March 9th, 2010 → 4:20 pm @ Eric Nagel
In step 3, we’re going to actually display the data saved in the database! So far I’ve held your hand along the way, but now I’m just going to point you in the right direction, because there isn’t one way to do this. Merchants handle categories in their datafeeds differently, so you’re going to have [...]
March 8th, 2010 → 12:59 pm @ Eric Nagel
By now, we have selected the niche and chosen a template, added some supporting files and created the database, and are now ready to populate the products table with actual products!
The first step, if you haven’t done so already, is to download the datafeed from the ShareASale website. While many merchants offer FTP access, and [...]
March 7th, 2010 → 7:49 pm @ Eric Nagel
The next step in building a datafeed website is getting the data into the database, but to do this, we need to build an administrative section to your website, and add some helper functions & files.
vars.php was a file seen in Step 1, which I use to store the mysql connection and other variables. Here’s [...]
March 5th, 2010 → 3:36 pm @ Eric Nagel
This is the first in a series of how to build a datafeed site. I’m building the site right now, and will share the experience with you.
This will be an intermediate to advanced method of using datafeeds to build a site. If you’re looking for a simple way to get started, go check out Pop [...]
March 5th, 2010 → 10:11 am @ Eric Nagel
If you follow me on Twitter (which you should) or are my friend on Facebook, you’ll notice I’ve been doing a lot of running this week. Well get used to it, because I’m participating in the Affiliate Summit East 2010 Nike+ Challenge, where Affiliate Summit will donate $1 to the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade for [...]
March 4th, 2010 → 9:23 am @ Eric Nagel
I was listening to the “both sides of the tracks” podcast about Sports Marketing, Datafeeds and Traffic Geyser that Jason, Joe & I recorded earlier this week, and realized I forgot a point that I wanted to cover.
Joe was talking about a custom script he had written which generated tens of thousands of HTML [...]
March 2nd, 2010 → 10:44 am @ Eric Nagel
There’s not much worse than screwing an affiliate out of a bonus he/she earned. If you’re going to do this, don’t get caught red handed. Not like panties.com did.
I mentioned panties.com’s contest in the Feb-1 both sides of the tracks podcast, “Jason Retires, Contests & Buffalo“. Their bonus was quite simple:
We are so confident you’ll [...]
February 25th, 2010 → 4:58 pm @ Eric Nagel
On Saturday, March 27th we’ll be hosting an affiliate meetup at the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery at 1pm. Jason Rubacky from ShareASale (and my co-host on “both sides of the tracks“) is coming into town, and we’re inviting affiliates and merchants to come & talk shop.
Details can be found on ABestWeb.com
January 26th, 2010 → 2:46 pm @ Eric Nagel
Prosper202 is a powerful affiliate marketing tracking software package, with the ability to give you your revenue, cost, and ROI on your PPC campaigns. But the true power is shown when you automate as much as possible.
I’ve previously written how to use the ShareASale API, but left it up to you to fill in the [...]
January 21st, 2010 → 3:09 pm @ Eric Nagel
I attended Jim Kukral’s session at Affiliate Summit entitled, “How to get Motivated for Success” only to hear Jim speak. He has a natural stage presence, and I was going simply to listen to a great public speaker. I didn’t expect to get anything out of the session, but Jim definitely proved me wrong.
Jim’s first [...]
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