Recently I’ve had a few people ask me about affiliate marketing and some guidance about where to get started.

We got into affiliate marketing about a year and a half ago and it’s been a real roller coaster ride. It’s not as easy as a lot of people make it out to be (they’re usually the ones trying to sell you an e-book), but if you are willing to put in the time (and a little bit of money) and are creative enough, it can be an awesome way to make a living.

The problem though, is that there are very few “clean” sources of information about it. Most people pushing out articles and books about affiliate marketing are actually trying to sell you something. » Continue reading “Getting Started in Affiliate Marketing”

I signed up for the Rubicon Project and have just added one of their ad units to this site (you can see the ads 3rd column over). This is mostly just to test the ad network and see how well it performs & how well it targets ads. The ad placement is not optimal, but I didn’t want it to take away from the content on this blog.

» Continue reading “Testing Rubicon Project Ads”

I’m going to try a new link-karma, link-roundup feature called “Elsewhere on the net”. It’s quotes that stood out from other sites/blogs around the net over the past week or so. » Continue reading “Elsewhere On the Net: Teaching by Selling, Like Serving Kobe to PETA, and Offer Fillers”

I just got back from affiliate summit in Miami where I met some pretty cool people, was introduced to a few companies, and got a chance to look more into affiliate marketing and what it’s all about. This got me thinking about one of the most lucrative markets online - credit card offers - and how difficult it is to find a genuinely good credit card offer from a consumer’s perspective.

» Continue reading “Why It’s Hard to Find a Good Credit Card Offer Online”

Auction Ads seems to be getting quite a bit of coverage recently so I thought I’d review the service and aggregate my own thoughts about using Auction Ads over AdSense or any other revenue generating service. I’ll cover the basics of how it works and offer some Auction Ads tips from what I have heard and seen from mine and other people’s experiences.

» Continue reading “Auction Ads Tips and Review: What Every Website Owner Should Know”