January 2009

Pursue Your Passion, But At What Cost?

by derek on January 26, 2009 · 104 comments

There is no question that I have a passion for blogging and all things related to the Interweb – writing code, sharing knowledge, helping people, and building relationships. The ideal that many of us strive for is to find work that we love while still being able to provide for ourselves and loved ones. Shortly [...]

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In this next step of our case study on getting started with affiliate marketing, we will examine how to automate the process of adding affiliate products from LinkShare to our site. Merchandiser Data Feed Program LinkShare offers a service that they refer to as the Merchandiser Data Feed Program that allows publishers to maintain a [...]

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Whether you are building an affiliate store or simply want to include affiliate products in a post, one of the first decisions that has to be made is how to actually add the affiliate product links. There are three basic methods: Manually add product links (which can be extremely time consuming) Create your own script [...]

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Lately we have had a fair amount of discussion surrounding affiliate marketing and how we can leverage affiliate links to increase our bottom line. During all of this conversation, we’ve even been fortunate enough to receive a few comments from top affiliate marketers such as the one and only “ghetto affiliate” and Garry “He Called [...]

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Speedlinking – Be Successful

by derek on January 19, 2009 · 41 comments

Ask someone if they want to be successful. No really, ask someone – I’ll wait. If the person you ask is like most people, they will look at you funny and then answer that of course they want to be successful. Now ask them what steps they are taking to be successful. Chirp…chirp…chirp. While just [...]

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