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The Net Effect Scam?
As I wrote back on September 26, I had received my first issue of The Net Effect when I got my copy of Stomping the Search Engines 2. Then about three weeks ago, I was billed for my second issue of the magazine. Well now it’s November 13, and I still haven’t receive squat from them… meaning no magazine, no e-mail explaining the delay…... [Read more...]
Wealthy Affiliate Accredited Courses
Wealthy Affiliate is an internet marketing membership site that contains a wealth of information, training, coaching/mentoring, and peer-to-peer support and assistance. It’s where I got my feet wet in affiliate marketing, and being completely honest, I didn’t make a penny online until I joined. It’s also the place where I first learned... [Read more...]
You Don’t Need Anymore Information To Succeed
This post is part of the Why You Suck At Affiliate Marketing series. The title of this post is brutally honest. It’s clear, simple, and it’s true. You do not need any more information. As we already established, you suck at affiliate marketing. But it’s not because you don’t know enough about it. Listen, you’ve been at... [Read more...]
Why You Suck at Affiliate Marketing
See what’s in that empty box? It’s your affiliate marketing income. You’re not making any money. Or at least nothing even remotely close to what you were hoping for. And you’ve been at this for how long? One month… Two months… Six months… An entire year or more? Dude… face it… you suck at affiliate marketing. It... [Read more...]
Stomping the Search Engines 2
Yesterday I finally received my copy of Stomping the Search Engines 2 (STSE2) via UPS, along with a copy of the Net Effect trade magazine. If you’ve already ordered your own copy of STSE2, you know that they try to upsell you on a few additional packages, and if you purchase all of the additional products you’ll spend over $400. If not,... [Read more...]
Three Reasons Why I’m An Affiliate Marketer
An endeavor without a clear mission and objective is bound to fail. If you don’t have a mission or an objective driving your affiliate marketing efforts, then you’re more likely to spin in circles and never accomplish anything great. A mission statement is crucial to your online success! Do you have a mission statement? Do you clearly know... [Read more...]
Organizing Your Affiliate Business With OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 is an electronic notebook that can be used for organizing your affiliate business with to-do lists, notes and research, and so much more. Product Name: Office OneNote 2007 Developer: Microsoft Platform: Windows Vista / XP Purpose: Digital notebook that organizes your notes, lists, audio notes, web site printouts, and anything... [Read more...]
Google Myth Busters: You Will Not Be Penalized For Submitting Your Sitemap
When you read blog and forum posts about Google, you are sure to read a ton of myths. One of the most common myths I’ve read says that your site will be penalized if you submit your sitemap to Google. People honestly believe that if you setup a Google Webmaster Tools account and submit your sitemap to it, you will lose rankings… or it will... [Read more...]
Warning: Don’t Be Seduced By StoreStacker
A new affiliate tool has just been released, and you’re bound to be bombarded by a ton of marketers telling you how great it is. Do not listen to them! The product is called StoreStacker. It promises that you can easily and quickly setup affiliate stores using products from many sources. You can even auto publish content by scraping other’s... [Read more...]
3 Key Steps for Success on the eBay Partner Network
Ever since the eBay Partner Network (ePN) fired a bunch of affiliates, there’s been a lot of discussion on whether or not affiliates can trust the ePN going forward. What you need to realize is that it doesn’t matter if you can trust the ePN. What matters is that you position yourself for success. “It is not so important who starts... [Read more...]
Crazy End Of Summer Directory Submissions Sale
If you’ve been reading my blog the past several months, or know me from the BANS forum, then you know I’ve offered my own directory submission service. Well, I’ve decided to stop offering this, and am retiring from the directory submission service. The good news for you is that my friend Lora is going to take over the business from... [Read more...]
What’s Worse Than Being Fired By eBay?
I realize that if you were just fired by the ePN, you’re probably in a foul mood… angry at eBay… and wondering what to do next. But imagine how you’d feel if you just lost your house to a flood, because that’s exactly the situation Rochelle is facing this weekend! If you don’t know Rochelle, she is one of the nicest... [Read more...]
Fellow BANS Member’s Take on the ePN Firings
Yesterday I blogged about how eBay has recently fired many affiliates. Well if you use the Build a Niche Store software and participate in their member forum, you’ve no doubt seen the many posts from members who are angry and trying to figure out what to do next. Soggy from the BANS forum has recently written a very informative post on his blog... [Read more...]
Masking Affiliate Links with WP-Affiliate
If you use WordPress in any of your marketing efforts (and you should be), you probably need a way to mask your affiliate links. If that’s you, there’s a free plug-in you need to know about called WP-Affiliate. WP-Affiliate let’s you setup blog-wide masked (cloaked) affiliate links. Basically you enter in the anchor text and the actual... [Read more...]
eBay Partner Network Sends Affiliates Pink Slips
The eBay Partner Network (ePN) affiliate program has recently “fired” many of it’s affiliates. They were given their seven day notice and told to remove all of their affiliate links. (You can read the reactions of frustrated users and eBay’s response over on the ePN discussion board.) Note: for the sake of full disclosure, I... [Read more...]
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