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 …
Category Archive: General
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 …
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 …
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 …
Jan
13
Definitions of Marketing
I was bought a ‘Laugh on the Loo’ book for christmas, and while paying a visit I found this gem! Definitions of Marketing You see a gorgeous guy at a party. You go up to him and say, ‘I’m fantastic in bed’. That’s Direct marketing You are at a party with a bunch of friends …
Jan
13
Disaster – Lessons learned
Regular readers will know that, I have recently suffered a hardware failure on my Web/Mail servers. This then turned into a disaster due to the time of year, state of backups and other issues. As an IT Project manager, I am used to having lessons learned reviews and I thought that it would be useful …
Jan
12
OnTheAllotment.co.uk blog
I have started another blog! I am moving towards blogging being one of the areas that I want to push further. This being so finding a niche is always important but even more important than that is picking a subject that interests you and one on which you can sit down and write a number …
Jan
10
Stock Photo Affiliate Earnings
I have just received a payment from one of the Stock Photo sites that I am an affiliate for and interestingly the figure is much larger than it has ever been. The payment is for the payment period covering the run-up to Christmas and as such I am wondering if the build-up to Christmas generated …
Jan
10
BloggingInTheBath.com competition
I have just posted a blog on Matthouldsworth.com about blogging in the bath. It then hit me that it would be a good name for a blog. Surely the domain name would be taken though? Well it is now! Blogginginthebath.com and bloginthebath.com were both free so I registered them! I am think I will use …
Jan
09
Application accepted over 2 months after application
Following on from my frustrated post about the length of time taken for merchants/networks to accept affiliate applications I have just got an acceptance by a merchant more than two months after I applied. I could name and shame but I am feeling in rather a better mood than I did when I last posted …