Let me preface this by saying that, despite how this post sounds, I’m not anti-affiliate network by any means. By and large I think affiliate networks, and most affiliate managers, play by the ‘rules’ - not that there are any rules, really; we’re all in it to make money, and there definitely is a LOT of money to be made. More on that later.

Part one discussed how affiliates start at the bottom of the food chain. Many people agreed, some disagreed. Apparently NickyCakes (whom I met at ASW, and despite his online personality of being a know-it-all asshole is actually really nice and a cool guy) only works for two hours a day and plays video games, the rest of us that have realized any sort of success work our asses off probably work 10-12 hour days or more. I know I do.

So back on the the networks. Both the advertisers and the networks, like yourself and every other business in the world, are in it to make money and maximize their profits. Here’s how it works. First, the advertisers/merchants decide how little they can pay the networks for promoting their offer. Second, the networks decide whether it’s more profitable to run the offers themselves or open it up to their affiliates. If they open it up to affiliates, they pay them as little as possible to maximize their own profits. Simple concept.

Next, Let’s talk about some of the shadier tactics the networks can/will employ. One bad thing that can happen is that your affiliate manager discusses an offer that is working well as well as your marketing tactics with either a.) another one of their top-affiliates or b.) another affiliate manager, who in turn shares this information with their own affiliates.

Here’s why: Affiliate Networks, and more specifically, affiliate managers, are actually incentivized to create your competition (I think that is a direct quote from Diorex somewhere here on WF). They more money their affiliates make, the more money they make. Of course it is never an affiliate network’s policy to do this, and publicly most affiliate networks would condemn this sort of business - but it happens all the time.

What’s worse - you’re at an even greater risk if you change networks. Let’s say you’re making decent money with a non-exclusive offer on XYZ Network, but XYZ Network refuses to increase your payout. ABC Network comes along and offers you 15% more, so you hop on board. Now that you’ve taken business away from XYZ,do you think your old Affiliate Manger (who is now taking home less each month because of your decision) is going to just shrug her shoulders and say ‘oh well’? Hell no, they are going to replace that income by letting their other top affiliates in on the offer & marketing tactics you used.

“But wait, that’s why you never show the networks your websites, or discuss your marketing tactics, etc.” I know, there are many tactics to strip referrer, cloak referrer, etc. This really is only marginally effective. With a little investigation, you’re whole campaign can be figured out… big deal.

This post is not just a bitch session. The point of this post to try and cleanse your mind about everything you’ve learned about affiliate marketing and understand where you truly stand as an affiliate, so you can approach your business in a different way.

So how do you take yourself out of affiliate bitch-mode and make some cash? What I can say is that every successful affiliate - and really any business in general - is really good at two things: building a long-term marketing strategy, and creatively thinking outside of the box.

This post has been provided by Derrick Shields SEO & affiliate marketer.

Why, little affiliate, are you the bitch? Because you are promoting advertisers offers; the key here is that an advertiser only reaches out to an affiliate network when they have either a.) saturated the market themselves or b.) can no longer scale their marketing campaigns effectively themselves. Taking that even a step further, networks generally only open an offer to the public if they don’t feel it makes sense financially to run it internally or exclusive to their top affiliates.

Look at it this way; When you are looking for offers to run, as you page through various offers on your network of choice, you need to remind yourself that there is a reason that you even have the opportunity to run these offers in a first place (see points A. and B. above). You are not special. They are using you.

In other words, they are letting you run these offers because everyone else is all out of ideas on how to market them; simple as that. You also need to remember that at this point, as an affiliate, you’re the one with capital at risk here. The Network gets paid either way, and the advertiser (depending on if it’s a CPA or CPL offer) most likely also gets paid, either way.

That’s why you’re the bitch. You have money at risk, a lot to lose, and a little to gain. Both the affiliate network and the advertiser have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

With that mindset in place it’s now time to think about how we can get one-up on everyone, including the networks, the advertisers, and your competition.

This post has been provided by Derrick Shields SEO & affiliate marketer.

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http://www.sitepalace.com/

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http://www.nexuswebs.net/

35Mb with 750Mb bandwidth. No forced banner ads. FTP and browser uploads. Web-based email. Online website builder. URL: ‘http://yoursite.nexuswebs.net/’.

