Does PPV Pop Traffic Still Work?
It seems like every other month there’s a new hot traffic source grabbing all the attention. When that happens some other traffic source out there inevitably gets labeled as ‘dying’. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard new members to AFF Playbook ask, “Does PPV still work?” They tell us that the word […]
Aff Playbook Presents Above All Otters – The Ultimate ASW Meetup
What do you do when you already put on the most popular meetup during ASW? Can you top it? When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was ‘If I Ran the Zoo’ by Dr Seuss. Well, at ASW I will run the zoo…if only for a few hours… Aff Playbook Presents – […]
Insane Dedicated Server Discount
Beyond Hosting is offering a crazy good deal right now on dedicated servers. I personally have an R610 and it can handle anything I throw at it. Beyond Hosting works with affiliates and knows what they need. Their servers are optimized to deliver the best performance possible for Prosper202, CPV Lab, etc. They just got […]
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 […]
Why Newbies Fail From the Beginning
Newbies to internet marketing get inundated with advice and it can be hard to sort though. It’s tough to know what is good advice and what isn’t, so in this post I want to address something specific that people teach to newbies. Before I get to that, let’s talk a little about newbie psychology. As […]
To Fail or Not to Fail?
A couple years back (wow has it been that long!?) I wrote a post about failure. The basic idea of that post was that you have to fail a lot to succeed. Since then, my thinking has changed a little. Instead of thinking of things as ‘failures’, I’ve started to simply think of them in […]
Life After Affiliate Marketing
It doesn’t take a genius to see that affiliates are moving into different, and away from pure internet marketing. I’m glad to see this change, becasue It’s one we’ve been talking about on the forum for a long time. My goal with the forum was always to get people building long term businesses. Is Affiliate […]
The Power of Social Proof
People are followers. You probably are too in some ways (Don’t worry, everyone is to some degree). This fact is actually a very powerful tool in marketing. If you can convince people that everyone else likes what you’re promoting, you stand a good chance of increasing your conversion rates (sometimes dramatically). The idea is called […]
What it takes to go from $0-$10k/day [Interview]
This is an interview with forum member Dr Manhattan. Dr Manhattan is a full time affiliate who got his start in the Aff Playbook Forum. How did you get started? I was really tired of working for other people – I couldn’t see a future in it. I started off with reading blogs, etc. and […]
Master Tax Offers NOW
Tax season is pretty huge for affiliates. I’ve met several who only work during tax season, then take the rest of the year off. Yes, there’s that much to be made on these offers. The affiliates who are really doing well with these offers, know them inside and out. They don’t just grab an affiliate […]