We are in the Affiliate Marketing Business
Do you wish there was an adult industry magazine you could buy at your local bookstore?
So do I, it would be awesome to walk into a Barnes & Noble or Indigo, pickup the latest copy of The AdultWebmaster News, find the nearest Starbucks and start reading about whats going on in our business. Unfortunately the adult business is not there yet.
But I think I found the next best thing.
Revenue - the magazine.
The magazine is called “Revenue” and its all about the affiliate marketing business, ie. sending traffic to sponsors and earning a commission on the sale.
I’ve bought every copy at my bookstore since it came out last year (comes out every 2 months). It’s time I get a subscription cuz I don’t want to miss the next one.
The magazine caters to mainstream (non-adult) products and sites but there are lots and lots of useful articles and writeups that apply to the adult business. It talks alot about search engines, managing your online business and issues/challenges that affiliates are dealing with.
PornKings created quite the stir in their readership when they took out a fullpage ad with an almost naked woman in it, it was pretty funny - the woman wasn’t even baring bush or busting breast.
Take a look at the magazine’s site:
http://www.revenuetoday.com
When this magazine first came out I kinda freaked… I thought all this affiliate money I was making was flying under the radar of the mass media and thought this magazine would threaten my business by telling people about it but I’ve chilled still then… when I go buy my copy I think its the only one the store orders — all the other ‘business’ guys are busy flipping through Fortune and Businessweek while they dream of one day starting their own business - I go straight for Revenue.
I ain’t playin’.
Next time you are in the bookstore see if they have the “Revenue” magazine in their business magazine section. Here is what I do: I take it with me when I can’t be online - flights, commuting, etc — it allows me to still be working on building my business even though I am away from my keyboard.
Thanks for reading this far… for that, I give you this:
a great article to get you thinking about your traffic:
Affiliate Tips: It’s All About The Traffic