I say this is big news because if you're an affiliate marketer putting time into making YouTube videos, in the past you haven't been able to tell if anyone was watching the videos, and/or how they found your video. But now you can!
According to the YouTube blog, here's what the new analytics tool is all about:
"Today we're releasing YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload to the site. For example, uploaders can see how often their videos are viewed in different geographic regions, as well as how popular they are relative to all videos in that market over a given period of time. You can also delve deeper into the lifecycle of your videos, like how long it takes for a video to become popular, and what happens to video views as popularity peaks."So now you'll know if your affiliate marketing videos are being watched! Be sure to check out, and use this new tool. It's always nice to know – who's listening. . .... Read More →
It is a proven and uncontested fact that 5% of all affiliate marketers make 90% of the sales. Nobody disputes that so the questions are: (1) What does that 5% know that you don’t know and (2) What can you do to level the playing field?
The answer to the first question is: What that golden 5% of affiliate marketers know that you don’t know are the tips, tricks and tactics that give them the edge over the competition. They know them and they apply them liberally.
“Nothing stays the same” and “There’s nothing new under the sun” sound like contradictory statements, don’t they? They are contradictory statements but both are true….and they are true about everything including affiliate marketing.
Look at that first statement, “Nothing stays the same”. It’s certainly a true statement about something as fundamental as music. How did we get from ‘parlor music’ to ‘rock ‘n roll’?
Back in the dim and distant past, when Web 1 still roamed the earth, affiliate marketers didn’t need to build an opt-in mailing list. Really! It’s true! Affiliate marketers could buy mailing lists and they could just ‘harvest’ email addresses from anywhere they wanted.
They could send unlimited and unsolicited marketing emails to anybody and everybody without the recipient’s consent.
The problem was that these affiliate marketers of old filled up the inboxes of the ‘powers-that-be’ and those powers didn’t like it.
The Affiliate Classroom March issue gives you all the tips and tricks you'll need to make money with Article Writing. Here's a breakdown of what's inside:
Clever Ways to Find Topics and Write Perfect Money-Making Articles – to start it all out, Evelyn Grazini shows you how to get ideas for Articles, and most importantly, where the links in your resource box should lead. Make sure you get this one right if you want to make money on your article well into the future!
In "The Basics Of Article Writing" Mark Thompson shows you how to properly structure your article and gives examples of the importance of your first paragraph(s). He will also help you decide if it's better to keep your article on your site, or give it away to article directories.
Finding The Right Domain Names For Your Affiliate Business - written by our guest keyword research expert, explains what you should consider before you make that final decision on your domain name. She also introd... 
Once upon a time our hero, Affiliate Prince Charming, decided to open his very own affiliate marketing website on the internet. As Affiliate Prince Charming ventured into the land of internet marketing he met the 4 dwarfs all of whom worked in the diamond mine….er….affiliate marketing field. Each of the 4 dwarfs had a piece of advice for our hero. Some of this advice was good and some of it was a little questionable. Affiliate Prince Charming, however, is not only very good looking, he is also very intelligent so he will be able to tell which advice is good and which advice is bad. See if you can tell the good advice from the bad advice:
The first dwarf that Afiliate Prince Charming met was Dopey. Now Dopey was a cute little fellow and very young. He said to Prince Charming,
Ruth Stafford Peale is quoted as having said, “Find a need and fill it.” Of course, Mrs. Peale wasn’t talking about affiliate marketing when she made that statement. The internet wasn’t even a glimmer in Bill Gates’ eye at the time and the term ‘affiliate marketing’ hadn’t even been coined but “Find and need and fill it” should be the motto…the mantra… of every affiliate marketer because it is the secret of all affiliate marketing success.
There are some affiliate marketers out there who have just jumped, feet first, into affiliate marketing because they wanted to make money on the internet. They wanted to quit their day job and earn a living from the comfort of their own homes. You may not find a successful affiliate marketer in this group because they started at the wrong end of the equation.
