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Find CPA Success in the May Issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 7:10 pm by Evelyn Grazini, AC Student and Staff Writer

The May issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is now available!  Here’s all the information you need on CPA (Cost Per Acquisition) offers, how to get accepted, how to be successful with them and more.

Here’s what’s inside:

CPA Manager and Affiliate Interview: Be a fly on the wall as Helen Montgomery, editor of Affiliate Classroom Magazine, interviews Stephanie Bernier, affiliate manager for Primary Ads, and Gauher Chaudhry, a very successful CPA affiliate and author of the home study course, The Pay Per Click Formula.  She’ll ask questions about CPA marketing; the relationship between the affiliate manager and the affiliate; and gain further insight into CPA marketing.

Dear Miss Management - Advice for CPA Managers: Everyone needs some good advice sometimes, and from what we read on blogs in our industry, it seems like the time is right to launch an advice column for affiliate managers.  Our first manager wants advice on working with affiliates who want to know what the best offers are, vs. the network manager who wants to push offers with the biggest override. Here’s what you SHOULD do!

What CPA Networks Want - Rachel Honoway explains why CPA Networks can be very selective about which affiliates are approved for their very lucrative offers, and how you can easily get past the gatekeeper by doing just one thing – the right way!

Download your copy today!
 

Anatomy of a Pre-Sales Article – April AC Magazine

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 5:28 pm by Evelyn Grazini, AC Student and Staff Writer

The April issue of the Affiliate Classroom Magazine has just been released and it’s all about Content Creation and Article Writing. Here’s what you’ll find this month:

The Anatomy Of A Pre-Sales Article - Kathy Jackson explains how to create an article so it functions like you want it to (i.e. gets opened, read, and passed around). It’s interesting to see how an article can be compared to the human body. You’ll definitely want to be sure you get the “backbone” of your article right the first time!

How to Be Understood by Your Affiliate Manager AND Increase Your Profits - Debra Rabin gives the inside scoop on what affiliate managers look for before deciding to give special attention to an affiliate. Take this short survey and you could quickly go from misunderstood to OUTSTANDING.

Free Content From The Public Domain - Roxanne McHenry gives you a full list of public domain sites. Use these sites to get free articles, music, audio sounds and more!

Quick And Easy Content Creation – Mark Thompson shows you the easiest way to quickly write content. You’ll also find two very secret sites that allow you to create unique content on the fly. We’d appreciate it if you don’t share these with too many people.

Duplicate Content: Play Nice But Stay Out Of The Sandbox! - Evelyn Grazini shares information from Google on what is considered duplicate content. There are a lot of misconceptions about duplicate content, but knowing the rules will make it easier for you to get articles listed in the top search results.

Read these articles carefully and fully, then start using the resources supplied to save time and money in your article marketing efforts.

Download your copy today!

March AC Magazine - It’s All About Writing Money Making Articles

Monday, March 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm by Evelyn Grazini, AC Student and Staff Writer

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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 introduces a cool new tool for finding your perfect domain name.

How To Submit To Article Directories Successfully – When you’re ready to submit your articles to the directories, Kathy Jackson will tell you what the major article directories are, why they are top-ranked, and why you should definitely include them in your article distribution cycle.

It’s all here and free for the taking at: www.affiliateclassroom.com/magazine.php

 

February AC Magazine - It’s All About What Affiliates Really Want

Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 2:51 pm by Evelyn Grazini, AC Student and Staff Writer

Yes, it’s hot off the press and you might just want to pay careful attention to the February, 2008 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine!

This month, we discuss how Merchants can capture top producing affiliate marketers by finding out what they look for when deciding which programs to promote. You’ll be surprised as Evelyn Grazini gets deep into tracking what makes a merchant’s offering desireable in: Affiliate Friendly Programs - What Affiliates Really Want. And, it’s not what you might think. . .
Then, Rachel Honoway gives you a sneak peak at what will be included in the AC “Certified Affiliate Manager Certification and Training program.” This program will launch this Friday, February 23 at the Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. Read all about it in: The Next Big Thing In Affiliate Marketing.

Do you know Ten Ways To Communicate With Your Affiliates, or are you relying on Newsletter mailings to keep in touch? Kathy Jackson explains why it is crucial to keep in contact with your affiliates using a variety of methods.

The next article is written by Mark Thompson who lives in Spain. He has a few complaints for merchants who automatically deny affiliate status to International marketers. Read “The Current Plight Of International Affiliates” and find out how your company could be losing a ton of money by not allowing International affiliates to market U.S. products. Mark tells all, and you really should pay attention to this.

These are important subjects for merchants and affiliates alike. So take a minute now to download your copy. It’s free information, but oh so powerful!

Download Your Copy Here!

 

 

May Affiliate Classroom Magazine - Turn Traffic Into Sales

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 at 3:42 pm by Evelyn Grazini, AC Student and Staff Writer

Affiliate Classroom magazine’s May 2007 Issue - Traffic Techniques - will help you turn traffic into sales!

Believe it or not, this is issue #29 of the Affiliate Classroom Magazine! That means we started publishing this eMagazine over 29 months ago! That’s 2 years and 5 months!

This issue highlights one of the most important things an affiliate marketer needs be able to do - generate traffic to his or her web site!

The May 2007 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine will teach you a few easy ways to start directing traffic your way.

You’ll get a Step-by-Step 5-day action plan for acquiring traffic after you read “5 Days To more Free Traffic.” “Turning Traffic Into Sales” will teach you the best way to handle all that new traffic. It’s important to know where those visitors are going after they reach your site. And that’s not all.

“Measure That Traffic!” will teach you how to track your statistics. You will know know if the changes you are making are getting results!

Affiliate Classroom magazine is free - and so are most of the traffic generation methods mentioned in the articles. Get Yours Today!

