Associate Programs Newsletter #525

If you're pessimistic about affiliate marketing, I think that's a ridiculous attitude, because there's so much new data to be optimistic about.

Here are 7 reasons to be optimistic about your future in affiliate marketing.

When I interviewed super affiliate Jeff Ostroff back in 2000, he was the No.1 affiliate, or in the top 10, of several affiliate programs.

Eleven years later, he's still going strong, now in a business partnership with two former co-workers. His main website gets 10,000 to 15,000 visitors a day.

In this new interview, he discusses why he's successful, and also talks about scammers, scrapers, high tech criminals, taking care where and how you advertise, and why his AdSense ads are so unobtrusive.

I used to waste endless hours working hard instead of smart. In affiliate marketing, it's all too easy to fiddle about with tasks that don't earn revenue.

You jump all over place, creating a business that has little bits and pieces all competing for your attention. Been there, done that. Here are the key points to keep in mind while you build your affiliate business, working smarter, not harder...

When I hired a bookkeeper to enter my affiliate commission checks, PayPal payments, etc into QuickBooks and he saw my earnings, he suddenly developed a keen interest in affiliate programs.

He started asking questions. He wanted to know how I earn such a nice living from affiliate programs. He wanted a no-hype report showing him exactly what to do. Here's the 18-step tutorial [Updated 2011] I wrote for him. You can use it, too.

This affiliate marketing case study describes how a novice working part-time used Site Build It! to create an affiliate website that achieved $49,000 in sales in just over a year. His second site does considerably better. [UPDATED 2011]

Associate Programs Newsletter #526

The most common mistake I keep seeing affiliates make is creating websites and blogs that aren't worth linking to. If you're struggling to make sense of affiliate marketing, you really need to think about this.

Associate Programs Newsletter #525

If you're pessimistic about affiliate marketing, I think that's a ridiculous attitude, because there's so much new data to be optimistic about.

Here are 7 reasons to be optimistic about your future in affiliate marketing.

Associate Programs Newsletter #524

Discount coupons are hugely popular and very useful for encouraging more sales. However, affiliates discover that keeping vendors' coupons up to date is labor intensive, and building a coupons site is too complex for most of us.

Now Jami and Jason Khehra have come to the rescue. They've launched a site that make things better for customers and much easier for affiliates. And the affiliate program pays residual commissions. Nice!

SiteSell has issued a bold challenge and a world-wide competition. To win $50,000, all you have to do is find another product that is better than SBI! at delivering online business success.

To be fair, I must warn you that SBI users are laughing about this competition. One says SiteSell could offer a million dollars and it wouldn't make any difference, because SBI just can't be beaten. There's no better value, no better proof of success.

.Associate Programs Newsletter #523

Remember John Gibb? He owns a collection of income producing affiliate mini-sites that have grown into authority sites, with the help of his "power linking" strategies.

This year John started training other affiliates to do what he does Here's the fantastic freebie he's offering...