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The Perfect Keyword Tracker
2008-01-27 12:31:00 As an affiliate marketer, it's an insane game of catch-up when you have to go back and forth between your sales stats and your spend stats. When you want to do reporting, if you aren't using any kind of keyword tracking software, it's a bitch to generate your own. Well, these are just a couple ... More About: Software , Tools , Affiliate Marketing , Words , Keyword
Recession Shmeshmession
2008-01-27 11:07:00 Do you get Time? I do. I read each issue that comes out and lately, I've been reading a ton about the early quakes of the oncoming recession. We all knew this would end up happening at some point, but what's interesting is that it's happening in a country that's gone almost entirely digital. And ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Depression , Recession , Mess
Azoogle Cuts Referral Program
2008-01-26 01:58:00 No, they didn't get rid of it completely but they sure took a few whacks at it to beat it into something a little less pretty. A friend mentioned this to me earlier as I didn't catch it in my email box because I was insanely busy today, but it's true. CPA Affiliates blog also ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Referral , Program , Cuts , Azoogle
Affiliates, Refer To Be Rich
2008-01-25 09:43:00 Despite the cheesy title, I am dead serious about this. What I'm talking about is doing your best on a daily basis to refer new people to affiliate networks and giving them a hand at getting started. Your immediate thought might be that this is just creating competition for yourself and in a way, you're completely ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Rich , Affiliates , Azoogle , Refer
Affiliate Profit Tracking - Two Philosophies
2008-01-25 02:24:00 Having been in the affiliate marketing game for quite some time now, I've had my fair share of freak-out sessions where I think life is over when a campaign fails for a day. Although logic tells me that the market (people, competition, demand, etc.) fluctuates on a daily basis and is even evident if you ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Profit , Tracking
What?s New At The Affiliate Toolbox
2008-01-24 01:00:00 Good things are happening lately and that makes it an exciting time to be an affiliate marketer. Aside from all that fluff, however, I have two good bits of news to share. First off, although I know it waivers to and fro, our reader base has jumped up to 200 within the last month! Wow! I ... More About: Tools , Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Forum , Toolbox
Affiliates, Zip The Lips Or Lose
2008-01-22 21:50:00 Just a word to the wise to all my fledgling affiliates out there. If you do ever find a gem of a campaign, for the love of all that is holy, keep your pie hole shut. It happened with the Craigslist exploit and it will most assuredly hit the fan with the next marketing craze, ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Lips , Affiliates
Google Adwords Ad Scheduling
2008-01-22 21:17:00 Lately, I've been monitoring my campaigns rather closely. In fact, I've been doing updates on 30-minute intervals to check my spend/revenue (profit) throughout the day over a period of about a week. It's difficult to be robotic about it, but it's necessary if I want to maximize my profit. What I've noticed is that (of course) ... More About: Google , Affiliate Marketing , Words , Google Adwords , Adwords
Google AdWords - Bid Gouging
2008-01-20 04:13:00 This post ties in with my "Understanding the Adwords Formula" post and provides a little more perspective on what Google wants from you -- money. Lately, I've had a good deal of success with several of my campaigns. I won't discuss how much quite yet, but we'll just say my new record kick's the old record's ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Words , Google Adwords
Affiliate Marketing Forum
2008-01-17 23:00:00 As most of you know, I am planning on launching a forum some time this year sooner or later, depending on what kind of feedback I get in the near future. I honestly think a specialized forum placed to help affiliate marketers get started is exactly what we need and we'll grow it from the ... More About: Marketing , Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Forum
Understanding The Adwords Formula
2008-01-17 10:08:00 Lately, I've been obsessed with the Google Adwords Quality Score or Adwords QS system. Especially when considering very short tail keywords as discussed in my last post, it's important to educate yourself on what Google actually considers as quality when it comes to not just your landing page but also your very ad text and ... More About: Yahoo , Affiliate Marketing , Formula , Words
Affiliate Strategies: Few vs. Many
2008-01-16 20:55:00 Generally, stuffing as many keywords as possible into each ad group and campaign is thought to be the best practice. This is the exact reason we have such pervasive terms as 'keyword trimming' and the like. Essentially, you start with, say, 50,000 keywords and you run them for about a week. After a week, you ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Words , Strategies
How Are We Doing So Far?
2008-01-14 07:35:00 Just wanted to take a second and let everyone comment about what you like/dislike about the site and what we could be doing better. Personally, I plan to work on success stories and definitely add more tools to the mix. Aside from that, it's an open ground. Share This More About: Question
Great Book: Moonlighting On The Internet
2008-01-12 20:30:00 If you're just getting started with making money online, you're probably feeling a bit overwhelmed with all of the nonsense floating around the internet. Sure, there are hundreds of different ways that people claim you can make money, from reading emails, surfing the web for cash, or even taking surveys. The truth is, these ways might ... More About: Internet , Affiliate Marketing , Books , Review , Great
First $1600.00 Day Screenshot
2008-01-12 02:48:00 Click on the image to the left to get a close-up of my first $1600 day as an affiliate back at the end of November 2007. Not bad for a day's work and I ended up profiting more than 50% that day. This is an example of what can be done when you start ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Screenshot , Azoogle , Landmarks
Shoemoney SERPS Tool
2008-01-11 22:29:00 Have you ever found yourself wondering "on which results page will my domain pop up for this keyword?" Well, wonder no longer. I just found out today that Shoemoney has a nice little SERPS tool for free use on his site. Instead of giving you the page, it does you one better and gives you the ... More About: Tools , Affiliate Marketing , Tool
Spinning Offers For Valentine?s Day
2008-01-11 02:43:00 On Valentine 's Day, the Flowers niche will kill you in terms of saturation. So how do we get around the saturation for Valentine's day, when saturation is at its highest for the year? Well, we could use long tail keywords or bid low and hope for stragglers. Or we could use a different angle altogether. Lately (and ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Valentines Day , Offers , Spinning
Affiliates, Get Ready For Valentines Day
2008-01-10 09:37:00 Valentine's Day is right around the corner and if you're not preparing yourself to ride the wave of searches revolving around the holiday, you're simply going to miss out on money and we know that's never a good thing. All the major players in the game know you have to get started early and you have ... More About: Holidays , Affiliate Marketing , Valentines Day , Affiliates , Ready
Need To Get Ahold Of An Affiliate Manager?
