Monthly Archives: November 2012

Hold it.  Let’s put on the brakes for a moment. After totaling up the amount of hours you spent marketing your site last week, you discover you’ve spent 4 hours on blog commenting, 3 hours posting to Facebook, 3 hours on Pinterest and 2 hours on article submissions. It’s been at least four months since you started this routine, but you’re seeing minimal results. You’re frustrated and starting to wonder if you’ll ever have some kind of breakthrough and you...

Associate Programs Newsletter #542 Our business writer, Kate Buckland, has interviewed another successful affiliate, who revealed that washing machines sell well online, especially in January. Figure that out. Washing machines, dishwashers, ovens, fridges – even lawnmowers – are among products promoted by affiliate Kevin Middleton – without any hard sell. I was surprised to see that he doesn’t bother much about SEO. Kevin, who has been full-time affiliate marketing for four years, says that to succeed affiliates need to look...

A career in retail and borrowing a book about affiliate marketing turned into a work at home lifestyle for internet marketer Kevin Middleton. Kevin, who lives in London, began his career in retail as a shop assistant and worked up through the ranks before starting his price comparison website, ProperPrice.co.uk in 2007. In the past year he generated £530,000 (around $842,000 USD), all from affiliate commissions. ProperPrice compares the prices of kitchen appliances and household products such as fridges, dishwashers,...