My 3 Minutes Of Fame …. Cough

I had an email from a producer from BBC Essex the other day asking if I could go on their radio show to talk about online bingo. I thought great some free publicity and agreed.  The very same day I went to the doctors who promptly diagnosed me with Glandular fever! So the stage was well and truly set for my 3 minutes of (uncomfortable) fame!

The phone rang today (Thursday) at 10.05 A.M as discussed and I was shocked to be talking to the presenter (thinking I was on air talking in official voice!) Then Dave the presenter said you will be on air after this song - then I was put on hold!  After the song had finished it was time for the interview - I have no idea what I said! I am hoping to catch it later on listen again.  Then another song was played and the presenter assured me that ‘it’s going well’!

We then had a chat about the growth of online bingo and how you play the game with some of the features associated with it. Again I am not really sure what I said but was thanked by a kind lady and was on my way! Phew!

I am sticking with the rule that any advertising is good advertising! Even if I did sound like a blithering idiot! And I enjoyed the experience anyway. And now I can say I am famous

 Edit: I listened again and I thought the interview went quite well, it also lasted around 18 minutes! Great experience that I would love the opportunity to try again one day.

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Sun Bingo Affiliate Incentive Scheme

 I have just received word from premier affiliates network that The Sun Bingo have launched a new affiliate incentive to run from 18 th February (Today), Here is what they said:

Sun Bingo Affiliate Incentive Scheme - Join the UK’s most popular bingo affiliate programme! Sun Bingo No 1 Online Bingo portal

Cash Incentives from Sun BingoSun Bingo would like to offer each of our affiliates the chance to win some extra cash overthe next 6 weeks in our £1000 Grand Prize draw. Each new depositing player an affiliategenerates for Sun Bingo will automatically qualify that affiliate for one ticket into the grandprize draw. There is no limit to the number of tickets an affiliate can generate.

From the 18th Feb till 28th of March we will be running the first of our affiliate incentiveschemes.

·In our grand prize draw there are three prizes of £500, £300 & £200 up for grabs.

·It’s simple to understand and every affiliate has a chance to win.·For every depositing player you send to Sun Bingo you will receive an entry into the

·Grand Prize Draw, so the more players you send us, the more chance you have of bagging the cash.

·There are three prizes up for grabs, and there is no need to enter, as each affiliate will automatically be entered into the prize draw with each depositing player they generate for Sun Bingo.

T&C’s

·The prize draw runs from 00.01am on 18th Feb 2008 – 11.59pm on 28th March 2008.

·The prize draw will take place on 4th of April and winners will be notified on Monday 7th April.

·For every new depositing player, the affiliate will automatically be entered into the prizedraw.

·Valid entries are for players who have deposited money onto the Sun Bingo site.

·Tombola’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

If you have not signed up as an affiliate for the sun bingo yet and have a bingo or entertainment based site then start promoting them today -

Join the UK’s most popular bingo affiliate programme! Sun Bingo No 1 Online Bingo portal

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New Indiana Jones Trailer Rocks

I have just watched the new Indiana Jones trailer and it gave me goosebumps. The trailer shows footage from the original trilogy and then cuts to a scene where Indy is swinging on his whip - It is so cool! And the part where he puts his hat on also got me excitied!

I think the combination of Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf will make the film and lets not forget Kate Blanchett and Ray winstone.

Check out the trailer here and let me know what you think.

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Wow Valentines Day Can Be Tough

Picture the scene, I am late home from work on the 13th February and I have not got card, flowers or anything for my girlfriend! No problem I thought, Ill just pop into a shop and pick up some flowers and card on the way home.

When I arrived at the shop the shelves where almost bare, I had to basically run to get some roses and wrestle them off some other poor bloke only to see the £40 price tag - to save face I just picked them up and went on a hunt for a card. When I reached the shelf there were no cards either so I cunningly bought a cute generic one - the day was saved and my girlfriend is happy! So this got me thinking about affiliate sales during this lucrative day for landbased retailers.

Checking my stats from the past few days and weeks I can see a peak in sales which is great but I was expecting more! This seems to be a reflection on the forums and other blogs too. So how did you all do over the past couple of weeks?

Also a quick reminder that mothers day is around the corner so now is the time to whip down those valentines day banners or ads and start promoting mothers day. From past experience I can tell you more flowers and chocolates are sold for mothers day compared to valentines day for the simple reason that there are more mothers than WAG’s. So start promoting today and capitalize on mothers day mayhem.

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Keep On Top Of Your Commissions With Affiliate Widgets

If you are any thing like me then I am guessing you like to be kept up to date with your latest affiliate commissions and transactions. There are various widgets and gizmo’s that can save you time and deliver news, transactions, latest commissions and other info straight to your desktop as you are working!

Many of the larger networks including Affiliate Window, Buy.at and Paidonresults offer this service and I have taken the time to test them for functionality. There is also a service offered by affmeter that allows you to view stats from most of the major networks in one place. Here is a run down of what each network offers (in no particular order):

Affiliate Window Desktop Alerts

Affiliate window have designed a simple yet effective desktop alert that delivers your latest transactions straight to your desktop automatically. The software only takes a matter of seconds to install and once up and running delivers vital info via an unobtrusive (and small) pop up window.  There is even a sound effect when you receive a commission - Ker ching!

An added feature which I like is that the desktop alerts include the latest messages from the network and merchants, this means I can usually get the latest offers up on my sites as quickly as humanly possible - this is a nice touch that can prove useful in competitive markets.

The Buy.at Widgat

The buy.at widgat may have a kind of corny name but it is a really useful tool for checking up on your commissions. The widget integrates with yahoo widgets which is free to install and integrates with windows XP and vista and OS. It displays latest transactions,total transactions for that day, EPC plus a few other useful stats - the widget is useful but could be made more useful if it could send you messages from merchants, this on the whole is something buy.at could do better anyway.

Commission junction (CJ) also have a similar widget that uses the yahoo widget engine.

Paid on results desktop software

The paid on results desktop software is similar to affiliate windows, I have not used it really so can not comment further until I have tested it out - so watch this space.

Affmeter

Again this is not something I have used so can only report what I have been told or have read. The affmeter software is not free so that is a negative as as you have seen networks do offer free widgets and services. However this negative can be overlooked because the affmeter software gathers information from all the major affiliate networks automatically for you and sends you a combined report at a time period you specify. This sounds like a good idea and I think I will give it a try and let you know.

The main point that I wanted to make is that affiliate networks do have tools to help save you time, as you know time is precious! The more time I can save means the more time I have to spend on my sites - this hopefully will equal more commissions and more Ker chings! This article is by no means an exhaustive search of the widgets available (so if you know of others please let me know) but is designed to raise awareness of the labor saving widgets that may just give you the edge! Hope you found it useful?

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