Inside the Secret Life of a Super Affiliate - Zac Johnson dot Com Let the Reign Begin

Last week when I launched my network review on PepperJam Network, I briefly went over one of their cool and unique features, which is called PepperJamADS. Most blogs and web sites have run Google Adsense at one point or another. The problem with running Google Adsense is that you have no control over the ads being displayed, and you also have no idea how much you are going to be paid. This great new feature from PepperJam Network, eliminates both. Using the PepperJamADS widget, you can setup your own contextual based banners with advertisements you select from the network, and will earn a commission per lead or a percentage of sale.

While the PepperJamADS tool may not convert on all web sites, it will convert if you have a web site or blog related to any offers they currently have on their network. Using the PepperJamADS tool is also very easy and effective. You can easily customize the size, colors and format of ad spots for your web site or blog. Another great feature is that they have a decent amount of text ad copy for each offer, which you can have rotate on your site. You will then have full tracking to back out which ad spots and campaigns perform best.

One of the main reasons I like the PepperJam Network so much, is because of their dedication to support and them wanting you to succeed with the network. President & CEO, Kris Jones, created an excellent video tutorial where he walks you through the Pepperjam Network interface and shows you how to create your very own affiliate marketing widget.

If you haven’t already, signup to PepperJam Network and try out their PepperJamADS tool and see what offers may convert with your site traffic. You never know how much money you may be missing out on.

Today I’m starting a new series on the blog and it’s called “CPA Spotlight“. Every day I will do a review on a new affiliate program or offer. In addition to hopefully providing you with some new offers, I will be listing which networks you can promote the offers from, their payout ranges and allowed methods for driving traffic. To further help in your promotions, I always have my “Super Affiliate Guides” for pay per click marketing research and each review will feature a list of related search terms and categories.

The selection of reviews will be from a vast area of affiliate offers and will not focus on one area. This will help to bring new offer to all readers and maybe some that will fit into your niche area. This new section will be a continuing work in progress to provide you with the best resources to make money. What else would you like to see from this new series of post?

Every year at Affiliate Summit, one of my great long time friends, Brian (founder of Shareasale) throws an opening night party at one of the hottest locations in Las Vegas. Just a few months ago at BlogWorld, Brian had an excellent opening night gathering at the Wynn Casino & Hotel. The Wynn is extremely classy and expensive, I also know it’s one of Brian’s favorite locations. Not only was the atmosphere at his party was awesome, but I was able to meet up with some really great people that I hadn’t seen during the event. Just announced on the Shareasale blog, the party will be held in the 2-story Sky Villas on the top floors of the Palms Hotel “Fantasy Tower“. This will be the second time Brian has held one his parties t the Palms Hotel, his previous party at the Palms was in the Real World Suite! Brian definitely knows how to throw a party in style!

Two Years Ago, Sharesale had their Party in the “Real World Suite”!

This Year the Party will over look Las Vegas in the 2-Story Sky Villas.

For those of you that don’t already know about Shareasale, it’s one of the largest affiliate networks out there. Unlike NeverBlueAds or PepperJam Network, Shareasale is more like CJ.com or Linkshare… in the effect that merchants join the network and manage their own affiliate program. By my standards, Shareasale is much better than CJ or Linkshare anyway. I’ve been an affiliate of Shareasale since they started back in 2000. I also ran several affiliate programs through their network as well. I highly recommend you check them out if you haven’t already!

Last night Reena and I headed down to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. They had sent us another of their weekly promotions for their “Ultra” players, this time it was a free 6-bottle thermoelectric wine cooler and a 12-piece stainless steel cookware set. Since we are down there a decent amount, the benefit of picking up these free promotions while down there is pretty amazing. Since I starting playing at Resorts in June, I have already received well over $2,000 worth in free promotions… and I usually only go down for the good ones!

Resorts, Trump, Hilton Casino… they all send me massive promotional offers!

After we picked up our goodies, we decided to play for a bit. At first I wanted to play some poker, but the tables games at resorts were full. Their poker room only has six tables or so, and their highest game was 2-4! After passing on that we went over to play some Craps. I started with $900, gave Reena $250 in chips to play with and I played with the other $650. Everything was going well and I threw a few points along with the rest of the table. About an hour or so passed and we were up a couple hundred combined. I was next in line to throw and we decided we would leave after my throw. Little did we know what was to come…

It was my turn to throw the dice and at this point we had around $1200 in chips. I’ve been playing in casinos for over five years now and have never seen anything like it… I threw for nearly two hours and hit 10 points in a row. (If you play Craps, you’ll understand the sheer insanity and odds of this ever happening… if you don’t… trust me, it’s phenomenal!) Everyone at the table was going insane and near the end of my last few throws, I was tossing out hard eights like crazy (both dice showing the 4). The eight was the point many times, so everyone was heavy stacked on the HARD 8… I had $75 on it myself. Once I finally sevened out, everyone at the table was giving me a round of applause… even the dealer was bowing to me during the game! We went to Resorts with $900, and ended up leaving with a few thousand… (for once it wasn’t the other way around) it was a good time! Actually,… it was insane! I can only hope to have the same experience with my blog readers and friends at Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas next month. Stay tuned and I’ll make a follow up post this week on how to get your next stay in Vegas for Affiliate Summit Free!

The other day I made a post on the launch of the brand new affiliate network from PepperJam. With a few days gone by, the question is have you made any money with their network yet?… and if not, why!?

Here are a few reasons why you should join PepperJam Network and how it can give you the edge you need to make more money online.

1.) PepperJam Exclusive Offers
I touched base on this during my launch post, but more than anything else, this is the most important factor. PepperJam Network has offers from companies that NEVER had affiliate programs, and still don’t. The only way to run these programs are through PepperJam Network directly. Baby Phat, Enyce, JellyBelly and PhatFarm just to name a few.

2.) No Early Competition
This network is brand new, and I just mentioned the offers above are exclusive to PepperJam Network. Do a Google keyword Search and see what type of advertisers come up when you search on these offer names. You are likely to either find that the company is directly bidding on their name or related terms… or you will find another third party store or web site selling their product. You won’t find much action in the affiliate space, as these are brand new offers. Even if there are restrictions on keyword bidding for the company name, you can target towards their products, company news, their promotions and even mis-spellings! (Not advertising on Yahoo Search yet? Here’s a $25 credit to you test these offers on ppc.)

3.) People Want Authenticity
Quickly jumping back to “No Early Competition”… if the official company web site isn’t coming up on any searches, then it’s only going to be other promoters and web site names. People want to buy directly from a name they can trust. Not only will they feel completely safe buying from a company name they know, but it also guarantees they will receive what they are looking for and not a knock-off or replica product.

These are just three simple reasons on why you should have an affiliate account with PepperJam Network. I’m sure most of you will read this post and think, “Wow, that’s a great idea. I should try that!“… but the fact is that most of you will think that to yourself and not act upon it. Click here, join the network and start pushing some offers through pay per click or create a new blog dedicated to the product you are looking to promote. You will make money if you put forth the effort!