off a frenzy of fantastic prizes for [...]

24 Sep 2010 | 12:50PM

Does your dog have Hollywood ambitions? Is their inner diva dying to get out? Well here’s your chance to let your dog shine! Send us a picture of your adorable pup and we might make him/her the next ShareASale mascot! Show us your pup giving their most adorable “curious” face, and we’ll [...]

22 Sep 2010 | 9:47AM

I actually wrote this post back in July and just saw it in my drafts since I forgot about it, I figured I would post it up since this is still how I feel today. Too most of you it’s no surprise that I have been very very busy lately (yeah if you call golfing [...]

16 Jul 2010 | 8:31AM

I usually take a look at youtube once a day to see if theres anything interesting on the days popular videos and today I came across something pretty amazing. Old Spice has 17 out of 23 videos on the first page…holy shit. 74% of the first page is all old spice videos. This campaign is [...]

5 Jul 2010 | 2:11PM

This is mostly useful for ads like facebook where it’s a bitch to remake them and get approved. I was recently moving some of my tracking domains to a new server and for whatever reason some of my links stopped working, I guess the latest database backup I made didn’t have the right records in [...]

13 May 2010 | 12:39PM

I just want to first state I don’t consider myself an expert on this subject at all but I do know a bit about it and I have mixed views on it. When I first heard about scrubbing I thought it was horrible and immoral but I don’t feel that way anymore. I remember jumping [...]

12 May 2010 | 9:20AM

I just want to decipher this comment real quick: That’s because he’s not a super affiliate. I know Bryn and he’s a fake. I talked to quite a few affiliate managers of mine about him from 10+ networks… he never did more than 100k a month. I love how n00bs love everything you tell them. [...]

13 Oct 2010 | 6:00AM

Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more! We’re continuing our series of interviews, this time talking to one of the keynote speakers at Blog World Expo, coming up in a couple of weeks in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay.  Today we talk to Susan Bratton about her origins in podcasting & her panel interview…

8 Oct 2010 | 4:40PM

Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more! We’re continuing our series of interviews, this time talking to folks involved with Blog World Expo, coming up in a couple of weeks in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay.  Today we talk to Karen Garcia & Wade Tonkin, co-founders at GTO Management and managers of…

8 Oct 2010 | 9:00AM

I’m excited for this!  On October 19th, the San Francisco Blog Club will meet for the first time at an art gallery in downtown San Francisco. Everyone interested in blogging, social media marketing, making money off of your blog, improving traffic to your site, search engine optimization and other aspects of making your blog awesome is welcome. Please come! I’ll be there, and there will be informative speakers, lots of friendly people, cool art, fun and socializing. Plus, the first…

4 Oct 2010 | 9:00AM

A product catalog feed for the affiliate channel is critical to the financial success of any advertiser’s program, but that’s really just the beginning. We’ll show you why a product feed is important and what a good, optimized feed should look like. Now for the best part: you’ll learn how to take that feed and expand its use across a variety of other channels. This session took place September 22, 2010.  The panel consisted of: Ashley Parducci, Product Manager, Commission Junction Jim Harriman,…

1 Oct 2010 | 2:00PM

Advertisers and publishers each have a unique way of “getting the job done” and often times, neither understands what the other needs to succeed. “If they could just see it from my side…” seems to be a frequent plea. Well, now you can! We’re getting together three advertisers, three publishers, one moderator, and audience feedback to cover all the topics you’d always wished you could. This session took place on September 22, 2010. The panel consisted of: Jennifer Lovette, Vice President…

30 Sep 2010 | 3:56AM

I was surprised to read these snippets from some new terms & conditions that The AA is planning to implement for their breakdown cover program. Only the first purchase made by the customer will be paid out on, and only if they buy the product related to the link that they clicked through. On the [...]

20 Jul 2010 | 5:28AM

I’ve been around affiliate marketing for quite a while but I have to admit I’ve recently lost my motivation. It still pays the bills etc but I don’t think I enjoy the work as much as I used to. It’s obvious from my blogging (2nd post of 2010!) that I’m not as engaged with things [...]

15 Jan 2010 | 9:30AM

There has been quite a bit of coverage about Impact Radius in the last week but if you were like me earlier today then you might still be trying to work your way through the press release to actually figure out what’s in it for affiliates. Thankfully I’m just off the phone to Ricki Jones [...]

7 Dec 2009 | 6:53AM

Three and a half years after sending this visitor to Buyagift I’ve just made £7.76 The affiliate program is on Affiliate Window and I interviewed Graham Keen from Buyagift around the same time as I sent that first click

2 Dec 2009 | 2:48PM

A quick note to thank Gone Digging for the wine I received recently. It’s great to see the personalised bottles for real and in the boxes it does make for a great gift. The Gone Digging affiliate program is on Webgains and they are also running a competition at the moment to win yourself some [...]

3 Jun 2010 | 9:13AM

PICKLEDICK   Since Leroy the dog beater (pictured below) wasn’t kind enough to link out appropriately. The End. This is a post from TheMadHat. If it is being copied the perpetrators will be relentlessly hunted. Pickledick This is a post from TheMadHat. If it is being copied the perpetrators will be relentlessly hunted. Pickledick

31 Mar 2010 | 4:16PM

A video from Mike D. Merrill who’s company is called Bacon Marketing. Of course I had to post it. One because Bacon Explosion is mentioned, and second video and pictures are my new thing. And here is your random picture with bacon involved. I can’t even force myself to put up those raw bacon bikini shots. [...]This is a post from TheMadHat. If it is being copied the perpetrators will be relentlessly hunted. Jesus Gave Bacon To Children

26 Mar 2010 | 11:38AM

I don’t have time to write about the level of attempted extortion and idiocy of Charles Preston and “Verified SEO” so I will tell my story in pictures. He’s my official douchebag of the week. I even included the obligatory hot chick as usual, but this time she’s really a dumb ass, as seen [...]This is a post from TheMadHat. If it is being copied the perpetrators will be relentlessly hunted. Verified SEO Scam

18 Dec 2008 | 3:35PM

In honor of Streko and his Top 20 people who don’t suck a lot, I figured I’d do my own list, and it only has one person on it. 1. This Douchebag Fucktard In fact, he’s such an enourmous cock waffle that I think I’ll run a contest. $50 Amazon gift certificate to the first person that [...]This is a post from TheMadHat. If it is being copied the perpetrators will be relentlessly hunted. 2008 Top 1 Person Who Sucks (a lot)

27 Nov 2008 | 10:16AM

Here is your one and most likely only chance to get the great Thesis theme at a discount. This applies to the first 150 people, so be sure to grab it ASAP! This chick on the left says do it now. $69.60 for Thesis Personal $131.20 for Thesis Developer $61.60 for Developer Upgrade You must use this code to [...]This is a post from TheMadHat. If it is being copied the perpetrators will be relentlessly hunted. Black Friday Thesis Sale

7 Sep 2010 | 8:40AM

People looking to get into local lead gen often wonder what niches they should try.  It’s true that getting started and finding  your first customer is the hardest part.  With so many types of businesses it can be overwhelming.  Theoretically, almost any business could work in some way with the local lead gen model, [...]

14 Jul 2010 | 11:08AM

Everything in affiliate marketing is temporary. The offers, the campaigns, the income, even some of the networks are all very short lived. Nothing lasts for what would be considered a long time in the business world. This presents an interesting challenge to the Internet Marketer. How can you continue to [...]

3 Jun 2010 | 12:15PM

As you may have noticed in my other posts, I’m a big fan of Pay Per Call. I like running direct network campaigns with it, and using it for local lead gen and private offers. I think we are just scratching the surface of the possibilities for the technology.  The ability to track [...]

13 May 2010 | 10:00AM

About 3 years ago (a lifetime in Internet Marketing) I did an experiment testing 13 PPC sources.  So much has changed since then.  Many of the services have dropped away, while new sources of social display ads like Facebook have exploded on to the scene.  The big 3, Google, Yahoo, and Bing have all [...]

26 Apr 2010 | 10:21AM

One reason people struggle getting any significant traffic to their content network campaigns is not having enough images.  You really need to cover every available image size option to have the maximum possible exposure for your display ads on the network.   That’s why the display ad builder is such a great tool to use. The [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 6:56PM

Affiliate Summit East 2011 is taking place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City. We’ll be returning to the Hilton New York. This will be the 17th Affiliate Summit and it is expected to be the largest Affiliate Summit East to date. More details to come shortly. Registration will open soon. See http://www.affiliatesummit.com/about/ for the [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 7:25AM

Auction items are coming in to support Affiliate Marketers Give Back fundraising for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer! On Sunday, January 9th, during the Meet Market at Affiliate Summit West, a Silent Auction will be set up to raise money for the Affiliate Marketers Give Back Walk to #SaveTheBoobies. Please stop by to see [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 3:57PM

Internet Marketing From the Real Experts, a book on affiliate marketing, social media, search marketing and more, is now available on the Kindle. The book is already available at online and offline book stores. Here is a description of Internet Marketing from the Real Experts: What do Tim Carter, Brian Clark, Joel Comm, Jim Kukral, [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 2:19PM

It’s OK to Monetize! That was the message we were sharing from the Affiliate Summit booth at BlogWorld Expo 2010 about the upcoming Monetize Summit. Monetize Summit is sort of a conference within a conference, as it is taking place Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Wynn Las Vegas during Affiliate Summit West 2011. This series [...]

