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October 2008 Archives

24/10/08 - Red Letter Days Understands How To Incentivise Properly

Christmas is just around the corner and so the incentives list gets rolled out. They are usually aimed towards the big boys who convert with larger volumes than the majority of us smaller affiliates.

This year Red Letter Days has taken the proverbial bull by it's horns and are offering incentives to virtually all it's affiliates.

Here's how it works: More

13/10/08 - You Don't Do Travel, eh? I Didn't Until...

Way back when, I couldn't understand what Kirsty found so attractive about travelling the world. Up to a few months ago, I didn't have a passport and holidayed around Britain. Why explore the world if you haven't seen the UK?

Anyhoo, an overseas holiday disparaged that theory, after returning to the UK with a travel bug. I'm keen on seeing various areas of America (New York, more of Florida, etc.), Canada, Lapland :-) and a few more places.

So what has this got to do with affiliate marketing? To cut a long story short, I've made my first commission with Sunshine! It's bizarrely not from the source I expected though... More

09/10/08 - Could You Be Successful Again?

Kieron's scouting for questions for super affiliates and Jason posed this one:

If you were starting out in affiliate marketing today from scratch do you think you’d be as successful as you have been and would you want to get involved in AM now as a newbie today?
Very eloquently put. It's the first part that intrigued me and whilst I'm not a super affiliate, I'd like to offer my 2p worth. More

07/10/08 - Doom And Gloom Or Good Prospects?

The credit crunch is synonymous with doom and gloom - food and energy price hikes, job cuts, loss of share value, loss of financial security....

For affiliates, it can be synonymous with a drop in traffic and a drop in revenue. Less money to spend overall equals more spent on essentials and less on luxuries.

I've already commented on how Christmas sales are likely to be poor (although Christmas in a manic time where a lot of cash is splashed) but there are some segments in the affiliate market that will thrive regardless of this downturn. More

03/10/08 - Step 6) Looking Forward

This series of articles has been designed to help explore the world of PHP. We've set up a site from scratch and added some basic functionality. Admittedly, I've probably glossed over some areas and gone into too much detail in other areas. All I know fo sure is writing a detailed tutorial is hard work :-)

So let's conclude the series by exploring what could be. What could we do with the site if it were a) a serious venture and b) on a much better domain name? More

01/10/08 - So It's Christmas Again :-(

Affiliate life is a funny one. Christmas starts in September. January sales are in December, Valentine's Day is in January, Easter is in February, as well as all the other lovely bits and bobs worth promoting at various times throughout the year.

It can be a bit disappointing working on Christmas promotions from September to December which explains why I haven't started. Aptly named Frostie assures us that it's not too late to start.

But what's worth promoting? More