So SpeedPPC is running a sale for $200 off, but it ends in just 2 days… I’ve talked a lot about this program, along with many others who have used this program. It saves a ton of time when it comes to building PPC Campaigns, and it’s highly recommended by many successful Marketers.
If you’ve got the extra cash to invest, and you’re serious about making this your Business, you should grab it while it’s $200 off!
Visit SpeedPPC.com now
I’m always paying attention to upcoming technology, and I usually know what’s coming up way before it hits… I missed this one somehow! (edit: I didn’t miss it… I just noticed that it’s Kumo, which was being discussed for a while. They changed the name, obviously!)
Bing.com will go live on June 3rd, and it’s already looking to be a much improved LiveSearch, if you ask me. I think it’s a huge step for Microsoft – with all of it’s up-to-date functionality, along with plenty of extras.
By the looks of it, Bing has some really good results compared to the results I used to get on Live as well.
I’m actually pretty impressed with this one… a Microsoft product too… strange.
I have been working on a few different projects over the past few weeks, and 2 are coming up very quickly, and I can’t wait to see the outcome of both!
I haven’t been blogging lately because of these projects, but I will say that one will be discussed in the near future, but I’m not sure “when.”
I also want to talk about Landing Pages, and some people I’ve worked with lately. Actually, I take that back… only one is worth talking about, as she’s been super awesome since day 1, and she always comes through for me when I need a new Design…on time, every time.
You can visit her site here: www.SemanticFlow.com and check out her work. The stuff in there is good, but it still doesn’t justify her work, in my opinion. Some of the LP’s she’s made for me were just amazing, especially for the price.
I’ll definitely be using her services again soon. Give her a shot and see what she can do for your next project!
Logo Designers seem to come and go, don’t they? It seems like every time I find a good designer, they disappear on me, somehow. I’m currently looking for a new one for a few projects, but I’m pretty picky.
I stopped messing with PHP back in 2007 (”for good”), because I was so frustrated with it. I had too many clients, and way too much work, and I was getting extremely stressed out… I wouldn’t even do anything for myself, other than quick redirects, or tiny scripts. But, as of this week, I’m jumping into a few new projects OF MY OWN. I will finally be able to use php for my own projects, unlike before.
Anyone watch 4th and Long with Michael Irvin? Way off topic, I know… but the show was awesome. Can’t wait for future episodes.
I’m still a member of several sites, but I haven’t been very active because of my projects going on… so, if you don’t see me around – PM me and I’ll get to it as soon as I can.
My old host deleted my site and left me hanging like I figured they would one of these days. Assholes. Stay away from HighFluxHosting aka Tremato. They changed names because they were getting shit for their old name, and now I’m going to make sure they understand that it’s not OK to delete people’s shit.
Stupid me…I forgot to make recent backups but, luckily, I found a Cached page through Yahoo! and grabbed all my old posts and put them in accordingly. The bad part? I no longer have about 30 comments that were within those posts… sorry guys!
I have some new posts coming up (ideas anyways) that I’ll try my best to get to in the next week or so… hopefully you’ll find them useful!
Long story short: I had this site setup on a Reseller hosting package I purchased a long, long time ago through a company called HighFluxHosting, which is now called Tremato, and I was stupid enough to let myself get lazy…
I kept the site on their server, although I had issues with them many, many times. I just never took this blog that serious, I guess. I use it to blog and post my thoughts, but nothing more… if it went down, it would be back up, right? Eh, laziness. Stupid me.
That company is definitely shady as hell, and they deleted my Domain because I “unsuspended” my account, since it shouldn’t have been suspended in the first place.
If you’re using that company, move far, far away. Don’t be lazy… there’s tons of others out there that actually DO want your business. “Tremato” aka “HighFluxHosting” are a bunch of shady assholes. Stay away.
Not only did they ignore my emails, they also made sure they didn’t let me grab any new backups, which I couldn’t seem to find on my PC. Yeah, it’s my responsibility to back up my site, but I figured they’d have SOME class, rather than be the assholes they are.
