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AdCenter, O How I Misjudged Thee
2007-12-20 02:25:00
So you know how I wrote that post about how AdCenter is Sucking Harder Than a Dyson vacuum cleaner? Well, it seems that my friend Jonathan Volk disagrees and since I have made it my job to keep you guys informed (hopefully without too much bias), I felt it necessary to inform you of what ...
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BANS Fans For The Holidays
2007-12-18 18:07:00
BANS (Build a Niche Store) is the hot phrase this season and with good reason. Shoemoney not only mentions it in his blog, but my affiliate manager gave a distinct nudge in the direction as well. And it's all good for those that know how to make them work and profitable. So what's the problem? The ...
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The Case for Ringtones
2007-12-15 08:54:00
It's no secret that the playing field for ring tones is being re-turfed and the new grass ain't so green. Search engines are locking down on what qualifies as a ring tone-related keyword and affiliate networks are beginning to enforce an extra step in the confirmation process. So what does this mean for affiliates? Well, essentially, ...
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3 Things Affiliate Marketers Can Learn From The Sopranos
2007-12-11 23:40:00
Tony Soprano is the classic definition of a businessman. He's got hundreds of connections, knows what's going on in his network at any given time, and is skilled at getting the information he wants-be it through bribes or the business side of a gun. As an affiliate, you can learn some great tips ...
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Affiliate Marketing: What NOT To Do
2007-12-10 20:57:00
Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, affiliate marketing gurus are telling you what you should do to make it big in the business. They tell you what types of products to sell, how to sell them and where. Well, today I'm in an anti-mood so I'm going to ...
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ShoeMoney, John Chow, Etc.
2007-12-09 04:56:00
One thing I've noticed lately in keeping up with all the major players in Internet marketing is that once they've surpassed a certain level of authority among the thirsty public, they stop pumping out quality content and start generating catchier but less informative articles. Much in the fashion of news reporters who focus mainly on ...
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Affiliatizing YouTube
2007-12-09 04:44:00
If you've never heard of this, you should take the time to learn. Sometime at the beginning of this year, someone (perhaps Shoemoney) wrote about the untapped video-advertising market on YouTube. Well, to this day, I still haven't seen a lot of people taking advantage of the fact that videos can be seen by hundreds ...
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Affiliatizing Your Blog Posts
2007-12-07 20:22:00
Make sure to use every chance you get to affiliatize. Especially when it comes to your blog. A friend of mine runs the People You'll See In Hell blog, which features tons of interesting posts on the scum of the earth. Much like the evening news, this gets people thinking about their lives and how ...
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AdCenter: Sucking Harder Than A Dyson
2007-12-07 04:47:00
You might enjoy using Microsoft AdCenter and at one point, I was as well. If you'd used Microsoft's AdCenter about two months ago, you would've been somewhat content with their turnaround time on approving ads and keywords. Well fast forward to now where it takes about 12-24 hours to get your keywords and junk approved, I ...
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What You Can Learn From People You?ll See In Hell
2007-12-06 23:13:00
Jeff over at People You'll See In Hell recently posted a contest with two purposes in mind: 1) Humor and 2) Link Bait. The rules of the contest are simple, you enter the contest to win half of the earnings of the website for the entire month of December. The other half goes to the ...
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How To Choose A Winning Offer
2007-12-06 22:02:00
Now that I've opened my doors to help people with affiliate marketing, I tend to get asked similar questions a lot. One question I get asked all the time is how to choose an offer/niche. In general, my answer is usually along the lines of "try all of them." At its heart, this is basically ...
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Affiliate Marketing For Your Business
2007-12-06 20:24:00
You may have heard the term 'Affiliate Marketing ' floating around and you might not be so sure what it is and what it's all about. Well, here's the Wikipedia definition: Affiliate marketing is a web-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's ...
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Top 5 Tips to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing
2007-12-05 02:06:00
You knew I had to do it sooner or later. That's right, I'm going to give you my personal best five tips for success in affiliate marketing. Only, these aren't just random useless tips- these are what make or break you as an affiliate. Okay, maybe it won't break you if you don't use them ...
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Keyword Trimming
2007-12-03 03:25:00
Lots of people write about trimming your keywords in order to reduce spending and increase profit. As good and easy as that sounds, I haven't read many methodologies on how to do it. E-books I've read and I'm sure you've read mention "trimming the fat" or "tweaking your campaign," but rarely have I seen a ...
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NeverblueAds.com - Diamond in the Rough?
2007-11-28 10:28:00
When I originally signed up with Azoogle Ads, I had been with Click Bank for about a month and immediately, I was drawn to Azoogle's cleaner interface and the idea of having a personal affiliate manager. Not that I'd ever stop using ClickBank as they do provide a customer experience that is unique, but I was definitely ...
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Do I Need A Landing Page For Affiliate Marketing?
2007-11-27 17:30:00
This must be one of the most frequent questions I get asked. The short answer is no. You don't technically need a landing page to be successful with affiliate marketing. Overall, you basically just need a referral link to send traffic to in order for your sales to get tracked properly. If you had a ...
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Why People Fail At Affiliate Marketing
2007-11-27 00:55:00
For every person I've talked to that is successful at all with affiliate marketing, there are probably nine others that are either in the red or failing. I know, not just from talking to people, but from my own personal experience that it's likely you'll fail your first couple of times around in the Affiliate ...
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How Experts Can Make You Money
2007-11-26 06:38:00
I just got done reading Getting Money Out of Gurus - Part I over at the UberAffiliate blog and was inspired to give it a quick mention in my blog. Just to enforce the message of this blog a bit more, I want to emphasize on two things mentioned in the UberAffiliate blog: Share This
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