David Fiske Affiliate Marketing & Web Development

August 2010 Archives

14/08/10 - 5 Tips to Keeping Motivated as an Affiliate

Being an affiliate can at times be lonely, repetitive and a little uninspiring. I reckon everyone at some stage doubts whether this is really for them, not just in affiliate marketing but in life. Sometimes it's easy to question whether there really is a future in what you are doing.

Here's 5 things that are important for me as a sole-affiliate in order to keep spirits high! More

13/08/10 - Inspired Advertising Request

Inspired by the success of the Dom Hodgson/Groupon advertising deal and the Mark Boyd/Affiliate Window advertising deal, I thought I'd try a cheeky request of my own.

In both deals, the brands got exclusive advertising deals in exchange for an iPad. It's a clever idea and I like it, so I'd thought I'd give it a go myself, given the distinct lack of any advertising on this site at present. As with affiliate marketing you stand a much better chance of success being the first to market so I don't think anything will come of this but there's no harm in trying! More

13/08/10 - A Rather Nice Lunch With Great Company

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to have lunch with Joshna from Red Letter Days. We had tried to have a few meetings before but never managed to meet at the same place. So she hopped on a train and we "did lunch" in Bellini's Express, a modern Italian restaurant in Cardiff's St David's Centre.

It was a very enlightening lunch, and very productive too. More

11/08/10 - Should I Buy An iPad?

This last week I have been debating whether to get an iPad. I have a stack of content to edit and publish which should in-turn boost affiliate commissions. I have circa 4,000 product reviews to work through.

I know and you know that's not going to happen in day-to-day mode so I wondered how I could find more time. The answer is to work whilst in front of the TV. Sure productivity would be low but low is greater than nothing.

The problem for me consists of many things, price being the biggest barrier. More