Flukeit

I was checking out one of my sites, and noticed these strange symbols being displayed on a couple of the YPN ads. Anyone see anything like this?

On one of my sites, I decided to go with Joomla. I liked the idea of Joomla because of the ease of installation, plus it was an overall fit for the site theme.

One of the problems I am encountering is making the contact form functional. It seems as though no matter the functions I choose, nothing will work. I have to suspect that my host, Dreamhost has something to do with it.

I went to their wiki, and found some good examples. However, I set things up as shown in my image and the mail never get to me. I have tried several different email addresses on different servers, and nothing works. This will prove to be an ongoing dilemma and more than likely will be posting again on it!

I’ve been seeing to ads for the Affiliate Summit West while logging on to my Azoogle account, and now my Maxbounty account manager Jessica Dagg announced that she is going. It seems as though everyone who is somebody with affiliate marketing will be there. Unfortunately, I will not be on the guest list this time around.

Not only is this short notice for me, but I find it hard to justify a trip to Las Vegas, plus the cost of getting in since I haven’t really even earned enough to get a paycheck from an affiliate.

Well, I thought I would start off small then grow over time, but things are going very fast for me. My original intention was to build small sites, like for churches and things. In my attempt to start slow, withing the last two days I have given a few quotes, and actually am working on one site right now.

When becoming a webmaster for hire, take heed of some of these very important lessons I have already learned.

1. When giving a quote, be very detailed.

2. Don’t low-ball your quote. If they think it is too high, they will pass on it. There is nothing worse than pouring many hours into a project only to take a loss on it. DO YOUR RESEARCH!

3. Don’t be afraid to outsource work. I have already looked to contracting out some of my webmaster work. For example, one of the quotes I have given was for the development of a ZEN shopping cart application. I have no experience with this, so I took a quote to set this up for me.

4. After a quote is accepted, submit in writing a service agreement to the customer. This will spell out any and all expectations the client has with the webmaster, and you both can be on the same page.

I currently use Maxbounty and Azoogle as tools to help the money making machine chug along, and I have recently wondered how long I should let a non-producing CPA campaign go before pulling the plug on it.

For example, I am currently running a campaign from Azoogle that has a payout of $20 on one of my directories and have yet to make a dime on it. I’ve been running this ad for two weeks.

I asked David from CPA Affiliates.com about it, here’s what he had to say:

Flukeit: How long do you give a non-paying CPA Campaign before pulling the plug?
David: Well are you referring to CPA campaign where you are doing PPC to it or on a website you are currently running?
Flukeit: A website I’m running.
David: I usually will give it two days if it is placed in a prime spot on the site.
Flukeit: Wow, not very long huh?
David: The only time I would have it run longer is if it was a VERY low traffic site with like under 200 uniques a day then might let it run longer
David: I try to focus on targeting my audience. If audience is mainly techie teens I will try free iPod, laptop etc. If they are women I may try free magazine offers or free makeup.
Flukeit: Would you recommend using a lower paying CPA campaign and focus on higher volume, or the occasional big payout?
David: I would try both and whichever one makes me more over a set period would get the spot.

My conversation with David is leading me to have less patience with my CPA campaign I choose to use.