Methods Affiliates Use to Drive Traffic
Affiliates were asked “How do you typically drive traffic to your website?” for the 2012 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. Quite a variety of traffic sources for people, and the most popular mirror my experiences. I’m not surprised at all that SEO and social networks, as well as blogging, are ruling the day. In my case, the traffic sources go to blogs, so the blogs themselves are not traffic sources for me. …
Webcam in My Belly
I went in for an endoscopy recently to investigate the reason for decades of stomach aches (I figured if it hasn’t gone away since the 80′s, I may as well check it out). Well, the traditional method didn’t yield anything, so they suggested trying another procedure called a Pillcam. This one had me excited, as it’s literally a matter of swallowing …
Save the Date for Affiliate Summit East 2013 In Philadelphia
The votes came in and after four years in NYC, the people chose Philadelphia for Affiliate Summit East 2013 on August 18-20, 2013. This will be the 24th Affiliate Summit and it is expected to be the largest Affiliate Summit East to date (again!). More details to come shortly. See http://www.affiliatesummit.com/about/ for the history and growth of the premier affiliate marketing conference. The post Save the Date for Affiliate Summit East 2013 In Philadelphia appeared first on Affiliate Marketing Blog.
The New SEO Toolset at Affiliate Summit West 2011
This was a conference session titled The New SEO Toolset from Affiliate Summit West 2011, which took place January 9-11, 2011 at Wynn Las Vegas. Speaker: Wil Reynolds, Founder, SEER Interactive Session description: Fast paced — deep dive into tools for beginners through advanced SEO practitioners. Experience level: Intermediate, Advanced Target audience: Affiliates/Publishers, Merchants/Advertisers Niche/vertical: SEO Slides: The New SEO Toolset slides Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the…
Finding Office Space on Craig’s List
Like many affiliate marketers, I work from home, but there are some times when it’s a little crazy around my house, and I find it hard to concentrate. So, I decided it was time to get a non-home office for the first time since 2004. I heard somebody mention that they found space on Craig’s List, but I was skeptical. Then I checked it out at housing > office & commercial on Craig’s List and there were a lot of options …
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Twinkies, and @affiliatesummit Headed to Philadelphia
This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast (listen to the latest Affiliate Thing), Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Walmart employees threatening to walk out on Black Friday, Affiliate Summit East 2013 in Philadelphia, and the new PMA Board of Directors. They also talked about ways to get a free pass to Affiliate Summit West 2013, finding office space on Craig’s List, and registration opening for the Performance Marketing Summit. Show Links Wal-Mart workers plan Black Friday walkout Save the Date for Affiliate Summit East 2013 In Philadelphia How to Get a Free Pass to Affiliate Summit West…
Performance Marketing Summit 2013 Registrations Now Open
Registration is now open for Performance Marketing Summit 2013 for individual passes. The Performance Marketing Summit is taking place March 12, 2013 in New York City. The one day conference will take place at the Baruch College Vertical Campus (site of Affiliate Summit Social Media in 2008 and the first Affiliate Summit in 2003). Space will be limited to
New Board of Directors for the Performance Marketing Association
The Performance Marketing Association (PMA) has announced their new Board of Directors for 2012-2013. The PMA is a trade association, founded in 2008, by people in the performance marketing industry. Brian Littleton – CEO, ShareASale, Inc. (incoming Board President) Karen Garcia – CEO, GTO Management Robert Glazer – Founder and Managing Director, Acceleration Partners Patrick Grady – CEO, RhinoFish Media Peter Hamilton – CEO, HasOffers Mike Nunez – CEO, AffiliateManager.com Tony Pantano – CEO, Imwave …
Shop Online If You Love your Family
Black Friday has been sneaking closer and closer to Thanksgiving over the years, and now we’ve got Gray Thursday. This year there are countless stores opening on Thanksgiving, including Target, Wal-Mart and Sears. I guess it wasn’t enough that some people were skipping Thanksgiving to camp out at …
10 Ways to Woo Would-be Advertisers on Your Blog
