Posts Tagged ‘Affiliate Marketing’

How 123LinkIt works…it’s as easy as 1-2-3

March 6th, 2010 View Comments

So we’ve received a few questions about how 123LinkIt works. No one has specifically asked why they should use us but I’m going to tell you anyway! :P

It’s only fair I explain how our affiliate plugin works in 3 steps given our Company Name so here goes:

  1. First, you install our plugin (currently available for WordPress.org with others to be released soon). Step-by-step installation directions are displayed on our download page.
  2. Next, you can either open a previously launched blog post or start writing a new one. When you’re finished, click on “Add Affiliate Links” and a list of recommendations will appear for you to choose from. (P.S. We’ve received feedback that users would like an automated feature that does this automatically for previous and new posts. This is something we’re currently working on – thanks for your suggestions!)
  3. After the link has been embedded, you’re good to go! By this point, we’ve already cloaked the affiliate link for you and added nofollow tags so your blog isn’t penalized by search engines.

So to get to WHY you should use us, I’ll also give you 3 reasons (again, it seems appropriate):

  1. We make it as easy as 1-2-3 to get started in an affiliate marketing program or to manage one (okay, we promise that’s the last time we use that reference…in this email at least ;-) ). You don’t need to sign up to an affiliate network or apply for advertisers – we take care of all that for you.
  2. So you can start building a passive income stream (or increase it)! What could be better than spending an hour or two writing a blog post and then collecting residual revenue from it? That’s what motivated me to create this plugin in the first place and if I can do it so can you! Soon, I’ll be posting a blog article on how one post has helped me generate more than $6,000!
  3. Because as part of our alpha launch, YOU will get to shape what the service becomes. It’s early enough that you can tell us what you want and don’t want, what features we should add, and the list goes on and on. By being one of the first ones to use us, you also get bragging rights when we hit it big :)

There you have it! Again, please free to reach out with any questions/comments/feedback – whatever. Thanks again to everyone who’s contributed so far.

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Introducing the 123LinkIt Blog

February 19th, 2010 View Comments

I’m sure you’re wondering what 123LinkIt is and who’s behind it.

123LinkIt is an emerging startup company located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The idea came from Yasmine Mustafa early in 2009 out of pain-points she’s experienced in the space. As a full-time partner at Team and a Dream, a marketing agency that catered to web startups and SMBs, Yasmine didn’t have time to fully embrace affiliate marketing because of its complexities and required time commitment. However, she was generating a nice chunk of passive income from an affiliate program she’s set up a few years back.

When it came time to transition into starting her own company, she decided to explore the space further and talked to bloggers and affiliate marketing experts in the space. The consensus was clear – there wasn’t a tool that provided an easier solution to integrate, manage and optimize an affiliate program for bloggers. On April 1, 2009 (no joke), Yasmine started working on the project full-time.

With the help of bloggers, affiliate marketing experts, a strong Advisory Board and a couple of great interns, the product slowly formed while changing direction over time (our name alone transformed four times!). It’s evolved to an automated solution for bloggers in the shape of a plug-in, which a) determines the context of blog posts b) cross-references the top relevant keywords with advertisers in our database and c) transforms those keywords into affiliate links. Sounds pretty simple, right? We’ll keep the other features close to our chest until we launch our public alpha.

Our alpha is tentatively launching on the first week of March 2010 and more details will be available regarding the service. We can say our main focus is on helping bloggers make more money with their blog and we have a lot of cool ideas on how to do just that. That aside, we plan on putting our users first so we’ll be keeping you abreast of the latest features and current status.

So what’s the main point of this blog? It was created to discuss our product but also to provide tips on affiliate marketing and blogging – and how to blend the two in a way that results in the highest ROI for your blog. We’ll also be eating our own dog food by implementing our own creations to showcase examples of how our software will work.

If you have any questions or want more information, please feel free to leave a comment or shoot us an email.

P.S. We’ve turned off the ads on this post. Yep, you can control exactly what you want to appear – and what you don’t want to appear with our plug-in. Check it out for yourself!

- The 123LinkIt Team

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