Amazon has been forgotten about by a lot of affiliates due to its (perceived) low commission rates of 4 to 8.5% and a cookie of only 24 hours. Despite it’s commission rates been lower than many other websites and services, it’s a very lucrative affiliate program. When people go to Amazon, they go to buy. … Read more
I’ve always been a big fan of what Todd Garland is doing with Buy Sell Ads. I started using them just after they launched. Whenever I complained about ads not displaying properly or something not working as it should, they were always quick to help me and they were always polite when doing so. You … Read more
For years I have asked for a visitors name with my newsletter forms however when I relaunched this blog I questioned whether this was necessary. This may seem like a trivial issue however it will determine whether my newsletter list is built up with people’s names or not. I will be using Aweber to deliver … Read more
One of the first questions I ask before I write for another blog is “What’s the maximum width an image can be?”. It’s an important question. If an image is too wide it will probably break the design. The height of an image is irrelevant in this respect but some blog owners don’t want images … Read more
I hope you all enjoyed last weeks interview with John Paul Aguiar. Today I have the pleasure in interviewing Bamidele Onibalusi, a young blogger who has had a huge amount of success in freelance blogging for others. Bamidele is well known within the blogging community for his fantastic website YoungPrePro. There are thousands of articles … Read more
If you’ve read any of my interviews or bios online, you may know that I’ve been working on the internet since 2000. It’s common for people who work online to inform others when they started working online. I believe that part of the reason we all do this is to raise our profile and quickly … Read more
If you use Gmail, you’re going to love the browser extension Boomerang Gmail. Available for Firefox, Safari and Chrome, the app allows you to send emails at a later date. I previously mentioned Boomerang Gmail briefly in my recent article How To Forward Emails To Yourself For A Later Date as it has an email … Read more
Last week I spoke about how many people you should be following on Twitter. Today I’d like to share some tips on how you can find relevant people to follow. I’ve recently made a conscious effort to use Twitter more and found a lot of great people to follow using these methods. Before you start, … Read more
I was sending an email the other day when I noticed a message next to the email buttons that asked me to “Try out the new compose experience”. Being the happy link clicker I am I decided to try it out. In the new setup Gmail has moved the email from the central area to … Read more
The stable release of WordPress 3.5 was released yesterday. Known as “Elvin”, it was the second major WordPress release of 2012. I wrote an extensive review of WordPress 3.5 a few weeks ago after thoroughly testing the beta versions and release candidates. It has a lot of great new features. Although I’ve been using the … Read more