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    How to appraise a domain name by yourself?

    I've got a domain up for sale on sedo.com that just received an offer. I haven't had the domain professionally appraised, and I don't really know anything about "domaining". By default I assume that the offer I received is lower than fair market value, and that I should respond with a higher...
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    PHP Keyword Formatting Utility Class

    I wrote this PHP class for a landing page I recently created where I needed to do some dynamic keyword insertion. It's not much, but it might save you some time. Here's a quick guide for how to use it. <?php // Print out a human readable version of the keyword (useful for headlines) //...
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    Critique My Landing Pages

    I'm just starting out and I'm not sure how well I'm going to do with these landing pages. I figure since I'm just starting out I can't loose much by revealing my landing pages since they're not converting anyhow. I'm dynamically inserting text based on the keyword on the first landing page, but...
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    What's the First Thing You'd Test On Your Landing Page

    I've got a landing page where the user enters a ZIP code and clicks submit. I've had ~100 visits, no conversions. Assuming that my ads, keywords are decent and that my landing page needs work. What would you test first? The submit button? Copy surrounding the offer? Images used? I will...
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    First Experiment With Direct Linking/PPC

    I wanted to get started in affiliate marketing and had been reading a lot (too much) about all of the various ways. Well, sometimes the best way to get started with something is to just dive in head first. So I started a few direct linking campaigns using AdWords and Clickbank. I found some...
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    Is this how you got started in Affiliate Marketing?

    I've recently started my first two real-life-actually-running affiliate marketing campaigns. I'm not suspecting to be super successful with this model, or that it will be very scaleable or long lasting, but I'm glad to have got something started instead of just talking/reading about it. 1...
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    A good way to spam a cell phone?

    Any ideas? Text message spam, phone calls etc.
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    How many 'Internet Marketers' actually make money?

    I'm an avid poker fan and played a LOT of online poker in the early - mid 2000's. One of the prevailing trends on poker forums and the online poker community is that the majority of people were lifetime losers at the game. Sure they'd talk the talk, know their strategy, place in a tournament...
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    Storing a Cookie on PPC Traffic to Your Affiliate Site

    Say you've got an affiliate site and you're sending PPC traffic to said site. Is anyone writing a cookie to the user's that are coming from the PCC campaign? I see two potential uses for this. 1. If you write a cookie to the user and store a corresponding key in your database you could easily...
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    PPC Keyword/Ad Copy Tracking Analysis

    Is it more important to see which keywords are bringing the most leads/conversions or which ads are bringing the most leads/conversions? Say you have the option of specifying your destination url. Which provides the most useful information? 1. http://www.example.org/300 (where 300 identifies...
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    Affiliate Offer's With Time Lag To Completed Sale

    I'm looking into an offer that has a 30-day trial and requires that the sale is completed which would occur after the 30-day-trial period. Would you avoid this offer due to the lag in the completion of the sale? Obviously the benefit to the customer is the 30-day-trial which is to the...
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    Affiliate Linking & Redirection

    Say you've got a site with various affiliate links... Rather than linking directly to the affiliate page with a long ugly url is it standard practice to link to a script on your site that can then redirect the clicker to the affiliate offer? For instance...
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    What Comes First? Niche or Affiliate Offer?

    When looking to find a niche for a CPC -> Affiliate Offer type website what's a better strategy. 1. Find the niche first and THEN pick a particular affiliate offer. 2. Find a good affiliate offer and then try to find a niche for it. Obviously if you're looking at an affiliate offer for...
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    Problems With Hosting Multiple Domains on One IP?

    Are there any problems with hosting multiple domains on one IP address? Specifically if you link between them? Doesn't google realize that they're all on the same IP address and devalue the links between them under the assumption that they may be controlled by the same entity/person and...
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    Basic Idea of What a Landing Page Should Look Like?

    I have an understanding of what a landing page is and it's purpose. I understand the concept of what it should do. However, I'm not sure I know what it should look like. I've looked at a few examples from the banner above (Get Landing Pages - We Make Landing Pages Easy.) and I've seen a...