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http://www.graffiti.net/

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Stormpages.com

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http://00server.com/

20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. URL: ‘http://yoursite.00space.com/’.

BuildtoLearn

http://buildtolearn.com

For accepted sites. 20Mb. FTP uploads.

The Express Page

http://expage.com/

For creating a first home page. 1 page allowed. Browser uploads. URL: ‘http://expage.com/yoursite/’.

Free Web Page Hosting

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150Mb with 600Mb monthly bandwidth. 900kb filesize limit. Banner or Pop-up ads. FTP and browser uploads. Form mailer, guestbook and message board provided. URL: ‘http://yoursite.freewebpage.org/’. Affiliated with TopCities.

Illusion FX Net

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250Mb with unlimited bandwidth. POP3 email. PHP, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL supported. Subdomain hosting.

Free Web Hosting

http://www.freeweb-hosting.com/

Unlimited space with unlimited bandwidth. Header and footer ads on each page. FTP uploads. Web-based email. Domain hosting. URL: ‘http://yoursite.sohounion.com/’.

PrimeTap

http://www.primetap.com/

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deluxnetwork

http://www.deluxnetwork.com/

2Gb with unlimited monthly bandwidth. Ads on pages. FTP uploads. PHP and SSI supported. URL: ‘http://host.deluxnetwork.com/~yoursite/’.

Psend

http://www.psend.com/

12Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. Web-based email. PHP supported. URL: ‘http://yoursite.psend.com/’.

Websamba.com

http://www1.websamba.com/

30Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner at top and bottom of each page; no user ads. FTP uploads. CGI, ASP, SSI and ODBC databases supported. URL: ‘http://www.websamba/yoursite/’.

JoinMe

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5Mb. Web based editor, guest books and bulletin boards provided. URL: ‘http://joinme.net/yoursite’.

FortuneCity UK

http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/

25Mb with 0.5Gb monthly bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. URL: ‘http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/yoursite/’.

X-Mail.net

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20Mb. 500kb filesize limit. Browser uploads. Web-based email account.

Bz.tc

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20 MB. Banners and Pop-up ad on each page. FTP. URL: ‘http://www.yoursite.bz.tc’.

MsgServerNet

http://www.msgserver.net/

20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Web-based and POP3 email provided. URL: ‘http://yoursite.msgserver.net/’.

Free Web Town

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Web-based site builder. URL: ‘http://www.freewebtown.com/yoursite/’.

Worldbreak.com

http://www.worldbreak.com/

12Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Unlimited web-based email accounts. CGI scripts include counters, form mailer and guestbook. URL: ‘http://yoursite/worldbreak.com/’.

HomePageHost

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Application review in signup. 50Mb. FTP uploads. PHP, MySQL supported. Subdirectory hosting.

Megspace

http://www.megspace.com/

50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. CGI scripts: form mailer, guestbook, and message board. URL: ‘http://www.megspace.com/dir/yoursite/’.

Web1000.com

http://web1000.com

50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. Adult sites permitted. Many URLs available.

aboho.com

http://www.aboho.com

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Sakellaris Electronics

http://www.snn.gr/

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Community Architect

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12Mb with 512Mb monthly bandwidth. Ads on pages. 256kb filesize limit. Online site builder. Subdomain hosting.

Lifelesspeople.com

http://www.lifelesspeople.com/

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Cool Free Pages

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50Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Exit Pop-up ad. FTP uploads. PHP supported. Domain hosting. URL: ‘http://yoursite.coolfreepages.com/’.

WebMasterTools.Com

http://www.webmastertools.com/

10Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on homepage. FTP uploads. Two POP3 email accounts. URL: ‘http://webmastertools.com/dir/yoursite/’.

OurWeb.to

http://www.ourweb.to/

20Mb. Banner ads on pages. FTP and browser uploads. Email forwarding. CGI scripts, CGI-BIN access provided. SSI, PHP, MySQL, ASP, MS Frontpage extensions suppported. URL: ‘http://www.ourweb.to/~yoursite/’.

