When I started Global Affiliate Programs back in 2000 there was no such this as Social Media so the design of the masthead was simple. It was part of the internal navigation.
Since then the masthead has seen the addition of the Blogger button, which leads to this site, the FaceBook button, which leads to the FaceBook group of Global Affiliate Programs Users and now the latest thing from Google, the Google Plus One button which lets people recommend sites.
I hope you'll all click that button, thanks, as the last Google update did my traffic no favours at all.
George
Monday, 11 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
7 Crucial Website Metrics You Need To Know For A Profitable Website
- By Nick Bayley, CEO, MYeMetrics
It’s a sad fact. Most website owners do not know the crucial website metrics for their website. Instead, they know things that have very little relevance to anything like:
* Unique visitors
* Page views
* Bounce rate
If you went to your bank manager and told them how many unique visitors your website is receiving, to be perfectly honest, they would not care in the slightest. But if you tell them how much a lead is worth to you per month and how many leads you have, then they would sit up and take notice.
Why?
Because it’s a metric that has to do with how much money you’re making.
So if you’re serious about making more money from your website you need to know the key metrics to do that. And here are the 7 key metrics you need to have at your finger tips:
Customer lifetime value – If a customer is worth $30 to you and you increase that figure to $60. Guess what has just happened? You have put a lot of extra money in your bank account with very little extra effort. Because it’s a fact, the hardest thing is to get a 1st time customer. So if you know what your customer lifetime value is and you set about increasing it then your profits will go up and up.
How many new leads you’re getting – You need to know how many new leads you got today, yesterday or any time frame you choose.
Visitor value – It is extremely important that you know how much a unique visitor is worth to you. It’s virtually worthless knowing how many unique visitors your website is getting without knowing this figure. When you know how much your visitor value is then you can go and confidently buy more visitors. That’s a position of tremendous power and the ability to have massive growth quickly in your Internet business.
How many new 1st time customers you’re getting – To run your website like a real business you need to know how many new sales you got today, yesterday or within any time frame you choose.
How Much Is A Lead Worth – Is a lead worth $1 to you a per month, 50 cents per month or…? What if a lead is worth to you $2 per month….do you think you could buy a few leads for less than that? See, knowing these figures can cause your Internet business to take off like nothing else. Knowledge, in this case, is power.
Cost per lead – Let’s say you have a lead per month value of $1, and you’re spending $1.10 to get a new lead on your database. Obviously short term you’ll be losing money, but wait a couple of months and you’ll be making a profit. The ideal would be to break even on the front end and then make money a month down the track. If you can do that then you’ll make a LOT of money. But the key is to know how much a lead is worth to you per month.
Leads into customers – You need to know the percentage of your leads that are being turned into customers and then you need to try to improve that percentage.
Do you know why you need to know these crucial website metrics?
Because you can’t improve what you don’t measure. If you don’t know how many new customers you acquired within the last 7 days within a few second how can you improve?
If you don’t know how many new leads you received in the last 30 days how can you improve? If you don’t know your visitor value how can you confidently buy traffic?
So now you know the key metrics you need to know for your website, but that raises a BIG problem.
It takes a lot of time, along with needing to be the right type of personality to be able to get and track this crucial information. Most website owners who try to do real testing and tracking to get the type of numbers I’m talking about, find it’s hard work and they give up.
If you’re in that boat don’t feel bad, because so did I. I’ve been running online businesses since 2002 and didn’t have this figured out until September 2010 when I started my own solution to this problem. I now get all of my website testing and tracking done for me and I have opened this up so other website owners can get the same thing for them. To see more about this service simply go here to watch a free video:
http://gaponline.myemetrics.hop.clickbank.net
It’s a sad fact. Most website owners do not know the crucial website metrics for their website. Instead, they know things that have very little relevance to anything like:
* Unique visitors
* Page views
* Bounce rate
If you went to your bank manager and told them how many unique visitors your website is receiving, to be perfectly honest, they would not care in the slightest. But if you tell them how much a lead is worth to you per month and how many leads you have, then they would sit up and take notice.
Why?
Because it’s a metric that has to do with how much money you’re making.
So if you’re serious about making more money from your website you need to know the key metrics to do that. And here are the 7 key metrics you need to have at your finger tips:
Customer lifetime value – If a customer is worth $30 to you and you increase that figure to $60. Guess what has just happened? You have put a lot of extra money in your bank account with very little extra effort. Because it’s a fact, the hardest thing is to get a 1st time customer. So if you know what your customer lifetime value is and you set about increasing it then your profits will go up and up.
