Is Affiliate Marketing a Long Term Business?
There was a somewhat heated discussion in the forum recently about whether affiliate marketing was a long term, sustainable business or not. It’s tough to come up with a definitive answer to this question, because it depends what you definition of a good business model is. I think this topic brings up something bigger regarding the…
Welcome to HUNGER GAMES 2 (Sponsored by F5).
The time has cometh my friends!!! The STM exclusive competition is back!!! Welcome to HUNGER GAMES 2 (Sponsored by F5). OOOOoooh Shiiiiieeeeeet!!! You know what time it is. Shit has just gotten a whole lot more serious. For those who of you who weren’t around when Hunger Games 1 was on, let me just give you a little recap: WHAT ARE THE HUNGER GAMES? It’s a competitive affiliate challenge with teams from 3 districts of the world who battle to the death …
Google Adsense Scraper for $19 per Month
Fresh off the press! WhatRunsWhere has launched their Ad Vantage product which gives people access to the WRW Google Content Network data for only $19. WhatRunsWhere has a ton of intelligence data ranging from mobile to Google Content network and other platforms. But this intelligence comes at a price. The full WhatRunsWhere monthly package is over $200 – which is completely justified for most affiliates and agencies, but its definitely not for everyone. The fine people at WhatRunsWhere saw this gap in the market and decided to offer something for…
AdScout Spy Tool Update – View All Creatives, Search Trigger Words In Ads, Time Frame Search
A few weeks ago, Bevo Media launched AdScout. AdScout is a fully customizable spy tool that allows users to actually chose which sites they want to spy on. AdScout will then monitor each site, and report back all information for every ad that has ran on the monitored site. For more information on AdScout, please see the launch post here. AdScout has recently added some new …
The Raccoon Got Into The Copier Again.
Helloooo! I wrote this post last week, but just got around to posting it today, so times might be a bit off. I do warn you it’s ridiculously long, and the title is 100{57b8cc37fd24bce1cf64c8b05d9407ce9171516056c1f5e762677747187a0de4} irrelevant.I’ve been on a pleasurable business trip for the past 3 weeks. This post is just a little journal, as well as a chance to thank a few people.Man it was eventful.Here goes…Day 1. Arrived in Prague. Met with Besmir my Italian/Albanian business partner for the first…
cognitiveSEO Review – Best Backlink Analysis Tool
Backlink analysis tools are one of those “necessary evils” to conducting a proper SEO campaign, or competing in search. It was true before Google launched the Penguin update but because of Penguin and the way Google shifted the way they rank websites, I’ve found backlink analysis absolutely critical to learning the “new rules” to SEO. Rather than take everyone’s ill-gotten advice about what ranks and why, actually analyzing the SEO campaign of your ranking competitors…Read
Defend Your Campaigns With a Moat
“In days of old, a castle was protected by the moat that circled it. The wider the moat, the more easily a castle could be defended, as a wide moat made it very difficult for enemies to approach. A narrow moat did not offer much protection and allowed enemies easy access to the castle. To Warren Buffett, the castle is the business and the moat is the competitive advantage the company has. He wants his managers to continually increase the size of the moats …
Poker May Not Be Illegal Gambling According to Federal Court
A federal judge in New York has held that Texas Hold ‘Em poker is a game of skill and not illegal gambling under federal law. This is the first time a federal court has held that poker is not gambling under the Illegal Gambling Business Act (the “IGBA”). The issue of whether poker is a game of chance or skill has been a hot button issue recently and has received relatively inconsistent treatment from state to state. The majority of state courts have found that an activity …
The 9 Most Important Copywriting Articles on Shock Marketer
Copywriting is the act of writing words that sell. I’ve found just by changing a paragraph, it can result in 2 to 4 times the sales. Some have found the difference can be 19.5 times more sales. How can you write these “magical” sentences? See some of my favorite copywriting articles: Overview: 93 Year Old Ad Gives You the Exact Formula to Write Amazing Copy – Using teasers, benefits, credibility, and “the push.” Follow this 1 Rule to Guarantee the Profitability of Any Campaign – All of your advertisements should keep this “equation” in mind C =…
Best Ways Of Using SEO To Get Website Traffic
Search engine optimisation is the popular technique to enhance the website rank and visibility. Follow the on page and off page optimisation tactics to increase the traffic to the website. Some of the popular ways to improve traffic to the site are: Directories: In SEO directory submission plays an important role. It improves visibility and backlinks to the website. These directories will reflect your website in the popular search engines like Google, yahoo which boosts your ranking. Before submitting these manuals make sure that all the content is well optimised, check your email id, insertion of keyword in your …
Why Do You Write?