26 Oct 2010 | 3:36PM

The twelfth issue of FeedFront Magazine is out, so we’re on to issue 13. The next issue of FeedFront will be coming out in January 2011. This issue will double as the conference program at Affiliate Summit West 2011. If you are interested in writing an article, go to the FeedFront proposal form to submit [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 8:11PM

Auction items are coming in to support Affiliate Marketers Give Back fundraising for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer! On Sunday, January 9th, during the Meet Market at Affiliate Summit West, a Silent Auction will be set up to raise money for the Affiliate Marketers Give Back Walk to #SaveTheBoobies. Please stop by to see [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 8:00AM

Many well known bloggers have recently switched to email newsletters for reader engagement. Email content newsletters have a captive, more committed audience where open rates can be 50% and click to send (CTS) rates can be 10%. Additionally, newsletters can be monetized with sponsorship or brand dollars. These are campaigns that run on a CPM basis. [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 8:00AM

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) “closing letter” to AnnTaylor Stores was like Gunsmoke’s Marshall Dillon shooting a warning at online marketers and bloggers: you’d better take FTC’s revised Endorsement Guides seriously. They require advertisers to disclose “material connections” with endorsers. The Guide’s examples include a manufacturer who sends a new video game to a blogger, [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 8:09PM

Internet Marketing From the Real Experts, a book on affiliate marketing, social media, search marketing and more, is now available on the Kindle. The book is already available at online and offline book stores. Here is a description of Internet Marketing from the Real Experts: What do Tim Carter, Brian Clark, Joel Comm, Jim Kukral, Ted Murphy, Jeremy [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 8:00AM

Taking the leap into email marketing can seem daunting to a beginner, but here are some basic steps to help you break into this time-tested marketing medium to drive results and revenue. Step One – Build Your List. Building your list starts with creating a website or blog on a topic that interests you. [...]

26 Oct 2010 | 3:18AM

Well… the last 2 months have been a blur. A major product release (MakoDominator.com), scaling up a major lead generation campaign, combined with touring 7 countries in Europe and hosting more than a dozen guests at our still-being-renovated place… has made for a fairly busy experience the last 60 days. And that’s the “calm”. Now [...]

14 Aug 2010 | 6:22PM

Hey guys, This video explains why MAKO was “born”, how I’m using it currently – as well as details about the upcoming launch. Check it out: Get ready for the 23rd… -Chris

8 Aug 2010 | 4:27PM

Hey guys, Soon I’ll have another video on the blog that explains this in more detail, but I wanted to get something out there for the “faithful” who are patiently waiting for something to happen with this. Well, for starters, the Geo-Targeted Directory Builder is called “MAKO Dominator”. This is the platform and framework that [...]

22 Jul 2010 | 2:41PM

Hey guys, Well, after much anticipation – here’s a “glimpse” of what we’ve developed over the past 6 months. The videos might take a few seconds to load up. This takes the “conduit method” to the outermost limits of SEO leverage, and profit. Check it out, and be amazed… Video 1: Video 2: Cool huh? [...]

9 Jul 2010 | 2:37AM

Hi guys, If there’s one post you take from this series and really “digest” – it’s this one. Because I’m completely exposing the exact process I’ve used - and currently use - to build up traffic networks and processes that are capable of generating enough leads that you’ll have trouble finding places to sell them all. Now, just [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 6:30PM

“It’s OK to Monetize!” That was the message we were sharing from the Affiliate Summit booth at BlogWorld Expo 2010 about the upcoming Monetize Summit. Monetize Summit is sort of a conference within a conference, as it is taking place Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Wynn Las Vegas during Affiliate Summit West 2011. This series [...] Related posts:Biggie-Size Your Affiliate Summit East 2010 Pass Affiliate Summit West 2011 Scholarship Program Free Gold Passes to Affiliate Summit West 2011…

28 Oct 2010 | 8:22AM

If you haven’t heard and bought your ticket yet, the BlueGlass conference series is hosting another show in less than a week. Taking place on November 2nd and 3rd, BlueGlass FL will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Beyond sunny skies and a temperature of 80 degrees, [...] No related posts.

26 Oct 2010 | 3:18PM

Affiliate Summit will be holding a silent auction to benefit the Affiliate Marketers Give Back, 2011 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Silent Auction Details: The silent auction will be held during inside the Meet Market on Sunday, January 9th, from 12:00pm-6:00pm. Items up for auction will be displayed for attendees to bid on. Feeling Charitable? [...] Related posts:Save the Boobies with the Not So Silent, Silent Auction Not-So-Silent Silent Auction to Fight Breast Cancer Call for Item Donations for…

26 Oct 2010 | 8:00AM

Booths are selling fast for Affiliate Summit West 2011 and we currently just have 9 spots left. The Meet Market sold out last month, so this is the last chance to exhibit at the conference. Book your booth online now at http://www.affiliatesummit.co... Related posts:Free Gold Passes to Affiliate Summit West 2011 #ASW11 Affiliate Summit unConference 2010 is Sold Out Voting Time for Affiliate Summit West 2011 Sessions

25 Oct 2010 | 11:20AM

Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back Gears Up for its 5th Annual Walk In 2007, I founded AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com (“AMGB”) with two goals in mind — to raise money to support Breast Cancer research, treatment, awareness and community programs through combined efforts within the Affiliate Marketing Industry and also provide an outlet for people to help themselves [...] Related posts:Affiliate Marketers Give Back Takes on the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Recap of the Affiliate Marketers…

8 Sep 2010 | 7:30AM

If you’ve been following here for a few years, you know that I like to run while fully decked out in gadgets. While I enjoy running, it is easy to fall off the wagon. But thanks to the friendly competition with my industry friends all over the world in communities like Nike+, I find it [...]

10 Jun 2010 | 7:03PM

Are you a website owner?  Have you seen the new “Reader” feature in Safari 5? Basically, it allows your visitors to view a cleaned up version of the page you’re viewing. They can view your website without your formatting. Without your ads. Haven’t seen it yet? Here’s what it does. Here’s my blog… And here’s my blog with the [...]

10 Jun 2010 | 6:58AM

For the first time in as long as I can remember (maybe forever), I have stopped drinking coffee for the past 4 days now.  With only a few missed days here and there, I think I can safely say that I’ve been drinking coffee every day of my life for the past 20 years, and [...]

8 Jun 2010 | 1:22PM

My little girl just turned 13. (pause for dads to shudder) She’s been waiting for at least two years for this day to come so she could get a cell phone, which she did of course. Dad the gadget freak would have bought her one long ago if it wasn’t for her mother. me: “Why can’t she have a [...]

4 Jun 2010 | 1:22PM

It is widely believed that interval training is a vital component to a good workout regimen, if not downright better than pure cardio endurance training. (Not to start a holy war or anything.) I’m no fitness expert, but I’ve been reading more and more that interval training is simply better for fitness and fat-loss. [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 8:21AM

Wolf Storm Media has announced its official launch. The full-service, interactive advertising agency focuses on performance based marketing and is dedicated to bringing advertisers quality traffic. The firm was founded by affiliate marketers for affiliate marketers. The staff at Wolf Storm Media were successful affiliate marketers in their own right. They’re now turning their talents [...]

18 Oct 2010 | 8:21AM

The Affiliate Summit West will be held Jan. 9-11, 2011 at Wynn Las Vegas. The annual event is the premier affiliate marketing conference in the U.S. and offers an exhibit hall, multiple educational sessions and information on the latest trends from affiliate marketing experts. It’s an unequaled opportunity to learn from some of the best in the [...]

15 Oct 2010 | 1:27PM

I have supported Blog Action Day for the last 3 years. Allowing my readers to be more aware and how big of a voice bloggers have online. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness [...]

11 Oct 2010 | 8:17AM

There’s a new player in lead generation and incentive advertising, and their name is Blam Ads. Their services are specifically designed for affiliates, webmasters, developers and advertisers who want to increase profits on a global scale. Blam Ads is owned by parent company Eagle Web Assets, Inc. Owner Ryan Eagle started the business in 2004, [...]

28 Sep 2010 | 9:20AM

I’ve got good news! MaxBlogPress team is reopening their hot-selling plugin offer — “Subscribers Magnet” — for 4 days only. If you haven’t heard by now, this is the same plugin bloggers all over the Internet downloaded in droves and amazingly experienced a “sizable” boost in their mailing list subscriptions. It is no secret; once [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 2:39PM

We have two great sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year. For Black Friday the sale will run from Friday 11/26-11/28. Shoppers will be able to get $100 off each course PLUS Free Shipping! On Monday 11/29 and Tuesday 11/30 our Cyber Monday deal is Buy One Get One Free. Buy one course and get [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 8:17AM

Update: Fixed as of 9:31 AM Central US Time. For some currently unknown reason our site is experiencing problems. At some point this morning, there was a database failure of some sort. Currently all pages are functional except for the cart. The problem started on or about 4:00 AM Central US time this morning. Our IT team is working [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 11:50AM

Our Halloween Sale starts tomorrow and ends Sunday at midnight. Shoppers will be treated to $100 off all Learn & Master courses. I added the coupon to our Deals and Coupons Database on ShareASale and the link is also below: http://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=43286&m=22286&u=!!USERID!! Just change the !!USERID!! to your ShareASale ID. Happy Trick or Treating!     [...]

26 Oct 2010 | 2:30PM

Just a quick note to let you know that the Gibson Learn & Master Guitar Droid App is coming…VERY soon! It has the same features as the iPhone app. I know that many of you are currently promoting the iPhone app. It is a great way to get people interested in our courses. You will not have [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 10:18AM

And the video count for Learn & Master courses on ShareASale is up to… 117! I just finished adding all of the new Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar videos as well as new promo videos for all courses. If you are currently using guitar videos, these have been changed. You don’t have to do a thing. However, I [...]

