Archive for September, 2007

Free Link Cloaking Script

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

If you’re an affiliate, it’s a good idea to cloak or redirect your links before sending the visitor to the merchant’s website. For example, let’s assume you want to promote a merchant that sells diapers. They may give you a link that looks like this: http://www.diapers.com/affiliateid=123 With a link cloaking script, your link looks more [...]

$200 Coupon for YSM

Monday, September 24th, 2007

** IT APPEARS THIS PROMOTION IS NO LONGER VALID AS OF 10/12/07 ** Here’s a $200 coupon for credits for Yahoo Search Marketing. No strings, you just need to deposit at least $30 into your account to get the $200 in credits. That means you don’t have to pay for $200 in click charges, it’s [...]

How to Game BlogRush

Monday, September 24th, 2007

If you haven’t read my last post/review on BlogRush then check it out. Blog Rush is a service launched last week that allows you to add a widget to your blog and then based on the number of pageviews and the number of people who sign up under your affiliate link, you get your blog [...]

BlogRush – Instant Traffic or Pyramid Scheme?

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Blog Traffic Generation using BlogRush I just implemented a new widget on my blog (scroll down on the right) called BlogRush. Basically, you sign-up, then stick the code on your blog, and for each page that loads on your website, you get an equal number “syndication credits” that load your blog titles on other related [...]

Need a Business Entity for Affiliate Marketing?

Monday, September 17th, 2007

This question comes from Teressa: I have one question for you, if I may: Before I begin an affiliate marketing business, do you recommend I create a small buiness? Or can I begin as an individual, using my personal SSN and banking account information? How did you and Kirk begin? You do not need to [...]

My Top 15 RSS Feeds

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Here are the top 15 RSS feeds I read using Google IG.

The Greatest Marketing Book Ever Written

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Claude Hopkins wrote a book called “Scientific Advertising” in the early 20th century which changed the way people thought about advertising. It continues as one of the great marketing books of all time, and lucky for you, you can download it for free right here. (Of course, it’s out of copyright, so I can legally [...]

PPC Certification Programs & Tips

Monday, September 10th, 2007

This question comes from a reader: hey i see you got certified in adwords and yhaoo and msn, can you tell me how to do this and how hard is it? i just started reading your blog and its very good im going to become an affiliate marketer and i like your tools thanks. Getting [...]

2-Months Free FastNext Web Hosting

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I just received an email from FastNext. They just launched a new type of hosting service, called Clustered hosting, and are offering 2-months of free web hosting.

Q & A: How To Promote Products On My Site?

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

This question comes from a Scrappy Business reader: Josh, I run a small IT consulting and web hosting company and am about to launch a new site and services in the very near future. I am interested in being able to offer free google, yahoo, citysearch, etc, vouchers or credits to my clients. I myself [...]