Remember, the AC Magazine is brandable! If you’re an AC affiliate, be sure to brand the magazine with your personal affiliate ID’s. If you’re not an affiliate, sign up today!

A Reader Poll With No Prize (Sort Of)

Friday, April 27th, 2007 at 5:59 pm by Jeffrey Perren, AC Magazine

As we prepare upcoming issues of Affliate Classroom magazine, we want to make sure we’re addressing areas important to our readers.

So, it’s (long past) time to get some feedback. We’d like to hear from you. Tell us your three top challenges, this time relating to traffic.

Do you have trouble getting it? Is it hard to analyze? Do you have trouble using it to improve your site?

Let us know your questions and hurdles. We’ll incorporate that information into future blog posts and articles.

You won’t get a prize, but you may profit in the end. At least, that’s our hope and our goal.

April Affiliate Classroom Magazine Hot Off The Presses!

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 at 5:09 pm by Jeffrey Perren, AC Magazine

The April Affiliate Classroom magazine is now on your virtual newsstand.

Pick up a free copy and learn some great ideas from email marketers with a proven track record of success.

  • Debi Rabin and co-author Robert Dedich give you the inside scoop from the merchant’s point of view.
  • Mark Thompson provides a dozen great ways to create, build, and maintain that all-important relationship with your list subscribers.
  • Evelyn Grazini will give you step-by-step simple instructions about how to set up an autoresponder.
  • And Kati Torok will provide what you need to know about getting started with RSS. That’s a great alternative for those struggling with email deliverability.

And, don’t forget, every AC magazine is now BRANDABLE. You can put in links to the PDF that will help you build your business by using Affiliate Classroom magazine as your revenue proven viral report.

Get your free copy here.

AC Magazine: Email Marketing Issue On The Way

Monday, April 9th, 2007 at 5:10 pm by Jeffrey Perren, AC Magazine

Jeanne Jennings at ClickZ is continuing her great “Ten Steps for Developing an Email Strategy”. Part 3, the current installment, is particularly apropos considering the theme of the upcoming Affiliate Classroom Magazine for April.

In the interim, the advice Ms. Jennings gives is first rate, as always. Among the other topics she covers are two types of email message you can deliver to your list: Short-Form Editorial and Long-Form Editorial.

In the first type, true to the name, the messages are short and sent adhoc. As she points out, they’re great for driving traffic to your site, where you can deliver product info and pre-sales copy. They’re also good for generating qualified leads, since those who choose to visit the site after reading the email have obviously expressed an interest.

In the second type, long-form editorial, you have ample opportunity to establish your credentials as a subject-matter expert. Here you can develop, in depth, that all-important relationship with your list members that creates trust. People buy from those they trust and regard as experts.

Email marketing, though never easy, continues to be a great revenue generator. According to a recent Forrester report on email,

“Click-through rates have remained steady, about 5%, for the last four years, but those who do click through are the kind of customers marketers, especially retailers, are looking for.

Those who buy products marketed through email spend 138% more than those who are non-readers of email marketing. And an astounding 50% of those who open and read email marketing messages are more likely to purchase impulse items once they get to the site.”

In the upcoming AC issue we tell you why and how. Mark Thompson will give you a full run-down on how to create, build, and maintain that ever important relationship with your list members. Evelyn Grazini will show you how to create an autoresponder that works without headaches. Kati Torok will deliver a surprise you’ll want to read.

Look for it on your virtual newsstand soon.

Make Money With OUR AC Magazine…

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 at 2:46 pm by Anik Singal

Make Money With AC Magazine!We have absolutely been swamped with questions from everyone who does not quite understand what we mean when we say “Our magazine is now brandable!”

Basically, YOU can start making money from the magazine, month after month. ALL the *monetized* links are going to now be YOUR links.

For example…

1) All links that promote Affiliate Classroom
2) All links to product reviews we do

Here’s what is even is more powerful. You can have YOUR name and website PROMINENTLY displayed in the Table of Contents stating the magazine is distributed by you. Think about the power behind this…

Each and every month YOU now get a VIRAL marketing tool to give your readers and site visitors. If they decide to pass it on to their friends and their readers, YOUR links go with it and your name and branding go with it!

Branding literally takes 2 minutes and you can do it right from your computer.

Here are the steps:

Step 1:
———
Sign-up for the affiliate program…
* It’s a 2-tier program.
  ($10/month - 1st tier
   $5/month - 2nd tier)

Step 2:
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Download the magazine…

Step 3:
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Follow the instructions in our Branding Kit…

If I were you, I’d get on this ASAP. Be the first to start and your magazine will get the most exposure!

 

December Affiliate Classroom Hits the Stands!

Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 9:22 pm by Jeffrey Perren, AC Magazine

December 2006 Affiliate Classroom MagazineOur latest issue is now available for download and, imho, it is one of the best we’ve ever done.

You’ll find Debra Rabin’s excellent essay on what makes for the perfect affiliate. You’ll not only find a lot of great insights into a merchant’s point of view, you’ll get seven tips on how to make more money by striving to be that perfect affiliate.

You’ll get Helen Montgomery’s first-rate review of our past two years, compiled with the help of our outstanding regular columnist Evelyn Grazini.

You can read Mark Thompson’s reviews of three products introduced in 2006 that changed Affiliate Marketing forever.

And, last but far from least, you can study Katalin Torok’s excellent tips for how to incorporate Web 2.0 techniques into your affiliate marketing efforts.

In my opinion, even if you don’t have time to read the whole issue before Christmas, the full page Christmas card in the middle alone makes it worth a download.

Best to all our readers, and our sincere thanks for continuing to pursue your dreams. Your success helps us all!

Happy Holidays, Jeff Perren, Associate Editor

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