Xaper Homepages

http://www.xaper.com/

20Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP uploads. Templates provided. URL: ‘http://yoursite.xaper.com/’.

Lastpromise.com

http://hosting.lastpromise.com/

Two tiers of free hosting with limited spaces available. POP3 e-mail, subdomain or directory URLs, and PHP/MySQL offered. No ads.

FriendPages

http://www.friendpages.com/

5Mb. Ads on pages. URL: ‘http://yoursite.friendpages.com/’.

Cooo.net

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100Mb with unlimited bandwidth. 500kb filesize limit. Ads on pages. FTP uploads. URL: ‘http://yoursite.cooo.net/’.

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http://www.hostars.com

25Mb space and 500Mb monthly bandwidth. Ads on pags. FTP uploads. URL: http://yoursite.hostars.com

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http://www.freecyberzone.com/

12Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Free web-based e-mail. CGI scripts: counter, guestbook and message boards. URL: ‘http://yoursite.freecyberzone.com/’.

Yours2Use

http://www.yours2use.co.uk/

2Mb. No forced ads. URL:’http://members.yours2use.co.uk/yoursite/’.

hus.meg.nu

http://hus.meg.nu/

2.5Mb. 500kb filesize limit. No forced ads. Site builder tools. URL: ‘http://hus.meg.nu/homepage/dir/yoursite’.

Home Page Builders

http://www.homepagebuilders.com

12Mb. Banner at top and bottom of each page. Browser uploads. Web-based site builder. URL: ‘http://yoursite.fabpage.com/’.

Web Hosting Pal

http://www.webhostingpal.com

50Mb with 5000Mb monthly bandwidth. No forced ads. FTP uploads. PHP, Perl, SSI supported. URL: ‘http://yoursite.webhostingpal.com/’.

Crazyghost.com

http://crazyghost.com/

200Mb with 10Gb bandwidth. No forced ads. CGI, PHP, MySQL, CURL, Perl supported. cPanel provided.

Pinoysite

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For Philippine theme sites. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. URL: ‘http://www.pinoysite.com/dir/yoursite/’.

20megs.com

http://www.20megs.com/

20Mb with unlimited bandwidth. Banner ad on each page. FTP or browser uploads. CGI scripts: guestbook and message board. URL: ‘http://www.20megs.com/category/yoursite/’.

GoBot

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20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Templates provided. FTP uploads. URL: ‘http://yoursite.gobot.com’.

TheGeekHost.com

http://www.thegeekhost.com/

For technically oriented sites. 15Mb with 500Mb monthly bandwidth. Ads on pages. Browser uploads. SSI supported. Site building and management tools. Available scripts include guestbook, counter, appointment book, and message board. URL: ‘http://www.thegeekhost.com/yoursite/’.

Wizards of WizardSoul

http://wizardsoul.com/

For a simple web page. Text link ad at top of each page. Web-based builder and messenger system provided. URL: ‘http://wizardsoul.com/wizards/yoursite/’.

PCI Free Host

http://pcifreehost.com/

12Mb with 512Mb monthly bandwidth. 256kb filesize limit. Banner ad on each page. Email forwarding. CGI scripts: webring, message board, form mailer and counter. URL: ‘http://yoursite.pcizone.com/’.

ababa

http://www.ababa.net/

15Mb with 1Gb monthly bandwidth. MP3 and EXE files not allowed. No forced ads. Browser uploads. SSI supported. URL: ‘http://ballz.ababa.net/yoursite/’.

QuickFox Websites

http://users.quickfox.org/

150Mb. No forced banner ads. SSI supported. URL: ‘http://users.quickfox.org/~yoursite/’.

Xenith

http://www.xenith.com

For established web sites. 100Mb with 10Gb monthly bandwidth. Banner ads.

GigDig

http://www.gigdig.com/

720kb. No forced ads.

Free Info Center

http://www.freeinfocenter.net/

50Mb with 2Gb monthly transfer. Banner on each page. FTP uploads. Frontpage and ASP supported. POP3 email. Domain hosting available. URL: ‘http://www.freeinfocenter.net/yoursite/’.

Virtual Solar System

http://www.virtualsolarsystem.com/members/

5Mb. No forced ads. Browser uploads. URL: ‘http://www.virtualsolarsystem.com/dir/yoursite/’.

