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Forum: Social Media 19th February 2013, 08:52 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,867
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Affiliate links in Facebook

Don't you realize the consequences of your harsh comment? Anyone who is new to the forum will be reluctant to ask a question after that response.

I'm not even sure why you are even on this forum....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th December 2012, 06:23 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,857
Posted By PaulaC
Re: The most successful Internet Marketers Hangout.... I wonder

Actually, the more successful the internet marketer, the less likely they are going to be found lurking around forums all day. Forums can be a big time waster unless you use them correctly.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th December 2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,008
Posted By PaulaC
Re: How many niche Sites Do You Own?

Too many. We got caught up in it all years ago and kept creating one site after another. We realized after about 25 sites that only a handful of pages on any of our sites were actually making any...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th December 2012, 05:02 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,432
Posted By PaulaC
Re: For me the most profitable niches have always been in the...

Personally I think every niche is a profitable niche. And really it's not about the niche at all but about the products in those niches.

Every niche has bad products and good products. The trick...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st November 2012, 12:25 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 610
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Feedback On DAP and JVzoo for recurring membership

I've done it on my new membership site at AffiliateToolsHQ.com. I have DAP and have just used JVZoo to set up the affiliate program. It works quite well.

The only issue we had was that we named...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th January 2011, 04:24 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

We post our reviews as PAGES or POSTS but mostly as PAGES and the only reason we do that is because we use a theme called Flexsqueeze which allows full width pages. So in other words we can remove...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th January 2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

No, not Hubpages although that can work too. I just mean pages on a Wordpress site. We don't focus on the site as a whole much anymore, we simply focus on a few pages at a time on our sites until...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th January 2011, 07:59 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

The reason you can make so much money on Amazon is that they convert extremely well. We used to use merchants from other networks and struggled for a few years like this. When we changed our links to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th January 2011, 07:57 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

Just had a quick look but will take a closer look at that. Thanks for letting me know.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd January 2011, 09:17 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,267
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Why does Amazon cap the advertising fee at 4% for electronic products?

The actual profit that most companies make on electronic products is generally quite low to begin with. That's why they need to compensate for it by reducing the affiliate commission.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd January 2011, 09:08 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

We only promote to the US - so we try to rank in Google.com and we use Amazon.com only.

We don't promote to Australia because Amazon won't send most of it's products here.

We've never tried to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd January 2011, 08:16 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 752
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Karma working for you?

This has worked for me too. When I started in this business the main goal was to make money.

When I stopped thinking of the money and started thinking of my readers first funnily enough the money...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd January 2011, 08:11 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

Amazon will pay via Gift Card or via cheque to international affiliates. We get paid via a cheque. It would be nice to see Amazon pay via direct deposit but at the moment they still send cheques...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd January 2011, 07:40 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 28,089
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is Amazon Associates Program Worth it?

Me and my business partner make a full time living from Amazon. We currently average close to $15k a month and in December made just over $32,000. It is definitely doable and we know of people making...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd January 2011, 07:34 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,578
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Alternatives to amazon associates

We've been trying to make money online for a number of years with merchants from CJ, Linkshare and ShareaSale. The results were disappointing to say the list. The day that we changed our links over...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th October 2010, 02:23 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,893
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Game Changers - Dual Monitors

I love having two monitors. I find it really hard to work on a computer with only one monitor now. It does increase productivity in my opinion.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th October 2010, 04:42 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 763
Posted By PaulaC
Re: What is the highest Amazon percentage you've gotten to in a month?

We make the 8.25% on a regular basis but haven't quite hit 8.5% yet. That's a nice goal to reach.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2010, 11:33 PM
Replies: 865
Views: 154,164
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Amazon Affiliates - Are You Seriously Making Money?

So nice to see someone from Colorado who took action. We get a lot of questions from people in those states that Amazon no longer deals with and many complain about it but don't do anything about it....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2010, 11:17 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 855
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Will someone please tie it all together for me

I definitely agree with this. Too many people build site after site but never really concentrate on any of them enough to make any money from them.

