Archive for January, 2009
How to earn money using Digg and Stumbleupon
Friday, January 16th, 2009Social networks, like Digg and Stumbleupon, are a way to boost traffic to websites through word of mouth in the networks. Now you can get paid to submit links for webmasters through these networks.
What is Digg & Stumbleupon?
Digg and Stumbleupon both work on a voting system, where users can vote a website link positively or negatively. Those with many positive votes will get high visibility, those with more negatives than positive votes, will get buried and eventually taken off the site.
Is there any catch?
Yes, you are not supposed to get paid to do this, so you could get banned by Digg and Stumbleupon. They have special procedures at the site to help you avoid this. Realize that doing this is unethical because it is manipulating the original intent of the social networks.
How Subvertandprofit works:
With Subvertandprofit , you will get an email everytime there is a new offer. You will get paid $0.50 for each digg or stumble vote. Votes are very quick to do. Payments are done by paypal. Their referral program pays 20% of the earnings of other users and 10% of advertisers in your downline.
Auto allowance
Friday, January 16th, 2009Many companies don’t realize there is an alternative to leasing or giving your company vehicle to an employee. This is alternative is a auto allowance that has distinct advantages. Corporate Reimbursement Services, Inc. (CRS) estimates that on average, using this auto allowance saves an employer about $3000 per year.
How does the CRS program save 3000 dollars through their allowance? First it does it by reducing in administrative costs managing the fleet, usually through a 3rd party. Personal use expense savings because you no longer have to worry about a employer using your vehicle and running up gas and wear and tear for non-business associated trips. You’ll save with maintenance costs savings because most employees abuse the driving practices and maintenance because it is not their car. When it’s their own vehicle they take much better care of it. Idle vehicle and disposal costs are minimized because you don’t have to worry about it being turned in “upside down” in the lease, stored or transported to a different territory. Simply stop the auto allowance, once the employee is terminated. Finally, you save with capital expense because you don’t have to make large investments up front in buying vehicles. Instead you can use this money to be used for important crucial company equipment that allows the real part of your business to grow. I encourage you to check out the CRS website because it will help your company save tens of thousands, when you add up the savings of 3000 dollars per employee.
This post was brought to you by crsinc.com
How to check cookies to ensure proper affiliate tracking
Thursday, January 15th, 2009If you are apart of a affiliate network, for example Shareasale, you dont need to worry about verifying cookies. However, if you are going lone ranger and joining an in house affiliate program, you should doublecheck the cookies. An affiliate program might claim they have a 60 day cookie, but the only way to check is to actually click on your affiliate link and then take a look at the length of cookie before it expires.
I have personally had experiences where an in house program did not have the cookie length as long as they claimed. I immediately dropped those programs because that is completely dishonest. If you want to look at the dates a cookie expires, you have to look at them in Netscape/Mozilla or Opera browsers, as IE doesn’t display it in a user friendly format.
Body shops service online
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Most people aren’t aware that the majority of body shops service online don’t specialize in collision repair. The only place where you can definitely find online collision repair experts on auto cars is at Collisionrepairexperts.com. They are 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. Some of these requirements include 10 years business experience, Dun & Bradstreet verified, Minimum 95% customer satisfaction, Customer satisfaction follow-up system, 10 years of high quality business experience, they have to provide customers with a written lifetime warranty, their minimum facility requirement is a CIC Shop Class A, Approved Business Management System, Dun & Bradstreet verified, Participate in CollisionRepairExperts.com Annual Audit.
CollisionRepairExperts.com is a reputable company and works in conjunction with fortune 500 companies 3m, enterprise car rental, du pont, and fix auto collision. You can search their directory for free and it’s very quick. Just enter your city or zip code on the front page. If you have a body shop business, you can also apply online to get it registered with them. Through CollisionRepairExperts.com you can find a local auto body repair shop in your area, get estimates on repair, and book an appointment online!
A1Supplements Affiliate Program Review
Monday, January 12th, 2009A1supplements is a supplement store, which focuses mostly on bodybuilding and fat loss type supplements. I have years of personal experience with this affiliate and can tell you they deliver a very high earning rate, especially for bodybuilding related websites. This could work great for any kind of fitness or bodybuilding or supplement related site.
