I signed up my Car Articles blog as a test site and picked 10 subject areas that fitted the content. This didn’t take long and I was then able to place ads with that are similar to adsense by using a snippet of Javascript code. An example is here

http://www.cararticles.co.uk/uk-audi-q7.html

The only downside here is that there doesn’t yet seem to be a lot of advertisers in my particular sector.

On the advertiser side the ad formats are fairly similar to adwords and the bids start at 10p. You need to open the account with a deposit of at least £19 so it’s a relatively low commitment to allow you to try the system. There is also a £100 Free Advertising offer running at the moment so you could take advantage of that.

Like any network, Netklix will have to continue to attract advertisers but all in all it would be well worth a look. In the early stages especially you’ll have more chance of getting traffic at minimum bids.

Hello,

It was good to speak to you earlier regarding Merchant X, I’m glad to hear you’re keen to give them a bit of a push over the coming months!

I was amused to get this email as my new assistant is an answering machine. No idea how good it is at SEO but I’ll be impressed if it can register a domain name

http://twitter.com/fraseredwards

Shawn Collins – Affiliate Summit – Podcast Interview

Interview with Sam Harrelson

Interview with Matthew Wood – Existem & a4uforum

Dan Redfearn & David Hall – IAB Affiliate Marketing Council

Wil Reynolds Interview – SEER Interactive

Not a podcast – it’s a modcast!

Discount Codes Podcast

• Zak from Prezzybox
• Graham from buyagift

It seems like those two are the only merchants I’ve spoken to so I’ll need to track down a few more soon!

Interview with Clarke Duncan from Paid on Results

Webgains Interview – Robert Glasgow & Ryan Gilbert

Interview with Nicky Iapino – Affilinet UK – Part One

Interview with Malcolm Cowley – buy.at

Affiliate Window Interview – David Hall & Adam Ross

Todd Crawford Interview – One Network Direct

Affiliates

Podcast Interview with Kieron Donoghue from UK Offer

Interview with Keith Budden

Interview with Jason Dale – Loquax

Nadeem Azam Interview – Azam Marketing

John Lamerton Interview – Big Idea Media

I realised that last year I probably spent more time writing, talking and recording stuff about affiliate marketing than I actually spent being an affiliate so this year I’ve been trying to refocus and get back to building a few good quality websites and picking up on a few things that I have neglected. I do want to get back to blogging though and focus on some good quality content like Jason has been turning out for months now.

The podcasting is less certain as I think that many people are just too busy to find the time to take part, not talking about anyone in particular I wonder if people are too busy to listen as well? It takes the best part of a day to setup, record, edit & publish a podcast so it’s not always easy to fit in a week.

I think I’ll look to restart with a much shorter format soon, probably just a 10 minute show with minimal editing. There are some great people out there that we can all learn from so hopefully reducing the time commitment means I can get back to providing some content.

In the meantime I’m going to post soon with answers to a few emails that I have received to the blog over the last few weeks.

And if you are still reading and haven’t unsubscribed due to a lack of anything new than thanks – I really appreciate that!

However more than just wanting to get back to work on my own affiliate stuff I want to kick start the blog and podcast again as it got pretty quiet in the last quarter of 2007 apart from a great podcast with John Lamerton and the modcast. Like many others recently I’ve also got hold of a bit more video equipment so I hope to put that to use soon too.

With all that in mind I want to remind myself of what I’m supposed to be writing, podcasting, video blogging about and that’s where I need help from my valued readers & listeners.

What sort of stuff do you want to hear about? Is it how to make money online? Is it more comment about the affiliate marketing industry? social media? All of the above? I know that the audience is a real mixture from friends who know nothing about affiliate marketing to affiliates with years more experience than me so I’m looking for some input from everyone about what you want to know about affiliate marketing in 2008.

Who would you like to hear on a podcast this year? Is the one-on-one interview format better or do you prefer the group discussion like in the modcast? Any other podcast comments or feedback? Anyone interested in taking part?

Any interest in video? Don’t worry that would be more likely to be screencasts and interviews of others than me sitting in my office

All comments are gratefully received and best wishes to you all for 2008

I feel bad for my sponsors when I’m not turning out regular content so just to make sure everyone knows who has been supporting the blog over the past few months here is a quick list

Sponsors

• Affiliator – UK’s latest Affiliate network
• Affiliate Summit
• Property Locators Club Affiliate Program – £100 for every new member
• Check The a4uexpo Blog for Conference & Exhibition Updates

I am very grateful to them all for their support – thanks!

I do have a space available for a new sponsor now so please get in touch if you are interested in advertising on the blog & podcast.

I’m half way through recording a podcast with John Lamerton but technical problems yesterday meant we didn’t finish the interview but I hope to get that sorted out and published soon.

• Innovation in Affiliate Marketing – Publishers Award
• Affiliate Marketing Blog of 2007
• Industry Champion Award 2007

It’s a great honour to have been nominated and I really want to thank anyone that suggested me for the short list. I’m delighted to have made it to this stage! This blog & podcast has been a fun project for me to work on and I hope that it has managed to educate, entertain or inform over the last year.

Now it’s time for the real voting to begin and as long as you are a signed up affiliates4u member you can cast your vote here

http://www.affiliates4u.com/awards/vote.php

Thanks to Jamie for the suggestion.

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There are still a few things to tweak and get back in place from the old theme but it would be great to hear any feedback on the new look.

The main change is to try and seperate out the podcasts from the rest of the content so that it’s easier to get at them and subscribe to them. I’m also moving over to feedburner for handling the email subscription instead of the current plugin so email subscribers may notice some slight differences.

I have also switched to using the Spam Karma 2 plugin so if you have any problems making a comment etc then please drop me a line as I’m keen to make sure it doesn’t cause any problems for genuine comments!