Tricia Meyer

Affiliate Marketer, Blogger, and Consultant

Turning Around My Affiliate Marketing Disaster

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Last month I blogged about The Ugly Side of Affiliate Marketing and described some major issues that I was having with, among other things, with my Google Adsense Account and the eBay Partner Network. I’m happy to report that all of the problems have been resolved. However, it wasn’t without a lot of help and a lot of lessons learned–lessons that can apply whether you get hit with the nexus tax, unexpectedly dropped by merchants, or even dropped from entire networks.

I took the opportunity to discuss it with my Blogging ABCs co-hosts Deborah Carney and Liz Fogg. Here are some of the things that we talked about in the podcast that I learned from this debacle:
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The Ugly Side of Affiliate Marketing

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Everyone knows that I am generally a pretty positive person who tries to find the silver lining to every cloud. Today isn’t one of those days. Today is one of those days where I share my affiliate marketing experiences with everyone in the hope that you don’t end up in the same boat that I am in.

Most weeks go pretty much the same as an affiliate marketer. I’m 48 hours away from heading out on a vacation that has been planned for 18 months. I expected to do some last minute Father’s Day promotions, catch up on a few emails, and schedule a couple of blog posts. Instead, I’m literally fighting not to lose thousands of dollars in revenue a month for my business. Here’s how the last few days have played out.
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My New Gig: Blogging ABCs Podcast

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Blogging PodcastAlthough I have been working on it for the last month, I am excited to officially announce my newest venture. Starting with Episode #10, I have joined the Blogging ABCs Podcast.

What is Blogging ABCs? In short, it is a podcast series for bloggers no matter their niche or experience level. We talk about basic blogging topics like how to structure your blog but also more advanced topics like running giveaways and SEO. You can subscribe to us through iTunes or Google Listen or just listen on the Blogging ABCs site itself or Geekcast.fm (our host).

I am excited about this for so many reasons. Shall I count the ways?

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Affiliate Summit Indianapolis Meetup

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Affiliate Summit Indianapolis Meetup
Affiliate Summit Indianapolis Meetup

On March 30, Indianapolis joined other cities across the world in the first ever Affiliate Summit Meetup Day event. Although we were a small group, it was a great opportunity for the newly-forming Indy affiliate community. We had a couple of other people pop in and out, but our four main attendees as pictured were Jim McIntosh (@mcintosh33), Tricia Meyer (me!) (@sunshinetricia), Blake Ensign (@BeSTForum), and Eric Jones (@ericrjones1).

Because affiliate marketing is just starting in Indianapolis and we have already had a couple of “introductory” presentations in the last 2 months, I decided to change up the official agenda a little bit. After introductions and order taking, we spent 30 minutes discussing hot topics in affiliate marketing including: use of social media, the Farmer/Panda Google Update, and favorite affiliate marketing resources.

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Cheap Review of the Cheap-Ass Guide to Online Content

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Cheap-Ass GuideNot only is my review cheap, it’s free! Of course, so is the book. Keep reading if you want to find out why you need to get a copy and can start learning from it in less than 15 minutes.

I’m one of those affiliate marketers who was lucky enough to start my business on a shoestring budget. I’ve never spent more than $100 in a month for Google Ads, I watch for free trials of tools, and I spend a lot of time generating my own content. Yet sometimes I find myself feeling “stuck” because the more sites that I have, the more content that I have to generate. When I saw that my friend Todd Farmer had written a new ebook about cheap content, I was interested. I was even more interested when I found out that I could get it for free by signing up for his My Content Pro site.
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