Nov 19

As I think about what project to do next my mind is always drawn back to doing an affiliate site. I know I won’t be ready in time for Cyber Monday this year but I’ve seen a lot of people getting ready for it. For those who don’t know, Cyber Monday is one of the biggest online shopping days of the Christmas shopping season. It’s the Monday following Black Friday, the big sale day after Thanksgiving.

I know what I’d be doing if I had my site up already.

  • Make sure all my sites were up, responding and all affiliate links were working!
  • Make sure popular items this season were featured promenantly
  • List special deals such as coupons, free shipping, bonus items etc.
  • Email my “list” to make sure they know about the sales and link to specific hot deals
  • Offer shopping tips for getting the items you want for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday
  • Update frequently to keep them coming back.

And I’m sure there are tons of other great tips. Do you have an affiliate site of any kind? What are you doing to get ready?

7 Responses to “Are You Ready for Cyber Monday?”

1 Caroline Says:

Hi Chrispian,
We do have an affiliate site http://www.maatiam.com. It’s a new web site that turns online purchases into donations to your favorite charity without costing you or the nonprofit a dime.

Anytime you use maatiam.com and shop at any of our 200 prominent online partnered merchants, a percentage of your purchase is donated to the nonprofit of your choice. You pay the same price for the item as you normally would.

The donations don’t cost consumers a dime. And now nonprofits have a free and effortless way to raise funds.
We are getting the word out to turn as much Cyber Monday shopping as possible into giving! You can help us by writing about Maatiam ;-)

2 Chrispian Says:

Caroline – Looks like a great idea and good cause. I’ll have a look at the site and possibly post something up.

3 ses5909 Says:

I’ve never had an affiliate site. I just know how to build sites… still learning how to make money off of them. I’ve got a long way to go unfortunately.

4 Chrispian Says:

I’ve made so much money for other people over the last 12 years or so it’s time for me to cash in on that. I consider myself an affiliate noob myself, though I’ve seen plenty of people making it work. I’m hoping it’ll be a big part of my strategy for making my sites profitable.

5 Nothing To Say » Blog Archive » Shop Black Friday & Cyber Monday Online for Charity Says:

[...] left a comment suggesting a site called Maatiam for shopping on line. The catch is Maatiam donates a portion of [...]

6 ses5909 Says:

Hopefully we can learn from each other as we fumble along then!

7 Chrispian Says:

Indeed.

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