IMO Todd Crawford had one heck of a rough job. Part of what Todd dealt with was frontline for CJ. Dealing with cranky, angry affiliates…who wanted clear answers from Commission Junction. I’d say 99.9% of the affiliate concerns were justified.
Rock…Hard Place
But I think he did a fine job most of the time. He did a [...]
Each month I make enough in PayPal to cover hosting costs and a little extra. I’d like to bump up my PayPal income so that I have a lot extra .
Do you have any recommendations or suggestions of affiliate programs that pay commissions by PayPal?
So far I have:
seobook
RoboForm
eMax Hosting
You can either submit them [...]
Yesterday I wrote about the poor results one of my affiliate websites achieves in the search engines result pages: Check Out My Google Stats.
Here are more stats for that same site:
Commissions Earned This Month: $191.25
Amount of Sales: 32
Avg Commission/Sale: $5.97
This is a straight affiliate product site - no contextual advertising of any kind.
Simple, low [...]
Oh the scandal! Are network employees and affiliate managers stealing super affiliate secrets? Color me outta the loop, seems I’ve been behind on all the chatter regarding big Commission Junction news going on right now.
Articles to read:
Triple Jangro
The Rumour Mill has it that three top account managers left CJ this week to avoid enforcement of [...]
I was reading a post over at Empress’s Blog talking about her first Google payment. What do you do with the money that rolls in from your online adventures?
I have a U.S. dollar savings account (I live in Canada) that I dump all my cheques in. Whether the amounts are big or small, that money [...]
Reviewing some January numbers with a merchant today.
Sales: $1,560
Total Amount Sales: 15
Clicks: 1,397
My Earnings/Commission: $80 and change
Funny story: I received a note from the affiliate manager asking if I tried ppc to get more sales.
Well. Tell me. Where’s the incentive? Because I don’t see it.
PPC Scenario: I pay for ppc. Google makes money, the merchant [...]
Not only do I get a ‘little crazy’ around the house at this time of year, I also do a lot of reflection and goal planning for the upcoming year.
Looking at my $ numbers this past year:
Good Grief - Did I Ever Learn A Lot! And do I ever have a lot more to learn!
Here [...]
Lately I’ve been noticing information and discussion regarding where the best placement is for Google Adsense to get clicks, clicks, and more clicks so publishers can earn more, more and more.
Some suggest using the entire space above the fold for adsense ads - and nothing else. Other suggestions are to make adsense look like your [...]
A quick note I grabbed from Rustybrick’s summaries for Chicago’s Search Engine Strategies:
Shopping Search Tactics
Clickz.com said mondays are popular for online holiday shoppers.
12-3 daypart receives most online traffic
tuesday 12-3 is also popular
Non holiday shopping usually peaks during mid-week
December 12th businesses day, December 19th is the last day for peak online shopping
Great information when timing your [...]
I sure hope you guys are raking in the commissions at a better pace than I am this month. I’m still rubbing my eyes watching my stats - I’m at an all time low! I did better in July and August and September and October - heck the whole year - than I have so [...]