Category Archives: Facebook

Somesso 2008: Users users and users. Where’s the money?

So I’ve sat and networked around here for a few hours at Somesso Zurich 2008. I’ve been looking at some pretty interesting stuff. If you’re looking to start an social network, you should join in at Somesso London in 2009 for sure, it’s worth the money.

Whats up with all these Facebook groups?

I don’t get it. There are groups on Facebook for people who complain about having hangovers on friday, “plz disable iPhone Autocorrection, Steve” groups and even a group hating on the Internet Explorer 6.
But hey, I found an even better one!

Facebook needs more green paper - Beacon V2

I honestly at this moment do not believe in easy moneymaking on Facebook’s social ad platform. Their new released ad-regulations are outrageous. Even though they seem to have increased the number of ad blocks displaying on sites like your own profile page, I don’t hear about the CTR going up.

Tracking your ad referer

Okay, so from time to time not even coders from advertising networks, mostly upstarting, niche networks don’t know how to code (seems like everyone is a programmer now).
I started noticing these horrible conversion rates and I started wondering. Are bots clicking my ads? Hmm, no. Are other people clicking my ads just for fun? Probably.
So [...]

Want more ROI? Promote at the right time!

This may be a no-brainer for some you guys. But I started noticing, specially after started doing Facebook, that time zones do really matter when working on affiliate marketing.
Example #1: Online dating
If you are doing dating: The best time to do it would be from 5pm to 2-3 am.
Why? Because most people would not even [...]

Facebook DOES allow ringtone advertising. Just not for you.

It’s kind a funny how everyone seems to have its own price.
As an affiliate marketer, I did discover the power of Facebook’s still pretty young advertising and I’m doing pretty well with it for now. The interesting thing is that Facebook seems to be very strict with their ads. I’d say that every 2nd ad [...]