Friday, September 13, 2013

the newspaper: September 13, 2013

September 13, 2013
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AffiliateTip - How Affiliates Drive Traffic to Sites in 2013
Affiliates were asked “How do you typically drive traffic to your website?” for the 2013 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. The results were varied with SEO, social networks, and blogging as the most popular. I was surprised that only about a quarter of the people were using email marketin...
affiliates4u - Global Bot Traffic Will Waste Billions in Ad Revenue
Nefarious activity is on the increase for both web and mobile platforms, according to the latest Global Bot Traffic Market Advisory from internet solution provider, Solve Media. Bots can infiltrate web, video and mobile traffic ......
PeerFly Blog - What are Sub IDs?
“What are sub IDs?” is easily one of the most common questions Nate and I are asked on live chat. Optional and often overlooked by new publishers, sub ids are an important tool to utilize when scaling your campaigns and are typically used in one of two situations. 1. Segmenting Your Traf...
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PPC.org - How I Got Started in the World of Internet Marketing and PPC
It’s quite amazing to think back to when I was in high school and started making money online when I was just 15. That was 17 years ago and as much as everything has changed, it’s still pretty much the same. The business model is still the same. Create ad campaigns, find people that want...
IMGrind - How To Buy A Domain That's Already Registered #infographic
We’ve all been there – you come up with the perfect domain name only to find out that it’s already registered and not even being used. Registered domains that don’t have a website associated with them have often been purchased by speculators who are banking on making a profit...
Marketing Experiments - A/B testing: How we drilled down to discover the truth behind a 445% lift
You should always look at your data with a healthy amount of skepticism, as a discerning eye can help you discover when an exceptional lift does not indicate an exceptional result. Read on to learn more about why a 445% lift was not a reason to celebrate. ...
HasOffers Blog - Is Apple Stepping In Its Own Way With iTunes Radio?
On Tuesday Apple announced that its much-anticipated iTunes Radio will launch with iOS 7 on September 18th. Similar to Pandora, the service will enable iPhone users to create their own stations and tweak them by tapping “Play More Like This” … Read this post »...
Performance Marketing Insider - [InfoGraphic] Marketing with Twitter in 2013
Twitter is over seven years old now, and has quickly become one of the most powerful marketing tools available on the Internet.  An info graphic was recently released from DashBurst illustrating some of the different statistics concerning the social media giant.  The information gathered together ...
HubSpot - 10 Deadly Reasons Most Websites Fail [SlideShare]
22 years ago, something remarkable happened. 36-year-old physicist Tim Berners-Lee, changed the world forever using just a few lines of computer code. That day, the first ever website was born....
Blogging Tips - Top 10 Link Building Tips for Bloggers
Are you a blogger? Are you disappointed with you search engine results you get? Are you unsure how to promote your content? If the answer to these questions is "yes" then you are in the right place. In this article we'll go through the ten link building ideas and tricks that will increase your...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

