I need to be able to be able to record in Google Analytics each click on an affiliate or non-affiliate external link so that I can: Identify the traffic sources for my highest converting visitors Identify new content/affiliate program opportunities Identify my affiliate links/pages that result in the highest click through rate
How to ACTUALLY set Up Google Analytics Click Tracking – Affiliate Links and External Clicks – Step by Step Guide
on January 7, 2013
Month 4 Update – How I Generated 100 Visitors a Day
on January 2, 2013
The month of December was a busy month for me with the Holidays and I did not work on my website as much as I would have liked. However, my site has continued to grow and even though December is typically a low traffic month it has saw over a 100% increase in traffic and [...]
Site Review Exchange – 12 Ways To Improve An Authority Website
on December 10, 2012
Today I have a special post, Quinn from CubicleFree.com and myself have both been building authority websites and sharing all the details of the process on our sites. We have been emailing back and forth some suggestions on how to improve each other’s site and learning a lot. The information we were emailing each other [...]
Month 3 Update – My Website Is Profitable
on December 1, 2012
With my first full month of monetization under my belt I have been happy to see a full month of earnings. For my site to be only 3 months old and generating the income it is I am very thankful. There is still a lot of work to do before it really achieves what I [...]
My Authority Site Now Has a Page Rank of 2 – Do I Care?
on November 26, 2012
When my site was exactly 2 months old on Oct 8 a Google Page Rank(PR) update occurred and my the PR became a PR2 – Is this good, bad or does it even matter? PR used to be a key metric that websmasters talked about but most people have now come to realize that PR on its own means nothing. But [...]
Monetization Strategy Rev 1
on November 13, 2012
So far some of my monetization strategy has been working well while other parts have not. This post will be short and outline what has gone well, what has gone poorly with Rev 0 of my monetization strategy and what Rev1 of my strategy will include.
Month 2 Update – Making Some Money and Lots of Mistakes
on November 4, 2012
It has been a busy month and I have enjoyed a lot of the outreach work I have been doing in my niche. The focus for month 2 of my authority site was to continue to produce a lot of content along with my main promotion strategy of guest posting. I also started monetization of my [...]
How To Systematize a Successful Guest Posting Campaign
on October 26, 2012
The highest quality of link that is easily obtainable is through guest posting. By following this straightforward plan I have been able to guest post on some very popular personal finance sites and launch my authority site and earn some website income (shown below). This post is going to be a step by step tutorial [...]
Authority Site Monetization Strategy Rev0
on October 14, 2012
For my authority site I am willing to try any monetization strategy as long as it is aligned with my goal of helping recent graduates deal with their student loans. Over the next few months I will be doing several tests to see what kind of monetization strategy will be “best”. For me, my strategy [...]
Month 1 Update – Cost To Start an Authority Website
on October 4, 2012
I have great news I can now share with everyone…my wife and I are expecting our first child on March 24, 2013. The news that I will be a father shortly is extremely exciting and has given me a lot of passion to really make my online business more successful and provide for my family! [...]
