CategoryAffiliate Programs

Amazon have in the last day released a new beta test for their associates to try out – aStore. Put most simply – this is a way to add a shop to your blog (similar to Chitika’s shoplinc – the main difference being that Shoplincs are CPC (cost per click ...more

I’ve just noticed that Amazon UK’s Affiliate program is beta testing a new type of ad called ‘New Self-Optimising Links’. They describe it as: “Self-Optimising Links feature products chosen automatically based on the content of your site. To create Self-Optimising Links simply modify the template and appearance elements and copy ...more

It always amazes me how badly some businesses interact with potential clients. Yesterday I had the ‘pleasure’ of receiving three calls in 10 minutes from a tele-sales company where the callers (3 different ones) started their calls (where they were trying to sell me a mobile phone) with these three ...more

I had an email yesterday from the developers of BloggerKit.com – a nice looking system that helps you to integrate Amazon affiliate ads into your blog in a semi automatic way. The system allows you to trigger relevant ads by simply adding a tag to the end of your blog ...more

I was just reading through my RSS feed and I came across a blog that I used to read on a daily basis for it’s interesting and helpful content. The blogger had a good grasp of the topic and provided a wonderful blend of the latest news in their field ...more

AdSense have continued to release new items on their ‘referral’s program today with two new things for their publishers to earn commissions on. You can now refer to: Google Pack – when users install it from your referral you get $2 Picasa – when users download it from your referral ...more

Ben at College Startup is writing a useful series of posts on ‘How to Become a four figure blogger’. So far he’s put together 2 parts (read them at part 1 and part 2). Here are a couple of key quotes from the series so far with a few of ...more

Over the weekend I made close to $1000 more than my normal level of earnings without doing anything different at all. In fact I didn’t intend to make the money and for 24 hours or so I didn’t even know anything abnormal was happening. How can this be so? Let ...more

One of the lessons that I learned after a a year of blogging for an income was the danger of relying upon a single income source for your blog. To that point I’d heavily focussed upon AdSense as a revenue stream on my blogs and was making what I thought ...more