Comments on: Today Is The First Day Of My New Affiliate Life… http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/ Affiliate marketing news & articles for newbies and pros by Kirsty McCubbin Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:22:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7645 Joe Sat, 15 May 2010 15:37:36 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7645 What content are they writing? Product reviews/descriptions or articles? I've started outsourcing articles to go on my sites but not the product reviews. Would love to get to the point where I can afford 800 a month! Maybe I should spend a whole months profit (500) just on content for one site and see how far it gets me? What content are they writing? Product reviews/descriptions or articles? I’ve started outsourcing articles to go on my sites but not the product reviews.

Would love to get to the point where I can afford 800 a month! Maybe I should spend a whole months profit (500) just on content for one site and see how far it gets me?

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7619 Kirsty Tue, 11 May 2010 04:47:01 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7619 I personally use a deeplinks spreadsheet which relates to a single PHP file which I use to manage all my affiliate links. I now use a bulk upload script in tandem with this which means all my content is zipped into my desired templates in the blink of an eye (well, with some tinkering from me). The added bonus of using php link files (where one file controlls multiple links) is that it's easier to switch my traffic between merchants and update URLS. I personally use a deeplinks spreadsheet which relates to a single PHP file which I use to manage all my affiliate links. I now use a bulk upload script in tandem with this which means all my content is zipped into my desired templates in the blink of an eye (well, with some tinkering from me). The added bonus of using php link files (where one file controlls multiple links) is that it’s easier to switch my traffic between merchants and update URLS.

]]> By: Kimarie http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7605 Kimarie Fri, 07 May 2010 23:10:25 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7605 How do you deal with the affiliate deeplinks on the content and your writers? I have 4 writers at the minute and have to put all the content on the site myself which seems to take forever as I dont fancy letting them free with my affiliate accounts! How do you deal with the affiliate deeplinks on the content and your writers? I have 4 writers at the minute and have to put all the content on the site myself which seems to take forever as I dont fancy letting them free with my affiliate accounts!

]]> By: Kieron http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7604 Kieron Fri, 07 May 2010 15:06:32 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7604 Geoff - just a quick reply to your comment on response times from ContentNow.co.uk. To be completely honest the turnaround times we offer differ from week to week depending on how busy we are. If the order is our minimum of 20 articles then we could get them back to you in a week. Sometimes this is longer but we will always prioritise them for you if there is an urgent need. Maybe one option is to consider our daily news service where you can get a fresh news item delivered each day? More info here: http://www.contentnow.co.uk/news.php. With regards to quality of content that people have mentioned from other suppliers, at ContentNow we don't offer any different grades of quality, it's all excellent :) Our staff are all based in the UK and speak English as their first language. But not only that, all content is also proofed by real people to make doubly sure of quality. If any clients are unhappy with our work we will rewrite the content free of charge. Kirsty, thanks for your kind words and sorry about the plug, just thought it may add to the discussion. Geoff – just a quick reply to your comment on response times from ContentNow.co.uk. To be completely honest the turnaround times we offer differ from week to week depending on how busy we are. If the order is our minimum of 20 articles then we could get them back to you in a week. Sometimes this is longer but we will always prioritise them for you if there is an urgent need. Maybe one option is to consider our daily news service where you can get a fresh news item delivered each day? More info here: http://www.contentnow.co.uk/news.php.

With regards to quality of content that people have mentioned from other suppliers, at ContentNow we don’t offer any different grades of quality, it’s all excellent :) Our staff are all based in the UK and speak English as their first language. But not only that, all content is also proofed by real people to make doubly sure of quality. If any clients are unhappy with our work we will rewrite the content free of charge.

Kirsty, thanks for your kind words and sorry about the plug, just thought it may add to the discussion.

]]> By: Mike Carney http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7603 Mike Carney Fri, 07 May 2010 14:59:53 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7603 Good for you Kristy! I've been following your home improvement progress with enjoyment as my wife and I are also in the midst of doing a mountain of home improvement/repair. Soon I will be working f/t out of the new house and enjoying the new view so it will all be worth it. Maybe we'll cross revenue paths some day while enjoying our newly renovated homes. There's no greater motivation to excel at Aff Mktg then paying the bills. Good for you Kristy! I’ve been following your home improvement progress with enjoyment as my wife and I are also in the midst of doing a mountain of home improvement/repair. Soon I will be working f/t out of the new house and enjoying the new view so it will all be worth it. Maybe we’ll cross revenue paths some day while enjoying our newly renovated homes. There’s no greater motivation to excel at Aff Mktg then paying the bills.

