There comes a time in most affiliate businesses when you either can’t do something or you’re totally overwhelmed.  You’ll find that the best thing to do is find some one who can help you.  I use Odesk to find programmers to help me.  You could also advertise your own skills, if you are a programmer [...]

Today, I’d like to post a mini-rage against the many programs out there that I’ve found that are more than happy to sell or rent you a website , or even give you a website for free. I understand that they’re designed to help people, but most of the time, what they really do is [...]

If you haven’t seen or read Butterfly Marketing, I recommend you do.  It’ll change how you think about affiliate marketing.  I know, I know, every package says that. But this one is different.  For  the price of shipping and handling, you’ll get about 10 cds and TWO printed manuals.  These step by step instructions will [...]

Ok, this is totally off topic, but I watched an episode of The Entrepreneurs on CNBC, and I was inspired.   Toms Shoes is a shoe company that gives a pair of shoes to a kid in need for every pair of shoes sold.  That’s pretty impressive.  I don’t know many companies who are willing to give [...]

Revenue Magazine announced that the FTC is proposing new product review guidelines that would directly affect affiliate marketers.  The FTC wants to make bloggers, social media users and others who express “false statements” liable.  So, how does this affect you?  Well, you could say it doesn’t.  Your product review site or product review blog prints [...]

If you’ve ever tried to build a landing page or squeeze page, you know that you’re always in need of stock photos.  Stock photos can range from free to several hundred dollars a photo. However, most stock photos that are used for landing and squeeze pages can be used for just a few dollars.  The [...]

Need help creating a landing page?  Checkout Template Monster.   Template Monster is probably the best place for professional looking html templates.  You can buy a funky header, insert your product and copy, and go.   For the price tag, it’s a great way to get a great looking end product.  I’ve personally used Template [...]

For those of you who use linkshare, you may have gotten your Linkshare Symposium East registration in your email.  If not, keep a look out, or check www.linkshare.com for more details.  LinkShare’s Symposium is their version of CJU.  This year, it’s located in NYC. The only bad news is, it costs $495 per person to [...]

If you aren’t a reader of ShoeMoney’s website,  he’s one of the original affiliate marketing gurus.  Anyway, according to tech crunch, it turns out that he’s suing a google employee for steeling his keyword list and running competing ads for the copyrighted term “ShoeMoney”.   Click here for the full article.  I had no idea that [...]

I routinely meet with clients who say they want to email their customers. And then they proceed to tell me that they’ve been collecting emails for the last 10 years, so they’re hoping that they can just throw everything into OUTLOOK or AOL and hit the big SEND button and type up an email blast. [...]