Keyword maps

Keyword maps

April 6, 2009  |  Tools  |  3 Comments

I was messing around with Wordle before I got to work this morning. It’s a tool (toy?) that scans a section of text, a website URL or RSS feed and then generates a word cloud or relationship map based on word count. Looks like I need to chill out on talking about Twitter!

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Affiliate marketing jobs

Affiliate marketing jobs

April 4, 2009  |  Affiliate Marketing, Featured  |  No Comments

Looking for jobs in the affiliate marketing industry? With a growing number of recruitment websites, agencies and specialist headhunting firms it can be hard to know where to start. Help is at hand though; I’ve put together a collection of some of the best places to help set you up and find that dream affiliate marketing job. Industry news,...

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Are affiliates abusing twitter?

Are affiliates abusing twitter?

March 30, 2009  |  Affiliate Marketing, Featured  |  8 Comments

As you’ve probably guessed by my last post I’m a bit of a twitter fan but for me the jury is still out on whether or not recent affiliate twitter practices are acceptable/advisable/ethical (delete where applicable) and should be allowed to continue. Today Lee over at leemccoy put up a great post on how best to use Twitter for affiliate marketing...

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Tutorial on how to create a custom twitter background

Tutorial on how to create a custom twitter background

March 29, 2009  |  General  |  2 Comments

Inspired by Frostie’s "make more of twitter" article I thought I’d give creating a custom background on twitter ago myself. I also thought I’d make a mini tutorial out of it as I went along to share with others. Here we go...

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7 things you didn't know about me

7 things you didn’t know about me

March 26, 2009  |  General  |  2 Comments

I normally steer well clear of these chain mail type blog posts but given that I’m really enjoying blogging again why the heck not. Rob Berrisford tagged me in his last post so in line with the game rules here’s 7 things you probably don’t know (or care to know?) about me.

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Skimlinks in action

Skimlinks in action

March 26, 2009  |  Affiliate Marketing, Tools  |  12 Comments

A couple of days ago I blogged about Skimlinks which is a nifty service that will automatically convert any product deeplinks into affiliate links on the fly. Wanting to find out more and take a look under the hood I decide to sign up and give Skimlinks a whirl. I’m seriously impressed with their service so far. Signup was a...

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Using the Affiliates4u Back Me plugin?

Using the Affiliates4u Back Me plugin?

March 24, 2009  |  Wordpress  |  2 Comments

Are you using the A4Ubacks plugin as a way to promote your blog posts within the A4U community? Are you also using FeedBurner as a way to manage your RSS feed? If so then the chances are you’re in trouble and as the two don’t like to play nicely together. Here’s the simple way to spot it and fix it.

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Affiliate Marketing Event this Thursday

Affiliate Marketing Event this Thursday

Brace yourself, this Thursday there's going to be some serious networking drinking going on! If you’re not already on the delegate list then do what ever you must, beg, bribe, blackmail or stamp your feet. What ever you do, don’t miss it!

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Nigeria number one for Affiliate Marketing

Nigeria number one for Affiliate Marketing

March 22, 2009  |  Affiliate Marketing  |  9 Comments

If I told you that the popularity of affiliate marketing online is largely driven by people in the US, followed by the UK and then on to other European countries I don’t think anybody would batter an eyelid. But what if I said that there's another country where affiliate marketing is more that 4 times as popular than it is in the states?

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Skimlinks and Affiliate Marketing

Skimlinks and Affiliate Marketing

March 22, 2009  |  Affiliate Marketing  |  2 Comments

Companies, services and scripts that automatically scan your content and replace keywords or normal links with affiliate links isn’t something new however, when a company like Skimlinks comes along with such a slick and powerful product it deserves a closer look. Suddenly giving a chunk of your commission away in exchange for using their technology isn’t perhaps too much of an issue after all.

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