I’ve been hard at work on a few things lately and one was updating a straight-up, 100% thin affiliate website to WordPress. Why?

I have the ability now to offer my affiliate pages on rss (too complicated for me to do otherwise).
Easy search feature (if I want to provide it).
Easier design capabilities (no more fussing with [...]

When someone contacts me and starts off by saying: “Great Blog”, they get my attention. Sometimes flattery does get you everywhere lol.
Here’s a note I received from Eric B. using my contact form:
Hi Terry,
Great blog. Just found it. Not sure if you can help, but I’m trying to do some research to understand a problem [...]

IMO Todd Crawford had one heck of a rough job. Part of what Todd dealt with was frontline for CJ. Dealing with cranky, angry affiliates…who wanted clear answers from Commission Junction. I’d say 99.9% of the affiliate concerns were justified.
Rock…Hard Place
But I think he did a fine job most of the time. He did a [...]

Each month I make enough in PayPal to cover hosting costs and a little extra. I’d like to bump up my PayPal income so that I have a lot extra :grin:.
Do you have any recommendations or suggestions of affiliate programs that pay commissions by PayPal?
So far I have:
seobook
RoboForm
eMax Hosting
You can either submit them as a [...]

Yesterday I wrote about the poor results one of my affiliate websites achieves in the search engines result pages: Check Out My Google Stats.
Here are more stats for that same site:
Commissions Earned This Month: $191.25
Amount of Sales: 32
Avg Commission/Sale: $5.97
This is a straight affiliate product site - no contextual advertising of any kind.
Simple, low [...]

Oh the scandal! Are network employees and affiliate managers stealing super affiliate secrets? Color me outta the loop, seems I’ve been behind on all the chatter regarding big Commission Junction news going on right now.
Articles to read:
Triple Jangro
The Rumour Mill has it that three top account managers left CJ this week to avoid enforcement of [...]

I was reading a post over at Empress’s Blog talking about her first Google payment. What do you do with the money that rolls in from your online adventures?
I have a U.S. dollar savings account (I live in Canada) that I dump all my cheques in. Whether the amounts are big or small, that money [...]

Reviewing some January numbers with a merchant today.
Sales: $1,560
Total Amount Sales: 15
Clicks: 1,397
My Earnings/Commission: $80 and change
Funny story: I received a note from the affiliate manager asking if I tried ppc to get more sales.
Well. Tell me. Where’s the incentive? Because I don’t see it.
PPC Scenario: I pay for ppc. Google makes money, the merchant [...]

Not only do I get a ‘little crazy’ around the house at this time of year, I also do a lot of reflection and goal planning for the upcoming year.
Looking at my $ numbers this past year:
Good Grief - Did I Ever Learn A Lot! And do I ever have a lot more to learn!
Here [...]

Lately I’ve been noticing information and discussion regarding where the best placement is for Google Adsense to get clicks, clicks, and more clicks so publishers can earn more, more and more.
Some suggest using the entire space above the fold for adsense ads - and nothing else. Other suggestions are to make adsense look like your [...]

A quick note I grabbed from Rustybrick’s summaries for Chicago’s Search Engine Strategies:
Shopping Search Tactics

Clickz.com said mondays are popular for online holiday shoppers.
12-3 daypart receives most online traffic
tuesday 12-3 is also popular
Non holiday shopping usually peaks during mid-week
December 12th businesses day, December 19th is the last day for peak online shopping

Great information when timing your [...]

I sure hope you guys are raking in the commissions at a better pace than I am this month. I’m still rubbing my eyes watching my stats - I’m at an all time low! I did better in July and August and September and October - heck the whole year - than I have so [...]

I realize the seductive pull of Google can be very powerful to webmasters, but here’s a question:
If search engine and ppc traffic didn’t exist, what methods would you use to drive eyeballs to your websites?
At what point is it time to get back to the basics and get back to what works?
I realize the word [...]

I’m doing some directory cleaning/spot checking and came across a link to a new blog (for me) that I’m adding to my feed reader. Check out this post:
Chitika eMiniMalls paying very nice 700$/day so far
I put up the Chitikia code last Monday and after I couldnt check my stats right away I kind of forgot [...]

One of the first ebooks I bought for affiliate marketing was Rosalind’s Super Affiliate Handbook (not an affiliate link). Although I can’t give a review about the new updated version since I haven’t read it, I did enjoy the original copy and thought it was a worthwhile purchase for me.
I noticed Rosalind has a new [...]

Last month I discussed GoDaddy cashing in on our parked domains. I don’t have a problem with that, but why not fix things up for our own wallets instead (see Who’s Making Money From Your Parked Domains?).
Here’s my update:
I decided to park a few of my domains over at Sedo Domain Parking. This past month [...]

I’ve been looking over Google’s Adsense referral program.
Referrals is a feature of AdSense that allows website publishers to increase their revenue while increasing their users’ awareness of useful products and services. By adding a referral button to a site, publishers can direct users to products like AdSense and Firefox with Google Toolbar. When a referral [...]

My goal is pretty simple and long term. It’s not about being super rich, getting fast cash or anything like that, it’s more about having mobility and more options for my family.
Some days I look around at all the adsense cheese sites and all the fast cash that’s being made, and yet I just [...]

Chitika This and Chitika That - Chitika’s Everywhere!
I still haven’t joined this new earning opportunity, mainly because I don’t have anything online that I feel is a good fit, but no matter where I turn - there’s Chitika! So I’ve made a list to share for those of you who are using this:
Chitika [...]

Well the Chitika Affiliate Referral Program (not an affiliate link) has launched. Be prepared for the inevitable internet marketer stampede - your email inboxes and blog feeds are about to be assaulted!
The Chitika Affiliate program offers a new referral commission opportunity:
We have now introduced our new Referral Commission Program. Refer your friends for [...]

Making money with ClickBank is nice - but I really don’t use them all that much. I’m more interested in selling physical products online rather than digital and ebook stuff. However, I enjoy a little mix too :wink:.
I mainly just use this ClickBank Directory here on superaff and on two other domains, as well as [...]

I think we’ve all been busy bees lately with this new Commission Junction PSA haven’t we :wink:.
Here’s an update of what I’ve done so far:

I’ve gone through each of my websites and evaluated the performance of the CJ links. For those merchants that never performed for me or had too many reversals, YANKED. They’re gone.
For [...]

How many of us have bucketfuls of unused domains?
Well if you do have domains parked at GoDaddy, take a quick visit to one and check it out.
It’s been bastardized!
So here’s a thought. Instead of a domain registrar profiting from your parked domain(s), how about changing things so you profit instead?
Make Money [...]

I did a hack job going through CJ’s new PSA yesterday, but there’s more thinking to do.
Here’s a thread over at ABW that you should read:
Legal Publisher Notice from Commission Junction
A big item to note:
(b) Charge-backs. An Advertiser may apply, or CJ may apply, a debit to Your Account in an amount equal to [...]

Have you checked your email lately? This arrived yesterday:
The revised PSA that governs your relationship with Commission Junction is effective as of October 20, 2005. It is posted at www.cj.com/psa.jsp for your complete review.
Put your glasses on, cross your eyes and good luck trying to walk your way safely through this new PSA. Here’s the [...]