12 Jun 2010 | 10:26AM

Great input here...

9 Jun 2010 | 8:49PM

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9 Jun 2010 | 3:23PM

Thanks for the response Mike. I do the same. Was just trying to take it slow for most people. :)

9 Jun 2010 | 3:11PM

I like to simplify more then that. Such as "Impressions * CTR / 100 = Clicks" is way to much for me! I don't want to multiple by 1000 then divide by 100! I just think "Take CTR and move the decimal over 1 spot to the right". IE .2 ctr -> 2 clicks. This gives the formula I can do in my head pretty damn fast and easy, "(CPM price) / (CTR with decimal moved to the right 1) ". I also prefer eCPM because as we all know different ads will have different CTRs AND different EPCs. eCPM captures both of these…

9 Jun 2010 | 2:05PM

[...] my last post, Calculating Success – Figuring out ROI’s – Part 1 we covered a couple of [...]

30 Sep 2010 | 10:21AM

I have been busy looking at existing sites & traffic so taken a break from domain research. Life Insurance Quotes continues to age and is now taking leads, this site is moving forward to the point it’s probably earning just into 4 figures a month, also picked up a couple of other insurance quotes names like travelinsurancequotes.co.uk as [...]

8 Sep 2010 | 9:36AM

Last year I travelled loads and did more conferences than I care to remember (I was out of the country for over 3 months in total). This year, I’ve been a lot more choosy about which which events I’ve attended based on the benefit (and enjoyment) I’d get from them. So far I’ve done both Think [...]

4 Aug 2010 | 3:45AM

Starting to really have fun this year, doing tests, trials and punts and really enjoying dabbling in all sorts. Pretty much all the proceeds from the sale of tvs.co.uk have been re-invested in my businesses. Looking up travel names using the Google keyword tool for inspiration ‘turkey holidays’ stood out as a good name, this seems to be compounded by [...]

16 Jun 2010 | 6:29AM

It’s been an interesting year so far for me, not overly eventful before last week, but nice growth income wise and some new sites and names purchased along the way. A geography site for $10k is another seasonal site that does poorly during the summer hols but good addition overall with healthy stats. My strategy hasn’t [...]

12 Jun 2010 | 8:14AM

This is a write up by Martijn Beijk of the presentation I did at a4uExpo last year. It was originally posted on SearchEngineCowboys but has for various reasons has been lost so Martijn gave me permission to share it here. At the A4U Expo in the Amsterdam RAI there was a session by Al Carlton, a [...]

21 Oct 2010 | 2:59AM

I’m lazy and I’m stupid. But you knew that already. However, I also have an inquisitive mind and like to fix things. So here’s some WordPress plugins that you might also find useful if you similarly can’t manage to keep on top of everything. Broken Link Checker I recently merged two sites, one of them [...]

7 Oct 2010 | 7:46AM

When I got coverage in The Times I had no PR agency. When I got coverage in the leader of the business section in the Telegraph I had no PR Agency. Even when I was featured on the Steve Wright Radio show with 8 million listeners I had no PR Agency and even when I [...]

5 Oct 2010 | 2:39AM

I’ve always had a great respect for Seth Godin, none more so when he came back on to this blog to stick up for his reviews after I crticised him for asserting that SEO was the sundae upon the meatballs of business. But four of the most important words I’ve ever read have come out [...]

4 Sep 2010 | 12:45PM

One of the best things about being me is that people with an agenda allways take a pop at you. And I bloody love it. Being known for someone that works in SEO has its bugbears though – everyone expects you to be at every SEO event. Sometimes I can be cleverer than some people [...]

30 Jul 2010 | 3:34AM

How could I forget about this method of working out what to write about. If your site has a search, and with most affiliates now using WordPress then this is a great one for them. Simply turn on the “site search” option in Google Analytics – find out here. Then, when its been running a [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 1:34PM

Earlier this month I published a short post looking for advertisers to sponsor a contest I’m working on. Here’s your last chance to put up a prize and become one the contest’s sponsors, as I plan to launch the contest next week. My goal is to launch it on November 1st, so if you’re interested [...]

23 Oct 2010 | 5:41PM

I’ve been promoting some of my sites through SEO the past few months, which is something I’ve never done before. I have been hiring a freelance SEO guy for the past 4 months with mixed results (although the past 4 days I have seen unbelievable improvement, but that was before this incident took place). With [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 12:39AM

The following is a paid review for TylerCruz.com written and reviewed by Michael Kwan. It is completely of Michael Kwan’s opinion and is not influenced by being paid. If you’re interested in having your site or product reviewed, please view my advertising page. When it comes to affiliate marketing, there is no shortage of options [...]

18 Oct 2010 | 1:33PM

We’re getting close to Halloween which means that it’s time for me to switch my logo mascot over to my Halloween costume. I have several different versions of my logo for various seasons. For example, I have a Halloween version, a Christmas version. I also have a poker version (from when I was an active [...]

13 Oct 2010 | 5:47PM

The following is a paid review and is completely of my own opinion and is not influenced by being paid. If you’re interested in having me review your site or product, please view my advertising page. SEO professional and internet marketing blogger Dan Lew is pre-launching his product Keyword Winner. Keyword Winner is a premium [...]

7 Oct 2010 | 12:05PM

You know every ad that starts with “1 rule” is overly hyped. But… this post is the exception and is completely true. It’s just that this “1 rule” is impossible to follow perfectly. However, if you’re a decent advertiser, you’ll get closer to perfect than your competition. Simply follow this one formula in all of your [...]Post from Shock Marketer.Follow this 1 Rule to Guarantee the Profitability of Any Campaign.

1 Oct 2010 | 2:49PM

I haven’t had any time to write up a full post, so I’m posting a video instead. Two essential points from the video: Everyone’s preferences are different People don’t know what they want most You should understand these points well. To apply what Malcolm Gladwell is saying, split-test for different demographics and interests. Post from Shock Marketer.[Video] Consumer Psychology: How [...]Post from Shock Marketer.[Video] Consumer Psychology: How to Exactly Understand Your…

18 Aug 2010 | 7:32AM

This isn’t going to be a typical post on ASE’s parties and the fun of networking. There are plenty of other blogs that cover that. This is a business blog. I’ll just go over what will help you make more money. Simply the best part of Affiliate Summit is meeting other successful affiliates. They know the [...]Post from Shock Marketer.Hustlin’ & Making Money at Affiliate Summit East

28 Jul 2010 | 7:58AM

I haven’t done a post on offline marketing in a while… or much of any posts since I’ve been working and traveling too much. However, I did get this idea because of traveling. Look at this ad: If you’ve ever skimmed through the SkyMall in most US domestic flights, this is probably the only product you remember. [...]Post from Shock Marketer.Media Buying: How an Old-Fashioned Ad Made Years Ago is Still Banking Hard.

15 Jun 2010 | 7:38AM

Don’t read anymore. Watch the commercial above. This Old Spice ad went viral and got 10,730,681 views on YouTube. Here’s what’s awesome about the ad: The commercial is consciously talking to women — about a male’s product. At first glance, that doesn’t make any sense, but look at the demographics this commercial hit according to YouTube: Ahem, it [...]Post from Shock Marketer.10,730,681 Free Ad Impressions, Anyone?

30 Oct 2010 | 6:23AM

Last week, Google published a paper on a way of navigating on touch screens by tracing out alphanumeric characters. For instance, if you have a list of contacts on your screen, and want to move down to a name that begins with the letter L, you would trace an L on your screen. Looking [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 4:32PM

This is the third and final (for now) part in a series on Google Custom Search, and how information from custom search engines might be used in Google’s Web search. In the first part of this series, SEO and Assumptions behind Web Searches, I described some assumptions search engineers often make that are challenged [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 11:57AM

If you have the Google Toolbar installed on your browser, you may soon start seeing some odd behavior at times when you click on a search result. For some pages, Google might deliver you to a page and may display a popup/information box on the bottom right of the page that covers part [...]

26 Oct 2010 | 9:12AM

This is the second part of a series on Google Custom Search Engines. Why spend so much time looking at Google Custom Search? Here are a few reasons which I’ve written about in previous posts: Google Subscribed Links, which can be created in Google Custom Search, sometimes appear in Google’s Web Search even if [...]

