Posts in February 2009

Leadscon Next Week

Nickycakes is going to check out Leadscon next week in Vegas, March 4-5, at the Mirage hotel and casino.  The short description of the conference, from their website is “the pioneering conference and expo dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of those operating in the online lead generation industry.”  In terms of number of attendees, compared [...]

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Newb Guide Pt 5: Landing Pages

This is part 5 of Nickycakes’ affiliate marketing tutorial.  Please read the previous parts if you have not yet.
What is a landing page?  “Landing Page” can have many meanings, but in the Affiliate Marketing world (and for the sake of this tutorial) it generally means a webpage built between the advertisement and the merchant’s page.  [...]

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Newb Guide Pt 4: Picking What to Promote

This is part 4 of Nickycakes’ affiliate newbie guide.  Please go read the previous parts if you have not already.

Ok, so you have your tracking set up, you are approved at some affiliate networks, what do you do next?  Well, now you have to pick what you want to advertise.  Since, like Nickycakes, you probably [...]

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Newb Guide Pt 3: Good Affiliate Networks and Getting Approved

This is part 3 of Nickycakes’ newbie Affiliate Marketing Tutorial.
Affiliate networks were covered in decent detail in part 1 of the newb guide, but it’s important to get a little more in-depth.  As mentioned in the first post, Affiliate Networks basically bring together a bunch of companies that want you, the affiliate, to promote their [...]

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Newb Guide Pt 2: Setting Up Tracking

This is part 2 of the Nickycakes newbie Affiliate Marketing Guide.
For any type of paid online advertising campaign, accurate tracking is probably the most important part of being successful.  Tracking is what separates the amateur from the pro.  Without it, you will have a difficult time knowing exactly what is going on with your campaigns, [...]

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