How to Stop Content Skimming (and Get People to Read at a Snail’s Pace)



One of the issues we find as content creators is that many people skim through content. They’ll either: A. Just look at the URL or headline and deduct their own ideas B. Jump around and look past a lot of the smaller details we cover When people skim through the content we are losing valuable opportunities to send people to valuable, affiliated resources. You want them to slow down... waaaaaay slow....   It’s a given that people are going to do this regardless but there are ways to format your articles so it’s more engaging. Here is a quick set...

How to Find Broken Links on Your Website (the Easy Way)



Broken links are like SEO vampires. They suck away your potential to keep visitors engaged. They reduce your chance to convert offers. Over time, websites become massive so it becomes very easy to break quite a few links. If you're lucky, you'll receive an email from someone saying the link is broken. Or, they're having trouble accessing the page. You may also find these broken links in your analytics reports. But: What if you have a huge site? One you redesigned/relaunched or did an extensive content audit resulting in a ton of broken links? Well… there are tools for that....

Valuable Investments for Your Affiliate Marketing Business



Affiliate marketing is one of the best business opportunities you’ll discover online. It is, though, like any other type of business in which the more you invest the more you’ll get. Once you start to gain a respectable return on investment you, no doubt, think of where to re-invest the money so that you may earn additional income. The following deals with that opportunity. Six of the following will give ideas as to how to invest your affiliate income to increase your profitability while in this industry… 1. A dedicated content producer How often do you produce content? Really? We...

Working on the Weekends: Keeping the Workflow Going



We’ve already got through the dreadful Monday, got past Tuesday, over the hump on Wednesday, and began riding it out on Thursday – now it’s Friday. You’re pumped. You’re ready to relax. You’re ready to work on those projects. You’re ready to take a trip. Pump the brakes a little because you still need to make it through the day – and try not to make any excuses that it’s the end of the week – because you certainly have work to do that doesn’t need to be rolled over to Monday (which is why it’s sometimes dreadful in the...

How to Handle the Stress of Running a Business



Waking up each morning knowing you have to put in time at the business, regardless the day, eventually wears you thin. There’s never an “off” mode. You’ll always have a feeling you should be doing something with it otherwise you’re simply wasting time. This really starts to get at you. You can put in a solid 12 hours working on your business but it never feels like enough. You want to kick back and relax. It’s hard justifying watching some T.V. when you could be working on your projects. You might be able to keep up this heavy work routine...

Learn and Add CPA Marketing to Your Site: A Starter Guide



Want to learn how to start CPA marketing? Or, add CPA marketing to your existing efforts? CPA (cost-per-action) marketing pays once an individual completes a specific action such as: Filling out a zip code Downloading a program Rating an application A CPA ad, for example, could send someone to a landing page and upon sign up, you may receive a set amount. Compared to affiliate marketing, needing many moving parts, the CPA offer is generally completed for you by the advertiser. In the basic sense … CPA marketing is often easier to earn with. Consider what you’d find easier: A....

Unpaid Commissions Suck, But These Affiliate Dangers & Risks Are Worse.



Affiliate marketing is amazing because you don’t have to create a product or service. You leverage your understanding of the Web (such as content publication, social media, or advertising) to push affiliate offers and earn a commission. The way that sounds gives you the impression that there aren’t any risks involved with the industry. On the contrary. Affiliate marketing, like all other industries, does have its host of issues. There are plenty of hidden dangers and big risks involved when you get involved. This post wasn’t made to dissuade you from giving affiliate marketing a shot. It’s here so that...

8 Reasons Why People are Leaving Your Website



A high bounce rate brings tears to our eyes. It tells us that we’re doing something wrong. We may not be able to appeal to everyone but since it’s such a high number there’s obviously something we could do better. When you reduce the bounce rate you’re effectively retaining those visitors. The longer you can keep them on the site the higher the chance you have at leading them down the conversion funnel. Bounce rate also happens to play a small portion of search ranking. Why would a search engine like Google want a site that 80%+ people leave within the...

Six Subreddits Ideal for the Affiliate Marketer



Reddit is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. When you look at Reddit it’s best to think of it as individual communities united under one brand. The “subreddits” act a lot like their own entities. You can find just about any type of subreddit out there whether you have an interest in model cars or some obscure hobby. Of course, you can expect a slew of subreddits devoted to the types of activates you’d do as an affiliate marketer. Unfortunately, a lot of these subreddits have been severely spammed and end up being nothing more than a...