Monthly Archive: January 2009

Jan
29

Suffering from Poor Data Feeds

I am currently facing significant problems with the quality of datafeeds provided by some merchants. I have blogged about this before which from memory quickly became a rant. Although I feel like having a rant about these current problem I will endeavor to write a thoughtful post about the problems I am having in the …

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Jan
28

100 Email subscribers to Subscribe to Offers

Although I have neglected Subscribe to Offers while I get the server back up and running, the site has been ticking over nicely. I am back onto adding as many voucher and discount code as I can to the site. Today saw the 100th Subscriber via email which is a very unexpected success. One problem …

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Jan
27

Gearing up for Valentines Day

Valentines Day is only a few days away, these things seem to come up quicker and quicker! If you run a site that is in a niche related to valentines day it is now time to start gearing up those sites to deal with the valentines day rush. Think about reviewing your sites, ensure everything …

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Jan
26

Twitter hitting the news

This weekend has seen coverage of the ‘New Social Networking site’ Twitter. Although I have only recently started using it, I was under the impression it has been around for some time, but hey! I have also been reading some ‘black hat’ online marketing methods exploiting Twitter, this has brought me to thinking where is …

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Jan
23

What Is an Affiliate Niche

When you read about affiliate marketing, the general advice will be to find a good niche, this is great advice but what does it mean. Many people write this without actually thinking about what is involved and how one can go about finding your perfect niche. What is a niche? A niche is a word …

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Jan
20

Five Affiliate Aims for 2009

Here is a snapshot of what I hope to achieve affiliate wise in 2009: Ensure I have a full disaster recovery position which is fully tested Start an affiliate programme for Super Proxy – this will be a first venture into actually running an affiliate programme myself, rather than being on the other end of …

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Jan
18

Direction of this blog seems to be changing

The direction of this blog seems to be changing. I have recently been blogging allot about blogging, this has not been an intentional conscious decision, but one that is possibly related to my reading ProBloggers book, Secrets of blogging your way to a six figure income. I have therefore had blogging on my mind, I …

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Jan
17

Blogging Burnout

Whenever I have posted about how to blog I have always emphasised the importance of regular posts, indeed how critical it is that you are able to come up with a decent list of posts before you even setup your blog. However there is something that until recently I have not considered. That is Blogger …

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Jan
16

Stickability

Watched the Hustle (a uk tv program about a gang of grifters) last night, the main theme was that two new members have joined their gang and they are being taught about the long con and how to be a grifter. What has this got to do with Affiliate marketing? Well the apparently the first …

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Jan
15

Recession proof your affiliate business

How can you recession proof your affiliate business? Well there are several hints and tips that I can think of. Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket – If you try to have all your time and effort places in once niche or on one project then, if things go belly  up in that …

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