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Posted on February 9, 2010 by Amit
Setting goals on paper is a great motivation for anyone. When you put something down in writing you start believing in it. It seems real, urgent and doable. Here are some of the things I will like to achieve this year. 1. More Traffic No affiliate marketer can succeed without traffic. So why not a [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 8, 2010 by Amit
I remember when I was starting out in affiliate marketing, I had a ton of questions, I didn’t know much about anything. I didn’t know what to promote, how to promote, what converts, what doesn’t. In fact being a newbie, I spent 3 months to build my first site, and until the site was live, [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 6, 2010 by Amit
A regular topic of discussion on affiliate forums is “I am sending a ton of clicks and not getting any conversion”. And that rightfully is a big concern, since without conversion there is no affiliate success. Are you really Sending a Ton of Clicks Not all clicks are real. Some of your clicks can be [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 4, 2010 by Amit
Many affiliate marketers, ppc marketers have discovered and have successfully used pay per view marketing, also called ppv to their advantage. I have been doing ppc for some time. Its definitely not easy, its expensive and being an affiliate marketer its a constant challenge to maintain a favorable quality score (for google ppc). When you [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on January 31, 2010 by Amit
I have been a traditional affiliate with networks like CJ, GAN, LS. I wanted to give CPA networks a try. So I did some reading, searched the internet and applied to some of the CPA networks like ClickBooth, NeverBlue, MarketLeverage, Hydra Networks and COPEAC. I got declined by ClickBooth and MarketLeverage and HydraNetwork which was [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on January 29, 2010 by Amit
Well, it’s now old news that many affiliate marketers use WordPress as a CMS for their affiliate sites. The affiliate site doesn’t have to be a blog. With many free designs (themes) for wordpress, the power of fre plug-ins and ease of use, WordPress is in wide use. Many of my existing affiliate sites run [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 29, 2009 by Amit
Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com has an interesting concept called “the Sex & Cash” theory. Per his theory, a creative person has two jobs. One is creative, full of passion, exciting or in other words Sexy (its the sex part), but it doesn’t make you much money. The other job is what you do to pay [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 19, 2009 by Amit
Since EPN (Ebay Partner Network) switched to the CPC model, I was wondering how it compares with Google adsense. I don’t do much volume with either of the two. Still with the limited volume that I do with both the programs, I can see different strengths and weakneses and concerns. Though the adsense model is [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 8, 2009 by Amit
I love WordPress. It cuts down the time I need to spend while launching a new site. Not all my sites are blogs, but I use WP as a content management system. With millions of excellent free themes and as many free plugins, I can a build a site much faster that if I were [...]
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