25 Oct 2010 | 8:53AM

This is the first in a series of posts on Google Custom Search Engines. If you’re interested in how search works on the Web, you may want to spend some time exploring Google Custom Search. It enables you to create a site search for an individual site, or a customized search engine on specific [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 4:48AM

Consumerism has a way of telling us what we want without really knowing who we are. It's safe to assume that most of us want to be healthy, have significant relationships and not carry any debt. But that doesn't mean we all want to have a six-pack, bed as many people as we can or be incredibly wealthy. You would think that those are the ultimate goals for life, according to Madison Avenue. It's just not true. However, upon self-reflection you might discover that you've been more influenced by these…

1 Nov 2010 | 4:15AM

I'm trying to blog regularly for a number of reasons. First, it keeps me sharp. Blogging on a regular basis makes me think about things that are important to me. Second, it allows me to share with others. Whether or not you agree with what I say, think, feel or believe, my articles are an extension of my self. Third, it keeps my blog healthy with the search engines. Google and the other engines like to see fresh content on a regular basis. Well, here it is 11 pm on Sunday evening and I can't figure…

31 Oct 2010 | 6:43PM

I wasn't always a fan of roller coasters. When I was a little boy they terrified me. I think my mother took me on one and in my mind that would be the last time I would ever ride one. I remember seeing Space Mountain at Walt Disney World and thinking to myself "no way!" Sometime around fifteen years old that changed. I was at Marriott's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, with my best friend, Peter Altner, and I was feeling particularly adventurous. I road every single ride in the park that day.…

31 Oct 2010 | 6:43PM

I wasn't always a fan of roller coasters. When I was a little boy they terrified me. I think my mother took me on one and in my mind that would be the last time I would ever ride one. I remember seeing Space Mountain at Walt Disney World and thinking to myself "no way!" Sometime around fifteen years old that changed. I was at Marriott's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, with my best friend, Peter Altner, and I was feeling particularly adventurous. I road every single ride in the park that day.…

29 Oct 2010 | 5:08AM

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." - William Arthur Ward How often do we gripe about the way things are in the world? How often do we complain about bad things that have happened to us? And how often do we lament that things in our lives should be different? If you are anything like me, the answer is likely to be "way too often." The truth is, we are prone to grumble. It is easy to gravitate towards the things in our lives that we dislike. It…

8 Jul 2010 | 11:47AM

A few months back I posted how I was turning 3 domains I had into real dating websites. These domains used to just be landing pages for white label offers with a network I work with. I wanted to see if I could generate more revenue by building out the sites compared to the leads [...]

7 Jul 2010 | 12:14PM

Whew.. things have been really interesting since I last posted about my horrible month in April. Revenue down, projects failing, IRS problems that nonsense seemed endless. Finally matters are getting resolved and overall things are almost back to normal. Which means I should be able to start posting again. I have 5 topics I plan [...]

21 Apr 2010 | 5:32PM

So far the end of April has turned out to be more of a challenge than I thought. I had a lot of stuff in the pipeline to get out at the end of this month but the tides have turned against me. The First Blow: I believe it was around April 10th, I had just gotten back from [...]

22 Mar 2010 | 1:22PM

My newest and greatest idea is a local affiliate iPhone application. I have been toying with this idea for a year now and I am finally making it happen. It is still in production but will be released within the next 3 weeks once I fill the content out. Because of this I will not [...]

21 Mar 2010 | 12:51PM

I have lived in my new Florida place for almost a year now and I am finally getting around to starting a new corporation in Florida. I would have done it a lot sooner but my accountant was reporting my wages as being earned out of state anyway so my Minnesota state tax was gone [...]

30 Sep 2010 | 11:43AM

First let me say, one of the best ways to get authority links is to help people, or be the first to notify people about a possible problem. Thus a big thanks to James at Online IT Guide for sending me an email to let me know of a potential hack of my Twitter account. Read more on My 3 Year Old Just Sent His First Tweet (Do You Think He Has Taste?)… Tags: twitter, twitter hacked, youtube, youtube hacked Related posts You Have The Attention Span of a Gnat (6) You Can’t Charge For Twitter…

30 Sep 2010 | 8:35AM

I first heard about Cloudflare when they presented at Techcrunch Disrupt. I am not writing about every startup that presented there, just a couple that caught my eye as something that I think will have a significant impact for my readers. Read more on Cloudflare – Potentially Mindblowing e-Commerce CDN Solution… Tags: BigCommerce, CDN, Cloudflare, content delivery network, e-commerce, ecommerce, Project Honeypot, volusion, wordpress plugins Related posts Rackspace Cloud (Mosso) Link…

28 Sep 2010 | 1:31AM

As the Alpha of One True Fan currently stands it is just a fun game – a little like Foursquare where you can become the “One True Fan” of websites based upon a number of factors. I say that having never used Foursquare or any kind of location based social network. For me locations are the web pages I visit :) Read more on One True Fan – Next Generation MyBlogLog Empowers Marketers… Tags: analytics, behavioural targeting, mybloglog, One True Fan, OneTrueFan, opensocial,…

27 Sep 2010 | 1:02PM

It has been announced today that 30M (million) live spaces blogs will soon be migrated over to WordPress.com in a “partnership” between Microsoft (MSFT) and Automattic. Translation Microsoft is dumping these blogs anyway, and maybe gaining some other value from giving 30M users to Automattic. Read more on Microsoft Live Spaces Selling Out To WordPress.com – Not Outsourcing… Tags: Microsoft, microsoft live spaces, msft, wordpress.com Related posts Google Double or Indented…

27 Sep 2010 | 11:04AM

The Deep Link Engine WordPress plugin was released back in March as part of the launch for a product “Auto Content Cash” by Brian G Johnson, Jared Croslow and Alex Goad. Read more on WordPress SEO – Deep Link Engine Spam… Tags: autoblogging, blogging, Linkbuilding, search engine optimization, wordpress, WordPress SEO Related posts WordPress SEO Masterclass For Competitive Niches (130) WordPress Plugin: Nofollow Those Dupes (WordPress SEO Masterclass Continued) (13) Sphinn…

9 Jun 2010 | 3:18PM

The third annual Internet Week has finally arrived in New York City with over 150 events scheduled between June 7 -14. The week-long festival will take place at the new Internet Week headquarters at Chelsea’s Metropolitan Pavilion and at many other locations around the city, including the Times Center, NYU and The Knitting Factory. The [...]

11 Mar 2010 | 9:30AM

Stephanie Agresta, EVP of Digital Strategy and Social Media at Porter Novelli, publishes her "Insiders Guide to SXSW: Dedicated to First-Timers."

21 Feb 2010 | 5:27AM

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted here at InternetGeekGirl. It’s been a busy few months and my creative energy has been focused on building the social media practice at Porter Novelli. The good news is, that process has been going very well. We are bigger and better than ever. Check out the new [...]

25 Nov 2009 | 2:33PM

Who’s ready for a long weekend with family, friends, and food? I certainly am! As we use this holiday to celebrate gratitude, I also want to take the time out to acknowledge something I think we all take for granted – our earth!  The team at Porter Novelli is helping raise awareness and support for [...]

6 Nov 2009 | 7:26AM

This year, I made a huge professional leap from independent consultant to corporate executive.  I made a personal leap as well and got engaged to the love of my life, Chris McCaffrey.  There are very few words or phrases that can encompass what’s next, but in the words of my dear friend Gary Vaynerchuk, there’s [...]

21 Oct 2010 | 7:50AM

I was in Singapore’s CBD (Central Business District) today meeting up with a friend and bumped into Lee Chong Min, managing partner at CMIA Capital Partners, a private equity firm based here. It was somewhat of a blast from the past, as I’d initially met Chong Min in 2000, when I was still a reporter covering [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 6:24AM

This isn’t the first post I’ve made on this subject and likely won’t be the last either. UPDATE: I posted about a week ago that I’m working on a guide on Internet marketing, it’s still being worked on. A couple of projects have come up in the interim that have taken a fair amount of time [...]

14 Oct 2010 | 12:53PM

If you haven’t been scammed or conned once in the course of running your internet marketing business, it’s probably a sign that you’re not doing enough. A couple of weeks ago, Aden Mott posted about getting “ripped off” by Copeac (You can read the post here). I think the fact that Copeac’s owner, Mike Krongel, posted a [...]

4 Oct 2010 | 11:38AM

I talked with a friend today about strategies to grow our businesses. The main barrier to how much you can earn is the amount of time you have each day. Even if money seems to be your most scarce resource now, once you’ve got a decent amount, the main issue is how much you can get done [...]

1 Oct 2010 | 11:56AM

A confession: I had planned to publish this post on 24th Sept on my 37th birthday, but I had been having so much fun that the days kinda flew by. Which is one of the advantages of this crazy thing we call e-commerce, internet marketing, or it’s subset affiliate marketing. What this post was intended to [...]

9 Jul 2010 | 6:40AM

Rae Hoffman has put together a group interview of 11 ink building experts. Each person submitted a question they wanted the others to answer. The twist is no one saw each other’s answers until it was published. Participates include Debra Mastaler, Aaron Wall, Eric Ward, Todd Malicoat, Roger Montti, Jim Boykin, Michael Gray, Rae Hoffman, [...]

6 Jul 2010 | 9:37AM

Learn some of the steps to creating a successful custom link building campaign for your company. In my latest piece at SearchEngineWatch.com I explore the topics of evaluating resources, the idea and a plan of action.

9 Mar 2010 | 1:13PM

Looking for a method to build links while generating exposure and traffic? Learn the streamlined process to get your content published on other Web sites. • Unless you’re a passionate writer with a lot of free time, hire a professional writer. • An editor is also essential if you want to get published on high-quality [...]

18 Jan 2010 | 9:26AM

I’m honored to have one of my Search Engine Watch columns nominated for the SEMMY Awards! Link Building With a Small Budget was nominated. I’d recommend everyone bookmark SEMMY to read an article or two each week. You’ll learn a lot. These are the top articles from the past year on everything from organic search [...]

14 Jan 2010 | 5:38AM

Think of the headline in your regional online newspaper, “Local Company gives Free Computer Classes to Disadvantaged Youth.” Public relations strategies are an effective way to build links and publicity. Serious About Links? Think like a politician when deciding what type of volunteer work to do. Study the people who could bring the most attention [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 12:10PM

I don’t post much but I thought I would write a little review for an iPhone game I bought recently. If you’re a Physics Game Fan, a genre of game that’s proving hugely popular to the Casual gaming market on App Store, then there’s another game to add to the collection, Sogoplay’s Mani Golf. Featuring 36 [...]

