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Direct Agents Contest + Win Nicky Cake’s 40″ Plasma

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 07-05-2009

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Seems like everywhere you look, there’s new contests to be had these days.

The first one I want to let everyone know about is the new Bidz.com contest hosted by Direct Agents. This one’s got some sweet prizes and you only need 200 leads to win a prize.

Contest runs from May 1st to June 30th.
1st prize: (5,000 leads) 

The first prize package will consist of:

•         Round Trip Tickets to Affiliate Summit East for four days, three nights.

•         Platinum Pass to Affiliate Summit.

•         Driver pick-up to and from the airport.

•         Three night hotel stay at Hilton N.Y.

2nd prize: (1,500 lead minimum)

•       Gold Pass to Affiliate Summit East

•       Dinner for two at NYC restaurant of choice.

3rd prize: (750 lead minimum)

•       Gold Affiliate Summit East Pass

Honorable Mention: (200 lead minimum):

•      2 Affiliate Summit East Prize Giveaways

*Contest applies to all Bidz Short Form Lead campaigns. See Terms and Conditions.

Sign up with Direct Agents now to get rolling.

Another contest I want to let everyone know about is Nicky Cake’s 40″ Plasma Giveaway. Nicky, from NickyCakes.com, is won a 40″ plasma from CX Digital, but doesn’t need it so he’s giving it away! To find out how easily you can enter this contest, click here.

I would highly recommend signing up for both contests! I know I could use a new 40″ plasma and tickets to Affiliate Summit East ;) .

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Have You Seen CPAShuffle.com?

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 06-04-2009

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CPAShuffle.com is one of the best alternatives to AdSense I’ve seen.

Most individuals that try to make a buck online usually start off with implementing AdSense into their website’s code that make them only a few cents per click in most cases.

Well as far as I’m concerned, there’s a much better way for those individuals to monetize their websites.

CPAShuffle.com allows qualified users to run CPAShuffle ads on their site that link to CPA or cost per acquisition offers which normally pay anywhere $8-$35 per conversion (varies, but this seems to be the mid-range).

When I heard about CPAShuffle.com, the brainchild of affiliate marketer and entrepreneur Ian Fernando, I had to check it out… I mean I’m STILL waiting for my first AdSense check and I started AdSense my freshman year of college…3 years ago.

After checking it out, I was definitely convinced that CPAShuffle.com could possibly chance the way publishers monetize their websites. Instead of making a dollars and cents on their traffic, why shouldn’t publishers be able to make $10-$30 per conversion on offers that are related to their traffic.

I think this is a game changer in the world of traffic monetization . After all, this is exactly what publishers need in a time where bringing floods of traffic is failing to produce dollar signs through conventional monetization tools like AdSense.

Surprisingly, founder, Ian Fernando, whom I met at Affiliate Summit West, has actually asked me to partner up with him on his latest project. Knowing the potential of CPAShuffle.com, and Ian’s immense work ethic and knowledge of the marketing world, I agreed to help him make CPAShuffle a success. I’m extremely confident that the world is looking for a new, more profitable medium to monetize their traffic…and I’m equally as confident that CPAShuffle.com will be the one to bring it to them.

If you have a high traffic website that you feel could use a better payout than a few cents per click, head to CPAShuffle.com now to see if you qualify.

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Local Affiliate Marketing – The Next Goldmine?

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 31-03-2009

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There’s been a lot of talk about local affiliate marketing recently.

Jeremy Shoemoney from Shoemoney.com did a post  a few months ago about how he started making something like

$50,000 a month just from local affiliate marketing.

He was also generous enough to put out a guide explaining how get started in your own area with local affiliate marketing.

I think the concept is priceless – the only hurdles I see with it is getting local businesses to understand what you do and how you’re going to get them more clients.

That’s probably why Shoemoney recommends that you provide them your services for a month at no cost to show them what you can do for them. And if they decide to stiff you- no worries- just go to their biggest competitor.

Seriously – the value that we provide as affiliate marketers to companies trying to generate leads online is hugely muliplied when we take it to the offline space because 1) No one locally knows how great of a return they could possibly get through online marketings as they’re still pushing their ads in the Yellow Pages and 2) You have little to no competition.

If you’re trying to think of a way to start generating extra cash, get off your ass and try local affiliate marketing right now. If you’re good at what you do, you’ll quite possibly have more clients than you can handle and so will your clients.

I know a few guys that are currently making bank doing this and I’m about to give it a go as well.
Check out Shoemoney’s post here. Good luck.

