So what do these three all have in common?   Well if you are me, these are three things that have caused obstacles in my affiliate marketing career as of late. Affiliate marketing is hard enough.  It takes patience, hard work, and a little bit of crazy to be successful.  But then throw in some roadblocks like a new tax law in NC and it can be a real curve ball in your business.  But I am writing this to be optimistic.  To show all of the others who are in the same boat as I am in, to conti...

Have you ever gotten totally distracted from what you really should be doing with your affiliate marketing endeavors?  Anyone who has been in affiliate and internet marketing for any length of time knows how easy it is to get distracted. There are always new affiliate networks coming out, new social media marketing tactics, and new “tricks” that someone has uncovered that can easily distract you from your bread and butter.  And what is your bread and butter?  It’s doing what...

CPA marketing is a buzz right now and there is good reason for it.  The conversion rates for CPA offers are much higher than with any affiliate marketing or cost per sale out there.  With CPA (cost per action), rather than getting paid for making a sale, you get paid merely for generating a lead for a company.   Sometimes this lead simply needs to fill in an email address and zip code, but most of the big paying offers are for free trials where the lead has to fill in billing information as ...

I just got done reading through another thread on the warrior forum about duplicate content.   Whether you think it’s a myth or not there is a lot to consider about dup content on yoru website.  You might be asking, “Should I submit my articles to an article directory like Ezine Articles or to my website first?” Well first of all you need to see that your content has value, and as tempting as it is to put all of your articles on Ezine Articles and get an immediate traffic bo...

If this blog on Cashcoach.net only made me $10 for the entire year of 2009, I would not be the least bit concerned.  Why?  Because I am not trying to use this blog to make money.  I am going on my second year in affiliate marketing right now, and although I have a lot yet to learn, I AM making money on all of my other websites (which shall rename nameless for sake of junk traffic and spam). You see, many newbies get everything backwards.  They start this amazing website or blog on “how...

I just received an email from the Amazon affiliate program that let me know of a bill in NC that is close to passing.   If this bill passes Amazon will sever its relationship with all of its North Carolina residents because of the tax on affiliate marketing in the state.  This unconstitutional tax will not only hurt NC, it will force its residents out of state. I don’t rely heavily on Amazon for my income, but this is a trend that other affiliate programs will follow as well.  New York...

If you want to make money with affiliate marketing you MUST sign up with ShareaSale. They have over 2,000 QUALITY merchants but promoting other people’s products is not the only way to make money with ShareaSale. See why ShareaSale is better than Clickbank, Commission Junction and Linkshare put together! Once you join the program for free you can start getting other affiliates to sign up and you will make a profit from all of THEIR commissions too!  You see, this is where it gets really...

I received a comment on this topics and thought I would address it.  I may not have been clear in how to promote those affiliate products using Ezinearticles.com, so this post will explain how to do it. And by the way, this is a way that anyone can start making money online.  You don’t have to have experience with affiliate marketing but just understand a few key concepts. Why Choose Ezine Articles for affiliate marketing? Before I give you the steps to take to start making money with ar...

There are many worries about the economy we are facing, and there are thousands that have lost or are about to lose their jobs.  But it is important to have a game-plan in place in case you lose the security of a weekly income. Here in this blog I talk a lot about how to make money online, so that will be the focus of this post.  It should be obvious that during tough financial times you need to be as frugal as possible and still be able to live.  Cut out anything that is an unnecessary expen...

90% of trying to get your website on the first page of Google involves building backlinks TO your site.  On page SEO is important.  Make sure you have your keywords in the tags and metatags and so forth but until you have a substantial amount of quality backlinks, you will be no where to be found. And what’s the point of having a website that will make you money if no one can find it right?  We all want to be found. Here is why backlinks are so important Having a website link back to yo...