Have a blog and want to make money online? I am sure that will use affiliate marketing as one of the ways to earn money from your blog. In affiliate marketing, you need to find suitable affiliate marketing programs and publicize your affiliate links in order to get some good conversions. Well, in affiliate marketing, you may not always require you to have a blog or websites, as there are many other ways to promote your campaign. Still, having a blog is beneficial, specially when the product or service that you are promoting is related with the niche of your blog.
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Search engines loves blogs, as they are updated regularly to fresh content. That’s why, with some keyword optimized articles on your blog, you can easily get good positions in search engine result pages. Good search engine position means more visitors and better opportunity to promote your affiliate links. But, my friend, simply putting a link or a banner for your visitors doesn’t guarantee that you will make a sale. The location where you place your affiliate links on your blog can really make a difference on how many clicks you end up getting. And, since every click on your affiliate links means a potential sale, right placement of affiliate links is important for success in affiliate marketing.
Here my suggest is that avoid big banners and concentrate on text links. Yes, it is already proven by many experts that plain text links converts well, compared to big and attractive banner ads. As an affiliate marketer what you can do is produce some quality articles that sales. Then insert your affiliate link in the form of plain text links within that articles with suitable anchor texts. Never forget that you are promoting a product or service through that plain link and always insert it within articles related to that product or service only. This will allow interested readers to see the link as they are reading and click on it.
This kind of clicks are not blind clicks that users makes to see what is there behind that links. Instead, after reading your resourceful articles, readers will click on those links in order to check whether they will get any useful resources or products via that link. So, this increases the chances of making a sale, which is directly related with your affiliate commissions.
So, the next time you are promoting a new affiliate product or service, try placing a relevant link with proper anchor text in a great article that is well optimized for search engines and see how it works out for you. I am sure that you will get some positive results.
A new version of WordPress has been released after a vulnerability was discovered in Snoopy, the PHP class that popular blogging platform uses to fetch the feeds shown in the Dashboard. The vulnerability in Snoopy can be exploited by malicious people to inject arbitrary shell commands via a script calling the “fetch()” or “submit()” function with an URL controlled by the attacker.
When upgrading WordPress, personally I prefer to upload only the changed files. Because it saves time. What about you? The security fix in WordPress 2.6.3 is not so serious. Still you should upgrade and the quickest way to do so is use the two files that I mentioned above.
It seems like Pepperjam Network wants to dominate the affiliate marketing world by introducing new and innovative products. For example, the Pepperjam Ads, that enables you to serve customized contextual ads from one or multiple advertisers at the same time. And just yesterday only, Pepperjam Network launched a new feature called Pepperjam Store Builder™, which enables it’s affiliates to easily manipulate Pepperjam Network product feeds in real-time to build product storefronts. This kind of new and innovative features will definitely help affiliates to earn more.
With Pepperjam Store Builder™ you can access millions of products from hundreds of different Pepperjam Network advertisers. With it, you can create an online storefront in just 4 easy steps. First select the merchant(s) feeds and / or product categories you’d like to display in your storefront. Then filter results to specify products to be listed on your store and customize your dynamic storefront with colors that match your website. That’s it! In the fourth step, get the code and insert it into your website or blog.
I think that this new feature in Pepperjam Network will help many affiliates, specially those with a product related site or blog, to maximize their income. It is very easy to use and implementation is very simple. If you are already a member of Pepperjam Network, you can access Pepperjam Store Builder™, from your dashboard. And if you don’t have an account, Join Pepperjam Network and Receive a $10 Sign On Bonus.
Recently, I came across a different kind of affiliate network, which provides publishers with easy-to-use tools to generate maximum revenue from different highest paying and unique offers. The affiliate network is Advent Affiliate Network of Motive Interactive. Motive Network or Advent Affiliate Network is basically a performance-based affiliate network and unlike many other affiliate networks, it is powered by their own advertising platform. After testing it by myself, I thought about sharing the information about Motive Interactive and Advent 2.0 with my readers. I hope that you people will find it interesting.
