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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 applies [...]

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 datafeeds [...]

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, Belgium, [...]

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 the keywords that [...]

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 worrying.
Since [...]

When I started affiliate marketing over a year ago, I was attracted to the theoretical freedom of lifestyle + large income that was possible. Now having been in the trenches for over a year, I’ll say it’s not quite the case. Full time affiliate marketing(especially by paid traffic) is a bit like a juggling act, [...]

Since I now have a blog, I would like to give a big thanks to ShareASale and TrainSignal for the Amazon Kindle they gave me during Affiliate Summit East 2009 in New York.
The Kindle is great for people like myself. Since I read a fucking shit ton of books, it’s hard to constantly have good [...]

I’ve spent the last year learning a ton of shit doing affiliate marketing. I also have previous experience with e-commerce selling physical products. If we take a quick look at the two:
E-commerce: An online store takes alot more work to begin, but once it’s running provides a very stable income.
Affiliate marketing(via paid traffic): Fast results, [...]

Lets look at some stats:

Ok, so now you can see that each of these ads have received over 1000 impressions, and I’m bidding 37 cents CPM. Yet I’ve hardly been charged anything! Amazing yes?
Firstly bid CPM, and if you bid low enough, so that the impressions TRICKLE in, Facebook doesn’t bill you for the impressions [...]

So, what is this blog, and why did I make it?
This blog is a cross between a travel blog and a MakeMoniesOnline blog, because I make money online while traveling around the world. Most people seem to think these 2 things are mutually exclusive, but they ain’t, it just requires some creative thinking.
So consider this [...]