$100k and a New BFF
For all the talk of 'building a real business' it seems there are a few areas that people are still clueless. Sure they can get the traffic sources, niches, and tracking down but many affiliates forget that it helps to have a connection to your piers that goes beyond a business relationship.
Let me start with a little story. Once upon a time, before the PPV Playbook days, I was hired to do some consulting for a marketing forum. The forum had a lot of members but had lost a little steam and people Read more [...]
ad:tech Party Pics
The meetup turned out great! A big thanks to Ads4dough and Dream Marriage for sponsoring!
The party got off to an interesting start when one of the first guest to show up was an elderly woman who made a beeline to the bar.
I have no idea who she was and she didn't have any idea what the forum or affiliate marketing was (I learned this while getting blasted with her red wine and bar peanut breath). She said all her friends were coming so for a while I was worried the meetup was going Read more [...]
Are You Up For The 30 Day Campaign Challenge?
At the workshop I did at ASW my friend Adam made a really great statement; he said that the majority of 'problems' with not making progress/money in IM have a very simple solution - build more campaigns.
This reminds me of a really well known blackhat seo guy I used to be friends with and what he told me one time; Apparently tons of people would come to him for help with questions about site structure, indexing, etc, etc, etc. and he said his answer 99% of the time was just that they needed Read more [...]
Ultimate Gudie For Scammers
It sucks there are so many shady people in IM. It seems that for a lot of affiliates and product creators, the profit it really the only thing that matters.
Unfortunately, it seems almost too easy for product creators or 'gurus' to pull a scam. I've seen this happen a couple times. The formula usually goes something like this;
Start blogging...be sure to mention how successful you are and include some screenshots. You might release a tool, or some good content on your blog. Be sure to include Read more [...]
How to Build a Profitable Affiliate Business
This is the first part of a series I did in the forum called 'Building a profitable affiliate business'
Part 1 - Can you be a long term affiliate?
Some people think that affiliate marketing is a get in and get out type of thing. Jump on the hot niche, ride the latest hot traffic source, etc. I don't want to say this isn't a viable business strategy because some affiliates make a ton of money doing this. However, more affiliates end up just chasing the successful affiliates and don't hit it Read more [...]
How to Seduce Your Affiliate Manager
How many of you would like to be seduced by your affiliate manager? How many have seduced your affiliate manager already?
Now get your naughty affiliate minds out of the gutter! What I mean is that you need to learn how to communicate with your affiliate manager and not get screwed. See, contrary to popular belief, affiliate managers don't always have your best interest at heart.
How many times has an affiliate manager told you affiliates were just killing it on an offer? How many times has Read more [...]
Bruce Lee – Greatest Affiliate Marketer Ever
Hope you enjoy these posts from some of the blogs I read
11 Lessons from Bruce Lee
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Adwords Split Testing Tool
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Why self improvement courses suck
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Bing vs. Google
Beginners guide to starting an online business
How to avoid becoming a workaholic
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Alpha Affiliates vs Beta Affiliates – Why Some Affiliates Suck
I am a big Chuck Palahniuk fan. Well, maybe not so much his last couple books but that's a topic for another post on another blog. Many of you are familiar with the book or movie version of Fight Club. In the story, the narrator is basically working a dead end job, going through the motions of life until he meets Tyler Durden who is the exact opposite. Durden has no appreciation for 'following the rules' and basically does whatever he wants. I thought this was a good example of an alpha and beta Read more [...]
Free Traffic vs. Paid Traffic
Paid traffic is great and it's the majority of what I do. I like the fact that you can test things quickly and control the amount of traffic you get somewhat. But what about 'free' traffic? Does it have any place in the serious affiliate marketer's business plan?
First, I want to talk about the term 'free traffic'. No traffic is free, you are either going to pay for it with money, or time. For the purposes of this post, I am referring to 'free' traffic as traffic which you are not paying money Read more [...]