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...

Associate Programs Newsletter #522

Ken Evoy has made a surprising, major change to the way SiteSell tracks affiliate cookies. Now the FIRST AFFILIATE gets the commission, in many cases. I think it's a bad decision for affiliates.

Associate Programs Newsletter #521

Part 2 of my interview with super affiliate Jeff Ostroff...

I also discuss our website woes, fake Facebook "Like" numbers, and recommend the perfect place for affiliate beginners to begin.

Running an affiliate marketing business all by yourself can be very rewarding, but at times it can also be a lonely, frustrating way to earn a living. Maintaining motivation and enthusiasm can be a challenge, too, when you're all by yourself.

One way to help solve those problems is to form a business partnership with another affiliate. I interviewed Jeff Ostroff to find out his ideas on how to do that successfully.

Associate Programs Newsletter #520

Jeff Ostroff earns serious affiliate commissions by creating sites that contain hundreds of pages of useful free advice. In total contrast, Marc Lindsay and Daniel build basic, very quick, 5-page websites that continue to earn revenue month after month with little maintenance. Both methods can work...

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.