How many new leads you’re getting – You need to know how many new leads you got today, yesterday or any time frame you choose.
Visitor value – It is extremely important that you know how much a unique visitor is worth to you. It’s virtually worthless knowing how many unique visitors your website is getting without knowing this figure. When you know how much your visitor value is then you can go and confidently buy more visitors. That’s a position of tremendous power and the ability to have massive growth quickly in your Internet business.
How many new 1st time customers you’re getting – To run your website like a real business you need to know how many new sales you got today, yesterday or within any time frame you choose.
How Much Is A Lead Worth – Is a lead worth $1 to you a per month, 50 cents per month or…? What if a lead is worth to you $2 per month….do you think you could buy a few leads for less than that? See, knowing these figures can cause your Internet business to take off like nothing else. Knowledge, in this case, is power.
Cost per lead – Let’s say you have a lead per month value of $1, and you’re spending $1.10 to get a new lead on your database. Obviously short term you’ll be losing money, but wait a couple of months and you’ll be making a profit. The ideal would be to break even on the front end and then make money a month down the track. If you can do that then you’ll make a LOT of money. But the key is to know how much a lead is worth to you per month.
Leads into customers – You need to know the percentage of your leads that are being turned into customers and then you need to try to improve that percentage.
Do you know why you need to know these crucial website metrics?
Because you can’t improve what you don’t measure. If you don’t know how many new customers you acquired within the last 7 days within a few second how can you improve?
If you don’t know how many new leads you received in the last 30 days how can you improve? If you don’t know your visitor value how can you confidently buy traffic?
So now you know the key metrics you need to know for your website, but that raises a BIG problem.
It takes a lot of time, along with needing to be the right type of personality to be able to get and track this crucial information. Most website owners who try to do real testing and tracking to get the type of numbers I’m talking about, find it’s hard work and they give up.
If you’re in that boat don’t feel bad, because so did I. I’ve been running online businesses since 2002 and didn’t have this figured out until September 2010 when I started my own solution to this problem. I now get all of my website testing and tracking done for me and I have opened this up so other website owners can get the same thing for them. To see more about this service simply go here to watch a free video:
http://gaponline.myemetrics.hop.clickbank.net
Monday, 20 June 2011
ECigaretteDirect Training Videos
ECigaretteDirect Training Videos
For any you who are new to Affiliate Marketing, ECigarette Direct have now added a set of free training videos to their affiliate support pages system.
To take advantage of the video training, head over to ECigarette Direct here: http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/108.html , join up and view the videos.
ECigarette Direct run a great program by the way, offering affiliate $25 as a sign up bonus.
The Electronic Cigarette from ECigaretteDirect.co.uk is a device designed to simulate the process of smoking. It looks like a cigarette, and the end lights up when you inhale, but avoids many of the harmful effects of ordinary cigarettes. So how does it work? Well, the white end of the e-cig is the lithium battery container. Two of these are provided, so you should never be without your e-cigarette. The vapouriser part is screwed into the battery, and the filter tip element is the container for your selected strength of nicotine. What you inhale is not smoke, but vapor containing nicotine. However, when you exhale the vapor is present – and resembles smoke. When you inhale, you activate the electronic circuits contained within the cigarettes. This initiates the vaporization process - and makes the end of the cigarette glow red. When you cease inhaling the vaporization will finish, with the cigarette returning to standy mode. The cigarette is battery operated, and can be recharged using the equipment provided.
George
For any you who are new to Affiliate Marketing, ECigarette Direct have now added a set of free training videos to their affiliate support pages system.
To take advantage of the video training, head over to ECigarette Direct here: http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/108.html , join up and view the videos.
ECigarette Direct run a great program by the way, offering affiliate $25 as a sign up bonus.
The Electronic Cigarette from ECigaretteDirect.co.uk is a device designed to simulate the process of smoking. It looks like a cigarette, and the end lights up when you inhale, but avoids many of the harmful effects of ordinary cigarettes. So how does it work? Well, the white end of the e-cig is the lithium battery container. Two of these are provided, so you should never be without your e-cigarette. The vapouriser part is screwed into the battery, and the filter tip element is the container for your selected strength of nicotine. What you inhale is not smoke, but vapor containing nicotine. However, when you exhale the vapor is present – and resembles smoke. When you inhale, you activate the electronic circuits contained within the cigarettes. This initiates the vaporization process - and makes the end of the cigarette glow red. When you cease inhaling the vaporization will finish, with the cigarette returning to standy mode. The cigarette is battery operated, and can be recharged using the equipment provided.
