Comparing Email Subscribers Acquired from Pop-Ups vs. Other Methods
In August I published a post examining a common question in email marketing – do email subscription pop-ups work? The post detailed how I went about implementing pop-ups via OptinMonster, as well as...
View Article10 Simple Ways to Make Your WordPress Site Faster
I’ve become obsessed with site speed over the last six months, systematically working through each of my sites to improve their speed. Supposed SEO benefits aside, the faster your site is, the better...
View ArticleUsing Google Alerts to Find New Affiliate Programs in Your Niche
Google Alerts is a free service offered by Google that will alert you to new content Google finds on the web that contains keywords you specify. Google Alerts is most commonly recommended as a way to...
View ArticleA Call for a Search Discussion – How Google Works
If you follow me on Twitter, then you know I sometimes complain about the current state of the industry – most notably centered around what passes for research and discussion these days. It feels like...
View ArticleHow to Create a Clickable Affiliate Ad as a Backup for an AdSense Unit
Sometimes an AdSense unit won’t display an ad to a user for whatever reason. When an AdSense unit doesn’t show an ad, it leaves an odd amount of space within the content, and reduces my ability to...
View ArticleHow Bloggers Can Fix a Manual Penalty Caused by Compensated Content & Reviews
This past weekend Google sent out a round of manual penalty notices citing “unnatural outbound links” – later confirmed to be targeting sites publishing compensated content and reviews where the...
View ArticleHow to Cloak Affiliate Links (& Why You Should)
I always run my affiliate links through redirects – also referred to as cloaking affiliate links – for several reasons: Running them through my redirects means I have a click count to match up to the...
View ArticleUnderstanding Affiliate Marketing Lingo (Glossary of Terms)
I get a lot of newer, aspiring affiliates on the Sugarrae site and when you’ve never done affiliate marketing before, all of the terms can get a little confusing. So I created this glossary of...
View Article27 Detailed Ways to Generate New Blog Post Ideas
Coming up with good topics for your blog posts can be a struggle, especially after you have been blogging for a while. When I get inspired, blogging is easy for me. When I have to sit down and write...
View ArticleGoogle Search Console – a Beginner’s Guide to Finding Actionable SEO Tasks
Google Search Console (GSC) can be a helpful tool – providing you use it. This guide isn't meant for advanced users nor is it a comprehensive dive into every feature GSC has. I'm not looking to...
View ArticleHow to Make Your WordPress Website Secure (SSL) in 6 Steps
If you've looked into search engine optimization as a promotional technique for your website, you have likely come across the advice to make your website secure (having an https:// appear in front of...
View ArticlePeace Out to My Digital Marketing Career – It’s Been One Hell of a Ride
I tried several different ways to begin this post, but it seemed only fitting to be as blunt in this announcement as I have been during my entire SEO and affiliate career, thus the title of this entry....
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