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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2020, 11:03 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

Let me be clear. I do not want to pick a fight with anyone here. I do not wish to break any law. I am not looking to falsify anything. I don't think it is wrong for me to defend my position. I do not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2020, 06:20 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

At last, someone who answered the question!!

That would be great. However, the product has an annual recurring subscription model, so I would like to avoid going back every year to go through the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2020, 06:17 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

Yes, you are absolutely right. They want to get the maximum price they can sell for. They are acting to maximum their profits. They also want to get affiliate sales. They get less profit for it. How...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2020, 06:02 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

I was seeking advice on how to do something, not on the ethics, which you brought into it yourself. Saying you would never do something but you set your own ethical standard is tantamount to accusing...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2020, 05:54 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

The best for whom? The seller, yes. Not for me.

It doesn't matter if I would buy with or without the discount. I want the best price I can get.

If no sale is in some cases better than option...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2020, 03:47 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

It's a bit like game theory. There are 3 scenarios for the buyer and seller:

1. Full price sale - best (win-win)
2. Affiliate link sale - good (win-win)
3. No sale - worst case (lose-lose)
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2020, 12:59 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

Exactly. I cannot see the logic in any virtue signalling about this issue. Is it really ethical to deprive the seller of your hard earned dollars so you can say to yourself and others how virtuous...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2020, 12:48 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

If you own a company, that is a separate legal entity to yourself. If the company buys it through an affiliate link the individual creates, is that unethical? It is within the rules.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2020, 12:44 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2020, 12:27 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

And that seller of the product is worse off because of your "ethics".
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2020, 10:57 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,065
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Buying through an affiliate link to get a discount

There are some marketing products that I would like to buy, which have an affiliate program.

Have any of you bought through an affiliate program just to get a discount on a product? How do you...
Forum: Programming 13th February 2020, 06:12 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 115
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Diagnose cause of page flicker - use css to space?

I've removed the search addon now, since feedback from forum members was not positive.

As for the other persons cynicism, I have over 11K incoming links. I'm not going to waste my time doing that....
Forum: Website Design 13th February 2020, 06:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 106
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: How do they do this grid?

I found out from another source it is a masonry grid.
Forum: Website Design 12th February 2020, 06:10 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 106
Posted By DaveSmith2020
How do they do this grid?

I came across this website: https://www.marketingterms.com/blogs/

I want to know how they do that grid thing at the bottom. I've tried to search the source code but can't find anything. Is it a...
Forum: Programming 10th February 2020, 11:21 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 115
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Diagnose cause of page flicker - use css to space?

I have a website here: <<link removed by moderator since it appears the problem is fixed>>

Notice the Quick Search field at the top. When I load or refresh the page, everything loads fine, but...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 29th August 2019, 03:58 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 490
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Zoho One opinions - anyone here use it?

I was on a quest to find a different email client, and someone recommended Zoho. Then I looked at some of the other software packages that they do and I got sucked in. It looks like I could do all...
Forum: Email Marketing 27th August 2019, 10:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 533
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Best email client for multiple email addresses?

I've been looking at zoho mail recently. I much prefer the look of the interface when compared with gmail. Part of the reason is that it has a preview pane on the right, like with Outlook. I am...
Forum: Email Marketing 22nd August 2019, 05:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 533
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Best email client for multiple email addresses?

I have a number of different domains used for different websites and business projects. Currently, I am using gmail for private email and Outlook 365 for business. My Outlook 365 collects the emails...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2019, 01:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 163
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Facebook course for local service business

I figure there are some pitfalls that could lead to an infringement, so I was thinking a course might cover that. Also, a decent lead gen method for local service businesses could be taught by...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2019, 07:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 163
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Facebook course for local service business

I fancy doing some computer consultancy for home users and small business. I used to do it in the past but that was a long time ago. My goal is to use Facebook for lead generation.

Any...
Forum: Website Design 25th January 2019, 06:18 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 77
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Wordpress forms with spam check - recommendations?

I have used them before. I ended up installing Contact Form 7. It was free and integrates with Google's recaptcha service. Don't think it has a honeypot though. In any case, I will see what happens...
Forum: Website Design 22nd January 2019, 05:04 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 77
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Wordpress forms with spam check - recommendations?

I have a few sites where I would like to update my Contact forms. The features I would like include:

- honeypot
- Google captcha
- Free

Not sure if this is possible or not. There seems to be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st November 2018, 07:43 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 91
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Rotating text ads on my site

I am not using Wordpress
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st November 2018, 06:40 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 91
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Rotating text ads on my site

I have a website where I want to put a series of text links on there, which rotate. I could have say 20 different topics at any one time.

What is the best way of doing this?

Thanks,

Dave
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th April 2018, 09:03 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 70
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Am I leaking PageRank from my site?

I have an old discussion forum that is well established. Along the top are some tabs with links to old parts of the site, that are effectively not in use.

Back in the day, there used to be...
Forum: Social Media 24th February 2016, 11:26 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 489
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Targeting Facebook groups

I will get banned from some paid groups if I do that. I want to do it via FB ads as mentioned. I just need to know if its possible to target a specific FB group or not.
Forum: Social Media 24th February 2016, 09:12 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 489
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Targeting Facebook groups

I am a member of a bunch of facebook groups about seo etc. Is it possible to set up an ad so that it targets a specific named facebook group?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th January 2014, 08:36 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 4,590
Posted By DaveSmith2020
eBay - too much competition, no profit?

