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I recently attended the ShareASale ThinkTank. It was an event organized by ShareASale, which they hold every year. This year it was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA. SAS invited a mix of around 200 merchants and affiliates for 3 days and 2 nights for a mix of golf, sessions, eating and [...]

So here I am again to drop some valuable information on you. Here’s what I did. I created an advertising campaign, with a moderate number of keywords (50 or so) and 8 ad variations. I put this campaign up on Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing and MSN Adcenter. I’ve let them run without me touching [...]

I spent a long time researching software for my own in-house affiliate program. While different software packages range from FREE(*cough JROX, avoid*) to thousands of dollars. Your options will most likely narrow down to 2 commonly used and well priced software packages. Option 1: iDevAffiliate (Hosted $29.99/month, Owned $99) While I am not reviewing this [...]

So a while ago, I was contacted by someone from MSN Adcenter asking if I’d be interested in the assistance of a ‘Search Specialist’ to import my existing advertising campaigns into MSN Adcenter. At the time my main focus was Adwords, as there was tons of volume and I was still busy optimizing my campaigns [...]

Recently, I had a few people ask me what I thought about the future of affiliate marketing. To succeed in anything long term, you need to look to the future to anticipate changes before they happen. This will ensure your survival in an industry that changes very fast. You have to be able to adapt [...]

Apart from my E-commerce ventures, I still do a bit of affiliate marketing in one niche… Dating. Like most affiliate blogs, I ain’t going to say shit about how or what offers I promote. But I will divulge a bit of history on how this niche became a good money-maker for me. The same principal [...]

Jesus, ever since moving into my new place(I’m living with mostly students), I can wander into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee and stumble out 3 hours later drunk. Does not make me very productive but fuckit, it’s good fun. So recently I’ve been playing with datafeeds from ShareASale, in particular, mashing multiple [...]

I’m really looking forward to this year, it’s been nearly 3 years since I decided to become a roaming nomad, pretty amazing to think back at all the ground I covered… In May of 2007, I left Melbourne and went to: England, France, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Lichtenstein, Holland, [...]

If Google hasn’t banned you for advertising for life, congratulations! I’m back using Adwords after 6 months, this time advertising as a merchant, which has given me some valuable insights. Google Search Network If you’re working with the Search network as an affiliate, the way to make money here is to dig deep and find [...]

So my new site has been up and running for a while, ‘slingin coloured contact lenses. At the moment it’s just me and a few affiliate friends of mine promoting. Being in my position, I pretty much see the whole process from advertising to sale, and I’m seeing a few things that are a little [...]