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Ads.pof.com Blog: POF.com.br is now #1 in Brazil!

After months of hard work, we’ve now reached our goal of being #1 in Brazil! Check out the stats here: http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2012/02/pof-takes-top-spot-in-brazil.html Now let’s see how far we can run with this What’s next? France? Spain? Mexico? Germany? How cool would that be to establish a world-wide-brand? How much cooler would it be for our advertisers [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: Creative ID Search Now Available, {creativeid:} Now Much More Useful!

Ads.pof.com got a minor facelift yesterday, and by facelift I mean a pic/contact info are now posted on the front page. In case you don’t know what Shannon or I look like, NOW YOU DO! I predict Shannon’s incoming email load will increase 5 fold as a result Anyway, once you log in, you’ll notice [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: Mobile’s Effect on Log-in Count: Finding Placements. Click Here!

For those who hate reading: If I were you, I’d change my <50 log-in count campaigns to <100 log-in count this week to test. If you want to know why, continue reading. Of POF’s 7 billion impressions/month, 4 are from the website, 3 are from mobile. Mobile is projected to be 60-70% of our traffic [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: Another Helpful Hint (Click to see!)

http://www.onlinepersonalswatch.com/news/2012/02/men-dont-read-online-dating-profiles.html “Men spend 65% more time looking at photos than women. Women, on the other hand, spent 50% more time than men actually reading the profiles” So according to this, when making new ads for men, spend your time looking for attractive images. When making ads for women focus in on attracting her through your [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: A Discussion About Bidding Strategies + No More POFadvertising Test Account (Click to see why)

So, some good news and some bad news. Let’s start with the good: Bidding on POF is much like dating. Most of the time, you don’t know where you stand (lol), but I think there are two ways to go about it: Bid high and scale down (skydive) or bid low and scale up (climber). [...]

Bryn Youngblut: Are Entrepreneurs Born?

I watched a video clip yesterday that got me thinking about my own past and how I was growing up. From as early as I can remember I have always done my own thing. When I was a kid I had garage sales every weekend trying to sell my parents junk. I could go on and [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: Eyes Angle + Ask the Right Question!

INCOMING EPIC BLOG POST!!! Happy Tuesday everyone, let’s get to it. 1. Unique angles make $. There’s a big one that everyone has kind of glossed over and that’s the eyes. More specifically eye color, it’s a legit criteria for some people. You could even try weird combinations too because those will come with attention [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: Two BRAND new POF-focused products!

Hey everyone! I’ve caught wind of 2 new info products that focus on POF that I think are leaps and bounds above stuff pushed on places like WarriorForum. I’ve personally read through them both and I think there’s much to benefit by getting them. They’re 2 different products but together, they should definitely help you [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: First Golden Ticket of the Year!

Since I didn’t post one in December, you guys can redeem this one TWICE this month. Probably better this way given that 2012 has kicked off! **GONE** hope you had a chance to grab it while it was up ASW2012, HERE WE COME!

Ads.pof.com Blog: Vegas Meetings + Explosion in Traffic!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope everyone is recovered, refreshed and recharged! If you haven’t emailed us for a meeting in Vegas, now is definitely the time! Both Shannon and I are almost out of meeting times so get them while you can. Guaranteed it will be the best use of 20-30 mins at ASW 2012! [...]

Ads.pof.com Blog: Schedule a meeting w/ POF at Affiliate Summit West 2012!

Hope everyone had an awesome holiday this past week! New Years is coming up and ASW2012 the week after! Be prepared to share epic NYE stories Both Shannon and I will be doing private 1:1 meetings with our advertisers to go over your accounts to see where you went wrong and what you can improve [...]

Toronto Affiliate Marketer & SEO Consultant Lorne Fade: Best iPad apps for Internet Marketing

So the holidays are over, everyone is getting ready for ASW and the various new years parties taking place… annnd I just got myself a shiny new iPad 2. So far I’ve been looking far and wide for the best apps to increase productivity in the daily grind of an internet marketer. Here’s the best [...]

Toronto Affiliate Marketer & SEO Consultant Lorne Fade: SEO Best Practices (Post Panda Update)

Have you noticed your site(s) dropping in the rankings recently as of late and wondered why? There is a variety of factors at play here since Google implemented its Panda 2.0 update and more recently relevance has been placed on social links with much more penalization taking place for links that appear spammy or come [...]

Bryn Youngblut: Challenge Completed

I successfully quit drinking for an entire month and I gotta say after the first week or so it was very easy. I realized quickly how unnecessary alcohol really is. Don’t get me wrong I am still going to drink but I don’t feel that urge to need a drink whenever I am stressed out about something. [...]

