Is there a future in affiliate marketing?
Is there a future in affiliate marketing? In my opinion, and many other experts in the field, it does. January is the typical month that each industry looks back at in the past years’ predictions & results, revealing new trends for the coming years. The affiliate marketing industry is...
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Critical vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins – December 2021
To ensure that your WordPress website is secure and stays that way, you need to have a security plugin. One reason is that they report regularly on critical vulnerabilities of plugins you might use. There are few available, although my preference goes to Wordfence. Critical vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins – December 2021 The Wordfence...
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Why it is important to cloak your affiliate links
Affiliate marketing is promoting other one’s products and earn a commission when they buy through your promotion link, or as we call it, your affiliate link. If you’re not cloaking your ugly looking affiliate links, you’re missing out on the immense advantages of link cloaking and should start immediately....
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What Advertisers and Affiliate Networks Expect from Affiliates
Demonstrating Potential of Long-term Relationship As an instructor of an affiliate marketing course for advertisers, it was interesting to put on my thinking cap and look at the topic from another perspective. Why is this an important topic? You may have experienced rejection by an affiliate network. They have...
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Give yourself a KISS!
Simpler’s better. So give yourself a KISS. You do this by eliminating unnecessary complexity. But by saying simpler, I didn’t mean dumbed-down. What’s that KISS? KISS stands for “Keep It Simple, Stupid” Clarence “Kelly” Johnson was a renowned aeronautical engineer at Lockheed Martin for over 40 years. He headed...
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How to apply the 7 P’s of marketing in affiliate marketing?
The 4 P’s of marketing, the classic principles of marketing, they’ve been around for a while. A long while, over 60 years! This framework was first published in 1960 (though its origins can be traced back to the 1940s). In 1981, researchers extended that model to the seven principles...
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Why affiliate marketing does not work (anymore)
Often I hear people ask if affiliate marketing still works in 2021 and beyond. Or even worse, people saying that affiliate marketing does not work (anymore). Affiliate marketing teaching industry called a scam. On a popular marketing forum, a woman, who we call for the sake of privacy “Jane”,...
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How keen are you on Keen?
So, how are you? Are you keen on Keen? You should be as it is Google’s answer to Pinterest. What is Keen? It’s a web and Android app, you say what you want to spend more time on, and then curate content from the web and people you trust...
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7 steps to be a successful affiliate marketer, that’s it!
Yep, that’s it! It only takes 7 steps to be a successful affiliate marketer. The 7 steps in a nutshell Choose a niche Build your website Write quality content that people want to read Select the best affiliate products for your niche Build your tribe of raving fans Build...
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Affiliate marketing trends for 2021
With the start of the new year, those interested in the affiliate marketing industry all ask the same question. What are the latest trends and is it still worth doing in 2021? Let’s get ready for a quick review of affiliate marketing trends for the upcoming year. Affiliate marketing...
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