This is the second in a series of articles on online business models written from the perspective of the person using it. In talking with at least a hundred successful online business owners the past few years, it has become apparent that there only a very few basic building blocks of an online business. As with DNA, though, there is an endless array of how those building ... Keep reading »
How do you build a great reputation? By delivering real value and treating people right. Jeremy Schoemaker always nails both of those, and with his new product, Link Control, it looks like he's delivered yet again. The purpose of Link Control is to make it easy to find the best-performing link for whatever affiliate offer you're running. Obviously you can do that manually, but ... Keep reading »
When I find something great that is also relevant to the topic here, I will do one of two things with it. If it's something I have a lengthy comment on, I will post it in the News & Links section along with my comments. If I don't have anything of substance to say, though, it goes in the "Great Things Elsewhere" section of the sidebar. Once I have ten "Great Things," they go out ... Keep reading »
The bigger the universe of crappy, make-money-fast "gurus" gets, the more Aaron Wall (and now his wife Giovanna) stand out for preaching the right way to do things. Giovanna's new post on Google AdWords Affiliate Marketing Strategies is the same gospel message -- create real value, and you don't have to worry about your business disappearing overnight -- but centered specifically around The Great AdWords Affiliate Massacre of 2009. Absolutely worth a read.
Chris Guthrie gives you 7 ways how, based on extensive testing throughout all of last year. Definitely worth a read.
Yesterday Alan over at Affiliate Confession reported that he had his first five-figure month in March. The post is an inspiring one if you're struggling to get to the next step.
Last month I wrote about how important it is to learn from others who are already successful. Well, this month I decided to make that a little easier for you to do. Here is a roundup of all the posts I've found so far where bloggers listed their earnings for October. Click the dollar figure to see their details. Shoemoney (~$30,000) Direct Ad Sales: 50% Affiliate: 30% Other: 20% John Chow ($23,448.59) Direct Ad Sales: ... Keep reading »
If you rely largely on advertising for your revenue -- whether direct, affiliate or contextual -- you're making money by encouraging your visitors to buy or do something elsewhere. There's an important concept there that we often never think about: If the advertiser is willing to pay you $0.10 per visitor that you send them, then that visitor must be worth noticeably more than $0.10 to them. Otherwise, they wouldn't be willing to pay you that, right? (In other ... Keep reading »
I track everything. Success for my sites is always a math problem. "If I move this AdSense ad here, what happens to my overall revenue per visitor." Things like that. I'll write more about that later, but this post from Scott is worth a read simply to see how a successful affiliate makes business decisions.