A quiet, productive home office is the ideal work environment if you plan to get things done. It doesn't matter if you're making an effort to become a full-time affiliate marketer. Or, just need to get some extra work done from home. (more…)
Author: Murray Lunn
Lead Editor of AffiliatePrograms.com.
Time Management for People Who Hate Time Management
Tick tock, tick tock, there goes another second lost to the never-ending sands of time. We can’t take back our actions but we can certainly make the most of our future. (more…)
The Beginner’s Guide to Affiliate Marketing: Active, Passive, and the “Hydra” Method [Part 8]
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There is unlimited potential to build a business around affiliate marketing but confining yourself to promoting other people’s products leaves you with the dreadful possibility that everything may come crashing down once your products fall out of favor and relevance (because they will). (more…)
List Building 101: The Ultimate Email Marketing Setup Guide
It’s been said time and time again: “the money is in the list”. (more…)
How to Create a Location Independent Lifestyle Business
Ever since Tim Ferriss drummed excitement about a four hour work week, we’ve been hearing about the thrill of the location independent lifestyle. The idea that, with the aid of the Web, you’re no longer bound by physical borders when operating a business which means you can work anywhere in the world – on your own terms. Four hours a week aside, a hard realization came upon most affiliate marketers, freelancers, and website owners at a rapid pace: it’s hard. (more…)
Website Community Building: How to Create a Following (From Scratch)
A website (read: business) community is truly invaluable. A community has many inherent benefits; these come as a “bonus” such as content creation, brand awareness, and feedback (though these aren’t the only ones). (more…)
Thanksgiving Marketing Ideas (Better Than Turkey Sandwiches)
The majority of businesses close up shop during the Thanksgiving holiday. We’re also seeing a trend where the Wednesday and Friday have become part of this time off in recent years (let’s consider it “work creep” since not a whole lot is going on during this week). Where businesses are taking their lovely time off – you could be leading the charge. (more…)
The Beginner’s Guide to Affiliate Marketing: Ten Steps to Tremendous Traffic [Part 5]
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Traffic: the lifeblood of operating a successful website and venture. Traffic is easy, to be honest. Sure, the initial trickle of web visitors may be somewhat lackluster but applying proven traffic strategies and creating a routine which promotes your message is all that’s truly needed to build a sizeable website. There’s no real “secret” or “push-button” solution that loads your site with visitors – it all comes down to getting the right information to the right people. (more…)
The Beginner’s Guide to Affiliate Marketing: Developing Money-Making Pages [Part 4]
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It may seem like a stretch but your website content becomes a product and, simultaneously, a vehicle for distributing your message. That is a product in the sense that people find value in its information and a vehicle because it comes packaged with your affiliate promotions. The lucrative gain for content in the realm of affiliate marketing becomes “money pages”. (more…)