Keith Watson on January 25th, 2008

On my last post I was praising Google - now I am about to put the knife in.  Oh well such is life.
I really do wish that Google was more transparent about how they operate. 
My company has never bothered with any Black Hat methods or any subterfuge as far as getting traffic.  We have [...]

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Keith Watson on January 22nd, 2008

Well thank you Google!  I mean it.  It is important to say that at the start as I am drawing attention to myself by writing about this.
My blog has not been about long but here it is with a PR4 by Google.  Those of you in the know will appreciate that it is a real [...]

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Keith Watson on December 3rd, 2007

I am a reseller for Fasthosts - for my sins! They are a large Hosting company in the UK who have taken it upon themselves to reset and lockout owners from their websites. What is worse databases have had their passwords reset so that websites are not working. Now they are threatening [...]

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Keith Watson on December 3rd, 2007

Whilst social networking giants like Facebook and MySpace fight it out. Niche social media sites popping up everywhere. MyRagan is the network for communication professionals. Going Niche has always been more interesting on the web! It has bags of potential, with forums and offers that will certainly enhance our combined understanding of the issues [...]

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Keith Watson on September 30th, 2007

The observant ones of you will have spotted a link in the right hand sidebar with a Deal of The Day.  The concept is simple and basically is what it says on the tin - they run one deal at a time and it is there for exactly 24 hours.  Come back next day and [...]

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Keith Watson on May 17th, 2007

The Most Important Lesson For New Affiliates
Now I must stress that I am telling you the pros and the cons - the ups and downs of affiliate selling.  I will mention from time to time the ‘How To’ - but I can’t stress enought that you should be guided by an expert such as [...]

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Keith Watson on May 9th, 2007

KNOW YOUR AFFILIATE PRODUCT
Once you have chosen a product that you think meets a hungry market that is willing AND able to buy - what is your role as an affiliate?
Your role could not really be more simple - you should know your product and then recommend it based upon your enthusiasm for the benefits [...]

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Keith Watson on May 7th, 2007

I am going to be telling you later on in this series that you should begin this whole process of affiliate selling by identifying what people are looking for and then finding the solution to their problems.
However there is another logical approach which can be quite a shortcut and be just as successful if you [...]

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Affiliate products are not made equal.  In fact there is such a range that you may be a bit overwhelmed and not know where to start.
Let’s get a little check list going:  Remember we are talking about on-line selling.
1. First and foremost:  Do people want to buy what you have on offer.
Your product should be [...]

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Keith Watson on April 30th, 2007

For some time now I have wanted to set aside time to help our affiliates sell our digital products.  So here goes - for the next few weeks the focus on this blog will mainly be this series - an open exploration of that great enigma - affiliate marketing.
The Background:
We run a busy website at [...]

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Keith Watson on April 26th, 2007

For the first time last night I lost it about refunds for digital products - more of that shortly but let me set the scene.
We sell digital audio MP3 files from a website www.adam-eason.com and like so many of these digital delivery sites we offer 100 per cent year long guarantee by offering full refund [...]

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Keith Watson on April 25th, 2007

The web can be a bewildering place for newbie affiliates. How to choose the products to promote. I have been there and researched and researched and got absolutely nothing done to make me a dime. Research doesn’t make you money - it’s the ACTION and the DOING that count.
Worse still you can [...]

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