I signed up to my first affiliate program in 1999 (Commission Junction). I still recall my awe at the sheer volume of companies that would pay you to send them traffic. Although I don’t know the exact number, my guess is that I have signed up to thousands of affiliate …
To say that 2020 has been a crazy year for everyone would be an understatement. Few of us were prepared for Covid or a world where no one knew how to deal with it. Like everyone else, I’ve had many few ups and downs myself this year. I’ve sadly lost …
Over the last few years I have moved away from affiliate marketing. I do still generate a few hundred dollars in affiliate commissions every month from previous reviews and through linking to shops such as Amazon from my YouTube channels; however, it is not something I devote a lot of …
Affiliate marketing is a tough old game. You need to do all the promotion for a company and take on all the risk of that promotion failing; however if your campaigns do not convert well, you will not get paid. Even if you do generate lots of money for a …
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me arguing with the website builder Wix this week. It is kind of a stretch to call it an argument as it was completely one sided. I was complaining and Wix were trying their best to appear like a professional …
I made money through the gambling industry for several years. Around 2008/2009 I made a concious effort to step away from it. I had become completely disillusioned with the industry. Poker and casino companies were closing down and not paying their affiliates. Many poker players lost money too. To make …
Dead affiliate links cost you money. Everyone knows that. If you’re sending traffic to a page that doesn’t exist, no one is buying anything. This in turn means that you aren’t going to make money. Broken affiliate links can reflect badly on you too since it gives the impression your …
Affiliate marketing can be a difficult thing to learn because those who are successful are reluctant to disclose exactly how they make money online. This is perhaps why income reports are so popular. You can learn a lot from these reports, but most bloggers and internet marketers are still a …
Affiliate marketing is a great way to make money online. If you are successful it can provide you with passive income for years. Who doesn’t want an endless stream of money coming into their bank account? I am going to make a concious effort to step up and increase my …
When you see someone publish a review or blog post about a WordPress theme, plugin, or service, the chances are that the author of the article was using an affiliate link. People want content. Companies want exposure for their products. Websites need to make money. So I guess you could …