2008-01-10 07:52:00 Just a quick note, for those of you who want to get in touch with an affiliate manager at any popular affiliate marketing company, check out the Affiliate AIM List (www.affaimlist.com). My Azoogle affiliate manager is listed on there along with some of the other best in the industry. Incidentally, you can also view the Skype ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Click , Manager , Bank
The Bill Manager - Monetizing An Already Good Idea
2008-01-10 00:34:00 My buddy Javier runs a site called The Bill Manager (http://www.thebillmanager.com) and the site does exactly what its name implies. You sign up, plug in your monthly bills and expenses and the site will email you with reminders. On top of that, it provides you with a clean looking calendar to look at on a ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Idea , Good , Monetizing
Affiliates, How To Use Aweber
2008-01-09 09:08:00 If you've noticed, I've been trying to drill into your head since day one that you should be using a mailing list on your websites to collect emails and so forth. Additionally, I've been trying to get you to sign up with Aweber. Well, now you have no excuse NOT to. Aweber is offering everyone a ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , How To , How-To , Affiliates , Weber
Azoogle Toolbar Not Working?
2008-01-08 16:27:00 I don't know why, but my Azoogle Toolbar hasn't worked in the past couple of weeks at work or at home. How am I supposed to track my every lead without my precious toolbar? Now before you go saying I'm technologically impaired, remember I am a web developer and a Cisco Certified Network Associate so ... More About: Tools , Affiliate Marketing , Working
110 Subscribers Can?t Be Wrong
2008-01-08 13:13:00 It just keeps getting better. Today, we have 110 subscribers and the number is growing. I haven't felt this good about something since Sitdiary began to take off back in 2001. Thanks again guys for the loyalty and feedback. As long as I keep finding it, I'll keep giving you the best affiliate info there is. Also, ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Wrong , Landmarks
Ask.Com Sucks For Affiliate Marketing
2008-01-08 10:19:00 In both my own experience and the experience of others, I have not found one successful example of Ask.com working for affiliate marketers. In fact, having spent over $500.00 with these guys, I am sad to report that I have made a big fat zero back on my investment. Just doing a small search yields some ... More About: Marketing , Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Sucks
Affiliate Marketing Goldmine - YouTube
2008-01-08 07:55:00 "Holy crap! Why didn't I think of this before?" is exactly what one might say if they hadn't thought of extracting the wealth of knowledge there is just laying in wait on YouTube . But you're not that guy because you already knew that, right? Of course! Well, even if you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer, ... More About: Marketing , Youtube , Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate
My Favorite Affiliate Tools
2008-01-08 07:31:00 I've been thinking of writing a 'favorite tools' post for a few days now and after reading Shoemoney's "What is your edge?" post, I'm convinced the edge of this blog is to give out the top notch hints and tips for free. Essentially, I give you the information you'd normally pay $97 for from some guy ... More About: Tools , Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Favorite
What Affiliate Marketers Can Learn From Dave Chappelle
2008-01-08 04:51:00 For a while now, one of my favorite comedians has been Dave Chappelle . Perhaps it's the way he presents his comedy sketches. I'm not sure, but it just hits the right spot and it made me think of how his success translates well into our business. Don't Fear Starting Young Dave Chappelle started his comedy career in ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Mark Cuban
$100 RSS Contest
2008-01-06 12:21:00 In the last post, I talked about goals for the coming year. So I thought, why not knock a few out right off the bat? Let's make things interesting. I posted the contest on DigitalPoint here. Essentially, the only rule is that you must subscribe to the Feedburner Email Feed (On the right, under the Orange icon). ... More About: Contest , Contests
Affiliate Toolbox Resolutions - 2008
2008-01-06 11:29:00 I felt I should make a more official post about where we've been and more importantly -- where we're going. The Affiliate Toolbox got a late start in 2007 (November), but made some excellent progress. Not only did we surpass 50 RSS subscribers, but it wasn't just a fluke. The number is growing and I like ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Goals , Resolutions
Affiliate Toolbox New Theme
More articles from this author:2008-01-04 19:24:00 Although I love the theme I was using, I was setting a bad example for all you new affiliates out there. So to rectify the situation, I've designed a whole new theme based on the old theme but this time, it takes much more advantage of its space for things like ads and linking to ... More About: Affiliate Marketing , Affiliate , Theme , Toolbox 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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