October 2008

If you look at most product launches, you see a super affiliate program behind them. The truth is affiliate marketers are a big part of every successful product launch campaign. But with affiliates from all around the world competing for a piece of the pie, how is it that some folks manage to sell 10 [...]

Outsourcing is one of the hottest topics in the affiliate marketing these days. Good old affiliates would spend hours in front of computer trying to make a decent living, but most successful affiliate marketers outsource their non-core processes to India or China these days and spend their time strategizing and working on their core capabilities. [...]

I was surprised when I heard about this at first but a major credit card company has announced that their affiliates are now not allowed to put links inside their blog posts. I do not have the liberty to discuss which company has mentioned this new rule, but the fact is, if you are a [...]

If you have been paying attention, affiliate marketers from around the globe are quickly jumping on the video bandwagon. Camtasia studio is a relatively affordable capture video software program that allows you to record your own video sessions and use them as a promotional material for products that you are promoting. But is the hype [...]

Are you a lazy affiliate? Affiliate marketers have developed the reputation of being very lazy. Make no mistake about it. You CAN make it in the affiliate marketing world even if you are lazy. A lot of super-affiliates have that luxury. Being lazy is different than being incompetent and not getting anything done. But if [...]

That’s the biggest problem that lots of us are suffering from. There is a lot of good solid information on the Internet, and if you are anything like me you want to know everything about everything. But too much information can be bad for your health, physically and mentally. The fact is our brains have [...]

It’s surprising how many folks underestimate the power of keywords. To tell you the truth, I believe a lot of newbie affiliate marketers don’t know how to do their keyword research right. It could be lack of training in that area or having poor training in keyword research. When you are looking at the affiliate [...]

Choosing a niche for your affiliate marketing business is one of the most important decisions that you will ever have to make for your business. Choosing the wrong niche is similar to choosing the wrong sport to be a part of. But how do you choose a niche that is good for your business? You [...]

For those of you not familiar with Amazon associates program, it is one of the most successful and best converting affiliate programs on the Internet. There is no question that when it comes to running a super affiliate program, Amazon folks know how to do it. Now they have re-designed their affiliate portal. Amazon has [...]

As someone who has been on both sides of the aisle, I can sympathize with affiliate managers who are left frustrated by the majority of their affiliates. The 80-20 rule applies in the affiliate marketing world as well. If you look at any affiliate program, you’ll see that 80% of the sales are being done [...]