How I made my way through the world of affiliate programs to earn some extra $$$
A real-life daily updates on the programs I tested, programs that worked and the ones that failed
I made mistakes by joining some affiliate programs - so you don't have to. I succeeded on the other ones - so you can succeed too
February 23, 2008 at 10:08 pm · Filed under 06 Saturday Showing Off
Hello my dear visitors!
Last week I was out of town, then wrapped up in my blankets with headache, high temperature and all other flu symptoms. So, now I’m behind the schedule with different GD projects and my blogs are suffering too…
But, I’ll try to carry on with all of my blogs, and that includes Squidoo lenses too.
I’m totally happy about how things are going for now, and I hope that my up going curve will continue in the same direction in the future.
My AdSense and AdBrite are serving me very well (despite of my low expectations at the beginning). Thanks to the guys from the Instinct and theirs WP shop plug in I got a shop. And it didn’t start out bad. Oh, no sir! I ain’t talking millions or thousands of Dollars, not even hundreds, but hey! I’m a modest person who is just starting out on the internet business.
Can’t complain about the results, especially keeping in mind that there are only few items for sale (Photoshop brushes, images… etc.). The latest shop item is vector pack of “working woman / shopping woman” theme illustrations.
All in all that was my Saturday’s Showing off :)
February 14, 2008 at 11:46 pm · Filed under 04 Thursday Thirteen
Oh, I’m angry! Yes, I am. Swearing, cursing and giving a bad names to many. A lot “not so good” things happened in the last two weeks and I can’t control almost any of them. So, today TT is about lousy things, but I’ll narrow them to the Internet topic.
I’m posting them here with a hope that the angry feeling will vanish, disappear and leave me alone!
- Clickbank. They said my country is fraudulent and didn’t accepted my account. It’s insulting and lame what they did.
- Commission Junction. Someone, somewhere said that this is a great affiliate program. Maybe. But I don’t know. Still.
- Share a sale. Every now and then I’m receiving e-mail with DECLINED message. Again: because I’m from Croatia.
- AdSense: 4 blogs, RSS feed… 2000+ visitors daily. And still earning peanuts. Guys?!
- Squidoo lenses. I have them. Seven. Didn’t earn a cent. Nothing happened except someone reported me as a spammer. I was pissed of, my lens was blocked for a 3 days and my lens name is 365 wallpapers: one a day.
- Wordpress. Now they want to ban my 404039 is the number blog. Because I have affiliate links there. Now. I didn’t post there for a two weeks… I’m posting there since August 2007. Never earned a cent and now they want to ban me.
- CafePress. So, someone bought a T-shirt. I was happy. Five days after the T-shirt was returned. I was desperate. I don’t know why? They probably liked it when they purchased it. What can I do about that?
- T-com. My Internet provider. It sucks. They charge too much. Now they got new policy: split the bill into two portions. Like, we are stupid and we wouldn’t notice that the bill is too huge? Did I hear: Change the Internet provider? Well, my friend did it and they left him for 2 weeks without a connection! Few last days connection is really slow and last night they cut me off in the middle of the work…
- My shop. It’s working. And I was happy: same day when shop was integrated I sold 4 items. Next days I sold only one. And guess what: I’m having over 2000 unique visits on my blog. Who said that one sale should be be done per 200 visitors?
- LinkShare.com
. They sent me a check on $1,84…. But I already wrote about that two days ago.
- Spam - email. I keep receiving idiotic messages like: “Hi, where are you? I’m lonely girl…” I can’t understand why should anyone ever answered to this stupid message?!
- Spam – comments. Messages in comments are even more idiotic: “kghs klsfjf lskjf BUY VIAGRA” Can’t believe it!!!
- Biorust. I lost my password. Then tried to reset my password with my email. My email is not recognized! (and I’m a member since Summer 2007) I contacted them. Nothing. Tried few days after – same problem. Contacted them again. Again –no response. What is going on?!
February 13, 2008 at 6:53 am · Filed under 03 Wednesday Widget
Cute, informative, great… Who’s online widget for your blog!
February 12, 2008 at 9:13 pm · Filed under 02 Tuesday Target
Well, today I received a check from LinkShare. A real one!
The funny thing is that the check is for $1,84! Isn’t it funny?! LOL! :-D I’m rich now! The best thing is: if I cash that check in my bank will take $10 for transfer and 1,5% of amount. ROTFL!!! :-P Craaaazyyyy!
Well, long ago, I tried to find on their web site under my account something like “minimum payout”. But, no success.
Today I tried again. No luck. And I contacted LinkShare with a question: What should I do now with my check on $1,84?
They replied: “A threshold is the minimum balance you must have earned before a check will be issued to you.” (Really?!?!!) And the note is even more fun: “…If you would like to have a $25 threshold, please enter 25. If you would like a $0 threshold, please enter 0.” (Wow!)
So, that’s todays story. At least, now I know where the minimum payment option is located.
February 9, 2008 at 1:22 am · Filed under 05 Friday Freeware
It’s a Friday!
And I’m leaving town for a weekend, so this is a quick Friday Freeware: Valentine’s Day animated glitter graphic!
Enjoy :)
S
February 5, 2008 at 5:48 am · Filed under 02 Tuesday Target
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February 3, 2008 at 11:01 pm · Filed under 07 Sunday Suspicion
I don’t know about you guys, but I HATE Sundays! I mean: I love sunny days, but Sundays - no.
All in all I just want to say that someone somewhere told me that “Share a sale” is a great affiliate program with one I can earn a loads of money and achieve my 404 039 goal (404 039 is a goal of my every blog, lens, journal… )!
For now, I can’t say is it good or not, first one program that I joined at “Share a sale” was: DECLINED. I wasn’t happy about it and I even thought about how to unsubscribe!
Yep, I managed somehow to control my frustration and here it is, my membership “seal” :)
January 31, 2008 at 6:14 am · Filed under 04 Thursday Thirteen
Finally! The end of the most depressed month in the year! Oh, I really don’t like January. I don’t.
So, here we are for the better future, today my Thursday Thirteen in form of a note to myself:
- Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!
- Have a fun no matter what you do.
- Think positive. Wear a pink glasses if needed.
- Read more fun books.
- Watch funny movies. They are stupid! So what? Have a fun (no. 2)
- Go mingle. More. More. More.
- Wear bright and vivid colors. Yes you will look fat, but you will be happier.
- Exercise! It’s hard and boring but you have to. You’re sitting too much.
- Eat more fruits and vegetables!
- Cook more! Do not fry. Cook – boil.
- Drink more tea. Tea is better than coffee.
- Write more. Anything. Just write. It helps.
- Laugh!
January 30, 2008 at 1:17 pm · Filed under 03 Wednesday Widget
I love this! I try to name several times and I just can’t name more than 30-35 colors. I always forget colors like: Violet, Sepia, Salmon… It’s hard to remember all of them and if you think that 5 minutes is a long time, oh you are so wrong :)
Maybe it’s because English is not my mother tongue but still I should name them more than 36!
36
January 25, 2008 at 9:40 pm · Filed under 05 Friday Freeware
I was thinking: how can I create something new that any blogger would like to use? I had icons, wallpapers, Christmas banners… and now I need something different.
So, here it is: I’m offering 9 Entrecards design for free download. The only thing you have to do is write your blog name (or link, or slogan) on one of the images. Or you can leave it as they are.
Hope you’ll like it. They are made from my images.
I always strive to offer some useful content. That’s just how I am :)
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