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Unleashing the Potential of Pinterest for Affiliate Marketing: Action Checklist

In the dynamic landscape of digital marketing, Pinterest stands out as a potent platform for affiliate marketers. With its visually-rich content and an engaged user base of over 450 million monthly active users, Pinterest offers unique opportunities for those ready to harness its potential. This guide explores the benefits of using Pinterest for affiliate marketing […]

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Facebook: Enjoy the Pros, Work Around the Cons

Benefits of Using Facebook for Internet Marketers 1. Wide User Base Facebook boasts a staggering user base of over 2.8 billion active users worldwide. This immense reach provides internet marketers with an unparalleled opportunity to connect with a wide audience. No matter what niche or industry you specialize in, chances are, your target audience can […]

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Best Autoresponders for Affiliates in 2023

Affiliate marketing has become a popular way for individuals to generate income online. One of the key tools that affiliate marketers rely on is an autoresponder. An autoresponder is an email marketing software that allows marketers to send automated messages to their subscribers. However, not all autoresponders are created equal, and finding the best one […]

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How to Save Money and Get Healthier (Really!) with Paid Advertising

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Long-Term Niche Research

Congratulations if you’ve chosen the niche for your online business!  For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume that you’ll be blogging and/or building a social media presence, and that researching and presenting related content will be a big part of your activities. If, however, you’ll be limiting yourself to a targeted affiliate […]

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Should You Try A Content Spinner?

I’ll keep this short. Should you use a content spinner? Can you use software to rewrite one of your articles to repurpose for publication somewhere else? On Quora, for example? Or Medium? You can try, but trust me–don’t. Why? I’ll show you. Here’s a fresh paragraph of content. Give it a read, please. Then we’ll […]

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Dump the Hype and Be Subtle to Increase Affiliate Sales

Have you heard this marketing maxim: “People hate to be sold to, but they love to buy?” That saying is right on the mark.  Many marketers miss that mark by going overboard in their emails and other content.  They need to realize that sometimes, the less you say, the more you accomplish.  When you hype […]

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How to Get Out of a Slump

Beware of Slump-Slidin’ Away Internet marketers have a heckuva lot to do.  You know that.  For many of us, our marketing tasks are what we turn to after a full-time job, maybe child care and elder care and all the other needful daily life tasks.  After a while, responsibility and fatigue can affect our ability […]

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3 Ways Crappy Product Pushers Entice Newbie Marketers

This is a post I wish I didn’t have to write.  But purveyors of b&llsh*t “easy-riches” training and get-rich-quick software infest the internet marketing and make-money-online marketplaces, and you need to know what to watch for and step away from.  Here are three tactics you must watch for: Understating the difficult of building a business […]

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Keeping Criticism in Perspective

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level. Wendy Starland So, you’ve noticed you’ve got some critics, right? Well guess what? It’s not all bad.  As a matter of fact, having critics means that you’re actually on the right track. The next time you visit Amazon, click on the best-selling […]

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