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Writing Content For SEO - It’s Not Rocket Science

… but it’s not actually all that easy either! I’ve been thinking about this subject for a while now. After almost 9 years working online, writing content for SEO has become second nature.
It was only recently when I’ve been trying to show a couple of people how I do this that I’ve realised […]

A Couple Of Great Affiliate Keyword Analysis Tutorials

Well, it’s time to get back to work folks… and what better way to start your new year than by getting organised with your keyword strategy?
A nice chap called Ian Fernando dropped me a wee line recently to see if I might be interested in taking a look at a tool he had […]

My Keyword Research Techniques Are Just A Dream!

I’ve been trying to work out how to describe the process by which I research keywords so it’s actually intelligable. Well, as of last night that problem is solved. Not a shadow of a lie here, I had the most lucid, clear dream in which I was back at school and sat along […]

Newbies… Get £50 Free From Yahoo Search To Try PPC!

Yahoo are currently offering everyone who signs up for a Yahoo Search Marketing Account a voucher for a £50 account credit. You’ll need a credit card number to sign up I believe.

I thought this might be a great opportunity for all you newbies out there to get some free moolah to try out your […]

Top Success Tips From Super Affiliates!

I went to the “Meet The Super Affiliates” session at the A4U Expo last week. Unsurprisingly, it was one of the most popular sessions I attended.
Lots of good (but understandably general) advice was given out to the attendees. Again, these are just my notes frantically scribbled down on my conference programme […]

Affiliate Tips From Kristopher Jones Of Pepperjam

I was furiously taking notes I thought might be of use to blog readers during some of the sessions at the A4UExpo last week. I attended “The Confluence Of Search And Affiliate Marketing” by Kristopher Jones on the first day of the conference and thought he had some really pertinent points to make. […]

Ask Kirsty - Two Clicks, Which Gets The Commission?

Hadi dropped me a wee line with a question that’s asked frequently on lots of forums.

Hi Kirsty
I’ve got a real newbie affiliate question for you.
Here’s the scenario:
I have an affiliate site and you have an affiliate site with links to the same
merchant.
A visitor to my site clicks a link and goes to the merchant, a […]

The Very Heart Of Affiliate Success Is Simplicity Itself

I’ve been thinking about this one for a few days. Affiliate marketing these days is a seemingly endlessly complex corridor full of confusing information and allegedly killer schemes to make you a millionaire and hand you the affiliate holy grail within 3 microseconds.
Apart from all the outright lies and half-truths you have to wade […]

Ask Kirsty - What Should I Use To Build My First Site?

I got a line the other day from Craig… who feels he’s done enough research to take his first exciting leap into an affiliate project. He’s wondering what tools he should use for this first project. Here’s his question : -

Hello Kirsty,
Well for the past 3 months i’ve spent researching all i can […]

Ask Kirsty - Do I Need One Adgroup Per Search Term?

Here’s the first of the questions I got in from blog readers about those burning issues newbies need to get to grips with!
“Hey Kirsty, thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
My question is:
Is it common to have an adwords adgroup only contain one keyword phrase?
My reason for asking is I’m […]