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I just want to take this opportunity to say thanks to my readers who were still reading my blog even though it has been lagging the past couple days, almost 20 seconds before it loaded. ...

27 Oct 2010 | 3:35PM

Today, I went to a local event at Rutgers University for employers. It was to help put insight on how to utilize colleges to use student services to find interns or employees for small business. ...

22 Oct 2010 | 9:26AM

If you have been following this blog since the beginning of time, then you know I was highly concentrated in the eBay affiliate program. I utilize a script called Build a Niche Store and it ...

16 Oct 2010 | 7:36PM

As you all know I swear by WiredTree and I greatly enjoyed the service and customer support. It has been a great 2 years with them. So if you want to get a dedicated server ...

8 Oct 2010 | 10:07AM

Last night I went to go see The Social Network movie with my brother. I really didn’t expect much of it, I just wanted to see it because it is base on someone that is ...

2 Nov 2010 | 4:48AM

Electric Shopping just wanted to let you know that they now have new Christmas email creative avilable for affiliates to use, containing some of their best selling products. If you would like any further information regarding this program please keep in touch or alternatively click here to sign up.

2 Nov 2010 | 4:47AM

Mail Order Express have listed 10 toys which they are considering to be their Top 10 Toys for Christmas. They are: Furreal – Go Go Walking Puppy £59.99 Lego Hero factory – Xplode/Corroder £10.99 Star Wars Spinning Lightsaber – £34.99 Toy Story – Lots 0 Huggin Bear (product due on site shortly) – £44.99 Toy Story – [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 4:32AM

WIN BIG PRIZES WHEN YOU SHOP ONLINE AT MAPLIN: Everyday until 24th December Maplin are giving everyone who places an order and pays using PayPal, the opportunity to WIN some incredible prizes. To find out more and to see what prizes are on offer, please visit the competition page. Maplin also have some great multiby offers and [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 11:41AM

As the clocks go back this weekend we’re sure to really feel that winter has arrived, but don’t worry – every cloud has a silver lining. In this update from the Treatme Team you’ll find some great offers and gift ideas to help in the run up to Christmas. Voucher Code Our [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 11:10AM

I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas already! We’ve been really busy at Gizoo over the last few weeks putting the finishing touches to our Christmas promotions and I’m pleased to now be able to let you in our plans. What we’ve got planned Each day in November someone will win their order! If you place an [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 11:15AM

A friend, and fellow digital marketer, Michael Vorel, has just tweeted some good news for all of us dependent on the well-being of e-commerce: Michael is referring to comScore’s U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates for Q3 2010 which have been released just today, showing that “that online retail spending reached $32.1 billion for the quarter, up [...]

31 Oct 2010 | 8:19AM

In the beginning of August 2010, I wrote about the 15 factors that influence affiliate choice in picking a program. Today, as I was looking through my previously-posted polls, I’ve come across this one, and was happy to see that we’ve had more votes roll in since the time of my last referring to this [...]

30 Oct 2010 | 7:44AM

I have conducted an experiment, and applied to 107 advertiser/merchant affiliate programs which are listed in LinkShare’s “Premium Advertisers” section: The results were quite interesting: 18 merchants auto-approved me into their affiliate programs right away (i.e. without even seeing my website), 10 automatically declined my application (again, without even reviewing my website), and the rest of [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 8:55AM

Neuromarketing is “the application of neuroscience to marketing”. It “includes the direct use of brain imaging, scanning, or other brain activity measurement technology to measure a subject’s response to specific products, packaging, advertising, or other marketing elements”. On a more general level, “neuromarketing also includes the use of neuroscience research in marketing”. [source] This relatively [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 10:12AM

Yesterday RingRevenue has circulated a press release, which quoted with some truly impressive statistics: …record mobile campaign growth, with third quarter call volume up more than 500 percent compared with the first quarter of this year. With conversion rates as high as 47 percent and top mobile publishers generating more than $75,000 per month in pay-per-call [...]

15 Jun 2010 | 6:33PM

Down there on the list of “recommended guides” you’ll find “Build Your Own Solar Panels” listed as an option.  I’ve had some questions about this item, recently, so I wanted to address what it was, how much it costs, why I recommend it, and so on. Earth4Energy is a video tutorial series and guide that teaches [...]

24 May 2010 | 11:36AM

Recently, a reader had a question about their home air filter: Good day. I’ve been using the Dupont Filtrete filters for about five years and since we run a landscaping business and track alot of dirt in with us at the end of the day, I change out our filters about every three weeks. Within the [...]

17 May 2010 | 7:09AM

I’ll be putting together some spring cleaning tips for your home, starting with today’s post on your roof.  Your roof provides the primary protection of your home from the elements — “A roof over your head” — and needs to be maintained, just like all major systems in your home. Primarily, you need to keep debris [...]

14 May 2010 | 2:05PM

Although this is a pretty simple home improvement project, many people leave it to the professionals, because it’s an electrical project.  As long as you take the necessary precautions, you can safely and easily replace an old, worn-out electrical outlet on your own, DIY-style! As with any electrical home project, you always start by shutting off [...]

22 Apr 2010 | 9:11AM

In 2014, the only lightbulb choice we’ll have is those little, coiled compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) that everyone’s selling, now.  I posted a video, last week, that detailed the clean-up procedure for these CFLs.  In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d post about the hazards, energy implications, and truth about these CFL bulbs. Not [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 7:30AM

Are you a content marketer? If so, you have a choice to make. You can sit around and wait for your content to go viral. You can hope you’ll get sudden bursts of traffic, hope your readers will spread the word, hope your content will catch fire. Or you can bring your own matches and [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 7:30AM

Mad Men made writers sexy again. Donald Draper is dark and moody and mysterious in all the right ways. He’s powerful, able to send staff scurrying from his office with a scowl. And he’s a creative genius too, lounging on his office couch, sipping bourbon, and crafting the perfect slogan to capture the minds of [...]

30 Oct 2010 | 10:35AM

29 Oct 2010 | 7:30AM

Halloween means exactly three things to me: pumpkin carving, costumes, and everyone I know trying to scare the crap out of me with scary movies. Doesn’t matter how many times I explain I hate scary movies. Everyone insists that scary movies are part of the Halloween experience and that what I really need on All [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 11:00AM

The best of the best premium WordPress themes ~Mashable I’d like to invite you to join the new affiliate program for StudioPress, the division of Copyblogger Media devoted to WordPress designs powered by the leading Genesis Theme Framework. The premium theme market continues to grow rapidly along with WordPress, and there’s good money to be [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 3:08PM

It’s the beginning of the month, what better to do than take a look at your account’s historical data.  Looking back into your account’s history can help direct your future actions.  Furthermore, reviewing your account against a historically successful month will give you a good grasp on where you stand and where you can stand [...]

31 Oct 2010 | 9:00AM

PPC Hero and Miss Clicks are all decked out, and ready for trick-or-treating! Check out The Adventures of PPC Hero: Heroic Feats of Pay Per Click Management at http://www.ppchero.com/. Copyright © 2007-2010 Hanapin Marketing, LLC.

29 Oct 2010 | 3:02PM

Black Friday in July? Target and WAL-MART led the way a few months ago with a trend that’s popped up, in light of the current economy of course. Geoffrey Shenk with Search Engine Land says if you think it’s too soon to shop online for the upcoming holidays…well…you’re wrong. Shenk notes that in 2009 online [...]

28 Oct 2010 | 3:54PM

Before getting into the how-tos, what exactly do I mean by a PPC audit? A PPC audit is nothing more than an in-depth review of account structure, performance, and goals. In the review, a number of questions need to be addressed. Most importantly, are you targeting your account to meet your marketing expectations and goals? Questions that follow revolve around PPC account set-up and account maintenance best practices, target audience, and properly utilizing the search marketing tools available. Below…

25 Oct 2010 | 3:55PM

What do you do when your conversion tracking isn’t working? That’s a question I’ve had to answer twice in recent months due to technology interference. In a perfect world our PPC campaigns would always run smoothly, be easy to measure, and would integrate seamlessly with outside technology. Hopefully that is the case for most of [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 6:23AM

Affiliate Summit East 2011 is taking place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City. We’ll be returning to the Hilton New York. This will be the 17th Affiliate Summit and it is expected to be the largest Affiliate Summit East to date. More details to come shortly. Registration will open soon. See http://www.affiliatesummit.com/about/ for the [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 7:18PM

Graffly, a short term affiliate network features one advertiser campaign each month with a high payout, launched today. Potential future campaigns are listed in the Campaigns Directory at Graffly, and affiliates can vote for the next one by applying to be an affiliate. Each month, the campaign with the most affiliates pledging to promote it [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 12:19PM

ShareASale ThinkTank 2010 took place October 18-20, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA. Before all of the networking and breaking sessions, there was a day of affiliate marketers playing golf on the beautiful Pacific coast. ShareASale put up a video with golf highlights from that day, as well as some helpful tips [...]

31 Oct 2010 | 8:53AM

How Social Media is Changing Affiliate Marketing panel from Affiliate Summit East 2008, which took place August 10-12, 2008 in Boston, MA. Speakers: Ted Murphy, Founder/CEO, IZEA (Moderator) Rob Key, CEO, Converseon Stephanie Agresta, Internet Geek Girl Chris Brogan, VP Strategy & Technology, CrossTech Media In an era of brand evangelists, word of mouthers, meme [...]

