Archive for April, 2011

Get Website Traffic Statistics Painlessly

When I was just starting out in Affiliate Marketing, I would put up sites, add content to them, and then do a few things to try to get traffic (like writing articles, backlinking, etc.). Then I would wait and see what happened. I had no clue on how to track website traffic statistics; and also [...]

Affiliate Marketing — Adsense Only Makes Cents!

You know what’s screwed up? I see more and more affiliate sites becoming big Adsense sites (including me). So, Instead of affiliates making 15-20% commission by selling a merchants products, affiliate marketers are selling their top web space advertising spots for pennies – to Google!. I agree, pennies do add up, and this is probably [...]

Why Ignoring Messages From Your Affiliate Manager is a Good Thing!

Ok, I admit, I just made that title up to try to make you read an important post.  This morning I received an email message from an Affiliate Manager telling me I haven’t made a sale in a while, and how could they help me. Usually when I get these messages I just ignore them. [...]