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Interview with Jasper

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 07-03-2009

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Jasper, from NerdyAffiliate.com, is first of all a really cool guy and one of the rare guys in affiliate marketing who is cool with sharing and kicking around ideas and tips to succeed. He’s a fellow PPC-Coach.com member and has had some recent success in affiliate marketing. I definitely think he’s one of the top guys to look out for this year, because he has shear dedication to his work as you’ll see below in the interview he was gracious enough to do.

1. How and when did you get into affiliate marketing?

I learned about Affiliate Marketing back in March 2007.  I was selling stuff on Craigslist and eBay at the time and I remember reading about promoting my products with pay per click traffic.  So as I researched it a bit more, I stumbled upon affiliate marketing through blogs and other stuff.  I joined Wealthy Affiliate at the time and started reading more and more about affiliate marketing.  I didn’t actually take any action until about August 2007 when I participated in Ed Dale’s 30 Day Challenge.  From there, I kept reading and learning, putting up lots of failed campaigns and having minor successes.

2. What makes a super affiliate? When does it finally click? At what moment or point in time, did you realize the key to doing lots of volume/revenue?
I think what makes a super affiliate is not about how much you make.  I think a super affiliate is someone that can take any offer and be able to find the right marketing avenues to make it profitable.  I wouldn’t say that a super affiliate is someone that makes $100,000 per month or $1,000,000 per month, but someone that knows the marketing game inside and out.  I’ve learned that most of the successful marketers that I know and talk to are willing to try different things that are not even written about in blogs, forums or books.  I think after a year of playing this game, I have a better feel of how to setup campaigns and the type of metrics to expect when launching a campaign.
I’m not sure if it actually did click, but I think I have a more realistic expectation of how a campaign is going to perform.  I expect from the start that you may not be profitable from the launch, but after tweaking and testing its definitely more realistic to reach a more comfortable ROI.  I guess after doing lots of volume, I have a better understanding of how to drive traffic to affiliate offers.
3. How do you pick your campaigns? Do you go with what’s hot or with what is relatively unexplored?
I like to go with what’s hot.  Basically, the big 3 channels I stick to are Health, Wealth and Relationships. I like the competitive niches because they usually have higher EPCs and/or higher conversion rates.  The problem is the saturation of traffic methods out there since CPCs will be a bit higher, but if you can find a way to stick your foot into a competitive niche, you can get a piece of the pie.  So with niches that are hot, there tends to be more demand, but more competition, but with niches that are relatively unexplored the competition is low, but the demand is low.
4. What advice would you give to guys that are putting tons of hours into trying to make affiliate marketing, but not seeing a lot of results?
For most people starting out, you can’t expect to have great results right away.  This is a game of gathering data and then acting on it.  With pay per click, you have to test keywords/text ads/landing pages that may or may not convert for you, so that means you’re going to spend money on things that just won’t convert and you’ll need to find out by gathering that data.  So unless you hear a little birdie that says, “here are some convert keywords/text ads/landing pages”, you’re pretty much going to have to cut the fat until until all you have is lean meat.
Also, I realize that when you first start out, you have to learn lots of different skills to make it work.  You basically have to be the copywriter, web designer, web programmer, market researcher, data analyst all-in-one.  That means you have to learn about how to design web pages, write effective copy, research and setup campaigns, analyze data, etc.  This is probably the most overwhelming part since you have to learn things that were never taught to you in school or whatever.  I would suggest to anyone to give it 1 full year of effort and see where stand after that.  I’ve seen some people quit after a couple months and that’s not enough time to learn all you need to know.
Keep learning, take action, test and tweak.
5. Was there ever a time where you had a dip in your performance? How did you get to be as good as you are now?
Oh man.  I’ve had so many failures and successes throughout the past couple years that I’m kind of amazed I’ve gone this far.  There was a point where I went through like 2-3 months of straight failures.  It basically sucked because all I did was lose money in that time period.  You just have to have faith in what you’re doing and to keep working at it.  I know what it’s like to be totally frustrated and unsure about what to do, but you just got to keep pushing and working on your business.
I think as a marketer and entrepreneur, you have to get used to the trial and error aspects of business.  There’s lots of things that I’ve tried in the past that just doesn’t work and probably wasted my time, but in retrospect it was knowledge gained in return for those failures.
6. How many hours a week would you say you spend on affiliate marketing? Do you sleep? Lol
When I’m working on setting up a project or campaign, I’ll easily work 8-12 hours per day.  I have this mentality to just get it done and then once it’s set up I can take a few hours to kind of chill for a little bit.  Sleep is very important, I’ve found that lately I’ve had problems sleeping because of the fact that I’m constantly thinking of new ideas for my business.  I’m still trying to figure out how to sleep better… suggestions are welcomed! lol
7. Any other advice to becoming a super affiliate?
I think the best advice I can give someone starting out is to really get involved in the industry and start networking with people.  Find a buddy that you can grow with so you can talk about what’s working and what’s not.  I’ve said this repeatedly to people and I can’t tell you how many opportunities will open up just by knowing the right people.  If you’re near one, go to the local meetup202 groups and start networking there.  I wrote about a post about the importance of networking at http://nerdyaffiliate.com/networking/networking-is-the-key-to-success.
Another tip is STOP READING and START DOING.  Nowadays, I find myself reading less and less and just doing stuff. After awhile, all the Internet Marketing books start to all sound the same.  I’m working on a project that I’ve been reading about for months, but never actually started doing it.  After I set up the first campaign, I learned so much more than all the months of reading before that.
If you want to learn more about affiliate marketing and follow Jasper’s journey, check out his blog at www.NerdyAffililate.com.

