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Special Affiliate Offer to WAHI Readers

Joe Hauckes — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:33 +0000

Just a little update about what I’ve been doing for the past little while.

Working on the Advertising Campaign. I have decided to offer anyone who reads WAHI an opportunity to join in and get 15% Commission of whatever Payment I recieve from a client referred by them.

If you are interested, just use the Contact Form to let me know. There are a few Square & Banner Ads you can use on your own site (more have been added since that post).

If you would rather just use WOM (word of mouth) just make sure the potential client uses Referred by “YOU” in the subject of their e-mail.

As I mentioned a few times, I am new to all this so any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

This offer has no time limit at present, but may change depending on circumstances encountered in the administration and cost of the campaign, so sign up soon to lock into the 15% Commission rate.

If you’re wondering where Brooke is this week, she is pretty busy with the lauch of Cataluna Designs and should be back next week.

Hey BlogKits, You Owe Me Money

Joe Hauckes — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:16:31 +0000

I doubt you noticed, but there have been some changes in the advertising I have been running around here. Mostly, some of the low (or no) profit affiliates are missing. There is good reason, they are taking up valuable space and some are are actually making money on clicks and I’m not.

Others were good options in the beginning and we both made some money, but after a little while, there was just no action on their ads.

While still others owe me money because they got clicks and sales, I have cash on the books, but I didn’t make their minimum requirements for payment. These are the one’s I want to warn you about.

Rant Ahead!

Most of the major advertisers and affiliate programs have minimum amounts you need to meet before payment, and for the most part they seem to pay once you have exceeded that minimum. But, what if you never meet the low end of sales requirements and decide to call it quits. Neither you nor the affiliate are making tons of money, but THEY have made at least something from your sales/clicks. You have money on the books, but not enough to get paid.

How do you get the money that you have earned in good faith? I have no idea, but I have sent e-mails to BlogKits requesting that we break up amicably. Pay me and I will delete my account. I have already taken down their ads and would never refer them as an income source to anyone.

Just in case you missed it Mr Ryno Saayman… “It’s My Money, and I Want It Now!”

Update: I finally got my payment from Blogkits on May 21, 2008. Thanks Ryno!

Do You Click on Affiliate Links or Just Avoid Them?

Joe Hauckes — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:10:35 +0000

We all have them. At least anyone who is trying to make a little money from their blog(s).

The question is do we, as bloggers, click on other peoples affiliate links? Or do we go look up the service ourselves in Google and join through the back door?

I’m sorry to say I have actually done it both ways.

When I first started out, I would look up whatever service was being offered, join the service and hope someone would click on my affiliate link. No excuses, I just didn’t trust the posts I was reading at the time. Granted, I didn’t really know that much about blogging and how it is a community. When no one clicked, I would wonder why. Were they doing the same thing I was doing? Did they go get the information themselves rather than click my link? Didn’t people trust me and my recommendations?

After a while, I started learning from the people whose blogs I was reading. They built a trust through their posts with their honest approach to their readers (me). I started commenting on posts where I thought I could make a contribution. And they actually responded to my comments! That for me was a big suprise at the time. I started feeling that I was a part of their community. And as part of that community, I tried to think of ways to repay their kindness.

Since I was looking for ways to monitize my blog anyway, I decided to use the affiliate links that were recommended by the blogger friends I had met, read and trusted. I know they have no idea that I used their affiliate links to join various services, but I have reached the minimum amount for each one in the allotted time for them to get their “bonus”. In other words, we all made some money because I trusted what they said about these programs.

In keeping with that philosophy, I will now click on affiliate links for books, CD’s, services etc that are recommended by my Trusted Blogging Friends (if it’s something I wanted). If you can’t trust a Blogger, who can you trust?

How about you, do you click on affiliate links? Why? Why not?

PayPal, A Must Have for Online Business

Joe Hauckes — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:10:51 +0000

A lot of people think that PayPal is just for E-Bay or Amazon to make payments for things you purchase through their services.

But, if you feature Advertisers on your Blog or Website you should consider using PP as a way of getting your commissions and payments. Some Advertisers only pay through a PayPal account, but most will offer it as an option instead of using checks for remittances.

If you have your own products and/or services that are featured online PP is a quick and easy way to get payments from your customers. The only thing they need is either an account of their own or a Credit/Debit Card. Remittances are made directly to your E-mail address and are credited directly to your PayPal Account.

There is a $500 limit to transactions per month on a personal account which if fine for a Small Business just starting out. Upgrades are available once things begin to improve and the profit level increases. The fees are very reasonable for the premier business accounts and services increase accordingly.

You decide when to make withdraws and transfer of funds to your personal or business bank accounts. Personally, I prefer using either a Checking or Savings account through my bank (even though there is an option of using a Credit Card) for a few reasons.

Deposits can be made directly to your bank with No Fees
Interest will accrue on funds with most banks
Availability of funds for Offline use ie. paying bills, employees, office expenses

However, if a Credit Card is used as security will cost interest on any funds you transfer Into PayPal. PP doesn’t charge you but your CC will. This is a personal choice and it depends entirely on your situation and how you conduct your business.

PayPal is a very secure and trusted service for Online Business of any type. Payments to you are fast and are credited as soon as the payment is verified. PP is easy to work with if you have any questions or problems and they follow up right away with an E-mail for confirmation that your problems have been resolved.

I feel that a PayPal account is a Must Have for any Online Home Business and I highly recommend using it for Internet Transactions for Business or Personal use.

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Questions and Answers from BlogKits

Joe Hauckes — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:16:45 +0000

Yesterday I read the Interview with Jim Kukral about BlogKits by Darren Rowse on ProBlogger. It seems to be a pretty decent possibility for setting up some affiliate programs on smaller Blogs. (And you can’t get much smaller than this.) I would suggest reading it if you are considering trying BlogKits Performance Marketing as a potential source of income.

After reading the interview, I still had some questions that I thought were pertinent to making a decision. So, I went to BlogKits Blog and asked Jim. He did respond pretty quickly with good honest answers. I hope he doesn’t mind but I would like to borrow his response so you can see the questions and answers.

Here it is

Hey Jim, This sounds like a really good program. I saw your interview with Darren, so thought I would stop by. I have a couple of questions.

1. How do you pay? Check in USD, Paypal?
Answer: Check in USD. However, we are about to release a new and exciting method of payment that is way better, and easier for the blogger. Stay tuned. It’ll be fun too!

2. Is the program set up to put Ads on feeds?
Answer: Not at the moment. I think Feedburner is the only company that can do that? Calling Brent Hill?

3. Can we choose which Advertisers we would like to include?
Answer: Yes, in the advanced settings you can select an advertiser by themselves if you wish. Go for it! It’s easy.

4. Do you have an affiliate program of your own for BK, for Bloggers to sell your service?
Answer: Right now we don’t have one, and don’t have plans for one, but you never know!

Thanks Joe!

I do appreciate Jim’s timely response, that doesn’t happen often enough (sometimes not at all) with some Marketing Programs.

At this point, I am leaning towards joining. It may even happen this afternoon. Since not all of the Advertisers I am affiliated with at present are performing very well, I need to make a decision soon.

Have you tried BlogKits? What do you think of them?