Is ClickBank Irrelevant for UK affiliates?

First - what is ClickBank?

Clickbank is a marketplace for virtual goods. The ebooks and software are marketed by high commissions (usually over 50% affiliate commission) but has attracted alot of rubbish. Recycled PLRs, resell right ebooks, affiliate systems, getrich systems and so on.

Infact there is a high proportion of self serving affiliate programs on clickbank - things like the CB Affiliate Formula that tells you how the author mad $52,000 dollars in Clickbank commissions in 4 weeks. Most of these have the long sales letter that seems to actually work (in the USA, 10 years ago?) and have screen shots of fantastic clickbank earnings.

There is actually some good stuff on the ‘network’ but it takes a long time to plough through the dross.

My motives for this post is to actually get an idea if it has ever actually really worked for anyone, especially in sales to the UK within the last year.

Yes I have an account  and yes I have tried to push some products, but have actually found better results selling ‘real’ products through affiliate networks like Affiliate Future, Affiliate Window, Online Media Group, Paid On Results et al.

March 3rd, 2010 Posted by admin | affiliate | no comments

Affiliates Win Shoes.

Just a quick note, the just for fun competition that we are running for the TotallyShoes affiliate program on PaidOnResults (click here to sign up) ends at the end of this month - just 3 days away!

Details in case you missed them:

We have a just for fun totallyshoes affiliate comp to get you going.
We have a free pair of shoes up for grabs (winners choice) in our just for fun competition. All we want to know is who is Chuck Taylor and which brand is he associated with. Send answers to brian at affiliateprogramadvice .com
(subject line competition) Make sure you send me your affiliate ID.
Winner will be chosen 30th November. Thats just 3 days away folks! Shoes dispatched first week in December 07

Plus we have a huge range of creatives available now,  just log in to see them.

November 27th, 2007 Posted by admin | affiliate | no comments

Free Google Adwords Voucher

Hi

Looking for newbie affiliates who want to dip their toe in PPC advertising.

I have a £30 google adwords voucher for a new affiliate who wants it.

All I ask is that they consider using it to promote one of the following affiliate programmes

Purple Parking On AF | CJ | TD | ZX

Premier Cookware On Affiliate Window

Mosaic Holidays on Affiliate Future

Voucher is for new account only (or less than 14 days old). My decision on who gets the voucher is final.

Contact me to be considered.

Thanks

September 19th, 2007 Posted by admin | affiliate marketing, affiliate | no comments

Is Coffee The New Fashion Accessory?

Designer coffee - with high price coffee names coming to more and more highstreets there is definitly a growing trend in quality coffee over the humble freeze dried jars.

With chains like StarBucks , Nero and Costa selling their blended coffee beans in stores it is possible to get that taste at home.

Blended quality filter coffee can be bought from a number of retailers, including most supermarkets. But what can be more satisfying (and indeed attractive to the opposite sex) than having your own coffee bean grinder, designer cafetiere and matching coffee cups

The humble cafetiere is one of premiercookware’s biggest sellers.
A simple sale of one 8 cup cafetiere with our massive 12% commission can generate commission of over £2.
Selling accessories and repeat custom for our 90 day cookie period will soon show that referring just one customer can soon build commission very quickly.

Coffee lovers should also check our new coffee grinder and coffee makers for a stylish cup of coffee.

So have you a wedding list site? Cookery portal? Gift site? Or something else?
These stylish products are also ideal for inclusion on lifestyle sites, and coffee sites (and I know that there are a few coffee powered affiliates out there).
These cafetiere’s make ideal gifts (along with our Knife Sets) with Christmas just around the corner (and a nice little free service to promote starting next month) now is the time to start looking at this wonderful and profitable niche.

September 12th, 2007 Posted by admin | affiliate | no comments

5 Essential Links for The Affiliate Marketeer

Just thought I would share 5 of the most useful links that I have at the moment.

I am not going to list networks (they are already listed in the navbar on the right). But I am going to list the 5 most commonly used links by myself at the moment.

1. Google.com

Ok - this is a bit of a cheat, but despite the problems that google brings and the reputation it has of a nonstop monster eating up the web, it does have a plethora of great tools. Excluding the search, adwords, adsense, there are also maps, analytics and unfortunately it is very difficult to get away from it.

2. InternetMarketingBlogs.co.uk

There are so many quality blogs out there that I read on a daily basis - it would be mad to try and list them, let alone pick a handful to fit into the top 5 links. So this service covers all of them. It is quick and easy to get a grasp of what is going on and follow up in detail on the original blog.

3. php.net

Being a fond user of PHP MYSQL this site is fantastic, THE manual to PHP programming. My brain is not big enough to fit all the functions that I use on a weekly basis.

4. AffiliateBounty

Need to find out if a company has an affiliate program? This site is fantastically easy to use, though unfortunately not definitive - yet.

5. SEOChat

Some great seo / keyword tools. If you are not already familiar with this site go and have a look, there is too much to cover here.

Other top links - The Weekly Q, Bumpzee, Facebook, Youtube, BBC News

July 10th, 2007 Posted by admin | affiliate marketing, affiliate, tools | one comment