30 Oct 2010 | 7:57AM

Internet Marketing From the Real Experts, a book on affiliate marketing, social media, search marketing and more, is now available on the Kindle. The book is already available at online and offline book stores. Here is a description of Internet Marketing from the Real Experts: What do Tim Carter, Brian Clark, Joel Comm, Jim Kukral, [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 9:20PM

Did you hear? MySpace is all new. Again. MySpace, of course, is riding the new way of publicity while it can, all while pouring plenty of money into advertising their new site. Among the news sites touting…

1 Nov 2010 | 4:53PM

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1 Nov 2010 | 12:25PM

Jeff said "But what I've found astonishing is how willing a majority of marketers are -- to look the other way. " In regard to looking the other way....did you mean the majority of affiliate managers or "marketers"? Clearly, as you scoped out above, there is a large disconnect between the management and executive layers.

1 Nov 2010 | 12:23PM

If you're buying fans, what does that make you? What does that make them? It becomes a slippery slope of "one-upsmanship" and what will you offer next? Either way, it isn't sustainable and really devalues the brand evangelists who are following the brand. Never stop being loyal to those who are loyal to you... http://signalfire.tumblr.com/post/1009226640/payi...

1 Nov 2010 | 12:17PM

Incentives are always interesting... so Bing got a bunch of Farmville-playing fans. Is that their target? Sometimes an incentive can tie in nicely with a product or service: I wouldn't think twice about fanning a clothing brand if it meant I could win a sweater from them, but I'd feel wrong fanning a mechanic's shop to win an iPad. At that point, it seems slimy. But we've seen banks do it in the real world for how long now? Open an account and get $50. The bank gets what they want (your money) and…

1 Oct 2010 | 12:22PM

It’s been a while since I’ve used T3leads to set up affiliate campaigns, but after the company recently launched a new third generation lead optimization platform, I’m giving them another look. So far, I’m very impressed. T3leads is known for providing quality pay per leads and market opportunities to benefit both their merchants and publishers, [...]

30 Jul 2010 | 10:54AM

It seems like just a few weeks ago WordPress came out with a new version — that’s because it was. It’s been just 43 days since WordPress 3.0 was released, and already the developer has come out with an upgrade. Late Thursday night, WordPress 3.0.1 starting appearing in bloggers’ dashboards. WordPress says it’s a small [...]

1 Jul 2010 | 7:29PM

Bloggers on the go now have yet another way to publish posts to their WordPress blog — via telephone. WordPress announced earlier today the ability to post audio to your blog up to six minutes at a time. So, while you can post from your desktop, e-mail, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad and Android, there’s now another [...]

17 Jun 2010 | 2:55PM

The latest stable version of WordPress 3.0 was released today, bringing to a close the months of beta testing with previous releases. Among the highlights is the ability to manage multiple blogs running WordPress all within one installation. Another feature is the option to customize your admin username for security reasons. WordPress also included a [...]

9 Jun 2010 | 8:06PM

John Chow has released a second eBook all about making money online, and it contains much more information than the first. The best part, of course, is that the book is totally free. There’s 60 pages of goodness on everything from why bloggers don’t make money and how to differentiate yourself from being a blogger [...]

21 Oct 2010 | 3:30PM

Sometimes you have to say things out loud to make them real. I’m quitting blogging. There, I said it. My blog at JimKukral.com has been active since August 2001. It has gone through many, many transitions. I’ve written thousands of blog posts. It has been great. It has helped me get an audience and helped [...]

19 Oct 2010 | 12:55PM

Marketing automation is one of the fastest growing segments in the CRM market. It wasn’t that long ago that people weren’t even sure what marketing automation was or how it functioned. Now, the tables have turned and marketing teams are aggressively seeking out these systems. Clearly, the marketing automation industry has a strong tailwind at [...]

18 Oct 2010 | 4:29PM

There are two reasons I’m writing this post. 1. I wanted to get your attention. 2. I wanted you to see this new tool I’ve been using to create content on my site. So first off, if you have a tip (that you can share publicly) on how to have better sex with a partner, [...]

11 Oct 2010 | 3:32PM

I just accepted a speaking gig in Washington, DC on Nov 5th for the GrowSmartBiz show. You should come. Looking to Grow your business? The Washington Business Journal and Network Solutions are proud to host the 2nd annual GrowSmartBiz Conference and Trade Show. This event will bring in hundreds of executives from various industries throughout [...]

8 Oct 2010 | 10:36AM

The question I often get asked by clients is: Which one will work better for me in terms of building my brand? Facebook or Twitter? So I’m asking you. Please share your opinion, and explain why, using the tool below (not in the comments). When you do, your opinion, photo and link to your site [...]

22 Oct 2010 | 10:26AM

Before the jet lag from the west coast finally catches up with me, I would like to take some time to recollect the experiences and insights I’ve obtained from attending BlogWorld in Las Vegas last week. Last Wednesday, Sal Conca, Noelle Huter, Regina Black (Audible’s Marketing Manager) and I flew to Vegas to represent audible.com [...]

14 Sep 2010 | 8:03AM

I am very excited to announce that we’ve officially launched NutraOrigin’s affiliate program in pepperjamNETWORK! After several weeks of planning & preparation (and tons of test orders), we unveiled the program to the public last Tuesday evening. NutraOrigin offers an array of premium nutritional supplements & vitamins, specializing in Omega-3 fish oil supplements. When shopping [...]

13 Sep 2010 | 3:05PM

Last week Google introduced its enhanced search, Google Instant, which attempts to anticipate what a user wants before it’s typed into the search box. As a query is made, the results instantaneously populate and those anticipated queries generate in a drop-down menu. As both a Google end user and PPC advertiser, my reaction is more [...]

24 Aug 2010 | 10:50AM

Today Inc. Magazine released its annual list of the 5000 fastest growing private companies in the United States. We are very proud that NETexponent made the list for the second year in a row. In 2009 we applied for the first time and achieved a rank of 1,216 out of 5,000. Our team has continued to work very hard sincethen and we jumped up to a rank of 707 out of 5,000 in the 2010 list.

16 Jul 2010 | 8:22AM

Our 2010 research study ends promptly at 5pm EST today. At that point we will no longer accept survey submissions. If you want to participate please go now.

22 Oct 2010 | 4:38PM

I like making websites. I really do. Creating content is a royal pain in the ass, but I like taking a WordPress theme, tweaking it, and using it to create a website that is actually somewhat useful and looks nice at the same time. I noticed that one of my sites had a huge spike [...]

29 Sep 2010 | 2:13PM

I know, I know, you waited all this time for me to make a new post and here I am talking about the same crap I was talking about in the last post. Well, not really. The last post was to encourage you to subscribe to Drip Feed Blasts, which is by far the most [...]

10 Aug 2010 | 1:26PM

If you haven’t heard of Drip Feed Blasts (DFB), well then thank your lucky stars that you read my dang blawg. This is one of those tools that a handful of SEO’s are using the dickens out of, but most are hoping to keep quiet so that it doesn’t get adopted by the bumbling retards [...]

30 Jul 2010 | 1:10AM

I like to browse forums, read blogs, etc, after I’ve had a few beers and am relaxing (which I guess is like 70% of the time). This issue has been bothering me and I want to address here on my blog. I will keep this one short, I swear on my bad ass chair. Every [...]

19 Jul 2010 | 2:08AM

After Eleah from AKMG threatened me with bodily harm, I decided to check out Meetup202 in Marina Del Rey on Saturday. Highlights: • Riley Pool • Q+A with Smaxor from A4D and Nana Gilbert-Baffoe from Tracking202 • Eleah’s dog, Chilli Bean • Beer If I hadn’t been so distracted by the beer and Chilli Bean, [...]

25 Oct 2010 | 11:43PM

Our client ran a Groupon campaign last Friday for his laser hair removal practice and here is what he has to say: Like most business owners who supply an elective service, we have had to work twice as hard for half the margin over the last several months.   We have been working with Groupon [...]

9 Oct 2010 | 3:29AM

My best friend is a stay at home dad. Last Halloween, he blogged about funny pumpkin carvings and quickly started ranking on that term.  His traffic went from a few dozen visits a day in late October to a couple thousand daily uniques right at Halloween.  It’s now one year later, the content is unchanged, [...]

22 Sep 2010 | 6:38PM

Just over 2 years ago we began promoting our business Deep Roots LLC using the internet. Our business focuses on creating custom outdoor living spaces and landscaping in the Birmingham, Alabama area. Not knowing what kind of results to expect, we wanted to keep our cost down … so we decided to do the work [...]

2 Jun 2010 | 2:56PM

For folks that have a personal profile (a “standard” account), you can use a clever trick to invite all of these friends to fan the page.  There is no way to automatically import.  When you’re on the Facebook fan page that you want to invite all your friends to, you hit “suggest to friends” under [...]

