Archive for October, 2007
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
This post is a part of Courtney Tuttle’s Group Writing Project.
I don’t know a whole lot about affiliate marketing, so let’s say that I’m a newbie at it. With Donovan’s amazing help and Don’s rockin’ helpful hints, I’m learning the business.
It’s not easy and most would have you think. If you’re a newbie like me, then the most important thing to remember is that it takes money to make money. Unfortunately for me, this is not a poor man’s game.
My new site, Webkinz for Christmas, is an affiliate infused website that is geared to try to make some money from the Webkinz craze. Don’t know what webkinz are? Click here. There you can learn about what I had to learn about webkinz pets to get started in this affiliate business.
In starting an affiliate business such as this one, you must first decide on a product to promote. Whether it be toys, magazines, or widgets, you have to know what you’re dealing with. If you don’t know the product, how can you tell people why they should buy it?
So, firstly, I’ve done my research. I know all about webkinz, the codes, the lil’ kinz, and the accessories. I’ve looked at the wikipedia entry and I’ve made my own about page.
Also, I’ve put up the statcounter code on the page so that I can track how many visitors I get and where they come from.
You can see that on the page, the only thing aside from the About page, are affiliate links. This ensures that if people do click on something on the page, I’ll make some money (hopefully).
Next, is how to get the people to come in and click.
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Upon signing into my Adsense account today, I noticed that the video link units were available. I clicked the link and Google asked me the email address associated with my Adsense account, the last five digits of my home telephone number, and my zip code. They sent a confirmation email, to which they said the service could take 12 hours to activate. And viola! It was more like 12 seconds!
Apparently, they needed to connect my Adsense account with my Youtube account.
So, I’ve selected the category of videos that I wish for it to play, “People & Blogs”, so let’s see what pops up:
It’s a test moreso, to see if the ads can really target what you want by the content of your site. So, maybe the next post I do with the ads on it should be something to do with a trip to Mars or some outlandish story.
What do you think of the new video units?
Update: It’s a link! WTF?
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Lately, I’ve been giving it a go with an online affiliate idea. I won’t release the idea to the public just yet, but I will be documenting my progress here, in case you were wondering.
I’ve gotten a new domain and have signed up with several affiliate programs targeted to what I’m attempting to sell online. So far, I haven’t heard anything back from the programs, but it can take a couple of days, from what I understand.
Ebay also has an affiliate program if you are looking to sell anything that’s in the inventory of items that’s being sold through them. How nifty is that?
Basically, I’ve spent ten dollars for the domain name. Everything else is free so far.
A big thank you to Donovan for the ideas and the many MANY helpful hints!
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Besides giving you a laugh by letting you look at my paycheck, here’s a funny picture for ya.
Why men shouldn’t take messages:
Thanks Misty!
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
I recently redesigned the way that my celebrity gossip blog, Tragicomical, looks. I’ve done it in pink stars and was happy to mold Copyblogger’s three column theme to my liking.
So I need honest opinions. Since this is a site that I have full control of and can change anything, what could be improved? Or, what do you like about it? Dislikes? Too pink? Too girly?
Here’s a screenshot:
Versus the old logo:
Any thoughts? Feedback and constructive criticism is welcomed.
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