You only need one website to make money online...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd October 2010, 09:00 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,948
Posted By PaulaC
Re: (ALERT!) Market Samurai Users and Potential Customers This Concerns YOU!!!

Just downloaded the update and tried it out and it is working okay for me too.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd October 2010, 08:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 822
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Who can I outsource link building to??

You could try lexorsoft.net. We have been testing them out for a few months now and we are very happy with the results so far.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 10:26 PM
Replies: 865
Views: 154,164
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Amazon Affiliates - Are You Seriously Making Money?

I've never heard that one before. No they don't cap commissions.

For consumer electronics the commission goes no higher than 4% but for everything else it goes as high as 8.5% depending on how...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 10:18 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 648
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Any tips on local website promotion?

There are plenty of free press release sites to submit to. Just type in 'free press release sites' or something similar into Google.

If you are focusing locally then submit them directly to your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 09:32 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,889
Posted By PaulaC
Re: 95% of Internet marketers and affiliate marketers fail

"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that."

Homer Simpson
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 09:26 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 648
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Any tips on local website promotion?

A few years ago me and my business partner and another friend started a local art and craft market. One of the things I did was write to the local paper (actually I emailed them) with a press...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 09:21 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,205
Posted By PaulaC
Re: I Don't Use Exit Popups

We don't use exit pop-ups either. I'm not fussed on them. I prefer to keep things simple.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 09:16 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,183
Posted By PaulaC
Re: I want to outsource article writing

That's not quite correct. We have been using Elance for years and the writers come from all over the world, not just outside of the US. We have had some excellent writers in the past and they have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 09:07 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 2,022
Posted By PaulaC
Re: How many "minutes/hours" do you spend with Facebook/Twitter?

None. I must admit I have completely given up on Twitter and I don't use Facebook at all anymore. My business partner keeps our Facebook fan page updated for our affiliate blog but that's about it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2010, 09:05 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,139
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Bout to build my first Amazon Aff Site!?!?!?

For starters, try to choose products on Amazon that are worth promoting. In other words it has received excellent feedback by reviewers - 4 to 5 star rating, no less.

Also, make sure that you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2010, 06:14 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,154
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Please Were Can I Get A Free WP Theme With Only a " Powered by..." link at The Footer

Yep, there are plenty to choose from and you will also find plenty that don't even have a "Powered by..." in the footer.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2010, 06:12 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,678
Posted By PaulaC
Re: How long did it take you to replace your "day job" income?

It took us (me and my business partner) about 6 years. Could have been a lot quicker if we did it right from the start but we made sooo many mistakes and kept moving from one thing to the next -...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2010, 06:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 763
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Does Anyone Know How To Do This?

Why don't you email the owner of that site and ask how they do it.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2010, 06:03 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 670
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Newbie Need Help!

You could try using e-junkie.com. They provide a service which allows you to sell your products and it links in with Paypal. It currently costs $5 a month.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2010, 06:01 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,154
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Please Were Can I Get A Free WP Theme With Only a " Powered by..." link at The Footer

Just type in 'free wordpress themes' into Google and see what comes up. There are thousands of free themes available.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2010, 03:52 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,695
Posted By PaulaC
Re: HELP!!! Fees Are Killing Me!!!!!

It's just all part of doing business online. You are always going to have to factor costs into your business. I personally don't have a problem with it. Paypal makes it easy for payments to be made...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2010, 02:56 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 969
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Pubit - Tried it?

This looks like the equivalent of Kindle for Barnes and Noble. Unfortunately it looks like only those with a US tax ID can use it. So that leaves me out. Kindle does allow international publishers.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th September 2010, 04:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 665
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Need Help

The reason why most people don't make money online is because:

a) they try everything without really giving anything a chance to actually work
b) they don't get enough traffic
c) they get enough...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2010, 08:30 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,428
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Falling for Nigerian Email Scam Costs $458,782.60

A lady at my old 9 to 5 job got scammed by something similar. They kept telling her that they needed $500 to sort the paperwork out and then they would get the money to her. Then another $500, then...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2010, 06:08 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,325
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Article Writing Service - How much to charge per article

I use Elance writers for a lot of my articles and I generally pay around $5-$8 for a 400 word article. But it really depends on the writer. I had one exceptional writer who made the articles fun and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2010, 05:59 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,791
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Quit your job in 30 days Really?

