Google Affiliate Network

Google offers a great affiliate program with such companies as Target, Kohl’s, Sears, Barnes & Noble, and many more. They also offer the ability to “Build Your Own Link” for many companies which is great because you can link to any product. Another great feature is that if you have a Google Adsense account you can link these two together and get one payment from both!

Click HERE to sign up!

Huge List of Publications To Help You Learn!

Downloading these ebooks is definitely better than paying $20-$50 a book if you are trying to learn something! Here we go….

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache – Free 191 Page Preview
Learn about everything you’ll need to build and maintain your Linux servers, and to deploy Web applications to them.

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks – Free 207 Page Preview!
A compilation of the best solutions provided to common PHP questions.

The Art & Science of JavaScript – Free 100 Page Preview!
For intermediate JavaScript developers who want to take their JavaScript skills to the next level without sacrificing web accessibility or best practice.

No Nonsense XML Web Development With PHP – Free 146 Page Preview!
Learn how to put XML to practical use on your Website.

Oracle Magazine
Contains technology strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how to articles for developers and DBAs, and more.

The Complete Guide to Web Design
Grow with the internet by learning how to pick the right type of design for your market as well as how to sell directly from your website.

Accounting Today
Has served as the premier news vehicle for the tax and accounting community

The Google Story – Free Book Summary
Know in ten minutes what takes others hours to learn, and keep up with the latest trends in the industry.

BlogNotions Marketers Newsletter
Receive the BlogNotions monthly email series and stay up-to-date on the latest in the B2B marketing space with insight from the web’s most respected marketing bloggers.

BlogNotions Affiliates Newsletter
Receive the BlogNotions monthly email series and stay up-to-date on the latest in the affiliate marketing space with insight from the web’s most respected super affiliates.

Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong! – Free 37 Page Preview
For web designers and developers who want to ensure they’re using the very latest, best-practice CSS techniques

Sexy Web Design – Free 71 Page Preview
An easy-to-follow guide that reveals the secrets of how to build your own breathtaking web interfaces from scratch.

Share a Sale – Another Great Program!

Share a Sale is a great program, they do offer some exclusive offers that other companies don’t. I am not going to lie they do not offer the easiet user interface to find offers and ads. To find companies, click on “View and Search Merchant List” and then either search invidividual names or search by type of program (Pay per lead, Pay per sale, etc). To find the search option, scroll down and click on “Basic Search”, I found that method the easiest.

You will need to join each program. Once you have joined programs click on “Get Link/Banner” under Get Links to find creatives.

Click HERE to sign up!

Google Adsense – Easy Money!

Google Adsense is one of the best to start with. It is easy to install and takes barely any maintenance. Bad news, you will not make much off of this until you start getting some traffic. You can expect to only make a few cents a day when you start. BUT if you stick with it, you can start earning some easy cash after a while. Not a ton of cash but considering you only have to install it once and forget about it, its easy cash!

Not too mention this is probably the easiest program to get approved for so if you are a new site its pretty much a garaunteed thing!

How to get started….
- Click HERE to sign up!
- Once set up, click on “Adsense Setup”
- Click on “Adsense for Content” to create ads
- Complete creating your ad to look like you want
- Copy the code created
- Paste the code in and HTML widget/container on your site
- The ad will take a few minutes to show up

Here’s a few tips…..
- Multiple ads can double your revenue
- Text links usually get more clicks than images (but I like the images better!)
- Make sure to add Google Adsense to your RSS Feed
- Don’t click your own links – they will suspend your account
- Consider adding a search box – it pays more!

Do you know of any other tips to increase revenue with Google Adsense?

Amazon Affiliate Program & Cool Features

Amazon offers one of the best and easiest to use affiliate programs available. They pay up to 15% and offer incremental increases depending on your volume of sales each month. The best part is they make it SUPER easy to create links.

I highly suggest downloading the site stripe. The site stripe lets you easily build a link off any product on the site as well as see reports and earnings. There is also a link to post deals you find on Twitter.

They also offer the ability to add widgets to your side bar where you can showcase any product you like. I choose the Gold Box and Lightning Deals because they are usually big sellers.

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/

MyBlogSpark – Get Stuff to Giveaway!

I get asked alot how I get prizes to give away. I always send people starting out to MyBlogSpark. MyBlogSpark is a fun and exciting program that gives you access to exclusive offers, sampling opportunities, prizes to give away to your readers, surveys, and events where you can meet up with fellow bloggers.

They send some pretty cool stuff to try out and then offer you other gift packages to give away to your readers. Once you sign up, make sure to watch for emails from them. They offer the “Sparks” to everyone and the first ones to respond get it!

Click HERE to learn more about MyBlogSpark!

LinkShare – The Wonders of Deep Linking

If you use LinkShare you have got to try a new feature I just found. Its called Deep Linking and it allows you to take any URL and make your own link with your affiliate information. Yes you can use this on any link, so you can find a specific product and create a link out of it.

Simply find the item, and copy the URL making sure it is a direct link to the product. If you want a text link, just enter the text you would like. If you want a image link, just right click on the image and grab the image link. Enter that and it will create it for you!

Please Remember to Add the Button To Your Site!

The only way the Boat will float is if we get the word out about it. There are literally thousands of blogs that fall in the frugal category and yet there are only 70+ listed in our little database. I really want to build a comprehensive search engine but I need your help.

If you haven’t already please add the button to your site. You can get it HERE. Anywhere on your site is fine, although a nice pretty post about the site would be greatly appreciated. The big problem is I don’t know all the blogs, so I have no way of finding them unless they find me.

Also if you know any other bloggers please spend two seconds and email them about it. I hope you are starting to see what a great resource this will be for all bloggers and I hope you will start to participate

If you have any topics you would like covered, please post a comment. Have a great blogging day

More Tutorials on Creating a Blog Button

Marie emailed me this great article on how to create a blog button. If you didn’t quite understand the one I wrote HERE you might want to Mommy Bits, she has a great tutorial available!

http://mommybits.net/2009/05/17/tutorial-creating-your-own-blog-button-w-code-box/

Get RoboForm for FREE – Remembers Passwords/AutoFills

Let me start by saying I LOVE ROBOFORM. It is a program that saves all your passwords/logins and auto fills forms. Yes everyone, it will complete all of those sign up forms for you! I have had this program for about 6 years but lost it when I switched to a new laptop. I have missed it and really wanted it back, so I got the trial version.

That being said, the free version you can download is very limiting. You can only save 10 logins, I currently have about 300, so the basic free version will not work for me. If you only need about 10 logins and autofill, click HERE to get the basic trial version. Look under “Get Roboform Pro” for “Start Free Trial”.

The trial version lasts forever but once you try to save that 11th login, it starts popping up annoying messages. As long as you stay under that you are fine, autofill will always work. I have been on the hunt for a free Pro version for months and I finally found one.

There is a program called Take One Get One, if you sign up and participate in one of their programs you get Roboform Pro for Free! I just signed up and now have the full version again. I am thrilled!!!!

Like I said you do have to complete and offer, but I did the Blockbuster sign up and got one month for $5. Before the month is over I will cancel the membership. I just got Roboform Pro for $5….YIPPEEEEE! There are about 40 programs you can choose from and some require no money only a trial but I figured I would get something we would use. If you want to get the program, click HERE and follow the steps.

Once you complete an offer they will send you an email telling you how to get the free product. In total it took me about 10 minutes to sign up, get my email, and install the product….Totally worth the time!

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