Back in January, Paul asked the following question: “It seems to me the sites that make money are databases, dull lists of facts and figures that send you off to buy a ticket etc. with bland graphics a and can only be built by savvy developers or if you have money. Can anyone name me a cool, vibrant,...
With so much emphasis being placed on links by the search engines, particularly Google, the concept of putting all of your links on one easy-to-manage links page or asking for all links back from link partners to land on your home page may seem attractive but may be counter productive in the context...
Whenever a recession hits or there is any decline in the economy, consumers historically tend to steer away from being frivolous with their cash and splashing out on luxury goods. Markets such as food and mainstream clothes continue to do well, for obvious reasons, but people tend to want to save their...
After what seems like an eternity of beta testing (ok, three months) behind closed doors, I’ve finally been given the green light to launch a public beta version of our brand new Content Unit system. And what a system it is – Easy Content Units is the UK’s first multi-network, fully...
As we enter a brand new year, thoughts turn to future plans, hopes and dreams for the year ahead. And Lammo’s no different – My resolution for 2008 was simply to keep blogging (My previous attempts at keeping a “diary” of sorts fell by the wayside after less than two weeks, so...
So . . . you’ve signed up to an Affiliate Marketing network or you’ve put some well placed links on your site and you’ve received your first commission payment. You’re now officially part of a revenue-sharing network. Once you’ve taken you first tentative steps into the...
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past six months, or you’ve hidden yourself away in your bedroom trying to become the next ’super affiliate’, then you won’t have failed to notice that the economy is looking a little grim. And it’s not just in the UK, globally...
Everywhere you look businesses are struggling or even going under and the media is full of doom and gloom stories about the credit crunch and the recession that the country is seeing the beginning of. But just because the economy is not as strong as it could be, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t...
Its clear that relationships between companies online are hugely beneficial – they generate more traffic, sales and thus more profit. However it is often difficult to find the right partners. Agencies are one of the best ways of finding companies with which to partner, not least for an affiliate...
I’d like to welcome our latest sponsors to the Blog, Jackpot Joy and Netklix. Updating the blog regularly is a tough and never-ending job, and it is only made possible by the wonderful support of companies such as these, and our original sponsors, DGM. As we enter the manic period of Christmas...
It’s been a while since I had a moan on this blog (oh yes it is!), but the top has been blown this week after I managed to lose several hundred pounds on PPC (There’s a reason I should stick to SEO) promoting Appliances Online via Affiliate Window. During my preparation for the PPC, I checked...
I’m just planning my holidays for 2009. Er Indoors has been going on for years about how I’ve never taken her to Paris, so a brief getaway to the home of the rudest people in the world is in order. It’s also been a few years since I’ve been ski-ing, so a ski-trip somewhere in...
You can’t fail to have noticed in the last week that several affiliates have invested in House Price Spy, a House price website, and so far Clarke, Shane, Fraser and the Two Chris’s have one by one shown their hands and declared their interest in the affiliate joint venture. Well, I’m...
Affiliate Marketing is an essentially simple concept and a fantastic way for both merchants (retailers) and publishers (affiliates) alike to profit from internet marketing. Affiliates promote the brand and products of a merchant by attracting traffic and sending it to the merchant. In return they receive...
Does Affiliate Marketing Work? Affiliate Marketing has been around for some time now with the first schemes hitting the market in around 1994. A number of companies entered the fray but arguably the largest and best known today is Amazon. Almost as soon as the Amazon affiliate scheme was launched, people...