Oh well, I get even. 
I’ve talked about Twitter Search quite a bit, and even using Twitter Search for Trends. But, it seems that Twitter is doing just what I had hoped… they’re going into competition with the big boys, which makes things that much more interesting.
Twitter purchased Summize a while back and now it seems that the purchase could land them into MAJOR Search Territotry quicker than they could have ever imagined.
According to WebProNews, Twitter will now start following links inside of tweets.
This is awesome. This gives Twitter that much more interest in Social Media (as if it needed any more), as well as a serious look at it’s new Search Engine. Users can now stop focusing on the Nofollow links (Google) and focus on utilizing Twitter as a true Social Platform, with a powerful Search Engine behind it.
Given the fact that Twitter will now be adding in a Reputation Ranking System, this will add more credibility to their Search Engine, in my opinion.
Currently, most users simply use it to see “who’s talking about what.” But there’s so much more to it than that. Twitter has a lot of power behind it when it comes to User Generated Content, which mostly focuses on current trends. This territory that Google can’t get into right now, which is why purchasing Twitter could have been a MAJOR pickup for Google, but the deal never went through.
For Affiliate Marketers, you can easily do a search on Twitter Search and find out just about anything you need to by following outbound links (users will use bit.ly, tinyurl, etc.) that are focused on the subject you’re interested in.
There’s also a lot of useful Search Operators within Twitter Search. Say, for instance, you wanted to see if Nicky Cakes was talking about PPC.
You’d simply type in: PPC from:nickycakes
What if you wanted to see if someone else was talking to “SOB” about Affiliate Marketing?
You’d type in: Affiliate Marketing to:thinklikeansob
If you want to find anyone who has mentioned Jeremy Palmer, you’d put in:
@jeremypalmer
Simple enough!
Now, if you wanted to find links that directly correlated to a Search for…say, PPC, you’d type in:
ppc filter:links
This will bring up ONLY tweets with the term PPC, with links in the tweet.
Want to find Tweets about a subject that are questions?
Type in: PPC ?
or: Affiliate Marketing ?
Want to find someone Tweeting about Foreclosures within 100 miles of Tuscon, Arizona?
Simple! Type in:
“foreclosure” near:”tuscon” within:100mi
How about finding Trends from a specific date, to now?
Easy stuff… type in:
ad:tech since:2009-04-01
OR
swineflu since:2009-01-01
These are just a few of the amazing Search Operators that can help out anyone who wants to do some Research on Twitter Search.
If you have any questions, please ask!
I remember my first sales job like it was yesterday, but it was 10 years ago now (geez!). One of the first things they taught us was “Always be selling.” It’s the reason I hated Sales. I wasn’t a “sales person” like some of those people… but, I did build a rapport with most of the people I talked to, which made me somewhat successful.
I knew how to sale, don’t get me wrong. I was always learning about sales. I purchased courses, read books and went to training classes over the first 2 years of my Sales career. Working with the Van Tuyle group, they send you to some serious training classes. I hated sitting there all day knowing I had a long drive back, but I loved learning all of the cool stuff we learned about Psychology.
The odd thing is – I’m a high school dropout. I hated school. I was kicked out of several schools, and I rarely attended class when I was “in school.” I was a “trouble maker,” and having boring teachers did not help.
When I wasn’t in School, I was still learning. If something struck me as interesting, I would learn everything I could about it. I would become obsessed with the subject and try learning everything I could as quick as I could.
I’m still the same way these days. I never stop learning. It’s a great bad habit. 
I get annoyed with people who don’t want to learn about subjects like Internet Marketing, yet they want to make money. They give up and call it a scam… or tell others “you can’t make money that way!” — it just bugs me to see people so lazy when it comes to opening their minds and gaining knowledge.
If you’re serious about making money online with Affiliate Marketing, I highly suggest spending all your free time (away from setting up campaigns, etc) learning something new, or expanding upon your current knowledge of that subject.
