Archive for November, 2008
Rehab facilities
Friday, November 14th, 2008Encouraging someone to go into rehab to fight drug addiction can be a difficult thing. It’s important you try to help someone do it because it could mean a matter of life or death. Most people addicted are usually crying out for help anyways, but don’t know how to ask someone for help upfront. Promises rehab facilities has 2 different facilities in southern California to treat common drug and alchol addictions.
About Amazon Affiliate Program
Friday, November 14th, 2008Amazon is one of the oldest major affiliate programs on the net. But with all the name recognition, how good is the Amazon affiliate program?
Amazon is actually a really a poor affiliate program. Late last year, they dropped the cookie lifetime from 30 days to 1 day. On top of that they only pay 4% on sales. 4% without a cookie is just downright pathetic. Most affiliate programs pay at least 10% with a cookie of 30 days. Many of your earnings in affiliate programs are going to be from purchases 10 or 30 days down the line, so cookies are an important part of making good money off of affiliate programs.
This is not to say, Amazon isn’t a good idea for some sites. Amazon has the ability to show individual products with their image and prices in the affiliate ads. This makes amazon ideal for product orientated type sites in music, electronics, or books. For most websites however, this type of layout is very poor for getting sales conversions. On most websites, visitors are unlikely to be interested in the exact product you pick to display in your ad. That is why amazon is most appropriate for producted orientated sites that do a good job of integrating these individual ads.
Another thing to consider is, Amazon often won’t send some of the products overseas either. So, for example, if you sign up for U.S amazon affiliate account, you won’t be getting many sales from a U.K visitor. The best way around this, would be to sign up for multiple country amazon programs.
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Blog pictures
Friday, November 14th, 2008Acobox.com is a great website to store or find quality blog pictures to use for your blog posts. Acobox has hundreds of galleries of pictures uploaded by other people. These pictures are high quality manually reviewed by Acobox. Now you don’t have to search around to find quality images because bloggers have submitted quality images and verified by Acobox. Secondly, many bloggers worry about copyright infringement and getting in trouble for using someone elses images. Acobox can help you avoid this problem because the images are stored on their servers and they are manually reviewed to make sure they are properly licensed. The code is also SEO optimized and you can save bandwith and hassle of having to upload the images to your site.
To use their pictures you must register, which is free and quick to do. You can submit your own images to Acobox.com, but they must first be reviewed. Make sure you read their image guidelines. It’s very easy to grab the image from acobox.com as it’s all automated. Just click on the category and picture you want, then choose the alignment, size, and then the snippet of code is given which you can cut n paste into your blog. You can also leave comments and they give you related pictures. Below is a picture I got from one of the Acobox.com galleries.
Commission Junction Review
Friday, November 14th, 2008Commission Junction is a popular affiliate network. A lot of reputable affiliates are part of this network. You may want to sign up, if you’re looking for an affiliate program, just to see if they have affiliates in their directory to fit your website. I have used commission junction heavily and recommend them as they have many good affiliate programs and it’s a solid reputable affiliate network.
Once you are accepted in the program, you can then quickly “apply” for any affiliate. Some allow instant approval, others are manually checked by that individual affiliate. Commission Junction pays by check and requires you to mail/fax your tax information in order to get paid. Minimum payment is now 50 dollars. They pay by direct deposit or check.
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Auto Repair
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Most people aren’t aware that the majority of auto body shops don’t specialize in collision repair. Collisionrepairexperts.com is a searchable database of auto repair listings of verified collision experts. There are many requirements that every business must have in order to be listed in their directory including 10 years business experience, Dun & Bradstreet verified, Minimum 95% customer satisfaction, Written lifetime warranty, and other requirements. Find a local auto body repair shop in your area and even get estimates and book an appointment online!
LinkShare.com Review
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Online since 1996, Linkshare.com is the oldest major affiliate network and has some established big players, like ESPN, AT& T and Wal-mart.
The user interface for LinkShare is confusing and not very convenient. You have to add each website to the network and use a different affiliate link for each website. Some important features that Linkshare.com lack are detailed program uptime history and visible affiliate tracking compliance like Shareasale does. They don’t also tell you the EPC earnings that the affiliate earns inside their network. Linkshare has no 2nd tier affiliate program features for merchant programs inside their network or even direct product url link creators. Linkshare has datafeeds available at participating merchants, but you have to pay a fee to use them.
Linkshare is different from other networks because payments depend on the affiliate merchant. Some affiliate merchants send the payments themselves, others send them through Linkshare for them to send it. We feel this is a major con to Linkshare, as they are the only affiliate network that leaves it to some merchants to actually send payments. Sometimes you can wind up waiting months for a payment from your merchant. One positive to Linkshare’s payment system is the minimum payout balance is only $1, unlike most other networks requiring $25-$50. Linkshare also has their own affiliate program, paying $1.50 for referring other affiliates to signup with LinkShare. Payments are sent by check or direct deposit.
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Journeylite
Thursday, November 13th, 2008At Journeylite.com you can find out if a if a new innovative weight loss procedure for the obese called laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) from JourneyLite is right for you. You can also read testimonials from those who went through the procedure or even attend seminars. Find a lap-band doctor in the Cincinnati, Houston, LA, and Tampa areas.
ABCTickets.com Review
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008ABCTickets.com carries sports, music, and other entertainment event tickets. It is by far one of the best affiliate programs you could put on a sports, music, or entertainment related website. ABC Tickets affiliate program is apart of the shareasale network and pays a flat rate of $30 dollars per sale on a cookie that never expires. If you figure the average ticket sale is maybe 150 dollars, then a 30 dollar payout is averaging 20% per sale to their affiliates!
Most of the other ticket affiliates I have found are around 10% or less. I have personally found ABC Tickets to out do the earnings of my other sports affiliate programs on my sports websites. Everyone visiting a sports website is interested in eventually buying tickets, unlike memorabilia and sports clothes they could get at a clothing store. That is why I believe ABCtickets.com converts so well.
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Digital Landing
Monday, November 10th, 2008Digital Landing is a comprehensive information site for learning about high speed internet, HDTV, VOIP, and wireless networks. You can read high speed internet reviews of Comcast, Time Warner, Mediacom and AT&T, and other major carriers. Digital Landing has a form you can quickly fill out to compare prices for the major carriers in your area, so you can save money. DigitalLanding.com can help you find the fastest, most reliable, and affordable high speed internet. They have articles covering information on the internet including installation of wireless network, home network security, differences between DSL and cable internet, and many other topics. You can also test your internet connection on their site, to see how it sizes up against the competitors.
Infrared Sauna
Sunday, November 9th, 2008MidwestSaunas.com specializes in far infrared saunas Infrared saunas are different from steam bath saunas you see at your gym because it provides a nice soothing warmth without the sticky humid feeling of the water. Infrared saunas can help with Pain Relief, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis, Weight Loss, Increases Extensibility of Collagen Tissue , Joint Stiffness, Increases Blood Flow, Menopausal Symptoms, Low Blood Pressure, Detoxification of the Body, Aging, Skin, Eczema, Menstruation Pain, Ulcers, High Blood Pressure, Hepatitis, Asthma, Sore Throat, Nose Bleeds, Sunburns, Scarring, and many other conditions. Learn about the West Coast Saunas revolutionary technology called Carbon Wave 360 at their website. MidwestSaunas.com is selling Infrared Saunas starting as low as $1995.
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