Monetization
Getting Ready For Affiliate Summit West
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 doubled in size... More...
Affiliate Summit West 2010 Is Sold Out!
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 weeks away, I would... More...
Making Money Online With Affiliate Marketing
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 marketing is... More...
8 Ways To Make Money Online
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 marketing... More...
How I Scored A $575.80 Affiliate Sale
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 all in favor of encouraging... More...
How To Make Donation Amounts Concrete
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 getting beer for... More...
How To Format Twitter Display Ads
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 way or if it was... More...
10 Parts of a Membership Site
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 you dress it up. That... More...
Try StoreStacker For One Dollar
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 stores, then you... More...
Build Niche Affiliate Stores Using Store Stacker
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 a wake up call... More...
Using New Features In Adsense For Search
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 you and me)... More...
How To Run Your Own Ad Server
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 available and... More...
Finding Extra Affiliate Money
When I die I hope my wife goes through my coat pockets to look for spare change, because I am notorious for leaving money in my pockets. I’ve found twenty dollars bills in coats I haven’t worn in two years. Well, if she goes through my coat pockets, she should also go through my online affiliate accounts as well because just the other day I found money in one account I had forgotten about.... More...
How To Write Like A Super Affiliate
I recently received an Associate Programs newsletter from Allan Gardyne. In the newsletter he linked to an interesting new product he is selling called SpeedPPC (Speed pay per click). So I clicked through to see what the software was all about and what I found was not only an attractive product offering, but also an article about super affiliate marketing that I just had to highlight for you. After... More...
