Archive for October, 2009
This Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing Stories: October 9, 2009
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Monday, 12 October 2009 11:19 3 Comments
Affiliate Marketing with a Cause
There’s something satisfying about doing what you do and helping others in the process. Here’s something you might want to consider. This is from a post on the Share Results Blog: “If you are an affiliate looking to promote products associated with a charitable cause this fall, you may want to consider partnering with T-Shirtmonster.ca. This October, the online t-shirt retailer is working in affiliation with the Breast Cancer Society of Canada to offer fully customizable t-shirts in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness month.”
Write an Outstanding Author’s Resource Box
Posted by AC Editorial Team in Affiliate Marketing, Article Marketing, Best Business Practices, Blog Marketing, Web 2.0 Marketing Thursday, 8 October 2009 13:49 4 Comments
Your purpose for writing an article is to promote your site, service, or product. Unfortunately, in most cases, this really can’t be done in the article content, as it turns the article into more of a sales letter and less of an informative article. Save the promotion for the author’s resource box.
If you don’t know what an author’s resource box is, it’s simply a block of text used to provide information about the author. It’s included at the bottom of the article when it’s distributed, and it remains with the article when others reprint it.
Six Insider YouTube Practices to Grow Your Business Faster
Posted by AC Editorial Team in Affiliate Marketing Tuesday, 6 October 2009 13:30 64 Comments
Learn several of the practices that empowered Lurn’s CEO and super affiliate Anik Singal to make over $350K with only 20 hours of work and one video on YouTube.
Anik presented his YouTube strategy in a webinar for Affiliate Classroom students last month. Though the step-by-step strategy that he taught is available only to our students, we were able to pluck out some of the great tips that he shared throughout the presentation and have broken them down for you here.
Diversity Is a Must for Affiliate Marketers
Posted by AC Editorial Team in Affiliate Marketing Tuesday, 6 October 2009 00:14 8 Comments
I’ve been reading a lot of sad stories lately from affiliate marketers who got slapped recently by Amazon. In case you haven’t heard the news, Amazon cut it’s % referral rates and dropped their direct link bonus (which was 2.5 percent). If you were marketing solely using Amazon’s affiliate program, I’m sure you’re feeling a little devastated right now.
Google also changes it’s algorithms often — it seems affiliate marketers just can’t rely on a steady income anymore. Well, it might seem that way if you are not diversifying. In affiliate marketing, it’s very important NOT to "put all your eggs in one basket." You need to be diverse in the merchants you select to market for, the niches you select, and the marketing methods you employ.
This Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing Stories: October 2, 2009
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Friday, 2 October 2009 21:07 10 Comments
Changing Times: Online Trumps Newspapers
Here’s a news story you don’t want to miss. According to the writer, “A new survey on media usage from the Opinion Research Corporation confirms what newspaper publishers have long feared: Americans are abandoning print daily newspapers for information in favor of online news.”
Fall Begins, and So Do Affiliate Marketers
On the Affiliate Classroom Blog, you’ll find an interesting article about the change of seasons and how it affects affiliate marketers.
