Archive for February, 2006

Rosalind Gardner:
Maybe you’re not seeing an adequate return on your Adsense ads and want to see whether you can do BETTER with something other than Adsense?
Rosalind has compiled a list of 39 Google AdSense alternatives.

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AdBrite
Advertising.com
AffiliateSensor
AllFeeds
AzoogleAds
BidClix
Bidvertiser
Buds Media Network
Burst Media
Casale Media
Chitika eMiniMalls
Claxon
Clickcent
Clicksor
ContextCash […]

The Affiliate Marketer’s Journal:
More and more I am seeing the trend of merchants offering “private label�? or “template�? web sites. Private labels appear to be a full fledged e-commerce site, complete with product pages, shipping policies, etc. When customers opt to buy something from the template site, however, they are actually directed to a shopping […]

Revenews:
Web directories themselves are mere conduits to other destinations on the Internet; so, why should these directories have an issue with affiliate sites that are (much better) conduits to products or services that are useful to its users?
Also, when will these directory owners realize that affiliate marketing is a serious business with the affiliates an […]

The Business Opportunities Weblog Network is made up of eleven niche business blogs. Here’s a selection of popular posts from around the network this week:

Best and Worst of Making Money Online: Part 1
Selling for Others on eBay
Brazil: Carnival in Your Living Room
Links for 2006-02-15
First Lenovo-Branded Products Debut Worldwide
Self Employed Tax Write Offs
Los Inicios […]

Randy:
This is an idea I’ve played with for a while. Suppose you were an affiliate for some kind of product that costs money, but isn’t something that is often sold at a discount or sold used. Like a magazine subscription, for example, or herbal hangover pills.
And suppose you put auctions for that product up […]

The February 2006 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is out:
The February 2006 issue is all about the EU Affiliate Marketing scene, crammed with marketing opportunities from affiliates who actually live and work in the EU. Plus AdSense Arbitrage that works, multiplying profits from existing content, and much more!

PR Web:
WebmasterRadio.FM, a free, business, 24/7 internet radio network, announces the iDate 2006 radio special featuring the FriendFinderInc.com network, to air Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Hosted by FriendFinderInc.com Senior Affiliate Manager Sagi Cezana, Senior Online Media Buyer Sarah Prescott and WebmasterRadio.FM’s Brandy Shapiro-Babin, the iDate special will cover all aspects of […]

Search Engine Watch:
A new Nielsen//NetRatings study shows that “sponsored link advertising impressions” grew from 55.4 billion to 64.3 billion or 16 percent during the past six months (August 2005 and January 2006). Google in August 2005 earned 36.2 billion, which increased to 41.1 billion in January 2006, a six-month increase of 14%. […]

Affiliate Marketing Blog:
One point worth noting though to any merchant who is considering setting up an incentive. Please don’t offer it to the affiliate who generates the most number of sales? Why? Because chances are the prize will go to their top affiliate anyway. They won’t necessarily put in any extra work and as […]

Continuing our post from yesterday, here’s part two of Best and Worst of Making Money Online.
Make Money Online’s biggest affiliate program duds of 2005:

CrispAds (no returns at all)
Art.com (money’s still stuck in the account)
Commission Junction and LinkShare (some money, but stick in the account)
ShareASale.com and clixGalore (still nothing)
CafePress (some cash, but stuck in the account […]