It’s been asked why affiliate marketers don’t use their own names all the time. It’s often hinted that the reasons must be nefarious - they’re hiding something.
Well, yeah. But it’s not necessarily black hat stuff or scammy stuff. It could be that you have a crazy ex who’s good at tracking people with computers. It [...]

Posted in The BS Files 4 Comments »

I’ve been ridiculously busy lately:

I’m gradually replacing all the “free with link” articles on my “library sites” with PLR articles. These are not unique articles, but they’re generally better written and they don’t have the links that might be spammy. This has led, oddly enough, to some really positive feedback from visitors. Eventually, I hope [...]

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I’ve got some sites that contain nothing but reprint articles. I used to fill them up with those free articles where you have to link back to someone’s size, but recently I’ve started replacing all those with PLR articles. They aren’t unique, but they’re better articles (mostly - you still have to watch them). It’s [...]

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I was pleasantly surprised to receive this recommendation on EntreCard from ChickenSoupForYourSoul:
A very informative blog. in addition you will never regret about advertising in this blog. I have generated 65 new visitor by placing my EntreCard here. Way to go
I never really tried to guess how many new visitors this site could send [...]

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When I published the LinkWorth link that I sold the other day and posted about, their system didn’t pick it up. The next morning, it still listed the link as “publishing” which means I’ve accepted it but not put it up on my site yet - I’d put it up about 18 hours before that.
I [...]

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Once again, proof that not everyone is buying links for Google juice - I just sold a nofollow link ad via LinkWorth on a site that has about 60 feedreaders and under 5,000 uniques per month, but is good for someone trying to brand their stuff. The link sold for $40, of which I’ll keep [...]

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I was checking all my earnings one day a month ago, like I do almost every day, when it hit me: why am I checking to see if someone’s bought something from my sites? Why would someone buy something from my sites?
It was an epiphany. See, all this time I’ve been so busy studying site [...]

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I was listening to Affiliate Fortune Cookies on blog advertising and sponsorships when I had a duh moment.  See, normally I think advertisers are looking for sales when they run ads. But sometimes they can be thinking about branding or good publicity.
Oh. Yeah, right.
And then it hit me: Project B-2 Bomber, the somewhat socially conscious [...]

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As I mentioned on the main site, LinkWorth is now letting us sell no-follow text link ads. This is exactly what I wished would happen: they seem to be more decent and less manipulative than /* , they have a decent marketplace, and they were generally able to sell my ads for more than TLA [...]

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Why am I once again advertising LinkWorth, you may be wondering?
Finally! LinkWorth has added the option to sell or buy no-follow text link ads. If you’re a publisher, you can set this up by going into each site to edit it, and choosing “I will use ‘rel=nofollow’ in all my links” under “Additional Website Settings.”
I’ve [...]

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