Why do you write? Sounds like an odd question, doesn’t it? A couple of months ago, I’ve written an article here telling my readers why do I blog. I’ve asked them to share their reasons too and got great response and different reasons from bloggers on that. Today I thought to make it more interesting by asking you why do you write? Identifying the reason on why do you write has a big impact on how do you write and It can help you improve your …
$70,000 in one week arbitraging traffic with Redirect.com
Some of you have been following my fb group, facebook postings, and twitter posts regarding the screen shots of my arbitraging traffic with this platform called www.Redirect.com started by the guys over at Media Breakaway aka Cpa Empire aka Affiliate.com. Now I been working with Scott Richter and the team over at www.Redirect.com on arbing traffic with them
Trip Report: Leeds, Scotland, and Bangkok
It’s been a month since leaving the US, and it is crazy how fast the month has gone by. It has been fast, with lots of stories to tell and experiences to learn from. I could write all day about each one, but instead, I will give a summary of my last month.
The Importance of Customer Service For Online Retailers
Great customer service leads to loyal customers which is a key element of customer retention. From my previous post on customer retention, you’ll know how extremely important this is to growing and building your business as profitably as you can. It’s easy to forget your online customers because you can’t physically ‘see’ them or interact …
Using Sponsored Stories to Generate Blog Traffic
Facebook Ads are dead. That’s something I’ve been hearing from a few months now and while it may be getting harder and harder to get your affiliate campaigns approved, I have been seeing awesome results from Facebook Ad campaigns I have been running lately. You just need to be a little more creative and use the new features within Facebook Ads to your advantage. One example …
So I’m Thinking About Attending ASW 2013…
I don’t attend conferences for a number of reasons, the top two being cost and the fact that I hate the actual "travelling" part (it’s a bit of a pain traveling from an island in Canada to the US). In fact, I’ve only ever been to one conference before, and that was BlogWorld way back in 2008, 4 years ago. It happened to be in Vegas, and I had an absolute awesome time – far better than I had expected. We ended up staying for 8 days, as it was our first time in Vegas …
Affiliate Summit East 2013 In Philadelphia – Save the Date.
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!). Affiliate Summit East 2013 in Philadelphia On a personal note, although NYC is my hometown and I love it there, …
Designers Love Using iPhones in Web Design, But They’re Wrong
As a designer, one thing I’ve noticed as a web-design trend lately is to feature Apple products in the design, primarily iPhones. While I understand that they are beautiful devices I don’t think they are as beneficial to a design as many may believe. While I do believe that showing shots of your application or site being used is fantastic because…
Craigslist Becomes a Scammy Nightmare for NJ Flood Residents in Need
There are billions of dollars of money being flooded into New Jersey right with all of the insurance companies and FEMA making the rounds. Throw in auto insurances and every other way to make money with construction, contracting and scamming, you are sure to make a killing, be killed or play by the rules. Right now there is basically NO WHERE to find a place to live or rent 30-40 miles from the shore. Throw in pet ownership and you are really screwed. You can contact your local realtor, which we already have …
Week In Review: College Football & Haters
This week in review covers quick paydays, exclusive pre-game football parties with Shoemoney, affiliate marketing investment and much more! “Ultimate College Football & Internet Marketing Experience“ – If you’re a college football fan and an Internet marketer, you’ll want to check this out. Doesn’t dinner with Shoemoney…