Finding a (Good) Niche in Affiliate Marketing

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The question I get asked the most often - hands down - is how to go about finding - and evaluating - a potential niche in affiliate marketing. Most people give the same advice. Find something you love and go into it. If this were 2002, I'd have ...
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How to Create Targeted Sidebar Advertisements (Without Using Code)

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I had a request for more information about adding functionality to your blog that will help increase your revenue - without requiring any kind of programming skills. Targeting ads are one of my "must be able to do" items when building any new ...
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Yoast Video SEO WordPress Plugin Review

Yoast Video SEO Plugin Review

I'm not huge on video here at Sugarrae, but when Joost deValk let me know he had a new video SEO plugin for WordPress, I knew it would come in handy for some PushFire clients - so I bought the plugin this week and decided to test it out. I also know ...
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4 Painless Ways to Come Up With New Blog Post Ideas

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Honestly, there are some days that I have no earthly idea what to write about. You guys made it clear in the reader survey that want me to write more. Sometimes I want to do a guest post on an outside blog to get some exposure for Sugarrae, PushFire ...
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Affiliate Site Maintenance (& Avoiding Potentially Costly Mistakes)

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After 10+ years as an affiliate, I own a lot of affiliate sites. Some very successful, some semi-successful and yes, some have been complete failures. Once you start getting into the running multiple sites arena, it's easy to let some things slip ...
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48 Things I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then

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I entered the online marketing space 15+ years ago now - first running a non profit website and then falling into the commercial side of things in the early 2000's via affiliate marketing. While I was solely an affiliate until 2009, I tended to ...
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5 Simple Ways to Make More Money from Your Blog

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Based on the reader survey, website monetization ideas are a hot topic. So you have some traffic - now how do you go about monetizing it (and without selling your soul)? Affiliate programs are obviously my top choice for monetizing. Being a direct ...
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Why You Should Get Into Affiliate Marketing (and Go to Affiliate Summit)

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I don't often make short posts here in Sugarrae. But my recent reader survey told me that 32.3% of my readers don't currently do affiliate marketing, but would like to. The video below is actually an advertisement so to speak for Affiliate Summit ...
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The 2012 Sugarrae Reader Survey

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In the almost seven years that I've been blogging under the Sugarrae brand both this site and myself as an individual have undergone quite the evolution. So it makes complete sense that my readership and the interests of that readership may have ...
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Buy a Poster, Help Save Lives

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Dramatic title? Maybe a little bit. But it IS the reality even if you won't personally be "hands on" saving a life ala Grey's Anatomy. As many of my regular readers know, I'm an avid supporter of the American Heart Association (which is also ...
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