Blog of Jared Lansky

How You Can Benefit From Affiliate Marketing by Jared Lansky

Guest Editor — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:13:48 +0000

Affiliate marketing is one of those online opportunities that truly does come with a plethora of benefits. Not only can you work for yourself and from the comfort of your own home, but you can actually do something you enjoy. Here are a few ways you will benefit from affiliate marketing. First, there is no limit to how many programs you join. You can join several programs and promote the heck out of them to make a great deal of money. If one struggles, you will have others to fall back on for money. The sky is the limit for how much money you can make with different programs. While many programs on the internet do require you to pay a start-up cost to join, most affiliate programs are free of charge. This way you can start making money immediately as oppose to having to make back your start-up cost. It also makes it less of a hassle if you find that one program is a bust. There is nothing wrong with dropping a program and picking up a new one. With affiliate marketing, you can find programs for virtually any niche you can think of. This gives you the chance to promote something you really do care about and believe in. It is much easier to have success in something you enjoy because it is not a hassle. It is more fun than anything. And people can see it in you when you truly to believe in the product and program. The problem with having your own business is it takes a lot of time and effort to build a web site from ground up. This online opportunity allows you to immediately get started promoting as oppose to having to build an entire web site. This can save you a lot of time and allow you to start making quality money immediately. Lastly, many programs will supply you with marketing tools and assistance. Most programs are not going to leave you to fend for yourself. They will give you the tools needed to generate traffic and get people’s attention. The last thing a company wants is for you to fail and not sell anything for them. As you can see, there are a number of benefits to affiliate marketing. Not to mention you can work from the comfort of your own home at your own leisure. Take the time to look into the various programs the internet has to offer.

Vertical Ad Networks Vs. Horizontal Ad Networks; Which Is For You?

Guest Editor — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:39:03 +0000

There is much controversy over which is better advertising, vertical ad networks or horizontal ad networks. While each has its benefits and downsides, it is up to the advertiser and publisher to determine on their own. But there are some distinctive qualities each type of network has to offer. When it comes to large ad networks, like horizontal ad networks, they do aggregate and sell the leftover publisher inventory. What this does is provide a valuable revenue stream to many of the publishers and provide convenience for advertisers. While this can and typically does benefit both publishers and advertisers, there are limitations to be aware of. “When you work with a horizontal ad network, there is not the personal connection you will get with vertical ad networks.” suggests Jared Lansky. Although personal connection is not the highest of priorities to everyone, it can make it easier to get exactly what you are looking for. But most publishers are looking for convenience over a relationship. A vertical network consists entirely of sites within a specific category as oppose to a wide variety of sites from different categories. By focusing on a specific category, these networks can focus exclusively on one industry and create a list of highly desirable people across many strong publishers. The result is many benefits for both the publishers and advertisers. You want to look at it from both the publisher’s perspective and the advertiser’s perspective. From the publisher’s perspective, a larger horizontal ad network will provide the opportunity to monetize some of the unsold inventory. However, a vertical network delivers complete inventory management, solid sales representation, strong ad ops and industry expertise. Perhaps the biggest distinction, though, is that vertical ad networks typically end up being true business partners to publishers by helping them with their web design, content development, and ad program development. On the advertiser’s end, a vertical network can cater to the specific needs with more expertise and intelligence. Jared Lansky from AdBuySell puts it like this. “An advertiser can get a scale and access many great publishers through one source with a vertical network. A horizontal network will only provide a broad channel to choose from.” Also, the relationship will come as oppose to having to build the relationship with a horizontal network. While there are advantages to both networks, it is clear that you can benefit far more from working with a vertical ad network. You will get far more expertise and intelligence while receiving the personal connection that every business and company dreams of. But at the end of the day, it is up to you to make the final decision.

Let’s Talk About Success!

Guest Editor — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:35:44 +0000

Author: Terry Tay
Everyone wants to be successful in life whether in career or family. Do you all agree? I was once a lazy student in school and I often skipped my classes but one day I decided that I should stop my nonsense and achieve something great in life. This thought came so sudden that I do not know where to start from.

I was really lost and I knew I need to improve on myself at that point of time, so I emailed some of my lecturers for their advice. In one of the replies, one of my lecturers mentioned that:

“I strongly feel that the formula ‘passion + aptitude = Success’ is a winning one, and when in doubt, one is probably best off going with that.”

Until today this email is still in my inbox, I keep it to remind myself that in order to succeed in life I need to work for it. I always tell myself that it is only me and myself that matters most to be able to succeed anything in life. Everything begins with you!

I follow the formula my lecturer gave me and made a new one for myself.

“Passion + Aptitude + Effort + Determination = SUCCESS!”

As I move on I realized that how much effort you are willing to put into the things you are doing really makes a big difference. The bigger your effort the better the results however many people can’t see their results because they gave up too early.

When your determination kicks in, nothing is going to stop you from achieving your goals. In my view, your effort and determination are important attributes that you need to inculcate to achieve the things that you desire.

Sometimes you hear people saying that only the rich are able to achieve great results because they have the financial support. Yes! But you are only half right. You can have all the money in the world but if you attitude towards your success is wrong, you are going to fail eventually.

There is a saying that goes,

“In a just and generous society you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential.”
Barack OBama

What I am trying to say is that don’t let anyone take your dreams away. You and only you yourself knows what is best for yourself.

One last point, your route to success is not going to be a smooth one. There bound to be set backs and mistakes. Learn from your mistakes and move on with your plan. Every successful person goes through set backs and mistakes, which actually determines you from winning and losing.

I hope that my article benefits you in some way. All the best to you!

Success And Wealth Covered In Four Steps

Guest Editor — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:15:29 +0000

Author: Melanie Hudson
The success is something that is left to be judged on case by case basis. Only a handful of people in modern democracies consider themselves as really successful. There are two universal factors that we identify with word “success”. The first one is most likely to be “wealth”. In global view wealth is extremely rare. At the end of the twentieth century a study found that richest 2% of people own well over 50% of global household assets. But wealth should not necessary be generalized on greed or materialism.

The second category tightly connected with success would be “respect”. Having respect more or less means being appreciated by the community for the work we do. Respect in its core means no less than being loved by others. Respect and love are basis of happiness, a crucial quality of success that can not be covered by material wealth. (more…)