4qtherapeia.com

http://4qtherapeia.com/

Only for sites that have already been built. 10Mb. No forced ads. Browser uploads. Domain hosting. URL: ‘http://yoursite.joolsc.net/’.

Lecktronix.net

http://freehosting.lecktronix.net/

20Mb. Banner ad on each page. FTP and browser uploads. Web-based site builder provided. CGI scripts: counter, guestbook and forms. URL: ‘http://yoursite.lecktronix.net/’.

CCRTC Internet

http://www.ccrtcweb.com/

No forced ads. URL: ‘http://www.ccrtc.com/dir/yoursite/’.

A11.net

http://www.a11.net/

12Mb. Ads on pages. Browser uploads. Email forwarding. Templates provided. URL: ‘http://yoursite.a11.net/’.

The Free Auction

http://www.thefreeauction.com/help/freewebpages.html

1.5Mb. Browser uploads. Web-based PageBuilder and templates provided. Search box, guestbook, counter and form mailer provided.

Slydevil’s Lair

http://www.slydevil.net/

5Mb. Four DS3 backbone connections. No forced banner ads. Browser uploads. Guestbook provided.

Balasainet.com

http://www.balasainet.com

25Mb. Browser uploads. Perl/CGI supported. Subdomain hosting.

Gpox.com

http://www.gpox.com

25Mb with unlimited bandwidth. FTP and browser uploads. Subdomain hosting.

Free Web Space

http://freewebspace.planetdns.net/

50Mb. FTP uploads.

SwiftHost

http://swifthost.homeunix.net

100Mb. No forced ads. FTP uploads. PHP and ASP supported.

XentriK Hosting

http://www.xentrik.net/hosting

Offering 10MB disk space, 500 MB data transfer, no forced advertisments, FTP, PHP, CGI and SSI support. URL: user.xentrik.net

IcySpicy

http://www.icyspicy.com/

20Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Templates provided. URL: ‘http://yoursite.icyspicy.com’.

nu3.net

http://www.nu3.net/

12Mb. Banner ad on each page. Browser uploads. Web-based email. Scripts: form mailer, guestbook and message boards. URL: ‘http://yoursite.nu3.net/’.

ItsMySite.com

http://www.itsmysite.com/

5Mb. Ad frame or banner on each page. Only hosts pages built by SiteBuilder, an online site building tool. Password-protecting available. URL: ‘http://www.itsmysite.com/yoursite/’.

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Okay, so we all know Facebook is picky but c’mon warning to ban someone for advertising to buy .edu webspace is a little too far, especially when FB approved the ad in the first place. This hasn’t been a loss however 5 responses after 11,169 impressions & 18 clicks — $4.61 isn’t too shabby.

1. Go to and create or use your existing Google account at https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount
2. The G will give you a list of it’s services (see image on left) click on Local Business Center
3. For the company/organization field enter a highly optimized title, something like:
   “* Pet Store Supplies | Pets | Fairfax | Arlington | VA DC MD” (notice the “*”)

   This title is highly optimized for Google Local “Find Businesses” feature:
   what:“pet store” where: “VA”,”DC”,”MD”
   what:“pet supplies” where: “VA”,”DC”,”MD”
   what:“pets” where: “Fairfax” “Fairfax, VA”

4. Follow the step by step instructions and pay specific attention to “category” and make sure you maximize all 5 categories out. Carefully plan your categories, if you are a used car dealership you should enter “used cars” “used car dealership” “used vehicles” “cars for sale” or a specialty category such as “Toyota dealer”.
5. Enter all the info you can on the following page… (business hours, payment types accepted, etc.) click next.
6. It’s imperative that you select your image wisely, if your company is targeting “document scanning” you should pick a emotional stock photo showing someone frustrated & unorganized with documents scattered everywhere. Also if you have any video here’s where you add it.
7. Next you’ll have the option for custom fields, this would be a good place for “additional services” and make sure you work in your keywords… I haven’t confirmed that this will improve your listing but who cares, give it a try.
8. After you submit, confirm by telephone & then take advantage of the coupon feature on the listing activation page.