Don’t know SEO? Go learn it. SEOMoz has some great resources to learn SEO! Don’t know how to build a Website? Want to learn how to use Photoshop? Want to learn the basics of PHP, or CSS? Check out Lynda.com … it costs like $25 a month and it’s amazing.
The bottom line is: don’t stop learning if you’re serious about making this a Business. The more you learn, the more you’ll earn.
OK, this is a little bit of a rant about a few “Super Affiliate” Bloggers…
Where do I start?
I can’t stand seeing all of these “Super Affiliate” Blogs all over the net, that only talk about how great they are, but have very little REAL content.
Most of these guys are nothing more than Rich kids who were handed a ton of money to play with and got lucky enough for another handout.
What’s sad is, I can seriously see one of these kids (most of them are) being kidnapped by someone who believes all of their stories they post up on their blogs. They all tend to brag and boast, and even show their earnings on their blogs – not even thinking about what COULD happen offline.
Making 6 figures a month after spending 6 figures a month is not all that impressive. Seriously, it’s not. I know they never mention how much they spend, but it’s something to keep in mind, as it’s the truth
I’ve ran into a few of these clowns online and saw how “elite” their PPC skills were. Wow. Not impressed at all!
Why does this bug me? Because there’s a lot of people who have suffered Financially because of these types of blogs that were simply trying to pawn off a product or program they have never even used…
Several of these dudes promote ppc coach, and none of them are members of the program. They’re simply promoting anything they can (and a lot of it is crap) under their “brand” (using their REAL names, of course) and it will eventually backfire…big time.
Some of these guys are the types that talk crap on “Gurus” – not even realizing that they’re just as bad. Promoting friends’ junk, and very little useful information, all for a quick buck and a favor.
Fact: No Millionaire Affiliates call themselves “Super Affiliates.”
Fact: All self proclaimed “Super Affiliates” mention that they’re “super affiliates” on their blog, or as tagline somewhere. Nobody else that knows shit about this industry actually calls them “Super Affiliates.”
Here’s something to think about:
If a Blogger is talking about how much money he/she’s making per month, or per day, on a consistent basis – he/she is simply trying to sell you something. End of story.
Here’s some awesome blogs to check out if you’re looking for REAL Affiliate Marketing Content:
CDF Networks – Chad Frederiksen’s blog. This is definitely my favorite blog. There’s always something new and interesting, it seems like. He’s been really consistent in providing great content.
CashTactics – I won’t lie… when Ruck gave this site away, I thought “great, there goes the blog…” — but I was wrong. Kris and Andrew have been killing it with some great content over the past year!
AdHustler – Brandon always has tons of case studies. This dude is really consistent, and a lot of good stuff can be found on his blog.
Masterless Samurai – Wes rarely posts these days, but everywhere he goes – there he is… the dude provides some of the best content I’ve yet to see on any blog. Some more advanced topics, for sure!
Slightly Shady SEO – Although it’s more SEO related, this kid is always posting up great information. No way I could leave him out of the list.
There’s others… but these are on the top of my list of REAL Affiliate Marketing blogs. Always great info, and always on point.
No, this post isn’t just for Linkbait. The title is what it is. There’s definitely a few similarities, although MOST Affiliate Marketing is perfectly legal and ethical.
What I’m speaking of is mostly about those Affiliates who promote CPA Offers with Rebills.
I was having a conversation with a buddy of mine, and he sent me a link to a story about how Colombian Drug Smugglers are using Semi-Submarines to get past Authorities.
OK, so you’re probably wondering HOW these two occupations are similar, right? Well, let’s take a look…
For decades, Colombians have played a game with the DEA that involves “catch me if you can” type antics. They were very creative in what they did, and they weren’t about to give up and lose big money. Of course, there’s always those few smugglers who get caught…
For years, Affiliate Marketers have played a game with the FTC that involves “catch me if you can” type antics. Most play by the rules, but a few really don’t give a damn. They’re after those big bucks. A few have been caught… a few more will be caught soon enough.
