Affiliate Progress

I’ve read several different discussions recently on whether or not attracting blog comments is important and how important or not your regular commenters are to your blog. One discussion on DennisEdell.com attracted a good range of views. Some thought that most commenters were really only there for a backlink and since they were unlikely to be the visitors that actually buy anything via affiliate links, they were therefore of limited importance. Others (myself included) felt that commenters are very important as they add to the sense of community and life of a blog.

But what if there were other benefits from your commenters, what if they could actually gain you traffic! (more…)

I was reading a post on Moon Hussain’s blog Experiments in Passive Income recently which set me off thinking about how we manage and control our online workloads. Moon raises the point that had she known the amount of work involved and the difficulties to be overcome before she started her blog, she might possibly never have even started it in the first place.

I’m sure that’s a feeling that a lot of us have had, whether in relation to a blog or to one of our other affiliate marketing projects. So what is the key to managing that workload so that we can keep progressing without things getting on top of us? 

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What was it that attracted you to affiliate marketing, or for that matter any other form of online career interest you might be persuing? Why are you here reading this? – and of course why have I taken the time and trouble to actually write it? Well for me, the driving force is that one day soon (and hopefully quite soon!), the picture above will be the view I have from my office.

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Affiliate Progress is hitting the snooze button for a week! I’m heading over to Spain for a well earned week of sun, relaxation, bird watching, beer and tapas! No TV, no internet, just peace and quiet and beautiful mountain scenery.

Thanks again to all my visitors, both regular and passers by, especially those who take the time to leave a comment.

All the best, see you again in a week or so.

Des.

Affiliate marketing is no different to most other modern day careers with respect to the number of acronyms and mysterious terms that are bandied about. Sometimes people will use these to bamboozle you or make themselves sound clever, but mostly it is just a shorthand to allow subjects to be discussed easily. Either way, if you are a newcomer these affiliate marketing terms and acronyms might seem like a different language, and one which you will certainly need to get to grips with in order to succeed. In this post I hope to list and explain some of the commonly used terms to help you on your affiliate marketing journey. (more…)