This is actually my highest earning affiliate program because of the good payout rate, their great reputation, and because they have a 2nd tier for referred publishers. I’ve had some people click on my link and that resulted them being a high earning affiliate which earns me passive income. Even though they aren’t as well known as Bodybuilding.com or some other supplement companies they make up for it for the extra commissions.
Payouts are 15% on sales for 60 days plus 5% for life of any commissions of sub-affiliates you join to the program. Payments are by either check or paypal. Their affiliate program is an in house program. They have no Datafeeds and they will manualy review your application to join as an affiliate. Join A1supplements affiliate program.
Diamond Rolex Watches
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Perpetual Diamonds has a selection of high quality diamond rolexes in a variety of designs. They have men’s and womens rolexes in silver, gold, plated and oyster color. They offer great prices on rolex watches, for example, the Ladies Datejust Gold Dial Two Tone Jubilee Diamond is normally $4,999.95 and now it’s just $3,999.95! Right not till January 7th 2009 they are offering 1000 dollars off their entire rolex watch stock. In order to get the 1000 dollars off you have to use the coupon code “GET1000″ at checkout.
Many people prefer to buy expensive items in person instead of online. There are a few reasons why you should not worry about buying from Perpetual Diamonds online. Each transaction is 100% Insured by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, so you are guaranteed to get what you ordered. They are also a member of the Better Business Bureau in good standing. Perpetual Diamons accepts all major credit cards and paypal. If you aren’t satisfied you can return it in 7 days for full refund or exchange it within 30 days. You aren’t going to find 1000 dollars off anywhere else right now, offline or even online. I encourage you to check out their watches and take advantage of their 1000 dollars off sale, before it expires today on the 7th.
Ways you could get scammed by affiliate programs
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009I wish affiliate marketers didn’t have to worry about the affiliate programs themselves scamming us, but sadly it can happen to you.
1) Cookie length. Some affiliate merchants do not set the actual cookie length as long as they claim on the site. I wrote another article about checking cookies and highly encourage you to read it.
2) Incomplete/No tracking. This is more of a problem with in house programs because there is no 3rd party network to ensure they are tracking all of your sales correctly. Joining a affiliate network is not bullet proof as everyone checks compliance differently, but Shareasale by far has the best affiliate tracking compliance system.
3) Not paying. Some affiliate programs, usually small in house affiliate programs, will allow you to build up a nice commission balance, but will either suspend you before payment is due or just never bother to pay you. Pay per click programs also may use the guise of suspected click fraud, even if you are not guilty, to suspend a affiliate before payout is due.
Free Ad-Supported Voip Service
Monday, January 5th, 2009I’ve always heard from people you could make phone calls on the internet without paying for it. I never really took the time to investigate it until I found CallingAmerica.com. They support web based phone calls (Voip) to any landline or mobile phone in the U.S or Canada for free! This is the first of it’s kind where they are a totally free ad-supported VOIP service. This is a a great service for people who really want to cut back their expenses, isn’t that everyone? Most of us don’t really need to be on the phone that much, so why not cut back. I’m really surprised that a company can offer such a great service for free. I know online advertising is becoming a powerful income source these days and it’s nice to have these services available for people who need to cut costs.
If you are an unregistered member, you can still use the service, but you are limited to a 2 minute length call. If you register you can have a 15 minute length phone call. To use the service simply type in the number and have your microphone connected to your computer. This service works with both PC and mac and doesn’t require any kind of special software. It works totally through the web interface. You do need a broadband connection to use the service. I encourage you to at least give it a quick try, you don’t need to be registered to test it out.
LinkWorth Review
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Linkworth.com not only has sponsored post opportunities available for publishers, but also text link ads and pay per click banner ads. Once your site is approved by staff, you must wait for these sponsored post or text link ad opportunities to come to you.
Opportunities are usually hard to come by, unless you have a high ranking blog. Linkworth seems to give most of their opportunities to blogs with alot of traffic or high PR. You get a choice between a 70/30 or 50/50 split in percentage of each transaction, your cut between you and linkworth. Linkworth says the 50/50 get higher priority for opportunities.
Linkworth pays by check, direct deposit, and paypal monthly with no minimum amount required. They also have their own affiliate program, where you earn $50 for every publisher you refer who earns at least $100. Before you can be paid, Linkworth requires U.S citizens a social security number and to fill out their online tax form. Join LinkWorth.com Affiliate program.
