If you’ve been in affiliate marketing for any length of time, you have probably at least thought about international traffic (traffic outside the U.S.). If you are running a website or two, you are probably getting some traffic from outside the U.S. already. It may be that you just consider it remnant traffic and grab a few random offers to serve up to non-domestic visitors or maybe you just ignore this traffic completely. However, many affiliates have built very successful businesses around monetizing international traffic. I know one affiliate who has been very successful promoting dating offers to consumers in a variety of Spanish speaking countries. He was successful enough that he spent a year traveling through South America while managing his affiliate business from his laptop. He was a fairly new affiliate when he launched this marketing program and achieved a lot of success in a niche that many affiliates were ignoring…

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The 2nd Annual Team Chaos Tennis Tournament continued on its torrid pace toward the finals with 2 key matches now in the books as we move ever closer to the finals.

In the Consolation Bracket (i.e. the Loser’s Bracket) Jon “Ringo” Ringhofer took on Brian Chase in a battle for senior affiliate manager bragging rights. Chase got out to an early lead, taking the first set 6-1 with a stunning assortment of drop shots and ground strokes. A clearly surprised Ringhofer spent the short break between sets trying to come up with a viable strategy to get back into the match, when a spectator utilized some incredibly keen observation skills to give him a key piece of advice.

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OK, quick show of hands – how many people think that consumer trends like confidence in the economy, spending habits, future purchase plans, etc. have an impact on what sorts of offers consumers respond to? I’m guessing a lot of you have your hands up. Now, how many of you hand raisers actually look at any of this kind of data when thinking about a new offer or niche to start promoting? Does anyone still have their hand up?

Aside from trying to get you a little exercise with some hand raises today, I’m hoping to get you thinking about using new sources of information when you think about future promotions…

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We are launching a new feature on the affiliate.com blog called Scott’s Mail Bag. In each article, Media Breakaway’s CEO Scott Richter will answer questions sent in by blog readers. Consider it a combination of David Letterman’s “Viewer Mail” and The Onion’s “American Voices” only it’s about online and affiliate marketing.

Each month, Scott will dig through the emails and other messages he receives and pick a question or two at random to respond to in his post…

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It is pretty much common knowledge that most people who get into affiliate marketing don’t end up making much, if any money from it. A lot of people are just looking for easy money. They hear about all of these “internet millionaires” and figure they can get in on the action. Coming into it with this mindset, their chances of success are very slim (maybe better than playing the lottery, but probably not much better). But, there are a lot of affiliates who realize that success doesn’t come overnight and still don’t get far beyond making a few bucks a month (maybe just enough to cover their costs and a make little profit). If you are in this boat, you have a lot of company. You may not be a true affiliate marketing newbie anymore, but you are far from your goal of becoming a super-affiliate. So, what can you do to kick your business up a notch? Here are a few things to think about…

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