Bryn Youngblut: Quit Drinking For a Month – Week 3 Update

This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge. Can’t believe I’m almost done the month already. I remember the first week all I could think about was how awesome it would be to finish the month and have a drink again, but now I don’t even care. I’m not gonna [...]

Toronto Affiliate Marketer & SEO Consultant Lorne Fade: How does Google Adwords work? [INFOGRAPHIC]

An interesting look at how Google quantifies their AdWords campaigns, broken down into quality score, ad rank and exactly how their auction system works for ad placements.

Bryn Youngblut: Quit Drinking For a Month – Week 2 Update

This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge. Still going strong and half way done! I realized the always needing something to drink (non alcoholic) thing was to do with the dryness of my house right now as I am waiting for my new humidifier to be installed. It takes a commercial size steam [...]

Bryn Youngblut: Quit Drinking For a Month – Week 1 Update

At the start of this month I started a challenge to not have a single drink for a month. Today is day 7 and everything is going great. Some observations I have noticed: My energy level is up a bit, however I find myself getting tired faster at night which usually leads to me having [...]

Bryn Youngblut: My Quit Drinking For a Month Challenge #2

Over a year ago I attempted to not have a drink for an entire month. You can see that post here. I think I lasted like 12 days, which isn’t that great but I was also in a different stage of my life where I went out a lot more. This time should be much [...]

Internet Marketing Blog - SEO Consultant Kyle Healey: Welcome To The NEW KyleHealey.com

Welcome to the new Kyle Healey.com! I know I let this site really go down in the last 5 years, and as any of you who are in this business know, things get hectic. I’ve made it a personal goal … Continue reading

Bryn Youngblut: Who I Would Like To See As A Keynote Speaker At Affiliate Summit

Mark Cuban. Who would you like to see? Other Posts:Are New Image Sharing Websites Futile?Best way to learn the guitar?Google introduces lively.comI Hate Feed SummariesAffiliate Summit East 2009 Craziness

Bryn Youngblut: Using Social Proof To Increase Conversion Rates

I have seen very good results by simply adding a Facebook “Like” button on my landing pages. Put it somewhere below but close to where you want the visitor to interact, your email submit, click here button, etc. Of course you’re going to want some “likes” to begin with so it doesn’t hurt to purchase [...]

Matt Fraser: Google Plus

Just tried out google plus a bit, its okay. Wouldn’t say it has the potential to kill facebook though. If you’re on it add me at http://gplus.to/mattfraser

Bryn Youngblut: Kiva – Support Entrepreneurs Around The World

I last wrote about Kiva 2 years ago here and I still really believe in how great it is. It’s not like donating money to a traditional charity where 15-20% of the money actually goes to the cause and the rest goes to things like the salaries of overpaid CEO’s. You loan money to entrepreneurs all around [...]

online affiliate marketing: A pof tip to quickly identify working demographics

I have been busy building campaigns and its been awhile since my last post. Hope all of you have been hustling hard. I’m going to share a quick tip I use for my pof campaign. For any campaign you build on pof, if you aren’t using the “cross tab report” feature, you’re missing out big [...]

Flintston.es: Rogers Canada MMS APN settings for Unlocked Phones

I had to setup my phone today for MMS, and it took forever to find the proper settings online. Just go into settings, wireless, apn settings, and add a new APN for rogers MMS. Hopefully someone else up here in Canuckistan can use this; Name: Rogers MMS APN: media.com Username: media Password: mda01 Server: 172.25.0.107 [...]

Flintston.es: Mass Deleting Posts By Date On WordPress

Today I duplicated a site I have running in a certain niche. I needed to delete all the old posts from certain years, and couldn’t find a plugin to do this easily. So. I went into trusty old PHPMyAdmin and did it manually. Here’s what you need to do. 1. Login to phpmyadmin 2. Find [...]

Bryn Youngblut: Working To Live vs. Living To Work

While playing 36 holes of golf yesterday with a buddy of mine we got to talking about how many people don’t understand how we can play so much golf. It’s costly and time consuming. Most people I know only have time to play at night after work or on weekends. I understand how most people don’t [...]

Toronto Affiliate Marketer & SEO Consultant Lorne Fade: Has Social Networking Peaked?

In an age where social media is the norm and people are constantly jumping ship to the next big social platform, it is interesting to see which companies have stuck around for the long haul and which have started to bottom out. While Facebook may be the mainstay in social media and social networking, there [...]

online affiliate marketing: The feeling of making your first $100

Remember how you felt when you made your first $100 online? The feeling of knowing you worked for yourself and earned that income 100% for yourself, by yourself ? (If you haven’t, hustle for it, you wouldn’t regret it when you hit that first milestone) I’ve been doing affiliate marketing for over two years now [...]