the newspaper: September 12, 2013

September 12, 2013
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affiliates4u - Credit Card Comparison Site on Mission to Break Google Dominance
In its quest to dominate the UK market, credit comparison site TotallyMoney.com has upped its multichannel presence and refreshed its focus on PR and advertising. The London-based firm has unveiled a series of innovations aimed at ......
IMGrind - HUGE Mobile News: Twitter Acquires MoPub For 350 Million
This is really big news for many of our Grinders here who are running Mobile CPA offers from Revived Media. Twitter just jumped head-first into the Mobile Real-Time Bidding Ecosystem by acquiring Mopub Mobile Ad Exchange for a reported $350 Million. (WOW!) That’s excellent news for the folks a...
Clickbooth - BIGGER Facebook Ad Pics: Hit or Miss for Advertisers?
Facebook Ads got BIGGER. Advertising on Facebook can generate significant traffic for online marketing campaigns. In their recent makeover, Facebook ads now incorporate larger images (154×154 pixels), appear in users' news feeds and allow for link descriptions with a 200 character limit. Whil...
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AffiliateTip - ShareASale is Closed Today in Memory and Honor of 9/11
As they have been doing for years, ShareASale is closed for the day today, “in memory of those lives lost, and to honour the heroes from that morning and thousands of other mornings when peace was chosen over war.” ShareASale closes their office each September 11 and they donate all tran...
AMNavigator - The Reason Why Pay-Per-Call Affiliates Do Not Join Your Program
For advertisers that take orders over the phone a pay per call program is a must. It will draw impressive conversion rates (always higher than what affiliate click referrals will yield) and higher average order value (1.5 to 2 times higher than purely click/online-oriented campaigns), complementing ...
Adscend Media Blog - Adscend Media Recognized by Inc. Magazine and Empact Academy
The last few months have been quite a whirlwind for us. First off, in August, we were honored to be included on the 2013 Inc. 500 list. Awarded annually by Inc. magazine, the Inc. 500 list recognizes the top five hundred … Read More...The post Adscend Media Recognized by Inc. Magazine and Emp...
Copyblogger - Content Marketing: A Truly Winning Difference
In the 1920s, Schlitz beer went from 5th in the market to a tie for first. All because a sharp copywriter named Claude Hopkins highlighted their water purification process in an advertisement. Never mind that all beer companies used the same process. No one had told that story before. Advertisers be...
PPC Hero - Eight Things PPC Beginners Do (That You Should Too)
PPC pros don’t know everything when they’re just starting out. But the one thing they do know is how to follow and closely manage the fundamentals of account management that many seasoned experts end up taking for granted. But paying … ...
HubSpot - How I Came in Second to Bill Gates: The Brilliance of the LinkedIn Influencer Program
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn Today. It has been slightly modified and republished below. Imagine you have something important to say. (That shouldn't be too hard – we all have something important to say.) You write an article. You post it....
Blogging Tips - The Importance of Proper Blog Setup for Branding Purposes
Are you looking to establish an online brand that is authoritative, that consumers can relate to, and that casts you as a true industry expert and thought leader? If so, there are few tools more effective than a blog. These days, it is by no means hyperbolic to say that all companies need a stro...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

the newspaper: September 11, 2013

September 11, 2013
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ConversionVoodoo - The Worst Mistakes You Can Make In Email Marketing
An email marketing campaign is one of your greatest marketing assets. However, it can also easily become your biggest folly. These campaigns walk a fine line, and it’s important to understand the things you can do to completely ruin your marketing campaign so you don’t make these fatal m...
AffiliateTip - Affiliate Marketer Workplaces in 2013
Affiliates were asked “Do you currently work from home or commute to an office?” for the 2013 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. The results broke out as 59.5% for work from home, 17.7% for commute to an office, and 22.8% for both (depending on the day). I fall firmly into the “work ...
HubSpot - 25 'Boring' Companies With Brilliant Social Media Cover Photos
In a world where 40% of people respond better to visual information than plain text, it's probably a good idea to optimize your social media channels with visuals. And one of easiest ways to take advantage of visual content on social media is through your cover photos -- sitting right at the top of ...
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ZacJohnson.com - My Mistakes and Failures that You Can Learn From
No one makes it in business without having their own share of failures and mistakes. I of course am no exception either. With over 17 years under my belt since I started making money online back while I was in high school, I certainly have a lot of stories to tell. Many of them are […]The post...
Clickbooth - Grow Your Google+ Audience Automatically
Want to grow your Google+ audience automatically? Forming a solid Google+ following is crucial for the opportunity to market to its millions of active users. Now, with the introduction of Google+ author attribution, users can sign in to content-publishing sites (WordPress.com) and have their content...
Ivan Ong - Success Story #14: 400% ROI Lady – Louisa
Hey everyone! My name is Louisa and I took Ivan's CPA Marketing course earlier this March.  So it turns out that I've had some small successes over the months and to thank Ivan as well as to reach out to more people, I'd like to contribute my story to you! Just a little background information...
affiliates4u - Twitter Ramps Up Mobile Offering With New Ad Exchange Acquisition
Following the ‘rapid consumer shift’ toward mobile usage, social network Twitter has strengthened its portfolio by agreeing to acquire one-stop ad serving platform, MoPub. The San Francisco-based mobile-focused advertising exchange is designed for mobile application publishers to manage...
Matthew Woodward - Ranking For Rand Fishkin – Blackhat Boosting 101
Today we write a new page of history – the very first guest post on the blog! I have always refused guest posts in the past as they don’t meet the quality standard that I like to publish. Even when they were up to scratch, I advised the authors the posts are better off on […] Be...
IMGrind - Meet Ruck And Ryan At The Upcoming Global Mobile Internet Conference Silicon Valley
For all you Grinders heading out to San Francisco next month to participate in The GMIC – Global Mobile Internet Conference, this is a heads up that we will be attending as well. Ryan, Brent and myself will be there representing (not so much IMGrind) but more Revived Media and iMobiTrax. If yo...
Inside Facebook - Infographic: Facebook fans of vitamins and supplements outpace clothing, music
Facebook users may love their clothing and music — as evidenced by 185,000 and 172,000 fans respectively of those industries — yet they are even more excited about vitamins and supplements. Almost 35 percent of fans......
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

