Friday

Time of the Year

Affiliate marketing is a ever changing dangerous beast that requires constant attention. From what I've seen there is no auto button that once you reach a certain point your 'done' with your website or marketing plan. Thanks to competition there is always something that needs to be done to keep your site at the top of the SERP's and revenue constantly flowing. Ultimately maintaining or growing business performance requires constant attention.

Keeping traffic is a different topic altogether, however keeping the revenue flowing from your existing traffic requires change with the seasons. I'm sure all of you, including myself, enjoyed increased sales ending 06, due to the holidays. But now we've got a fresh year and a new plan, possibly product, we need to focus on.

Do testing, find what product does best at which part of the year. Test, retest, placement change, etc until you find it works. Again, no auto button and what may have worked the end of 06 may not be true today.

Good luck to a successful 07 and may we all grow together!

Thursday

Lexington Law Affiliate Program

Being a member of Commission Junction offers so many benefits, besides the ability to market the best products in the industry. It also gives you insight into what's coming and direct relations with it's advertisers.

Today I received a new email from Lexington Law announcing a new affiliate program and plans for 07.

Q1 2007 is the time to be working with financial programs, since people typically evaluate their financial health after the holiday season. Lexington Law is the largest and most trusted name in credit repair. Join us in our strongest performing quarter and increase your commissions.

Publisher benefits:
  • Highest payout and EPC in the industry, with the opportunity to get to a VIP level
  • Phone order tracking - we track and compensate those customers who are not comfortable purchasing items online, with our 800 number tracking
  • We follow up each lead with our own marketing efforts via phone calls and emails and track any sales back to our affiliates
  • We have the ability to work with affiliates to deliver unique creative that is just right for your needs, including content links

Note: If you are a coupon publisher, please contact us. We have an opportunity to work well with your business model.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act gives Americans the right to contact credit bureaus directly and dispute items on their credit reports. Consumers can dispute any and all items on their credit report that they think believe to be inaccurate, unverifiable, or misleading. If the bureaus cannot verify that the information on their report is indeed correct, then those items must be deleted. The experts at Lexington Law help consumers get these incorrect items deleted to strengthen their credit history and gain the financial leverage they otherwise would lack.

Please see our affiliate site at http://www.progrexion.com/affiliates for more information. You will also find resources and tools to help you grow your commissions.

Join Lexington Law now by clicking the link below and scrolling to the bottom (you may need to login to your Commission Junction account first if prompted).
Lexington Law Detail Page

Regards,
The Lexington Law Affiliate Team

Sunday

Amazon Product Previews

What makes an online affiliate successful, is it placing links in a certain place, the type of links used, or traffic? The answer can be one, or any combination of these elements, so it's always a good idea to test and utilize all tools available. The latest tool from Amazon Associates is one that can potentially increase your earning potential.

When a visitor hovers over an enhanced text or image link for 400ms, a small window will appear next to that link. That window is the Product Preview. When a user's mouse is within the window, the window will remain visible. When they move their mouse outside of the window, the window will disappear. If a user clicks on the window, the window will remain visible until the user clicks the window's "Close" button. Users can also click and drag on the top border of the window to move it around your web page. Please note that the 400ms delay is a common period for triggering user-activated events on web pages, and is the same timing we use on our retail site for similar features.



Typically my pages are on the heavy side, so I'll use this method sparingly. However, it's never bad idea having more tools in your toolshed.