Monetization
It can’t be that Simple
Tweet When I heard someone tell me they just wanted a “simple” website (you know, like JCPenny or Amazon), my gut used to start twisting and I got the distinct feeling that Sepuku was less painful. The thing I ended up learning, was that building a business website CAN be simple, if you always remain creative, flexible and open to new ideas. The website for your business has... More...
Cross Selling ClickBank Products
Tweet Summary: Learn how you can leverage ClickBank to supplement your business online. Do you want to start selling products online? Do you wish you had a product to sell now? Do you think you have to wait until you’ve created your own product to start selling? Well think again. You might not realize it, but there is a whole market of existing products on ClickBank just waiting... More...
Getting Ready For Affiliate Summit West
Tweet Yesterday I spent a few hours researching Affiliate Summit West, getting to know more about the history behind the event, and planning the activities that I want to be a part of. Affiliate Summit in general has continued to grow in attendance and notoriety since 2003, so I’m very excited about going. It should be a great experience. According to the ASW website, the event almost... More...
Affiliate Summit West 2010 Is Sold Out!
Tweet If you’ve been thinking about going to Affiliate Summit West this year, you may have to wait for some cancellations to happen for spots to open up first. I saw a Twitter update this morning from @MissyWard that Affiliate Summit West 2010 is sold out. According to the website, the ASW crew is busy processing cancellations to open up spots, but with the event being less than two... More...
Making Money Online With Affiliate Marketing
Tweet This is the first of eight articles that cover making money online. Is it really possible to make money online? Sure it is. The most important elements are belief and understanding. It’s not rocket science. All you have to do is understand how things fit together. So, to kick off the series we’ll start by talking about making money online using affiliate marketing. Affiliate... More...
8 Ways To Make Money Online
Tweet Never before have we lived in a time where someone can have an idea, set up a website, and turn it into a profit all without leaving their home. These days, with a little bit of focus and effort an industrious person can make money online, no problem. To help emphasize this point, here are some of the ways we’ll discuss as part of a new article series on making money online. Affiliate... More...
How I Scored A $575.80 Affiliate Sale
Tweet Recently I received an email from one of my affiliate managers telling me I had made a sale on one of my affiliate accounts. I always love getting these emails, so naturally I logged into my affiliate account to see what my new earnings were. What I was greeted with was a sale notice for $575.80. As you can imagine, that was definitely a pleasant thing to see and since I’m... More...
How To Make Donation Amounts Concrete
Tweet Today I came across a great example of how to make donation amounts concrete for contributors. Comparing abstract dollars to tangible objects with known costs helps to put things in perspective for donors. The comparison helps them to understand just how little it takes to support your cause. The only flaw I see with the stated scale is that I’m not sure where these guys are... More...
How To Format Twitter Display Ads
Tweet I saw this Twitter display ad on the TweetLater website and it got me to thinking how important it is to capitalize the first letter of each word in your Twitter name. This is also called camel casing and it makes reading the text easier when it’s all smashed together in a line. Since I don’t advertise on TweetLater I wasn’t sure if the ad text was entered this... More...
10 Parts of a Membership Site
Tweet There are lots of ways to make money online and over the last several years I’ve used most of them. But I’ve learned that not all of them produce consistent income results. Some months are better than others for ad revenue. Affiliate sales are not always predictable. And direct sales of products or services is still a process of selling one sale at a time no matter how... More...
Try StoreStacker For One Dollar
Tweet You probably do not have the Flash Player installed for your browser or the video files are misplaced on your server! Download StoreStacker for Just One Dollar ($1.00 USD) Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money online, but putting together an affiliate site can be a daunting task for some people. If you’ve read my previous article on creating StoreStacker affiliate... More...
Build Niche Affiliate Stores Using Store Stacker
Tweet You probably do not have the Flash Player installed for your browser or the video files are misplaced on your server! Download StoreStacker for Just One Dollar ($1.00 USD) There’s been a lot of talk lately about eBay’s recent round of affiliate layoffs. No one seems to know exactly why the account terminations took place, but one thing is for sure it’s been... More...
Using New Features In Adsense For Search
Tweet Here’s a short video I came across that explains some of the new features in Adsense for search. Custom search can be a great way to integrate another method of monetization into your site. It’s also a great way to help visitors find what they’re looking for on your website. Personally, I like the fact that Google is moving a direction that lets publishers (that’s... More...
How To Run Your Own Ad Server
Tweet Running your own ad server can open up a lot of possibilities when it comes to delivering ads on your blog or across multiple blogs. If your looking to centralize management of your ads, create a unique offering, cut down on ad blindness, then running an ad server is the way to go. An easy ad server to install and operate is OpenAds, formally known as PHPAdsNew. The software is freely... More...
