Archive for the ‘Affiliate Marketing’ Category
lurksteraz on June 30th, 2008
This is interesting.
“We are pleased to introduce Google Affiliate Network . Effective Monday, June 30, 2008, DoubleClick Performics Affiliate will operate as Google Affiliate Network. The integration with Google’s brand is a reflection of efforts to quickly assimilate our business and teams, as well as reinforce Google’s commitment to the Affiliate channel. Together with our new colleagues at Google we are creating new opportunities for monetization, expansion and innovation in Affiliate Marketing.”
lurksteraz on February 11th, 2008
Another cool PPC tool on the market. Except this is a good one. Can’t beat the price either. $99!
“Discover Efficient PPC software, which includes a smart PPC campaigns builder for Google AdWords, hundreds of pre listed keywords for your campaigns, and an easy to use keyword lists editor.
Stop the endless time spending on building your pay per click campaigns. With Efficient PPC you can build high-relevance, high Quality Score Google AdWords campaigns in seconds, and generate massive, cheap and relevant traffic to your website.”
Watch the video and download the Trial Version and take it for a test spin. I think you’ll find this one a hit!
lurksteraz on January 17th, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I sure am glad Pepperjam has launched their affiliate program. If you’ve heard of Pepperjam, then you know it’s going to be a good thing.
If I were you, take the time to check it out. They have alot of good programs.
lurksteraz on January 8th, 2008
Wordze has decided to do something crazy for the new year. They’re giving away 30 days Free!
This promo is only good for 7 days, so if you’re looking for a great keyword research tools, I’d suggest checking it out.
lurksteraz on November 17th, 2007
I’m sure everyone has had this happen to them.
You research a niche to find that it’s untapped, great pay, and a gem waiting to be polished to make some money. Well, I signed up for some affiliate accounts(can’t say which yet), register the perfect domain name and start to build out the website.
After the site is built, I like to launch with no ads and let marinate for a while. Get the site indexed, build some links and wait about a month before really pushing anything on it. So, the site does better than I thought with natural rankings and starts to compete with the main affiliate site.
Within a month, I get an email and also a letter from a lawyer stating that the domain I registered infringes on a trademark and I need to ‘cease and desist’ while turning over the domain name. But the weird thing was that in the letter, it seemed to mainly speak of ‘Unfair Competition’. I’m sure there is a bunch of legal mambo-jambo that I don’t understand, but fuck it.
The last time I checked, the purpose of offering an affiliate program is to create more sales for the company and for the affiliate… This kind of crap pisses me off, especially since the site was ranking great naturally.
In the end, I lose no matter what. I removed the site, and have to turn over the domain name. If I ever hear of anyone promoting this particular site or mentioning anything about it, I will do my best to sway them against promoting the at all costs.
I would have thought that a business would want to be promoted to make money, I guess not.
lurksteraz on November 5th, 2007
OK, so I’ve been slacking on pushing affiliate offers, and focusing energy on other things where I know I can get an ROI…. Adsense.
I’ve found a great niche to use Adsense. I tested a couple site structures, then some different layouts of the ads themselves. Once I found that the niche was working and producing some good specific traffic, I started digging around for common keywords and checking domain availability. Jackpot! I think I was able to purchase all of the domain names(18 domains) I needed to replicate this one niche. Unfortunately, there isn’t an affiliate program out there for this. I’ve searched high and low, so this is going to take some creativity to try and monetize these sites.
I know this in’t new to anyone and ‘m not landing on Plymouth Rock or anything. But I think there are people out there that forget about Adsense. I know I did and this is some great residual income.
I remember when Adsense first came out. I thought this program was awesome even though it took me 3 months to even get over $100 to get a check. Well, it’s been a couple years since I’ve really pushed this program, and I think it’s time to get crackin’ on it.
lurksteraz on October 14th, 2007
Derek Beauchemin has released a really cool free tool. You’ve probably see a similar program released, but with a hefty price by SpeedPPC.
Build targeted, long-tail AdWords campaigns in record time. All you need to do is provide a keyword list, set some options, write some text ads, and this tool will do everything else for you. It is basically a free version of SpeedPPC.
lurksteraz on October 13th, 2007
It seems Zac Johnson is giving away some free passes to Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. It’s free for anyone to enter.
Here are some details:
Winners will be selected on the following dates:
- October 31st (1st FREE PASS)
- November 30th (2nd FREE PASS)
- December 7th (3rd FREE PASS)
I for one would not mind attending. Las Vegas is only a short 5 hour drive from Mesa, AZ. Being that I have never attended an event like this, it would be great to actually learn something in person.
If you’re into Affiliate Marketing, Zac’s site offers a bunch of great information, especially if you are just starting out in the affiliate world.
lurksteraz on October 13th, 2007
Since joining the ranks of affiliate marketing, one thing I cannot find an answer to, are the long, testimonial, video, screenshot super duper long sales pages everyone makes…. You know the pages I’m talking about. If you don’t, I’ll give you a hint. It’s normally a single page that takes about 5 minutes to scroll through until you find the ‘Buy’ button.
I don’t get it. I’m guessing that they work, they seem to be everywhere. Is there a history to these kinds pages? Did some super affiliate marketer one day spread the word that extra long, 82,000 words a page websites work? Are there statistics out there that prove that they work better than a normal looking website? I’m guessing so, since everyone and their mother is reproducing them to no end.
I couldn’t bring myself to creating one, simply because they seem stupid to me. You have 30 testimonials, screenshots of bank records and includes every free e-book out there. I may be missing something and if I am, please, tell me, send me some links to stats on them.
Last but not least, the email capturing just to get to checkout. This I understand, this I can deal with. I understand the purpose of gathering additional information for cross promoting products and services.
Anyways, I just wanted to throw out some questions and thoughts, if you can explain any of the above, feel free to comment, I’d be interested in some stats.
lurksteraz on September 11th, 2007
Well, the wife and I decided to take a trip from Arizona to Bend Oregon to scope out real estate. I’ve never been to Oregon, so if you ever get a chance, I would highly suggest going their.
So we flew into Portland and checked a few areas around the airport. Then we drove over the bridge to Vancouver, WA. Very nice place with alot of older homes. We then drove down to Salem to check out homes in the surrounding areas. They weren’t bad, but not quite what we were looking for. We found ourselves heading over to Bend, and all I have to say is Wow! We stayed there for 3 nights and we both love it. You can’t beat lots of trees, great weather, and all of the outdoor activities that are available.
So now my wife is hard at work trying to scrounge up some real estate. I guess this means I’ll have to either telecommute from my current job, find a new agency in the area OR work for myself. I’m loving the idea of working for myself but freaked out about the unknown. I’m kind of a creature of habit of wanting to have a secure job, medical insurance for the family and so on. I’m in huge debate with myself on what to do. Knowing I can probably take some contract jobs for quick cash is OK with me, but there is still that unknowing factor of not being able to pay bills.
My goal now is to save every penny I make from affiliate marketing, stash into some high yielding bank bank(ING) and save as much as I can to make this move. How could I pass up the chance to live someplace where I could hike, camp, canoe, mountain bike etc in the spring and summer and snowboard in the winter with a quick 40 minute drive? This is like a dream playground for anyone into outdoor activities. A little harder to do when it’s 115 degrees outside. Just to give you an idea of Arizona; this year broke the record of something like 35 days straight OVER 110 degrees. DAMN HOT!!
I’ll be sure to post progress on our dream move, but probably won’t happen for another 7-12 months or so.