Anyway can provide a guarantee. All it means is that in 30 days if you haven't quit your job (and most people won't have) they will give you your money back. What they are hoping for is that by the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th September 2010, 06:56 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,442
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Video Sales Letters Working For You?

Personally I'm not into watching videos so if I see a sales page with only a video on it, I just hit the back button. I don't want to have to sit watching a long video. I like to scan info quickly...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th September 2010, 07:15 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 6,368
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Bye Bye Warriors

Excellent, you definitely do have the secret to making money online. The internet is one big distraction and the irony for internet marketers is that it can be their death knell with forums, email...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th September 2010, 06:26 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 4,145
Posted By PaulaC
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th September 2010, 07:56 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 871
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Any kindle users here?

I have an iPad and love reading Kindle books on it. I don't have a Kindle but had a good play with one once and definitely prefer the iPad.

Plus with the iPad you can do so much more with it than...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th September 2010, 06:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,387
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Does anyone make a decent amount from Amazon?

We don't focus on volume anymore. We used to and had 20 websites and worked hard getting lots of content up and writing reviews. At one point we were adding 8 reviews a day. But we were getting burnt...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th September 2010, 08:11 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 792
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Is There Anything You Would Not Outsource?

Anything that involves having access to bank accounts, Paypal accounts, Clickbank accounts etc.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th September 2010, 08:09 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,227
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Commission Junction Payment Dates

We normally see the money in our account around the 15 or 16th of each month. But we live in Australia so it may be different for those in the US.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th September 2010, 12:27 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 502
Posted By PaulaC
Re: How can I get google to "act normal" when I do a search?!?...

I think Google has lost the plot recently. I think their problem is that they make too many assumptions about what people want. They need to start simplfying again because they seem to be getting...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th September 2010, 06:44 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 3,001
Posted By PaulaC
Re: protected download area for selling digital products?

You could try e-junkie.com. You can upload your product to their site and use it as a secure way to download your product.

You can also incorporate your email sign up so that when a person...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th September 2010, 06:39 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,172
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Amazon Affiliate Sites - Should I get hung up on an EMD?

A lot of people seem to get caught up with getting just the right domain name. I have websites with all sorts of domain names that match the products and websites that have all sorts of domain names...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th September 2010, 06:37 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 945
Posted By PaulaC
Re: what is most important to you in an article directory?

I personally don't bother with article directories. I prefer submitting articles to other bloggers and website owners. This results in really strong backlinks if you submit to quality sites.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th August 2010, 11:55 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,437
Posted By PaulaC
Re: KINDLE = $ ?

The beauty of the Amazon Kindle store is that you don't have to do any promotion. It helps of course if you do, but Amazon does the promotion for you.

We have put up a few public domain books to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th August 2010, 05:28 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,394
Posted By PaulaC
Re: THIS is why I love Amazon associates...

Yes definitely. Most of our sales come from people 'buying something else'.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th August 2010, 03:52 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 543
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Wordpress Simple Theme Request

You might like to try the Flexibility 3 theme. It's free and very flexible as the name suggests.

Flexibility Theme for WordPress (http://www.flexibilitytheme.com/)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th August 2010, 08:51 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,936
Posted By PaulaC
Re: How to Get Unlimited Target Traffic in Only 15 Minutes

There are actually a couple of free ways to get quick targeted traffic:

1. Post comments on high traffic related blogs. Be the first to post a comment and make the comment highly relevant and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th August 2010, 08:42 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,968
Posted By PaulaC
Re: Warrior Forum Recommended Book List

Just read Secrets of a Millionaire Mind about a month ago - just love it. It really changes your thinking about money. We (my business partner and I) will be attending his conference next week in...
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