This guest post is by Anup Kayastha of MoneyMakingModes.com. Earning money through blogging is an attractive and viable income source. But it is not possible unless your blog have relevant, current, and useful information for your readers. That will not only help increase traffic to your blog: it will also attract advertisers to buy ads. but to make that a reality, you need to know how advertisers are …
The 4-Step Guide to Building Your Authority
This guest post is by Derek of Fear No Goal. If you want people to visit your blog—and stay there—you have to be an authority figure. This is definitely true if you are trying to solve a common problem. You have to know and understand what you are talking about. When people know you’re an expert on a topic, it gives them comfort. They know …
One Essential Characteristic of a Pro Blogger Not Your Everyday Blog Writing Advice
Each week, my Content manager Georgina turns away around 20 or so posts for publication at ProBlogger. She tells me that maybe 5-10{57b8cc37fd24bce1cf64c8b05d9407ce9171516056c1f5e762677747187a0de4} of those are of a publishable standard, but they just don’t fit our audience or purpose. The rest aren’t pro-level pieces. Image courtesy stock.xchng user ValsilvaeForget for a moment that these are guest posts—which are supposed to be bloggers’ best content. Instead, I want to think about what that means for the average blogger, toiling away on their blog day …
Blog Design for ROI, Rule 1: Prioritize the Opt-in Form
This guest post is by Gab Goldenberg, author of The Advanced SEO Book. Are you writing phenomenal posts only to have your poor design fail you? Here’s how to fix that, with rules that will guide you whether you create a custom theme or just pick a theme and adapt it. Today’s post is the first in a series on blog design for ROI. Lots of articles give blog design rules or guidelines, but no one I’ve seen explains how these rules achieve your goals. So let’s look at a business blogger’s …
How to Write a Must-read Product Review
This guest post is by Karol K. Reviews are one of the more common types of content on the internet. I’m sure you’ve looked for a review of a given product yourself once or twice. However, being on the receiving end of a review, so to speak, is a completely different ball game than actually writing one. First of all, some people mistake reviews for sales messages. Some indications that you’re dealing with a disguised sales message…
Branding Your Blog: You’re Doing it All Wrong
This guest post is by Julie Cottineau of BrandTwist. A while ago, on this very blog, I read a post about how to make a five-dollar logo for your blog. There were a few things about that post I disagreed with, but chief among them was the assumption that a cheap logo was…
Advice from Famous Authors a Blog Writer Could Use Today
This guest post is by Colin Olson of Fresh Essays. Every high-school superstar longs to follow in his sport hero’s footsteps. Small business owners idolize those on the Fortune 500 list. Likewise, blog writers can hope for the greatness of past literary giants. While many of the world’s most famous authors are long gone, their words of wisdom still resonate today. Listen to the advice these famous authors have left for blog writers. “What I try to do is write… And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try…
Blogging in Brief: Targeting, Teasers, and Trends
The last few weeks have turned up some interesting new finds in the world of blogging. I’ve covered some of the more innovative ones here—let us know what cool ideas you’ve spotted in the comments. …and then she called me “Cupcake” I’m not in the target audience for Molly Maher’s Stratejoy website, and it’s clear as soon…
Reusing Freelance Writing Online: the Pros and Pitfalls
This guest post is by Emma Merkas of $30 Date Night. It was my blog that landed me my weekly newspaper column. I’m a huge advocate of self-publishing, If you know you’re talented at something, and if you have an opinion you want to express, a song you want to sing, or a specific skill you want to teach, go right ahead and do it. The Internet has more than …
Revealed: The Super Powers James Clear Used to Become a Full Time Blogger in 6-Months
This guest post is by TT Fong of SpikingStrengths.com. James Clear runs the blog PassivePanda.com, which generates a full-time income. It took him only six-months to reach that point. After studying his site, listening to several interviews he’s done, and talking with him live, I uncovered one of the secrets to his success. This secret? He taps into his strengths …
On The Way To SES Chicago
Headed to SES Chicago with our newest employee Hannah Gappa, Not sure she is ready for a industry event but we will see =P. I asked on Twitter and Facebook who was attending and I got like 1 response. Weird. If you are going please comment. Looking for an SEO service that won’t get you banned?