]]> By: Kirsty http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7580 Kirsty Thu, 06 May 2010 00:45:44 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7580 John - I don't do any checking of content beyond random quality checks. And although we're now paying £800 a month for our content the fact we've spent so long doing it all ourselves has increased our profit enough to pay for it several times over! We do value that time more and felt we'd be better spending it either having more leisure or working on things that require our more specialised skills. Alex - as you can see I'm fine with you popping your offer up! Shane - thanks, it's always a pleasure to find out people like the blog enough to think of me at nomination time :) John – I don’t do any checking of content beyond random quality checks. And although we’re now paying £800 a month for our content the fact we’ve spent so long doing it all ourselves has increased our profit enough to pay for it several times over! We do value that time more and felt we’d be better spending it either having more leisure or working on things that require our more specialised skills.

Alex – as you can see I’m fine with you popping your offer up!

Shane – thanks, it’s always a pleasure to find out people like the blog enough to think of me at nomination time :)

]]> By: Alex http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7578 Alex Wed, 05 May 2010 22:03:31 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7578 Regarding textbroker - you can get some good articles on there as long as you make sure you keep rejecting the bad ones. Direct orders are the way to go once you've found some high quality writers. As a freelance writer who does OK but not great with online marketing I've often wondered about trading my time for some mentoring. Seems like it could work out quite well for both parties if it was arranged correctly. If anyone wants to discuss it further they can email me at fox_mmpkxp@rcpt.at assuming Kirsty is OK with it. :) That's a temporary email address by the way. Regarding textbroker – you can get some good articles on there as long as you make sure you keep rejecting the bad ones. Direct orders are the way to go once you’ve found some high quality writers.

As a freelance writer who does OK but not great with online marketing I’ve often wondered about trading my time for some mentoring. Seems like it could work out quite well for both parties if it was arranged correctly.

If anyone wants to discuss it further they can email me at fox_mmpkxp@rcpt.at assuming Kirsty is OK with it. :) That’s a temporary email address by the way.

]]> By: Geoff http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7573 Geoff Wed, 05 May 2010 14:47:27 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7573 It's actually a good way to get into AM Shane. I learnt quite a lot by doing the odd bit content writing for Kirsty herself! I've always been keen on the idea of trying to use students on a 'mentoring in exchange for cheap work' basis. Not just for content writing but for online marketing at a whole. Never really been sure how to approach it though. It’s actually a good way to get into AM Shane. I learnt quite a lot by doing the odd bit content writing for Kirsty herself!
I’ve always been keen on the idea of trying to use students on a ‘mentoring in exchange for cheap work’ basis. Not just for content writing but for online marketing at a whole. Never really been sure how to approach it though.

]]> By: Shane http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7572 Shane Wed, 05 May 2010 14:42:20 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7572 I've had samples from a few guys on elance and the link but never been happy with the quality for my own sites (fine for filler on linkwheels etc though). Part of the reason Im trying to get the misses into AM, then she can do some of the writing for me :D Good to see you nominated over at A4UAwards again Kirsty! I’ve had samples from a few guys on elance and the link but never been happy with the quality for my own sites (fine for filler on linkwheels etc though).

Part of the reason Im trying to get the misses into AM, then she can do some of the writing for me :D

Good to see you nominated over at A4UAwards again Kirsty!

]]> By: John http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/affiliate-tools/today-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-affiliate-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7569 John Wed, 05 May 2010 10:30:31 +0000 http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/?p=574#comment-7569 Hi Kirsty Yeah, writing content about "stuff" can get really boring - especially when you're not really interested in the subject. I've had a couple of articles from textbrokers but by the time I tweaked the text I might as well have wrote it myself. Suppose that's the trick ...find writers who you can leave alone to get on with it? How much time do you have to spend checking your outsourced content writing or is your mum just totally ace ;) On the flipside you've added £800 worth of costs that needs to be covered. Or do you value the extra free time instead? John Hi Kirsty

Yeah, writing content about “stuff” can get really boring – especially when you’re not really interested in the subject.

I’ve had a couple of articles from textbrokers but by the time I tweaked the text I might as well have wrote it myself. Suppose that’s the trick …find writers who you can leave alone to get on with it?

How much time do you have to spend checking your outsourced content writing or is your mum just totally ace ;)

On the flipside you’ve added £800 worth of costs that needs to be covered. Or do you value the extra free time instead?

John

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