A friend and I were chatting about eBay the other day, after reading an article of someone making a lot of money on it.

Is eBay so competitive nowadays that there are virtually no margins left...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 22nd January 2014, 06:15 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 206
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Icons for mind mapping software

I am using the rather fab Xmind mind mapping software and they come with a set of Markers. The ones I am interested in are the numbers and also a pie showing how much a project is complete.

A...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd January 2014, 06:12 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 478
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Marketing computer training and tech support

How would I go about promoting PC support and training to home users and small businesses? Anyone do this already and do it successfully?

Thanks,

Dave
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th January 2014, 09:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 538
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Outsourcer plagiarised articles

Ok guys, partly my fault. I noticed that she was using some curation, so some of the sentences were quotes. There was a little bit of copying of some phrases, but not enough to warrant a serious...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th January 2014, 07:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 538
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Outsourcer plagiarised articles

I have had a full time Filipino working for me for the last couple of months. Recently, I asked her to write some articles for me. I put one of them through a plagiarism checker and found she has...
Forum: Website Design 9th December 2013, 10:43 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 354
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Creating tooltip help for website

Thanks Brandon. Your suggestion led me to find Tippy for WordPress. :)
Forum: Website Design 9th December 2013, 08:47 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 354
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Creating tooltip help for website

On some Google help pages, they have some bullet point sentences with a ? graphic in a circle at the end of a sentence. If you hover your mouse over there, a second later a help tooltip pops up,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th November 2013, 08:07 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 326
Posted By DaveSmith2020
One Filipino, one site - how would you use them?

I have a Filipino (with good writing skills), who I hired to do some broken link building for me. Its not going too well at the moment, so I wanted to pick the brains of you seo experts on here.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th November 2013, 07:53 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 260
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Disavowing links question

I just got an ahrefs subscription and find that I have links to my site from Russian domains, where they have spammed my forum and are linking from 2nd tier spammy sites. Naturally, I want these...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th October 2013, 08:14 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 327
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Speeding up Outreach - tools, tricks and tips

I have someone doing some Broken Link Building for me full time. They work remotely. At the moment, they are not managing to contact many people each day, maybe about 17.

Some questions for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st October 2013, 09:04 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,529
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Payment To Philippine Workers

If paying $300 per month, and they do 5 days that need paying, how much do you pay them? I mean they might start on 26th of the month, so you pay just for those 5 days. How do you calculate what to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th October 2013, 12:31 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,529
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Payment To Philippine Workers

If you say you are going to pay your filipinos $300 per month, do you just put $300 into your PayPal Send Money request and they get $300? Or do they get $300 less bank charges?

What is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th October 2013, 07:35 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 669
Posted By DaveSmith2020
How to find footprints

I want to target some UK business websites for getting backlinks. So, I figure a resources page or something might be good for finding useful places to place a link.

Two ideas I had:

1. Use...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th October 2013, 09:45 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 355
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Can-Spam compliance

If I send out emails to ask if other companies want to put my link on their resources page, do I need to have some sort of Can-Spam compliance additions?

Thanks,

Dave
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st October 2013, 05:54 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

If any of you guys hire Filipinos and want to chat about management, hiring, talking shop etc, then send me a PM and we can chat on Skype.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 10:24 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

Jeff, what do you mean when you say that 98% of Filipinos have "this kind of attitude in making excuses"?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 09:07 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

Are you referring to Chris Ducker?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 09:03 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

@Cham, thank you for your reply. If someone in the US paid someone in your country an average wage for someone in the Philippines, do you consider that cheap or average? I ask because you said,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 08:36 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

And I will ignore your comment about me thinking I am Apple. It seems you dish it out but can't handle it in return. Sad.

Lets get this thread back on track with intelligent answers rather than...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 07:51 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

@Beatinest I think its a great idea to raise the wage of someone who is good. You want to keep the good ones. May I ask what you are paying them? And why are you finding him so valuable?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 07:38 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

To say that Filipinos are unskilled is based on what? They have plenty of university graduates.

Once again, saying they are cheap is trying to imply that cheap=rubbish because the cost is low....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 07:06 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

They aren't writing content for me.

But lets pretend they are. The other person said you need to pay a decent wage. But I am. Decent for someone living in the Philippines.

Why does Apple get...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 05:45 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

Don't really get that. No one knows what I am paying them.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th September 2013, 03:50 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

List of things gone wrong:

* No report on first day
* No report on second day, despite asking again
* No updated Word document sent despite asking
* Was not at PC at 3pm on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th September 2013, 08:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 496
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Sending email as text or html?

I will be sending out link building emails. Should I send them as text only or can I have a pic of myself in there, to make it more personal?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th September 2013, 05:20 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

Do you still have full time Filipino workers?
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th September 2013, 05:01 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Managing Filipino workers

I checked online and there is some flooding in that area. Also, she just sent me a message saying she thought we were starting again at 7pm, like on the first day. So, since it is not 7pm yet, I can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th September 2013, 04:52 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 1,637
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Managing Filipino workers

I just hired a full-time Filipino yesterday to do some link building for me. Working hours are 3pm to 11pm their local time.

Today, I ask for her to send the work in that she has done and she says...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th September 2013, 03:56 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,031
Posted By DaveSmith2020
Re: Virtual Assistant - tools, services, software

Any tools you would give them to help them do link building tasks?
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