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A friend of mine showed me this new tool called the Google Font Previewer.   Basically with this tool you can edit text and change fonts then just copy the code onto your website/landing page.  Here's a getting started guide for more information.  There are more Google tools here if you want to browse. Another pretty neat tool I found is the Bing photo search tool.  Basically you can pick colors and it will search for photos that match those colors.  This is useful for making theme based landing pages or finding images to use in creatives.  Go to Bing Image Search then select Color > Specific Color.  The... full article »

Publishers should always be on the lookout for new traffic sources.  I recently read a few articles that listed some top ad networks and I spent some time going through them and hand picked out the following.  Soon, I will be updating my traffic sources page in the Affiliate Marketing 101 section with a spreadsheet so you can sort by different variables.  Many times, traffic is cheaper at less-known traffic sources (with less people bidding and competing for ad displays, this just makes intuitive sense), and you may be able to work one-on-one with a rep if its a smaller company.  My first suggestion when you start... full article »

(Below: Meeting the Legend himself at a UCLA game) The passing of coach John Wooden came to me with great sorrow last week.  The world has lost a great inspiration and American cultural icon.   With his legendary success on the court and the way he lived his edifying life, this holy &  humble man was a true example to all.  As a former UCLA student who was huge into the college basketball scene, I had a deep respect for this man. Since most affiliate marketers work alone from home, I thought I'd recommend one of  Wooden's philosophical building blocks for winning at basketball and at life-- called... full article »

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Let's say a certain site, blah.xyz.com, gets a ton of traffic (yes it's a subdomain).  How many people forget to put that period in and type in blahxyz.com in their browser?  A lot.  Why let those people go to a blank page?  Spend $10, buy that entire subdomain string without the "."  (blahxyz.com if available) and send those visitors to a landing page of your choice (perhaps related to the target site) or just park a page there at the least.  Once you buy the domain you WILL get free traffic.  No doubt about it. You can make a lot of money with this technique.  Just do some research and find a subdomain th... full article »