1 Jun 2010 | 3:55PM

For those of you who are wondering why the “like” button isn’t working on your website any more, it’s not you.  Facebook developers are aware this is priority 1 in their bug tracking system.  We’ve been putting the like button on a number of sites.  And all of them are broken!  This is not the [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 7:35AM

Voiyk allows companies to increase their appearance in Facebook with special tabs. The Voiyk Store Application is a Store tab for Facebook pages. It allows you to display and sell your products on the Facebook. The items can be on Amazon, eBay, the merchants’ own e-commerce site or items can be linked to Paypal. Anyone [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 2:44PM

Little Zen Minds has some great promotions lined up for the holidays.  This week (11.1.10 – 11.6.10), customers can get free ground shipping on their orders , and next week (11.7.10 – 11.14.10) customers can take 14% off all toy purchases!  Log in or join today for the voucher codes, and  [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 11:38AM

Light in the Box is excited to announce increased commissions for the Holiday Season.  Now through December 15, affiliates will earn an additional 2% on all sales. LightInTheBox.com is a worldwide business selling blue-ribbon consumer goods since 2006. Products range from cell-phones, MP3/4 players, laptops, to wedding dresses, fan gear, jewelry and more. Affiliates earn 10% [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 9:56AM

Dino Direct is excited to announce their November affiliate incentive. Every affiliate with $50 in daily sales for the month of November will earn 50% commissions on sales for the month. DinoDirect.com is a retailer providing a broad selection of high-quality household gadgets, computer & electronic accessories, cell phone & PDAs at competitive prices. Affiliates [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 8:28AM

About: Milanoo is dedicated affordable apparel and costume products online dealer. Our primary market is in the North America, Japan and West Europe. Major products include wedding apparel, prom dress, daily dress, lycra body tights, cosplay, lolita fashion as well as many other women’s accessories like hadbags,fashion shoes and wigs. Program Benefits: Commission: 12% to 21% Full Product Datafeed Exclusive [...]

23 Aug 2010 | 1:01PM

I’ve gotten a number of emails and comments regarding the LP CTR mod for the newly released Prosper 1.5.x-1.6.x. If you tried to use the LP CTR code, it doesn’t work with the new version because the MySQL queries were changed by Mr. Mahler. I’ve updated the code and it appears to be reporting correctly. Here’s [...]

3 May 2010 | 10:00AM

I FINALLY got the inside scoop on Ryan Eagle and his operation.  Secret sources have revealed insider information on how Ryan Eagle got started in the industry. As you guys may or may not know, Ryan Eagle runs an affiliate network at EWA Network.  This is a pretty big network and they have like 1000+ offers. [...]

4 Feb 2010 | 8:00AM

Day 4: Tuesday – Last day of ASW I woke up at 2pm in the afternoon, so we just ended up eating at the Rio Buffet for awhile. Then it was gambling for a little bit and then watched Cirque Du Soleil’s Zumanity at New York New York. It was pretty much just about relaxing and recouperating. Day 5: [...]

1 Feb 2010 | 9:00AM

Day 3: Monday – Exhibit Hall The exhibit hall is probably the same as the meet market except that there are booths instead of just tables. Met up with the Convert2Media crew to hang out and get our beer breakfast.  They had some cool name tag stickers (NINJA OPTIMIZATION!), which was pretty funny: Meetup202 Las Vegas This was a [...]

29 Jan 2010 | 12:56PM

Recently, I did an interview with Jonathan Volk about Affiliate Marketing.  I’ve met him a couple times and he’s one of the nicest guys I’ve met in this industry.  I just want to thank Jonathan for taking the time to do this interview. Check it out! http://www.jonathanvolk.com/affiliate-marketers/interview-jasper-pangilinan.html Feedback is appreciated!

28 Oct 2010 | 5:09AM

Remember my post back in August about how it’s time to say goodbye to free WI-Fi in coffeehouses, in airports, etc? I have never been more sure of something in my life – Today, I’ll prove it. I’m on the 6:20am Amtrak from NYC to Boston right now. For a brief moment, I switched off [...]

25 Oct 2010 | 2:05AM

While in San Francisco last week, I had a spectacular opportunity to have lunch with Philip Hotchkiss, Joe Fernandez,, and Ash Rust, the three heads of one of the hottest social media companies currently out there, Klout. For those living under a half-mile of earth for the past 69 days, Klout is making quite a [...]

23 Oct 2010 | 1:21PM

Walking back from running errands just now on this Saturday afternoon, I came across three Seniors at West Point, from Left to right, Andrew, Phil, and Gary. They had cammo backpacks on their backs, and they looked tired, so I had to ask what they were doing. “Well sir, we’re walking from West Point, where [...]

20 Oct 2010 | 12:24PM

Talk about a fun day! I was offered a chance to drive the new Chevy Volt, an electric car with a battery range of 50 miles and a gas range of upwards of 400 miles, from Los Angeles to San Diego, a gorgeous drive down the Pacific Coast Highway (when it’s not pouring) thanks to [...]

15 Oct 2010 | 3:00PM

There’s nothing like being able to compose a blog post on my BlackBerry from the lobby of a hotel as I wait for a cab. :)

17 Aug 2010 | 6:21PM

No, it’s not the name of a “get rich quick” product. “Adwords Profit Machine” is my nickname for what’s without question the MOST POWERFUL feature Adwords has to offer. When this feature first came out it was a bit buggy and I really didn’t trust it. Now it’s F’N AMAZING! Put campaign in the machine, and get [...]

6 Aug 2010 | 10:31AM

I learned a invaluable lesson yesterday, this is something that most people COMPLETELY overlook. I had 8 HOURS OF DOWNTIME overnight. No, this was NOT shared hosting, it was a dedicated Mediatemple Nitro $750/month supped up box. They’re response to the downtime : “Sorry for the inconvenience”!?! Needless to say, I immediately switched over to another [...]

2 Aug 2010 | 10:19PM

“Another Adwords post?” YES, that’s going to be my main focus for a while. Let’s just say there’s LOTS of GREAT STUFF I’ve picked up recently. Here’s are 2 big BIG question: How important is the age of your account? If you ran low QS campaigns when you first started OR if any of your campaigns ever got [...]

31 Jul 2010 | 5:35PM

As promised I’m gonna reveal another REALLY KILLER way to boost your landing page load time. This is a little more involved than the gzip compression trick I talked about last time. Here’s the secret… Host your images, CSS, and scripts on CDN. What the heck is CDN? CDN is (short for Content Delivery Network) a set of [...]

27 Jul 2010 | 9:30AM

I know, I know, I haven’t posted in a LONG time. Let’s just say I’ve been busy getting a new business up and running. I want to do a series of posts revealing some KILLER Adwords insights that’ve I’ve recently stumbled upon. First one has to do with landing page load time. Unless you’re a [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 1:03PM

I don’t give praise to affiliate networks very often as there are only a handful of them that I just love to work with. However there are a few networks that I really enjoy working with and have to give them a shout out (such as my recent post on ShareASale). Another network I really [...]

29 Oct 2010 | 10:46AM

So today I wanted to feature a little business failure which is a little different than other Fail Fridays have been in the past. In fact it’s not quite as obvious and is more like a terrible business practice that has left a slightly bad taste in my mouth about Best Buy. This morning I [...]

27 Oct 2010 | 10:05AM

Today Yahoo and Bing announced that the transition of Yahoo search ads to Bing is now complete.  I noticed a nice increase in traffic on my Bing campaigns and am definitely looking forward to being able to manage both Yahoo and Bing campaigns all from 1 interface. However there are few things about the transition [...]

25 Oct 2010 | 11:04AM

If you’ve been around Internet marketing for more than 5 minutes, I’m sure you’ve heard about the importance of split testing your landing pages. I believe that the only time you should stop split testing, is when your conversion rate reaches 100% (which honestly won’t ever happen). I’ve had an old campaign running with search [...]

22 Oct 2010 | 2:48PM

This past week I went to my 2nd ShareASale ThinkTank event in Half Moon Bay, CA. Basically it is an invite only conference they put on for some of their affiliates, merchants, and OPM’s. Although I haven’t done a whole lot with ShareASale over the years, they have quickly become my favorite network out there [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 1:07PM

Happy Monday everyone! It seems like just the other day that our team was returning from the city that never sleeps after an awesome time at Affiliate Summit East, and now we’re packing our bags again, this time for Ad:Tech New York 2010! Everyone from CB is looking forward to…

29 Oct 2010 | 10:37AM

I have seen no other social network that has been as successful as Facebook. The way it reinvents itself is like seeing Lady Gaga go through her costume changes. The methods that it goes through in its business tactics would make Donald Trump fall down on his knees and surrender.…

19 Oct 2010 | 4:26PM

With so many companies out there looking to compete with ClickBooth, we are always looking to secure the ball in our court and keep our publishers coming back for more. We want to hear your voice and give you a say in what you want from a top network. Better…

13 Oct 2010 | 10:56AM

One of my favorite shows of the year, Blog World, is finally here! What I love most about this show (other then the fact that it’s in La La La Las Vegas!) is that there are always quality speakers and sessions, awesome networking events and a ton actionable info and…

8 Oct 2010 | 9:55AM

Over the last two years, Media Buying has quickly become one of the fastest growing ways to promote CPA offers. Whether it’s doing private buys on niche websites or going through an ad network to purchase inventory, publishers have found large amounts of high quality traffic through Media Buys, and…

27 Oct 2010 | 9:42AM

PubCon 2010 is taking place November 8-11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This is a must attend conference covering search, social media, affiliate marketing, internet marketing and website operations

19 Oct 2010 | 10:01PM

This week we’re talking to Brent Csutoras, SVP at BlueGlass Interactive, about what makes good viral content. What types of things typically go viral? What’s the spark that sets it off? How can companies take advantage of content that spreads? Resource Links: Twitter : Facebook : Blog Download or watch using Quicktime: iPod | Hi-Definition Subscribe [...]

14 Oct 2010 | 12:33PM

2 Days Left To Make Your Vote Count The NEW Blue Book affiliate marketing industry Top 20 Affiliate and CPA Networks survey is live. Please take 2 minutes to take the short survey and help our industry with insights into the best network partners. The suvey is now bigger than ever with thousands of affiliate [...]

