http://thenicher.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:06:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Unless something particularly interesting or exciting happens first, the next post you should see is a step by step tutorial on building your first basic Squidoo lens. I realize that most of you either already know how to build a lens, or don't want to- but lately I've had several friends ... http://thenicher.com/2008/09/05/whats-coming/ There have been numerous discussions on how Twitter can make money; There have been just as many concerning the wisdom of paid tweets.  But now there's another way to monetize your Twitter account- with much less controversy. TwittAds is an advertising liason between twits and advertisers. I found out about them ... http://thenicher.com/2008/09/03/make-money-from-your-twitter-account/ But it could just be a train headed my way. No, really, it's all good. The medusa site is nearly finished- just a few more pages to populate, and a bit more content on the main pages. The other huge project? I decided that I want to be a Giant Squid. No, ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/30/i-can-see-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ Riddle me this: What happens when an affiliate marketer decides to build a relatively small niche site, and then has the brilliant idea to sort said niche into teeny-tiny bite sized pieces for ease of navigation? You get a very worn out nicher.  I've been working for days on one teeny-tiny ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/13/wearing-myself-straight-out/ As a noob affiliate marketer, and a WordPress devotee, I'm always looking for plugins to make my life a little easier. I came across a program called WordPress Affiliate Pro, and while I haven't bought it yet, I'd like to. Usually these things come across as the perfect way to throw away ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/07/i-want-wordpress-affiliate-pro-plugin/ Yesterday, I came home to find a check sitting on the floor beneath my mail slot. Despite the fact that it said "ClickBank" on the envelope, my work worn mind thought it said Commission Junction. Now, I haven't checked either account in quite a while as neither has been performing for ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/06/i-have-issues-with-clickbank/ It's been two months since the eBay affiliate program moved in house.  So what does a newbie like me think of it? At first I was very displeased by the change.  Not that I was particularly attached to Commission Junction, but it was a lot of work for me to change ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/04/after-ebay-moved-in-house/ Being a beginner, and knowing that many, many people are trying to learn how to be professional affiliate marketers, I thought it would be helpful to post some of my stats.  Now, all of my free time has been going into writing my blogs (I have quite a few), building my ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/03/click_through_versus_profit/ As of Sunday morning (July 27, 2008), my affiliate programs become solvent. Some time between checking my stats Saturday night, and my stats Sunday afternoon, someone either made a huge purchase through eBay, or signed up for an account through one of my links. That final number not only paid off ... http://thenicher.com/2008/08/01/affiliate_marketing_program_solvent/ As far as I know, I don't have the Ebay affiliate program on anything but my BANS sites.  But, for some reason, my BANS EPN updates won't give me a confirmation screen.  So, I'm doing it the hard way.  I'm deleting my BANS sites and re-installing them.  Yeah, yeah.  I know ... http://thenicher.com/2008/04/24/updating-the-ebay-affiliate-program-is-a-pain/