The Company:
Motive Interactive is an advertising network, which was founded in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 2003 and presently head quartered at San Diego, California. The Motive Network is their performance-based (CPA, CPL, CPS) advertising network, while the Motive Media is their display (CPM) advertising network. Motive Interactive has been recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the fastest growing online advertising companies in the United States.
The Founder:
Brendan J. Smith is the CEO and Founder of Motive Interactive, who served as Senior Business Development Manager for NetCreations, Inc., a leading opt-in email marketing company, before founding Motive Interactive. Mr Smith is also a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Lead Generation Committee, and a founding member of The Online Lead Generation Association (OLGA).
The Technology:
Motive Interactive have their own advertising platform called Advent ™, which was designed to increase advertiser’s ROI and maximize publisher’s profit. Motive Advent 2.0 is currently in beta testing and will be officially launched in October as a beta version. Advent 2.0 is one of the most powerful advertising platforms and it’s interface is Web 2.0 in true sense.
Using Motive Network:
In order to become a publisher of Motive Network, you will have to fill up an application form. Then they will review your application When you will log into your Motive Network account, you will notice an unique client area with three distinct columns. On the left, you will see the ‘Applications’ section, from where you can go to the home page, access offers, analyze reports and update you account information. Then, the second column lists the featured offers and system notices. And ultimately the big column on the right hand side provides summary of your performance. They call it ‘Dashboard’, where total clicks, conversions, leads and revenue are shown. It is an useful feature and also allows you to have a look at your performance in past months. In the “Dashboard’ section, you will also see a sub-section named ‘Campaign Watch’, which lists your campaigns and the revenue generated by you. You can also manually add campaigns to be displayed on that section.
The Offers:
You can access all offers available in the network by clicking the ‘Offers’ button on the ‘Applications’ section. Presently I have 30 offers from different categories which ranges from free stuffs to financial services. You can find the suitable offers for yourself by using various filters like offer types, distribution type, categories or payout. You can also search an offer by using the name or offer ID. You can always access your campaigns by using the ‘My Offers’ button on the left.
The Reports:
You can get detailed reports of your campaigns by using the ‘Reports’ button on left of the client area. The reports are provided in summary form. But you can always drill down to get details of each and every campaign and leads. Because of the unique interface, the stats loads fast and I sure that you will like it.
Motive Referral program:
Referral programs always attracts more publishers, as they opens some extra sources of revenue. That’s why Motive Interactive have an interesting referral program that 5.5% lifetimes referral earnings. Well, the publisher that you have referred must continue to generate commissions without a lapse of twelve (12) calendar months. Then only you will receive the 5.5% commission from that publisher each month. What does it means? It means that you will be paid only for the active referrals.
Motive Rewards program:
Motive Network also offers cash rewards to their affiliates. Their rewards are paid each month based upon a publisher’s commissions for the previous month and the payout starts at 1% then increases to 2% the higher the tier.
The Payments:
They pays on a Net-15 basis and the payout threshold is $50. Payments are sent by check, bank transfer or PayPal. Well, payment schedule can also be negotiable. In order to get paid, you must send them completed tax forms.
So, what I think about Motive Interactive and it’s performance-based advertising network? After using Advent 2.0 for a while, I found the client area very interesting and user friendly. Unlike many of other affiliate networks, it loads fast very fast and finding a suitable offer is just a matter of a few clicks. Right now they have limited offers, as they are in the process of transition into Advent 2.0. Still, I must say that they have some unique offers that you will never find in other networks.
Their payouts per action ranges between $0.25 to $21.00. The amounts looks small, but the offers are very easy to convert. For example: “Is Palin too Hot to be VP?” offer, which pays $1.75 and very easy to convert in present scenario. I hope that more offers will be available when Advent 2.0 officially launches. Both their referral program and publisher reward program are very attractive and will help you in maximizing your revenue. So, why don’t you give it a try? Sign up for an account today and make money money with the Motive Network – powered by Advent 2.0.
