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<<< Read Data Feed Sites - Part 2 The Complete Guide to Data Feed Sites Continues (finally!).   It's October 13 and there is still time to cash in on the holiday season.  So with that, we continue with... Data Feed Site Wordpress Plugins The following plugins are what I specifically use when creating data feed sites.   Each one has a specific purpose and are totally worth adding to your sites. 1. Link Cloaking ...

Knowing how to auto-generate content is a huge timesaver. A while back, I needed to come up with a bunch of comments for a group of blogs I was building. Rather than outsource it to a real person, I decided to see if I could some up with a way to automate it. What you see below is my proof of concept. ...

I love Prosper 202, but the GUI needs help. I mean copying and pasting [[subid]]? Really?!? We may as well all just bust out Mosaic and get it over with. Embrace the 21st Century Mod Features Larger Campaign Name field. (More room to edit!) Larger Affiliate URL field. (The better to see those big-ass tracking links.) Some Sweet Subid Injection Buttons. No more copy/paste means less room for error and ...

The Issue: A new campaign I am about to run requires me to pass a zip code as a get variable in the url. For example: http://offerpage.com?id=666&zip=12345 This is also known as a pre-pop, as in "pre-populating" an offer. The Problem: So my landing page is all set up.  I have a form on there that let's the user enter his zip code and I have my Prosper202 javascript tracking code in place.   Everything's great until I have to ...

"It has an app that will build you an island and then it fucking transforms into a jet and flies you there." ...

This is has been tweeted and retweeted about.  But if you're like me, and ignore/forget about Twitter for days at a time, you may have missed it.   I bookmarked it about a week and a half ago and didn't listen until today. This interview kicks some serious ass. So far I have listened to it twice and learned something each time. Check it out here: Ruck Interviewed By Scott Rewick ...

<<< Read Data Feed Sites - Part 1 Page Building Strategies Once you've selected your feed, you need to present it in a way that is going to help you convert.  Here are some tips for how you should lay out your data feed site: 1. Use Wordpress as the framework for your data feed site. Wordpress ranks quickly and there are quite a few tools available that will let you load up your Wordpress blog with products from data feeds. 2. ...

What A data feed is basically a database of products that is put together by a merchant. For example, a merchant that sells bridal/wedding related items will create a database with all of the products they sell. This database will include item numbers, item names, descriptions, etc. It will also include a tracking link for each item. This tracking link is routed through the affiliate network which records you as the referrer. If the visitor ...

I wrote this script after I built my first Wordpress datafeed site.   After I loaded up the site, I realized that I had 5,000+ posts all made on the same day!   Rather than repost everything, I wrote this quick script.  Hopefully someone may find it useful. What it Does This script will connect to your Wordpress database and change the post dates on all of your posts to random dates.  You can define the range of dates by setting the two ...

This is part 2.  Part 1 is here: A4D Meetup 2010 Trip Recap Notes - Part 1 Mike Powell In my opinion, Mike gave the best presentation of all.  It was interesting, well organized, and evident the guy really knows his stuff.   His style is also fast and to the point which is great and kept my mind from wandering.  The topic of his presentation was PPV and most of the time he focused on TrafficVance and regarded them as having the best ...