Seriously – just read this one.

I find that a lot of new affiliates when launching their first websites, really struggle over the process. This was very evident after “Black Friday” in the online gambling world, when I was contacted by many new affiliates about capitalizing …

I wanted to do a follow-up article to my article: How I Build a Website in 10 Easy Steps. First, let me thank everyone who “shared” that article via social sites like StumbleUpon. It ended up getting a crazy amount …

It’s a cliche but it’s true – content is king when it comes to building websites. The only way to bring visitors in is by providing content for them. The more content, the better content, the better your website will be, and the more visitors you’ll get.

Every affiliate has grand plans on making the biggest site on the internet – and that’s great! Well, not right away. If you’re new to the affiliate game it’s very easy to burn out – you need to start small, and work your way to the top.

Like most affiliates, when a year comes to a close and a new year blossoms, I like to take a look back at the year that was. I use this as a guideline to what I aim to accomplish in …

Anyone can come up with an idea, however ideas don’t always equal money. Sometimes, it’s the opposite. In this article I discuss how to turn those ideas into money, how to think every idea through, no matter how crazy it may sound.

Can you believe that it’s 2011, and many internet marketers are still using banners as a means of promoting products? Banners do have their place on webpages still, however “banner blindness” is a common occurrence, meaning the average visitor doesn’t …

I was asked by a few affiliates to write an article on reinvesting in their websites. Affiliates wanted to know how much of their income from a website they should reinvest. Now that’s a great question. Unfortunately, after writing, revising …

One thing I really love about marketing is that it’s all around you – so many things that we all do in our daily lives is based on marketing. Sometimes it’s not even direct marketing from the company, however it’s …

It’s not enough to just throw a website about any topic up – you have to understand who your audience is, and how to market it to them. In this article I use one of my sub-affiliates websites as an excellent example of how to understand your audience.

One of the most common practices in affiliate marketing is simple: look at what the successful affiliates are doing, and do that.  Look at what successful affiliates do constantly, and duplicate that on your own website. An excellent example of …

Getting Inside the Visitors Head is something I find many affiliate marketers just don’t do – they don’t stop and think about the visitor, or examine their browsing patterns. Yet this is one of the most important things a webmaster should do.

It’s an idea that crosses every webmasters mind from time to time:

“I should build a forum.”

First of all let me state that the title of this article is an opinion. As far as I know, there has been no conclusive research on just what the BEST permalink structure for WordPress or any other CMS actually …

One thing I notice is that many webmasters don’t seem to be able to utilize tags properly, or fully understand exactly what tags are. This isn’t helped by numerous SEO plugins which encourage making tags your meta keywords too. What …

One question I get asked a lot is what affiliates can do about spam.  From spam comments on your website, to spam e-mails from any contact forms on your website, to spam signups on your forums. The most important thing …

When I talk about redirecting affiliate links, I’m talking about changing affiliate links to a much more friendly looking link. For example, here is the affiliate link you need to click to sign up under me at Fairway Casino: http://affiliates.fairwaycasino.com/processing/clickthrgh.asp?btag=a_654b_40 …

I’ve you’ve heard about redirecting affiliate links but are unsure as to the benefits of redirecting affiliate links, then please read my article: Why You Should Redirect Affiliate Links. If however, you already know why you want to redirect affiliate …

One of the best things in the world is competition. Competition is what should drive you on to be better. Don’t be scared of competition or competing websites – thrive on it!

One of the toughest things about being a gambling affiliate and working from home in general is the lifestyle. It’s so easy to get distracted especially with no boss to keep you in check. Let’s change that!

If Content is King and Link Building is Queen, then Calls to Action have to be the Prince and Princess. Calls to Action are one of the most vital parts of a website, and good calls in action can be the difference in making hundreds of dollars or thousands of dollars per month.

If you run a quality website then you’re going to have pages that quite simply don’t convert for users.  If you’re going to create a website on a topic, and you want to be the best resource on that topic, …

Affiliate marketing isn’t all about hard work – it’s about pleasure and enjoyment too. So you’ve worked hard, and earned your first paycheck from an affiliate program? Here’s what you do with that hard earned money…

One of the most important things an affiliate can do is share the workload, via outsourcing, partnership or other means. In this article I discuss all the various methods of sharing the workload, and the pros and cons of them all.

One common mistake affiliates make is to not keep your articles updated. Yet the best websites are built on trust, so you need to keep updating your articles to build that trust with your visitors.

Mini sites are popular, and mini sites focused on a specific event like March Madness or Black Friday are also becoming popular. Yet I see people running these websites, and doing everything wrong…

Everyone needs a pick-me-up every now and again. Do you have to sit down and write a whole bunch of content soon? Or got articles you really should write but have been putting off? Here’s some motivation from one of my writers.

Affiliate marketing is easy – you can have a website ready to go within a few hours if you want. Here’s how to build a website in one day. Alternative title for article: How to waste a morning.

A follow-up to the above article where I don’t exactly practice what I preach. I still worked really hard though!

If you’ve been in the affiliate business for at least a couple of months, you’ve probably built up quite the domain portfolio. I know webmasters with over 10,000 domains just sitting there, inactive. Such a waste. Let’s fix that right now..

Affiliate marketing isn’t just about online marketing -you can market offline too, and there’s a lot of techniques that you can use to market to people around you. Read this thorough guide of a variety of offline marketing methods you can use.

It’s the big question everyone has these days: should you translate your website? What languages should you get it translated into? Every site is different, but there’s a very easy(and free) technique to see what languages your website is popular in.

Affiliate conferences can seem like a very daunting and nerving experience – here’s how to get the best out of your first affiliate conference, no matter what type of conference it is.

This is a great technique to keep people visiting your website, and encourage return visitors. It lets visitors know that they are appreciated and more importantly – it’s one of those techniques with 100 positives and 0 negatives.