the newspaper: September 10, 2013

September 10, 2013
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CharlesNgo.com - The Rise of Ngo: Chapter 6
The Rise of Ngo: Chapter 1 The Rise of Ngo: Chapter 2 The Rise of Ngo: Chapter 3 The Rise of Ngo: Chapter 4 The Rise of Ngo: Chapter 5 Summer 2008 Life was good. I had a steady income from my job, and I was making 3 times more money from my affiliate campaigns. I was starting to get burned out from ...
IMGrind - Tip: Where The Most Mobile Traffic On Millenial Media Is
For all you mobile marketing IMGrind Private Forums Members, CPA Marketers from Revived Media and Mobile Media Buyers tracking your campaigns with iMobiTrax…here’s a bone from me to you to start your Monday off on the right foot. Millennial Media is a mobile advertising power-house, that...
WhatRunsWhere - Webinar: How Spying on Competitors Can Help Your Marketing
  WhatRunsWhere and LogMyCalls are co-hosting a webinar on how to spy on your competitors and optimize your campaigns. LogMyCalls is the smartest call tracking application on the market today. It combines vital marketing data with call analytics and customer intelligence. Max Teitelbaum, our Co...
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Marketing Experiments - Online Testing: 3 benefits of using an online testing process (plus 3 free tools)
Some of the benefits that derive from A/B testing can go ignored or overlooked if marketers do not have a set testing process in place to guide their testing efforts. Read for three benefits of using an testing process that you can use to aid your online testing. ...
Blogging Tips - Meet Ivan Ong, Singapore CPA Mastermind
You’re probably interested in how to make money online and that’s why you read sites like Blogging Tips to extract some expert advice and valuable insight into how you can parlay your online efforts into real dollars in your bank account. And there is definitely value there, but sometime...
Clickbooth - COMING SOON: Making Money with Instagram
Instagram plans to begin selling advertisements to help brands market to the 150 million active monthly members of the popular photo sharing app, the Wall Street Journal reports. The new Chief Operating Officer of Instagram (originally from Facebook) Emily White is responsible for implementing adv...
PPC Ian - Fun Times Speaking At Google
I absolutely love public speaking. I always get an incredible rush, especially when speaking to large audiences. It’s also a fun and amazing way to give back to the digital marketing industry, one of my core goals each and every year. I have featured quite a few of my speaking events here on P...
HubSpot - How to Create an Animated GIF [Quick Tip]
If you've spent any time on the internet at all, you've probably come in contact with an animated GIF. It's an image file that allows you to feature animated images -- which makes it seem like the image is moving. Look over to the right of this post to see an example of what a GIF looks like.  ...
Copyblogger - How an Independent Video Production House Makes Seven Figures with the Help of Two Insanely Useful Blog Posts

 Simplifilm has one clear vision — they help businesses and individuals create professional videos when they need book trailers and application demos. They're great at what they do. They're so good, in fact, that many of their clients report an instant uptick in trial sign-ups and sales...
Daily Conversions - AFFILIATES – BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, DON'T JUST GRAB NAMES
How do affiliate marketers impact sales and brand image of companies that complete transactions in stores and other brick and mortar locations?  More than you would guess, which will drive a near doubling of affiliate spending in the next few years. Linkshare commissioned Forrester Research to stud...
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Monday, September 9, 2013

