"Cash, Track and Earn"

That is the motto for Linkbee.com.

Linkbee offers URL shortening. This can be used for links on blogs, forums, website and social bookmarking sites like Twitter and Facebook. What is so neat about these shorter URLs is that they can be coded in different ways.

Linkbee.com is a revenue sharing site. You can code your shortened URL to open with an ad banner on top of the page, or for an ad to display first, before your page opens and you'll share ad revenue. (If you just want a shortened URL, that's OK....you can code it for no ad. You just won't earn any money.)

Everyone has links on their sites. Wouldn't it be nice to make money every time someone opened one of those links? Well you can. With Linkbee.com! So be sure to sign up today!

Bring Traffic by Giving Something Away

If it doesn't already, your business web site should have its own blog. (For those that don't know, blog stands for web log. It is a diary where you write articles of interest for your readers. Within your articles, you can link to a web site or directly to the landing page of the product (s) you are selling.)

Google loves blogs because the content is constantly changing. You could find your blog coming up with a Google search within days.

Blogs are also a great way to interact with your customers. Allow Comments on your posts. Maybe a dialogue will start and will bring repeat visitors to your site.

And a blog is a great place to promote contests, like the one being promoted by Titanium-Jewelry.com. Note how the promotion has been picked up by a blog site.

If your website business doesn't have a blog, it is past time to get started.

Forums Are Great Resouces for Information and Help

I am a regular visitor to the Digital Point Forum. I closely follow two threads: affiliate marketing and blogging. For anyone doing both, this is the place to get free help and information.

For instance, in the blogging section, I came across this question:

How Do I Set Up A Blog And Start Earning From It?

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I really want to set up a blog for free and start earning.

Can somebody please give me a bit of advice on how to set a blog up for free and earn?

Thanks DP members!

And among the many answers was this excellent post....

Whoa..wait a minute ! First of all, you seem to think that having your own blog is a free way to make money without investing anything...nothing is further from the truth.

Blogging for dollars is a business, and if you are not willing to spend anything at all, you will get out of it what you put into it.

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To be a successful blogger and make a living, you need to:
1. Be a good content writer.
2. Have knowledge, passion or expertise in a niche.
3. Learn SEO
4. Learn Internet Marketing.
5. Be good at, learn how to make, or buy a good design.
6. Understand Social Networking, and Bookmarking...not just plopping up links, I mean learn it.
7. Learn how to run a business effectively and turn a profit.

And there's a lot more on this post. Here's a link to the original post.


http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1280142

If you are looking for great, free advice, then a visit to the DP forum should be on your daily calendar.

What Is Cookie Duration?

Cookie Duration is how long a cookie remains on someone's computer.

When a site visitor clicks an affiliate ad, the affiliate company leaves a cookie on that visitors computer. Later, if they go back to the same site and buy something, you get credit for the sale even though the return visit was not through your site ad.

The longer the cookie duration the better. Some affiliates leave cookies that have a duration of 90 days. Some, though, are only a week.

If choosing between two affiliates to promote, all other things being equal, choose the affiliate with the longer cookie duration.

Make Money With People Searches

I just signed up for an opportunity for some BIG earnings and I haven't spent a penny, as is my usual way of doing business.

It all has to do with people searches. Did you know that more than 30% of searches are people searches? And the number is growing.

So I signed up with Acme People Search . There are three steps I needed to go through to take advantage of the 100% 'display rate' offer. I completed step one which was registering (for free) at several search results sites and putting my referral ID into the appropriate place.

But step two required me to sign up for web hosting. The amount was reasonable but it was against my policy of not spending money to make money.

So I didn't do anything other than browse around the Acme People Search site, seeing how things worked...whatever.

A few days later I get an email that I've been upgraded to the next level...this is without spending that money on step two. Super!

I now completed step three and I'm ready to make some money. I've already got $125 in my account. Cashout is $200 and I hope to make it before the end of the year.

Are you ready to make some money too?

(Extra little note here.....my search engine referral links will be advertised, for free, for 30 days. I can get up to 100 hits. After that, there is a monthly subscription fee that can be cancelled any time. Will I subscribe? You bet if the money is coming in!!)