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Networking in Affiliate Marketing is Priceless

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 28-02-2009

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I’ve always been a huge believer/practitioner in networking since Day 1 and networking in the AM industry is not an exception.

Way too many people think AM is just about their 22 inch screen monitor and themselves sitting behind that monitor in their underwear on a day-to-day basis. Now that’s great and probably one of the benefits of being an internet marketer, but there is just so much more potential if you just go out there, meet, interact, share ideas, and grow from NETWORKING with people. This is especially true if you just LOVE the industry- why wouldn’t you want to meet more like-minded people and benefit from it at the same time?

I am serious when I say that going to Affiliate Summit West, not knowing a single other soul in the industry that I would see there other than a few people like Wes Mahler from Tracking202 on whom I had occasionally talked to on AIM (and who got me into the industry). Nonetheless, the people that I met there and hung out with all turned out to be really exceptional people and many of whom I remain in touch with today and consider friends. Some of the individuals I met at ASW include:

It was great meeting these guys and I know I’ll see them again soon probably at ASE in New York, which I can’t wait for because hopefully by then I’ll be half as good at AM as they are.

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Affiliate Challenge – Who Wants to Go to the Caribbean?

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 06-02-2009

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In my last post I talked about Direct Agents and about how they’re always looking to motivate their affiliates.

Well if you’re not an affiliate yet with them, there’s no reason not be now…they’re hosting an Affiliate Challenge between February 15th and March 31st. The affiliate that brings in the most leads for Bidz.com (Short form offer) wins a weekend get away to the Caribbean. The second place winner gets a brand spankin’ new 42″ flat screen TV. And the third winner gets a prize as well – a $300 gift card.

This is easy guys! Plenty of chances to win! The Bidz.com offer has been converting very well and doing even better as we get closer and closer to Valentine’s day. Check out Direct Agents now and start running that offer! Details on the contest here: Affiliate Challenge

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New Focus

Posted by RohailR | Posted in Affiliate Marketing | Posted on 13-08-2008

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I think I’ve finally found a focus for this blog that’s going to help you as well as help me at the same time.

Lots of you have expressed interest in affiliate marketing and I just want be able to use this blog to let you guys know things that I have learned in becoming a successful affiliate marketer.

I believe this will keep me focused on AM and will help my readers as well.

So for the first lesson:

Don’t Forget About Cash Flow!

AM means being able leverage someone else’s money (i.e. credit cards) to make your own money and then some, and be able to pay off that borrowed money. However, one of the biggest mistakes beginners make, myself included, is that they forget about making sure they will have the money they need to pay off credit cards and continue to be able to use them for the next month. One area of failure is forgetting to fill out your W-9 which can be a serious hassle as you won’t get paid until you do- and to make it worse your credit card company will be waiting on their payment. And even if you have filled it out, make sure they have it (CPAEmpire said they never got mine, which screwed me over for a month).

Furthermore, align your credit card bill due date with the date that you receive your affiliate marketing checks so that you have the money to pay your credit card bill in time. Following these steps will ensure that you don’t have to sit out of the game for months while you wait for your check in the mail. Another tip- don’t go with CPAEmpire- they will lose your stuff and make you wait ages for your check.

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Stop Being Average. Visit WealthyAffiliate.com Today and BE SOMEONE.

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