2011 is almost over and it was quite a year both personally and professionally. As I was looking back over everything writing this post, I was surprised by just how much we had grown. As most of you know, we changed our name from PPV Playbook to Aff Playbook. This change reflects the fact that …
No not THAT back, I’m talking about the spine…your back. That thing that keeps your body upright. This isn’t going to be the usual ‘improve your CTR’ or ‘case study’ post, and I know it might not appeal to a lot of people. This will however help you make more money in the long run. …
I stared PPV Playbook in late 2009 with no idea it would grown into what it’s become. I’ve loved every minute of running this forum but it’s time to say goodbye to PPV Playbook. Ok, of course I’m not closing!! What I am doing is changing the name. This was a tough decision but we …
Ask any affiliate what the #1 thing you have to do to succeed is and the answer you will usually get is ‘work hard’. That is true in a sense; you do have to work pretty hard as an affiliate to achieve a high level of success, but it’s really only part of the equation. …
There are some great affiliate managers, some bad affiliate managers and a whole bunch in between. As funny as some of these are, this post is a collection of real stories that have happened to me, or someone I know when dealing with affiliate mangers. Your affiliate manager might suck if… 1. You hear the …
A couple posts back I wrote about scaling ppv campaigns. One of the ideas was to split test offer across different CPA networks. I wanted to expand on that idea and show an example from one of my campaigns where this made a huge difference. Affiliates often get blindly loyal to one affiliate network, which …
This is an interview with a successful forum member named Josh (maynzie in the forum). I really like Josh’s story because his hard work has really made a difference in his life. Here is his interview. How did you get started in affiliate marketing? I got started in affiliate marketing when I was 16, my …
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 …
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 …
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 …
