How my rankings bounced back
A couple of weeks back there was some hot debate about how "Google hates affiliates".
In this blog post I showed how I had a site for 12 years and didn't change a thing and had very steady rankings. Then I added an affiliate link and within days my rankings dropped.
How to increase your email opt-ins
The old adage of "the money is in the list" may not be trendy these days, but it's still as true as ever.
When you build an email list, you're building an asset.
How one affiliate link killed my rankings
You don't have to look too far to see evidence that Google generally dislikes affiliates.
Most of their rhetoric extends to “thin” affiliates or sites that don't add much value.
I get that and it makes sense to me. However, what I didn't realise. . .
Finally… it’s done
Phew! After months of work, it's finally done. AssociatePrograms.com is over 16 years old and has 100,000's of pages when you look at the forums, directory and all the content that has been posted over the years. As a result, it's not easy to do a site evolution of any significance. There have only been […]
How to back a winning horse (the four P’s)
Today I’m going to show you a few things about how to back a winning horse. I mean that metaphorically, for your business of course. If you want to know how to back a winning horse, you’ll have to talk to my Grandfather. By winning horse, I’m referring to your market and really targeting the […]
A step-by-step guide on how to assess your market
Get in, get out or press on with gusto! Have you ever heard of the “endowment effect”? It is sometimes known by the cute name of “divestiture aversion” by behavioural economists. Basically, it is the cognitive bias that pretty much everyone has whereby we ascribe more value to things merely because we own them. For […]
The survey results and the growth framework
When I read the results of the survey that we ran last week I knew I had done the right thing in acquiring AssociatePrograms.com. I showed the results to my wife and we both became excited. “What an opportunity”, we said to each other. To be honest, I’ve been struggling with the thought of “How […]
I’ve sold AssociatePrograms.com . . . to an old friend
Associate Programs Newsletter #566 – March 12th, 2014. Here's the big announcement I promised you last week. I've finally decided to retire. All my websites and newsletters have been bought by someone you might remember as part of the AssociatePrograms.com family a few years ago. He’s set up a brand new company […]
Top 5 Most Popular Goals; Going To The Next Level
Associate Programs Newsletter #565
"It's a beautiful day. We should be doing something interesting," my wife said.
No, no, she didn't mean THAT. This is a clean newsletter.
But exactly what should we do? Searching for inspiration, I had a look at...
Wow! Did I Really Do That?
Associate Programs Newsletter #564
I jumped out of a plane at 15,000ft a few days ago. It was a fantastic, awesome experience... except for the bits that weren't.
The worst part...