12 Oct 2010 | 10:01PM

This week we’re talking to Don Batsford of 31 Media about the differences between tackling a social media strategy versus a search strategy. What factors should you consider for both? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Don helps us answer some of those questions from Affiliate Summit East. Download or watch using Quicktime: [...]

12 Oct 2010 | 1:36PM

In the current affiliate marketing landscape, we know that one set of tools is not enough for advertisers.  That’s why we continue to make improvements to our platform to ensure we can meet all the needs advertisers have.  Our recent updates provide a few tools that we’re sure will provide the flexibility advertisers require. For [...]

19 Oct 2010 | 10:09AM

Companies often pay top dollar to PR and media agencies for help to gain exposure and increase brand awareness. With so many self-proclaimed social media gurus and experts tweeting and connecting in Facebook, you would think there are more successful campaigns out there. This is just not the case. When a campaign is truly successful, it deserves a nod. So this post is dedicated to a highly successful brand awareness campaign of 2010 – The Anywhere Challenge by Intercontinental Hotels Group…

14 Oct 2010 | 10:09AM

Computers are a wonderful thing but sometimes, the simplest tasks seem to be the most difficult to accomplish. Have you ever been frustrated by repeatedly having to unplug your headset from the front of your computer just so you can hear audio from your speakers? Or are you savvy enough to have used a splitter so that both your headset and speakers output audio simultaneously. I am one to hate spending money on parts when there is absolutely no need to do so. So I am one of those who just plug in…

14 Sep 2010 | 12:17PM

Since I have been using the iPhone 3G, email has been working perfectly until this morning. I have Outlook set to retrieve email via POP and my iPhone using IMAP. All of a sudden, I am receiving a copy of emails sent via the iPhone in my Outlook Inbox. This issue is definitely common, especially when connecting to a Gmail account using multiple clients such as an iPhone, web browser and Outlook. It is a known issue and well document here: iPhone: About Gmail and Recent Mode Topic : duplicate emails…

21 May 2010 | 10:40AM

This post is a review of Canon’s new mid-range HD camcorder, the Canon Vixia HF M31. As a detailed, technical write up on the pros and cons of this new HD camcorder has been published by Camcorderinfo.com, this review will deal solely with my first-hand experience of having used this video camera for a few weeks. Hopefully, others considering the purchase of an HD camcorder will find this article useful in their research. Note that the HF M31 / HFM31 (32GB internal memory) is part of a series…

20 Apr 2010 | 2:04PM

One of the benefits of mass consumer adoption of mobile technology is that many companies are beginning to develop some very cool and useful applications. Not all Smartphone apps are useful but the latest app offering from Microsoft is an interesting one and the way they are making the offer is sure to trickle to other app providers. For a limited time, you can download the Top 100s by Year by Bing iPhone app for free. As the name of the app implies, you can literally listen to the Top 100 songs…

6 Oct 2010 | 11:04PM

Hey everyone there is a new Meetup202 event in South Florida. This group is organized by a few 202 friends, Michele and Shai from Unique Leads. They will be hosting events every month and if your in the area you will absolutely want to join the group. You can find more information about this Florida Meetup group by going here: http://www.meetup.com/SFlaAffiliates/calendar/14793334/. The first event is scheduled for Thursday, Oct 14.

8 Sep 2010 | 1:08AM

The new stable release of Prosper202 1.6.1 is now available in the downloads section of our site. You can read about the new features of 1.6 by looking at our older blog posts: http://prosper.tracking202.com/blog/prosper202-16-beta-download-and-release-documentation There is only one major difference between this 1.6.1 stable version and the 1.6 beta version. There was an advanced landing page issue that we've resolved and it no longer shows the in-correct click count on the overview pages. And…

25 Aug 2010 | 3:11PM

As I had said in a previous post Affiliate Summit East was awesome!! I was a little worried at first, a lot of people we know in the industry had decided to not to attend this year. But to my surprise the conference was jam packed, with affiliates. The conference started on Saturday night with a trip to the Halal cart located across the street from the Hilton Hotel. Man that is some good Halal. LOL! Meet Market The actual conference started on Sunday with Meet Market. Affiliate networks, and other…

23 Aug 2010 | 11:04AM

This Saturday, August 28th, we are having a HUGE Meetup202 in Orange County, CA that you cannot afford to miss! We are fortunate to have an Amazing Guest Speaker - Affiliate Marketer, Online Entrepreneur and Owner of Internet University, Ryan Gray. Ryan Gray is the President of Dual Alliance Media and Co-Owner of the infamous blog: SuperAffiliateTwins.com. Ryan is flying out from the east coast to speak exclusively with our group about Media Buying and the industry's future. The meeting will cover…

20 Aug 2010 | 9:56AM

I just got back from ASE (Affiliate Summit East) and it was awesome. I will get more into that in my ASE post :) But one of the concerns I was continually bombarded with was how much traffic Prosper202 can handle. Guess what it can handle a lot :) I ran into a super affiliate that told me that he sends over 1,000,000 clicks to Prosper on a daily basis, and hasn't seen an fluctuations. No massive drops in traffic, no slow down of redirects, and no downtime. Of course he was on a dedicated server,…

31 Aug 2010 | 10:00AM

The winner is…the marketer who uses contests, polls, and trivia as promotions! If you’ve been looking for a way to draw visitors back to your site, to get users engaged and to build or strengthen a community of customers, you’ve got to try a contest. Set up a poll to capture votes, have users submit photos, [...]

30 Aug 2010 | 10:30AM

There’s a new Digg for you to dig around on. The social media site has revamped its look, the submission process, and added features. Here’s a look at the new Digg: My News You can personalize your view of Digg with their ‘My News’ feature. You can select profiles to follow, and you’ll see the latest submissions [...]

25 Aug 2010 | 10:30AM

There are a lot of people on Twitter, and there remains a steady buzz and interest in the social networking site and its connection capability. But besides enabling you to connect with customers and potential customers, you can use Twitter to build backlinks. Building backlinks is crucial to growing your online business and making it a [...]

17 Aug 2010 | 11:00PM

Building your list of backlinks is a much-needed major effort. Backlinks boost your search engine results page ranking, create new traffic paths to your site and enhance your site’s visibility and presence online. Backlinks are important for your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts but also your general business efforts. There are many ways to get [...]

16 Aug 2010 | 10:31AM

Getting engaged isn’t just about marriage anymore. You’ve heard us talk about engaging customers and users time and time again. We’ve mostly talked about consistency, being polite, prompt, and of course, how important it is in general. This time we’re talking about branding. Say It in Style You need to be responsive to your customers and potential [...]

2 Nov 2010 | 7:00AM

This guest post is by Jeff Starr, co-author of the book Digging into WordPress. Helping your visitors get the most out of your site benefits everyone. Visitors get more relevant and useful content, and you enjoy better statistics and more exposure. Unfortunately the game is set up to keep people away from your site. Think about [...]Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips

1 Nov 2010 | 7:55PM

For those celebrating Halloween, it’s the spooky season, with haunted houses, terrifying costumes, and creepy decorations around every corner. What better time to look at the horrors that plague bloggers? Gruesome typos and grammatical errors, ghastly headlines, confusing echo chambers, dreadfully empty comments sections, and more! Since it’s the end of the month, it’s also time to unveil October’s most-blogged-about stories, according to Regator.com’s trends. They were, in order: Halloween,…

1 Nov 2010 | 7:02AM

For the beginning blogger who has limited experience, but lots of enthusiasm, Successful Blogging in 12 Simple Steps makes an ideal primer. Written by Annabel Candy, from Get In the Hot Spot, this twelve-chapter ebook (lucky thirteen, if you count the bonus chapter) touches on all the basics, from choosing a blog topic to using social [...]Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips

31 Oct 2010 | 7:05AM

This post was written by the Web Marketing Ninja — a professional online marketer for a major web brand, who’s sharing his tips undercover here at ProBlogger. Curious? So are we! One of the most common questions I get asked is how much I’d charge for a given product. I guess the reason I’m asked this [...]Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips

31 Oct 2010 | 7:02AM

More and more I’m noticing bloggers asking for advice on how to be more productive. We’re operating in a space where we need to produce great content consistently, but where we’re also being bombarded with input and having demands made upon our time. I’ve grappled with this myself over the last few years and have tried [...]Post from: ProBlogger Blog Tips

1 Nov 2010 | 5:53PM

GA_googleFillSlot("JC300x250"); I like to welcome Infolinks as the official in-text ad provider for John Chow dot Com. Infolinks serves those double underline links you see on the blog. When a reader mouse over the link, a relavent ad displays. When the mouse is moved away, the ad disappear. The nice thing about Infolinks is that [...]

1 Nov 2010 | 11:04AM

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31 Oct 2010 | 9:59PM

This is a guest post by dk. He is a friend of mine who throws killer events like his thinktank and his poker tournament during Pubcon. dk has advised and marketed for some of the largest companies on the internet such as Facebook, World Series of Poker, and BLAMAds. Marc Hardgrove of BackLinks.com just stepped [...]

31 Oct 2010 | 6:11PM

For this Halloween, I took Sally to the Microsoft campus to go trick or treating. It’s been a few years since I’ve been to the MS campus. It sure has gotten bigger! It’s next to impossible to be in the Redmond area and not encounter Microsoft. I swear, I think they own half the real [...]

30 Oct 2010 | 6:30PM

While the team in Vancouver went back to the birth place of Dot Com Pho, I went to Pho Bac in downtown Seattle to check out a real authentic Pho restaurant. Pho Bac is the kind of place that only connected locals would go to. It’s not a clean looking francise restaurant like Pho Hoa. [...]