Your blog have zero PageRank? Google took away your PageRank? And now you are not sure what to do and how to make money online? Relax my friend, Google PageRank is not everything and you can earn a lot of money even without it. Unlike many other bloggers, I am not just bluffing here. Because I have PageRank zero on this blog. I’m happy without a PageRank and this blog contributes almost 40% to my monthly online income. When I can earn money, why can’t you?
So, how to make money online with a Pagerank zero blog? Here, I assume that you have an established blog and Google took away your PageRank for some reason. And now, you want to earn money online with that blog. OK? Now, let’s talk how to make money!
Affiliate Marketing: Never forget Affiliate Marketing. It is the easiest and most profitable way to make money money. All you need to find some suitable campaigns and drive quality traffic towards your affiliate links. As you already have a blog with some amount of traffic, it will be easier for you to promote some affiliate products or services. Just make it sure that your blog posts are sold enough to prompt your readers to visit your affiliate links and buy that product or service.
Selling Ad Spots: If you have quality content on you blog and your Alexa rank is good, you can get some good advertisers. Offer some ads spots like 125×125 buttons or 468×60 banners and charge your advertisers on monthly basis. You can sell you ad spot directly through your contact form or advertising page or you can use a third party solution.
CPM or CPC Ads: Find some space on your blog to show CPC/CPM ads. Here, the money you will earn depends on the amount and quality of your traffic. You can improve your blog traffic by producing useful content and utilizing the power of social networking. Look beyond Google AdSense and use other services like Chitika or WidgetBucks. Well, you can also use both of them.
Writing Paid Reviews: Well, this might be one of the reasons that resulted in a Google PageRank slap on your blog. Still, if you want, you can earn money by writing paid reviews. But the problem is that only a few advertisers will want to book a paid review on a zero PageRank blog. So, what you will have to do? Improve the quality of your content and get more traffic and get some more RSS feed subscribers. I can guarantee that you will get some good paid review offers!
I have just listed some common ways that one can use to make money online with a PageRank 0 blog. And I’m sure that these points are not new to you. Just never ignore them in case your PageRank decreases to zero. Because, Google PageRank is not everything.
Have you tested LinkedTube? LinkedTube is simple but smart flash widget tool that will enable you to create clickable links over YouTube videos with your own embed code. The created link appears as a floating button over the video and can be used to link directly to your blog, website, product page or anything else. Even other people can get the code and share it on their websites.
With LinkedTube, you can create custom YouTube video link widget in less than a minute. It has a simple form where you can enter the YouTube video id or URL, your own link text, link URL, hover title and hover text. That’s it! Your video link is ready. Just save and get the code to embed it on your blog, website or anywhere on the Internet. This simple tool also offers an option to specify how the link button appears. You can set it to show always, show on hover or never show.
In my view, it is the simplest third party solution to insert a link layer above YouTube videos. You can use it to make your videos more viral, as unlike ordinary YouTube videos, the embeddable video created with LinkedTube links back directly to your site. And when other people shares your video, they all will link back to your site! Got it? Why don’t you give it a try?
Want to add some good looking photo galleries on your WordPress blog? Need a simple solution? Then, WordPress Single File PHP Gallery, which is a new plugin for WordPress blogs, may help you! This plugin is a single PHP file and does not require any database or configuration. All you have to do is copy the file to any directory containing the images and it will automatically generate the photo gallery for you.
WordPress Single File PHP Gallery automatically generates thumbnails for images and directories. It considers sub directories as sub galleries and you can have unlimited numbers of sub galleries. You can also add description to the galleries and images by creating a simple .txt file with the description. If you edit the index.php file in a plain text editor you will find the configuration section at the top of the script. Refer to the ‘Read Me’ file provided with the plugin and you can easily customize it as per your requirements.
So, what are the requirements for WordPress Single File PHP Gallery? It requires a working installation of WordPress and your server must have at least PHP4 and GD library. I’m sure that you have them! So, why don’t you give it a try?
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