Internet Lessons from the “Old Timers”

Posted by AC Editorial Team under Affiliate Marketing, Best Business Practices

Kids, you may think us Internet veterans are old fashioned. But us “old timers” who’ve been doing business online since 1996, we’ve learned a thing or two about marketing.
And, as the year comes to close, and we look back on lessons learned, let’s take a look at some lessons, that still remain paramount to finding [...]

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The Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (December 26, 2008)

Posted by Tennyson_Rog under Affiliate Marketing, Blog Marketing, Weekly eNewsletter

FTP for Your iPhone – Tweak Your Sites on the Go
A new iPhone application allows users to remotely access their website to make updates, change file permissions and more.
For Bloggers: How to Distribute Your Blog through Amazon Kindle Store
Almost all famous blogs are available for subscription through Amazon Kindle, but if you are just a [...]

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All I Want for Christmas is Continued Knowledge

Posted by Tennyson_Rog under Affiliate Marketing, Best Business Practices

The best gifts are the ones that keep on giving.
And as we near the end of this holiday season, I can’t help but hope that I asked Santa for the right thing.
Perhaps, I should have asked Santa for a new computer? I sure would like a faster, more powerful machine to help me whip through [...]

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The Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (December 19, 2008)

Best Buy Gives Affiliates a Slap in the Face
Best Buy announced via email that affiliate commissions for two of its best selling product lines are being dropped from 1% to .25%.
Celebrating Women in Affiliate Marketing
The cover story is “Celebrating Women in Affiliate Marketing” and features pictures and quotes from some of our industry’s most [...]

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Affiliate Marketing, Profit in 09 From Lessons Learned in 08

Posted by Evelyn Grazini, AC Student and Staff Writer under Affiliate Classroom Magazine, Affiliate Marketing

The December issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is now available for download and you won’t want to miss this chance to get a glimpse into the future of Affiliate Marketing!
Here’s what you’ll find inside:
How to Profit in 2009 Using Lessons Learned in 2008 – David Long discusses the necessity of changing the way you do PPC, [...]

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The Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (December 12, 2008)

Google Ads For Hard Alcohol & Liqueurs Now Allowed
The Google AdWords blog just announced they are now allowing search ads for hard alcohol and liqueurs. However, the ads cannot be used for the purpose of selling direct. Instead, they must be for branding purposes.
Online Reputation Management Workshop in Vegas
Learn how to manage your online [...]

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Last Minute Holiday Marketing Ideas

Posted by AC Editorial Team under Affiliate Marketing, Niches

Experienced affiliate marketers who rely on organic search know that they have to build Christmas sites in the summer. That way the spiders have plenty of time to visit their site, SEO can be tweaked, and getting indexed is a done deal.
But even if you’ve missed out on building a winter holiday site this year, [...]

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Worst Niche Site Mistakes and How to Fix ‘Em

Posted by AC Editorial Team under Affiliate Marketing, Niches

Mistake #1 – Irrelevant products.
Are we stating the obvious? Sure. But too many marketers devote valuable time to finding a good niche and terrific keywords, then blow valuable web site real estate on the same banner ads for mortgages or debt consolidation.
If your site is financial, those banners are fine. But [...]

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The 5-Minute Marketing Plan

Posted by AC Editorial Team under Affiliate Marketing, Best Business Practices

You know the old saying, “Those who don’t plan, plan to fail”? Every time you start building a web site without a clear set of objectives, you might not be planning a failure… but you may end up spending a lot more time and money, and doing a lot more work, than you have to.
Luckily [...]

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