So today I set up a campaign on AdWords with the intention of bidding on about 11,000 specific keywords. Every one of my keywords was set to exact match in Google, and my bids were high for these ultra specific keywords. The ads were not showing after 6 hours so I got on with Google support (via [...]

Setting up encrypted subid tracking can sometimes be difficult especially if you are a newbie to affiliate marketing or writing php. I have found a great free script and tutorial on how to do this here: How to Set Up sub id Encryption with a PHP redirect A couple things I have noticed about setting up [...]

Firelead is now on twitter. We will be releasing occasional news on twitter and just microblogging from time to time. We recommend it for all those blogging addicts. If you haven’t yet signed up for twitter check it out here: http://www.twitter.com. Follow us on twitter here: http://twitter.com/firelead

I’m looking forward to attending the Search Engine Strategies show in NYC this week.  I have yet to attend a Search Engine Strategies show, and I think it will be a benefit to see many new SEM and SEO companies.  I’m also looking to meet some new affiliates of Firelead, and hang out at a [...]

So I just came back from Affiliate Summit West, and it was great. There were plenty of other networks there, that was my only gripe. The location of Vegas was great and the weather (with the exception of the first day) was amazing. It’s really great to see the affiliate marketing industry [...]

Lets say you setup a campaign in a certain state or county, and you want to check up on it and your competition.  Well, you might find it hard because you might not have an IP address in that state, or county.  So how do you check up on your ads? The solution is the  Google [...]

I just finished setting up my AIM in my Gmail and it looks like Google did a great job. My primary motivation for installing this is getting it setup on my iPhone - because the iPhone doesn’t have a great AIM client. I was disappointed to learn that AIM does not work on [...]

Well, it looks like Google has updated their PageRank and we went from a 5 to a 3.  It doesn’t hurt my feelings too much, but I have heard this latest update was to hurt websites that sell links - something what this website does not do.  So as long as it isn’t because of [...]

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After picking up a book by Chris Anderson about the long tail of marketing, I’d like to encourage all the affiliates out there or aspiring affiliates to learn from the basic principals in the book. If you attack niches online through affiliate programs (by picking a particular niche and dominating it), you’ll have success. If [...]