George
Thursday, 2 June 2011
M and Co Promotion
M and co, also known as Mackays, are running an unusual affiliate promotion.
The first affiliate to sell one of these fantastically designed and wonderfully priced bras (and yes there's 20% off) will get £20!
May the most ingenious affiliate win!
May the most ingenious affiliate win!
Let's see if we can find a winner!
Monday, 23 May 2011
Babies R Us Baby Fair
Hello all!
Babies ‘R’ Us has some exciting news for all of you. The Babies R Us Baby Fair is back and your customers can save up to Half Price at Babies R Us. Ends Thursday 16th June!
Below are some handpicked top selling items for you to promote immediately, happy sales!
HALF PRICE
Hauck Winnie The Pooh Travel Cot in Beige
Was £79.99
Now Only £39.99
SAVE £60
Babies “R” Us Zen All Weather Pushchair in Linear
Also available in Flutterbye
Was £149.99
Now Only £89.99
HALF PRICE
Graco Baby Delight Swing in Tutti Fruitti
Was £89.99
Now Only £44.99
LESS THAN HALF PRICE
Beline SP Plus Car Seat in Lime
Also available in Glacier
Was £99.99
Now Only £44.99 each
HALF PRICE
Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Essentials Set
Was £119.99
Now Only £59.99
SAVE £50
Sleigh Cotbed in White
Also available in Coco
Was £299.99
Now Only £249.99
SAVE £50
Graco Quattro Tour Deluxe Travel System – I Love My Bear
Was £279.99
Now Only £229.99
Happy Sales!
George
Babies ‘R’ Us has some exciting news for all of you. The Babies R Us Baby Fair is back and your customers can save up to Half Price at Babies R Us. Ends Thursday 16th June!
Below are some handpicked top selling items for you to promote immediately, happy sales!
HALF PRICE
Hauck Winnie The Pooh Travel Cot in Beige
Was £79.99
Now Only £39.99
SAVE £60
Babies “R” Us Zen All Weather Pushchair in Linear
Also available in Flutterbye
Was £149.99
Now Only £89.99
HALF PRICE
Graco Baby Delight Swing in Tutti Fruitti
Was £89.99
Now Only £44.99
LESS THAN HALF PRICE
Beline SP Plus Car Seat in Lime
Also available in Glacier
Was £99.99
Now Only £44.99 each
HALF PRICE
Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Essentials Set
Was £119.99
Now Only £59.99
SAVE £50
Sleigh Cotbed in White
Also available in Coco
Was £299.99
Now Only £249.99
SAVE £50
Graco Quattro Tour Deluxe Travel System – I Love My Bear
Was £279.99
Now Only £229.99
Happy Sales!
George
Thursday, 19 May 2011
How to Achieve Your Personal Goals
If you want to know how to achieve your personal goals in life, but you feel overwhelmed about knowing where to start, know this: Reaching goals in life can be achieved if you have a plan. A very effective way to develop and succeed in your personal goals is to engage a life coach. A life coach can assist with goal setting. Your coach can keep you on track by breaking each goal down to the nitty-gritty and by enforcing accountability. In the meantime, in order to achieve your personal goals:
Want it - In order to reach personal goals in life, you have to first really and truly, have a desire to attain it. Without the "want", there is very little incentive to achieve your personal goals. Personal life goals have to be something you want before you can set out to realize them.
Name it - Writing down your goals in as specific a manner as possible is very important, because, if you can't name it, you can't do it. Goal setting simply cannot occur without actually writing down goals to attain in a very specific manner. "I want to lose weight" is not a specific goal. However, "I want to lose 50 pounds" is very specific and it makes it easier to follow the next step.
Identify the steps - Once you have a, named and specific, personal goal set your next step is to identify the steps toward achieving your personal goals. Reaching goals in life requires taking very specific steps every day toward your stated goal. Again, this must be specific. "I will eat right" is not specific enough. Instead, state exactly what and how much you will eat each day. State exactly what and how much you will exercise each day. List in writing each step you need to take, in very specific terms.
