Adding the Final Polish

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Adding the Final Polish

Recently there was a post in the forum with the questions below. I thought I’d expand a bit on the answers and include them here for the benefit of anyone who might have missed it the first time around. These are all questions that have to do with adding the last little bit to a [...]

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Upgrading: A Users Guide

Saturday, January 16, 2010

If you have used the 30-day Trial or Lite versions of Associate-O-Matic, you may have decided to take the plunge and go for the Full version. There are of course, distinct advantages to upgrading, such as no expiry date, and you get to keep 100% of the commissions generated, as well as full functionality.  And [...]

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WordPress (part 1)

Sunday, December 6, 2009

One question that seems to crop up all the time concerns marrying AOM to WordPress.  I just want to briefly discuss some ‘hot-to’ and ‘not-to’ situations concerning making these two systems work together.
The first point I want to emphasize is that Associate-O-Matic is not a plugin for WordPress. I see a lot of questions come [...]

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Watch Your Language

Monday, November 9, 2009

Watch Your Language

As many users are no doubt aware, Amazon operates throughout the world, with each locale acting almost like a separate company. Associate-O-Matic can be selected to operate in most of these locales. Currently, you can set up an online store for the following markets: The United States, Canada, Great Britain, France and Germany. Eventually we [...]

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A Basic Store – The Basic Steps

Saturday, October 24, 2009

A Basic Store - The Basic Steps

New users of AOM may often be overawed by the sheer number of options available when setting up their first store. This post will outline the basic steps required to make a site operational. It will not delve into advanced techniques or fancy addons to enhance the visual style of the typical layout. Many of [...]

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A Click is Just a Click

Monday, October 12, 2009

A Click is Just a Click

When you’ve got your store set up and functioning correctly, it’s always a great feeling when you start to see a little traffic coming in. Then a few cart reports begin showing up in your email. You will probably then discover that cart reports do not equate to final sales and commissions. In fact, far [...]

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Beat the Download Blues

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Beat the Download Blues

Recently, a number of new users have written in to mention that they have had difficulty logging in to the Associate-O-Matic download area to obtain the software. And the extra license file required for the Trial version has also been causing some confusion. So here’s a short pictorial designed to help with navigating this part [...]

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Categories: A Users Guide

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Categories: A Users Guide

For many new users, once they get the Associate-O-Matic files set up and functioning, they log into the control panel and wonder: now what? For all the available options to customize and define their stores, many struggle with the most basic question of how to get started putting products into their site. This process starts [...]

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Content for Contention

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

In any field, some themes occur over and over again. Mainly because they illustrate certain truths that bear repeating. In the AOM world (and affiliate marketing in general), one of these themes that you hear like a mantra is content is king. If you frequent any website where SEO strategy is debated, it may appear [...]

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Ioncube: A Users Guide

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Ioncube: A Users Guide

Since its introduction into AOM with V4.2.0, Ioncube has probably been one of the most misunderstood components of the entire program. Certainly, people who were originally attracted to Associate-O-Matic because of its ease of use were horrified at the level of programming complexity that seemed to suddenly be required. I will admit that I found [...]

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