Much like Colombians who use submarines to slip under the radar, Affiliates will try everything they can to do the same. Obviously, nobody REALLY wants to get caught. It just so happens that there’s always a few idiots who seem want to try their best to do so.
Affiliates will use any type of traffic they can get. They’ll test it all. Some will fail, some will convert. The main thing is — the Affiliate just needs to get the product and the customer closer to each other.
Colombian Drug smugglers will do the same… they’re looking for whatever “in” they can find to get that product closer to the hands of the customer. Some of their methods will work, while others will fail.
The key is: being creative, and not worrying about the law…both Blackhat Affiliates and Drug Smugglers are doing this just like each other. Creativity in getting the people and the product together is how both of these groups are making their money…and who’s to blame?
In the end, we know that most Networks aren’t like Drug Cartels. They’re not looking to push the Governments resources, time and money to be used against them. But, could it be true that certain networks are turning the other way, just for a quick buck?
Could it simply be bad employees (Affiliate Managers) who are stirring things up?
In the end, someone always pays…
Staying under the radar, pushing the limit and simply deceiving the customer…that’s how these Flogs and various other Blackhat methods are going to make this Business look downright dirty in the end.
It’s might sound crazy, it might sound downright stupid…either way, it’s unfortunate, but it’s true. There’s too many unethical Affiliates out there that are simply killing this Business for the rest of us.
Now, I’m not taking any personal stance against any specific party. I really don’t care too much at this point. There’s nothing I can do. The FTC is now working around the clock to take down these “traffickers,” much the same way the DEA is working to take down the real traffickers, smuggling drugs into the U.S.
As I stated before…in the end, someone has to pay. There’s plenty of hard working, honest, and ethical Marketers out there doing their job the right way. Then, there’s those who are going to push the limits and test the deeper waters, hoping to slip by the Eagle’s Eye, looking closely on this industry.
Be careful.
With a few other Poll products out there, I’ve had to answer this question quite a bit…and I could easily turn this post into a 1,000 word blog post and make your eyes bleed to get the answer, but I won’t.
Plain and Simple fact: poll factory doesn’t need to be installed on each domain you run the poll on.
Why is this good?
Well, what happens if you have another Poll product that you’ve worked hard on, and you’ve got it running perfect… and then one day Google slaps you?
Looks like you’ll have to switch domains.
Sound like fun to you? If it does, keep using the other products.
poll factory works like this:
1. Install it on ANY domain …
2. Create a poll and it will give you output code that you simply copy and paste into a file…
3. Upload that file to ANY DOMAIN YOU WANT … ANY domain. It doesn’t have to have poll factory on it!
4. If your Domain gets slapped, you don’t have to go through the entire setup process again… you simply take those files and put them on the new domain. No re-installation of the product!
Also, I do feel that Poll Factory is way above the others in quality — and I also feel that it’s much better for QS and SEO, too.
Everything about this product is so simple to use and learn, and make money with. While it may cost a little more, it’s WAY better than the competition. Hands down.
And yes, I do own the others. They’re cool for what they do, but they’re not nearly as functional as Poll Factory.
Real quick — I know a lot of you probably heard of Market Samurai from Ed Dale, as they promoted it on the 30 Day Challenge.
Well, today I got an email that had a special discount for $97! (Ends SOON!!!)
http://www.marketsamurai.com/c/ourmistake
This is NOT an affiliate link.
I, personally, bought this program today and I like it. I also like collecting tools…
So, with that being said, ONLY buy this if you’re a full on Affiliate Marketer who does Article Marketing, SEO and PPC, etc. Otherwise, it’s probably not needed
This special discount is going away either tomorrow or the next day…I forget. Grab it now if you really want it!!!
And, please…don’t show up 3 months from now telling me the link doesn’t work. This is a 48 hour special, I believe. It’s MARCH 25TH today, so it should end within the next 24-36 hours.