the newspaper: September 9, 2013

September 9, 2013
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HubSpot - How to Get Started with Pinterest, Write Captivating Intros, and More in HubSpot Content This Week
Most of the time when I'm reading about marketing, I like to actually learn something I can take away and implement. While I certainly appreciate pontification about industry trends and inspirational thought leadership pieces at times, the content I truly find valuable is content that helps me do my...
iPyxel - Conquer Long Copy Landing Pages with Sticky CTAs and Scrollers
One of the greatest hurdles a lot of performance marketers face with long copy is determining where to position their Call-to-Action (CTA). Should you place it after your headline, by the testimonials, under your value proposition? Luckily, with some coding, we don’t have to worry about choosi...
Ivan Ong - My First PPV Tool Is Out – URL Scrapper
One of the thing to work lesser and be earning more is to leverage on the use of technology to help you save time and to work more efficiently. I have been working to come out with a set of tools that would help you save time with your PPV campaigns. I personally sucked at […]...
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JohnChow.com - How To Modify a John Chow T-Shirt
When I give a guy an I’m with John Chow, Bitch! T-shirt, they just wear it. However, the same doesn’t always hold true for a lot of females. This is because I only have male versions of my T-shirt and […] Be the first to comment... Related Posts:Win A Free T-shirt Just By Tweetin...
Performance Marketing Insider - 7Search Pushes Traffic
Jennifer Selleck speaks briefly with Charles Meyer of 7Search, an alternative PPC traffic source that has been around since 1999. According to Charles, a lot of affiliate marketers use 7Search for different verticals.   Balancing out all the factors it takes to create sales and generate revenue fo...
BoostCTR - Weekly PPC Update – Back to School Edition Part 2
Hope everyone had a great weekend and that your Fantasy (and real life) teams are doing well!   In the spirit of back to school, let’s start with some learning opportunities from Google…   Upcoming webinars to get you up to speed include some really good Display-focused ones ...
AffiliateTip - Official Photos from Affiliate Summit East 2013
The photos from Affiliate Summit East 2013 are now up at the Affiliate Summit Flickr page. They have been sorted out to the following categories: Orientation at Affiliate Summit East 2013 Misc. Affiliate Summit East 2013 Meet Market at Affiliate Summit East 2013 Exhibit Hall at Affiliate Summit East...
Blogging Tips - The ABC's of a custom domain name
If you're using a free WordPress template to get your message out but aren't getting the traffic you think you should, the changes you need to adopt might be simple. Getting a custom domain name is an idea you'll want to consider if you've been saddled with one of the default domains you get...
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

the newspaper: September 8, 2013

September 8, 2013
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PPC Ian - Chilling At Four Seasons Westlake Village
My amazing wife, Nicole, and I work super hard. We’re both in the world of digital marketing. We truly enjoy and cherish our fast-paced careers in this amazing industry. As mentioned in my 2013 goals, I’m a big believer in the power of vacations, especially for busy working professionals...
HubSpot - The Resources You Need to Create Killer Calls-to-Action [In Under 100 Words]
A killer what? Here, read this post that explains what calls-to-action (CTAs) are.  Caught up? Now master the copy and design to get the best conversion rates possible. If you could use a little help creating them -- design's not my forte, either -- use these free, customizable CTA templates....
ZacJohnson.com - Neil Patel's Awesome New Quick Sprout Forum
There are plenty of affiliate and internet marketing forums out there and some are better than others. At the end of the day it comes down to the value that you get out of the members and that people are actually participating on your forums. Earlier this week my good friend Neil Patel announced tha...
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JohnChow.com - Dot Com Lunch – Too Hot To Eat Outdoor Edition
Normally, the Dot Com Lunch in Irvine is held at the patio of Pho Ba Co. There’s nothing quite like eating Pho outdoor in the hot California sun. Unless the sun gets too hot. That was the case today as […] Be the first to comment... Related Posts:Dot Com Pho – Fruit Ninja Edition...
Gauher Chaudhry - Trinity Code Webinar Replay And Bonus
Recently I conducted a webinar with Aidan Booth regarding the new Trinity Code system they released that allows you to make passive income from simple one page web sites without SEO or paid traffic.  You can watch the replay and comment below.   One of the interesting aspects of the webinar wa...
AffiliateTip - Video of Randal Pinkett Keynote at Affiliate Summit East 2013
There was a keynote presentation by Dr. Randal Pinkett, Founder, Chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, at Affiliate Summit East 2013, which took place August 18-20, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, speaker, aut...
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