Thanks to everyone for entering the contest!  I just spun the wheel and randomly picked the winners from 42 entries. The 3 winners of the 250 business card package from Uprinting are: Jacquie Johnny Mark Thanks again for for trying.  I will be having another contest next month if you didn’t win.

I got this email yesterday from a reader: “I tried MySpace ads without any luck so far, but I am encouraged to continue there. Do you feel that is the best place to start out for an AM beginner” This seems to be a common question so here is my take on [...]

This is a pretty obvious technique, but it might help some people starting out. Sometimes you want to quickly test out a new niche by direct linking, and don’t want to go through all the trouble of setting up your tracking system, placing pixels etc. But you still want to be able to see [...]

Everyone needs business cards for their online business. I recently decided it was time to update mine and found an awesome service called Uprinting. They had great designs, great prices and fast service. They were also a really solid business to deal with. What more could you want? How about [...]

When the economic meltdown started hitting, everything you read from the affiliate marketing world is that it won’t effect us. The general mood was that somehow our little world would be immune from these pressures and everything would be fine. I took a much more realistic view though. There is [...]

I get a lot of questions about using long tail keywords. There is a very fine line to walk when using long tail keywords because of 2 opposite forces working in a PPC campaign. 1. Long tail keywords convert very well, when the finally get impressions. 2. If they don’t get impressions and clicks, [...]

Despite your best intentions, profitable niches and offers eventually die out. There is usually a common life cycle pattern I look for a niche in affiliate marketing. Offers come on the scene. The top affiliates are tipped off to them and start running the offer successfully. Word gets out, other affiliate pile on the offers. The [...]

If you have followed this blog for a while, you probably have noticed I don’t endorse products or do paid reviews. But if I come across a tool I like (and actually works), I am happy to share it. I recently tested a tool called PPC Bully and have to [...]