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Monthly Archives: March 2003

10 Great ways to fail as affiliate ’seller’

Only by knowing how to fail are you able to succeed.
10) mlm Pyramid schemes:

If you don’t know it already, multi-level marketing and other pyramid schemes really only work for the very few who get in early. There is also a general mistrust of mlm in the public which makes them harder to work with. [...]

‘Take Dead Aim’ with Affiliate Programs

One of the key success secrets for those that are successful with affiliate programs is to focus. You must take dead aim.
There are many thousands of affiliate programs you can join. Yet to succeed you must ignore 99% of them. You must select a subject area and stick to it.

Which side are you on in the Search Engine arms race?

Ever since the birth of the web and the introduction of search engines there have been a constant battle between search engines contra marketers trying to circumvent their algorithms.

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Engines and Spiders and Surfers, Oh My

(Why search engine optimization is alive, well, and kicking –

and as crucial as ever to the success and profitability of your business)
By Aimee Cremasco, President, Word Associates
“If you build it, they will come…”
“If you build it, they will come…”

Is Search Engine Positioning Dead?

One of the trendiest takes on Internet marketing these days seems to be this notion that securing top search engine rankings “no longer works.” Where it started, I have no idea. But rarely does a week go by when I do not see one or more Internet marketing “experts” claiming that search engine positioning is [...]

Let Your Affiliates Build Your Opt-In Lists!

Starting your own e-zine is a great way to build credibility and increase revenue. Visitors, prospects and contacts will admire your ability to reach audiences with your message on a regular basis. Advertisers will also admire your ability to reach an audience - and may be willing to pay you to reach your audience with [...]

Google’s everflux and fresh crawl

Google updates its entire database of Web sites about once a month. This process of updating the database is called the “Google Dance” because the newly indexed Web pages appear first at www2.google.com, then they’ll be transferred to www3.google.com until they finally appear in the main index at www.google.com.

What Happened? Troubleshooting Poor Response from Ad Campaigns

Too many small business owners today run ad campaigns that get

little to no results, and they have no idea why. When you have

the knowledge to troubleshoot the poor responses, you also have

the knowledge to make the needed changes so that - next time

- your sales improve! Let’s take a look at the breakdown of

an ad [...]

$10 Per Click - Do they know something we don’t?

I have utilized pay-per-click (PPC) advertising since its inception about two years ago. With PPC, the advertiser is only charged when a person actually clicks on their link. The amount you actually pay for each click is referred to as the cost-per-click (CPC). I’ve got to admit, I was pretty leery at first. [...]

Nothing Happens Without A Powerful Affiliate Program

Sure, a wonder-pill that produces traffic and profitability sounds like a perfect solution. But what would the side-affects

of artificial traffic generation be? Unstable sales results.

Non-targeted traffic? Unpredictable financial forecasting?

How To Use Recommendations On Your Site To Promote Affiliate Programs

When done properly, writing your own personal recommendations will increase your commissions as well as the sign-ups you get when promoting two-tier affiliate programs.
To help you get started, I’ve supplied the following tips that will make your recommendations work for you:

What’s Your Visitor’s UPA?

One of my students made me realize something important.
In fact, his point was so well made because he drove it home using the very idea he was illustrating. While his comment was general in nature, I realized how beautifully it applied to copy … Particularly web copy.

3 Ways To Make Your Web Site Sticky!

1) People Want A Social Life
Offer your visitors a free community. People like to

have a place where they can have discussions with

others on a particular subject. You could even

create multiple online communities. For example, if

you were selling gardening tools, you could have a

message board to discuss gardening tips and a chat

room about picking the right [...]

7 Secrets to Affiliate Success

Being successful with affiliate programs requires the use of certain techniques. Yet it is surprising how few affiliates are using many of these methods.
Here are 7 secrets to boosting your affiliate commissions each month:

Overture to Acquire Web Search Unit of Fast

PASADENA, Calif. & OSLO, Norway–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 25, 2003– Overture Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:OVER), the world’s leading provider of Pay-For-Performance search to Web sites across the Internet, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Web search unit of Norway-based Fast Search & Transfer (OSE:FAST), a leading developer of search and real-time filtering [...]

Overture to Acquire Search Engine AltaVista

PASADENA & PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb 18, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Overture Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:OVER), the world’s leading provider of Pay-For-Performance search to Web sites across the Internet, and AltaVista Company, a pioneer in Web search technology, and a majority owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI), today announced that they have signed a definitive [...]