On April 27th, Clickbank announced that their new HopLink Shield links were fully operational. HopLink Shield is a free tool on the Clickbank website that encrypts the affiliate and vendor nicknames in HopLinks. It is supposed to add another … [Continue reading]
Swine Flu: Another Great Reason to Work from Home
Watching CNN's coverage of the continuing spread of the swine flu A (HIN1) virus, it strikes me again how fortunate those of us who work from home truly are. I remember clearly those days when I went to work at the air traffic control tower and … [Continue reading]
My Links are Grey Instead of Blue
In the Forum, shalisha42 noted: Hi everyone. I've been following SAH and I put up my first real blog!!! I'm so psyched. I have one problem though... when I put my links in, they are grey instead of blue, so you really can't tell that they are … [Continue reading]
Beware Free Merchant Domains
I was wondering why I hadn't earned a commission on a particular product in quite awhile. The merchant had given me a free domain set up to redirect to their store with my affiliate link, so I went to that URL and it was still redirecting, no … [Continue reading]
Affiliate Site Case Study: Introducing Diner Dave
Note from Ros: I first noticed DinerDave.com when the domain name registration and hosting order showed up in my Inbox from Bluehost. "Cool domain name", I thought. A few days later, Patrick Bayne (AKA Diner Dave) got in touch to ask me about … [Continue reading]
iStock by Getty Images: Royalty-Free Images at Reasonable Prices
iStock by Getty Images is my new favorite images supplier for my sites. iStock is a royalty free stock photography site that serves up BEAUTIFUL images on the cheap. Image downloads cost from 1-6 credits depending on the size of image you want. … [Continue reading]
Podcast: What Merchants Do to Mess Up Their Affiliate Programs
Linda Woods, host of the weekly "Affiliate Marketing Insider" podcast on Webmaster Radio invited Kathleen Lindsay of Allegiance Marketing Resources and me back this week to talk with her on the subject "What Merchants Do Wrong to Mess Up Their … [Continue reading]