Commit to it - To achieve goals, even ones that you write down, you have to make a commitment to it. When you write your goals down in black and white, including the steps you plan to take to reach them, you increase your chance for success. Make it a contract to yourself by dating it and signing it. When you sign off on the steps you commit to take to reach your goals know that you are making a promise to yourself to do what is on the contract.
Visualize success - There are plenty of scientific studies out there that prove that simply visualizing doing something right can increase your skill level. This is true for sports, and any type of skill you're trying to develop. Therefore, if you visualize yourself following the steps in your plan to achieve your personal goals, you'll be more likely to be successful. Make daily visualization of success a habit.
Review regularly - Periodically assess your progress and review whether your steps are accurate and realistic measures to take to reach your goals. If you need to adjust your contract, that is perfectly normal and acceptable. Just write the contract again and sign it again when you make adjustments. However, don't let yourself off the hook by making your goals and plans too easy. Set your goals high enough so that you are challenged. In fact, your goal should be set high enough that if you realize an 80 percent success rate, you can consider this achieved.
Be accountable - Find someone to whom you can be accountable and share the contract with them. You can pay a life coach, or you can ask a trusted friend to assist you. You must find someone who is willing to call you out if you're making excuses. Life coaching is an excellent way to get help with achieving life goals if you don't know anyone to help you properly.
Think you can't do much in 20 minutes? Schedule a free coaching consultation with certified Personal Life Coach Aurelia Williams and start forming your plan of action today!
http://wahmcart.com/x.php?adminid=69&id=1188
Want it - In order to reach personal goals in life, you have to first really and truly, have a desire to attain it. Without the "want", there is very little incentive to achieve your personal goals. Personal life goals have to be something you want before you can set out to realize them.
Name it - Writing down your goals in as specific a manner as possible is very important, because, if you can't name it, you can't do it. Goal setting simply cannot occur without actually writing down goals to attain in a very specific manner. "I want to lose weight" is not a specific goal. However, "I want to lose 50 pounds" is very specific and it makes it easier to follow the next step.
Identify the steps - Once you have a, named and specific, personal goal set your next step is to identify the steps toward achieving your personal goals. Reaching goals in life requires taking very specific steps every day toward your stated goal. Again, this must be specific. "I will eat right" is not specific enough. Instead, state exactly what and how much you will eat each day. State exactly what and how much you will exercise each day. List in writing each step you need to take, in very specific terms.
Commit to it - To achieve goals, even ones that you write down, you have to make a commitment to it. When you write your goals down in black and white, including the steps you plan to take to reach them, you increase your chance for success. Make it a contract to yourself by dating it and signing it. When you sign off on the steps you commit to take to reach your goals know that you are making a promise to yourself to do what is on the contract.
Visualize success - There are plenty of scientific studies out there that prove that simply visualizing doing something right can increase your skill level. This is true for sports, and any type of skill you're trying to develop. Therefore, if you visualize yourself following the steps in your plan to achieve your personal goals, you'll be more likely to be successful. Make daily visualization of success a habit.
Review regularly - Periodically assess your progress and review whether your steps are accurate and realistic measures to take to reach your goals. If you need to adjust your contract, that is perfectly normal and acceptable. Just write the contract again and sign it again when you make adjustments. However, don't let yourself off the hook by making your goals and plans too easy. Set your goals high enough so that you are challenged. In fact, your goal should be set high enough that if you realize an 80 percent success rate, you can consider this achieved.
Be accountable - Find someone to whom you can be accountable and share the contract with them. You can pay a life coach, or you can ask a trusted friend to assist you. You must find someone who is willing to call you out if you're making excuses. Life coaching is an excellent way to get help with achieving life goals if you don't know anyone to help you properly.
Think you can't do much in 20 minutes? Schedule a free coaching consultation with certified Personal Life Coach Aurelia Williams and start forming your plan of action today!
http://wahmcart.com/x.php?adminid=69&id=1188
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Twitter Account
I've finally joined the 2010's generation and set up a Twitter account.
I expect to be tweeting about new programs joining the directory, programs ending, and developments in online marketing.
If you want to 'follow' my tweets I'm at @AffiliateGeorge on Twitter.
This is a learning experience for me so don't expect great things straight away.
I'll most likely follow anyone who follows me so if you want followers let me know.
I expect to be tweeting about new programs joining the directory, programs ending, and developments in online marketing.
If you want to 'follow' my tweets I'm at @AffiliateGeorge on Twitter.
This is a learning experience for me so don't expect great things straight away.
I'll most likely follow anyone who follows me so if you want followers let me know.
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