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Justin Harrison : New South African Reserve Bank Limit on Credit Cards

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:00:05 +0000

Thanks for that info. I usually phone the bank before I leave the country in any way, just so they know to approve the transactions. Now just one more thing to do before you leave.

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Justin Harrison : New South African Reserve Bank Limit on Credit Cards

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:16:17 +0000

Thanks for the bank reference... Will see what I can do about that. As I was thinking about this, how the @#$ am I supposed to pay my hotel bill for a family of four to stay for say 5 nights? Seeing that they will reject transactions over +- $1375 - I'll have to pay the accommodation on a daily basis - lol. Or split it over 3 credit cards :) If it wasn't for the fact that it happened to you and you only posted this today I would've thought it's an April fools joke.

Justin Harrison : New South African Reserve Bank Limit on Credit Cards

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:01:07 +0000

Now this in just BS. I mean, how are you supposed to pay and run multiple online advertising campaigns (PPC/PPV/etc) successfully? What will happen to your advertising accounts if they start getting declined transactions regularly? Not that I spend that much per day, but if two companies - say Facebook and Google - charge my account on the same day the transactions could be declined without a valid reason. Only the crap laws in SA to blame... I think I'll just take a vacation in the US and open a bank account while I'm there and start using that account. I think their banks might even be cheaper too, plus no currency exchange fee of 1.2% - 1.5% each time :)

Justin Harrison : Forgotten Affiliate Linking Trick for Email Marketing

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:15:56 +0000

This is a great way to "mask" your affiliate links yes. It looks a lot better to the visitors on your site when they hover over your links and also like you said when a CPA offer comes to an end you can easily change the target URL to another offer.. For Wordpress sites there is a plugin called "redirection" which also does this for you without having to edit your .htaccess file and it is very easy to set up and use.

Justin Harrison : Internet Marketing Podcast Show No 25

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:34:23 +0000

+1 What percentage open rate do you expect to get from this list? I know I use throw-away email addresses for article submissions, or I filter them out automatically and I guess any serious article marketer would do something similar. I'd rather build a list of 50 - 100 hot, ready-to-buy and serious prospects over a month than 2500 no value "readers". I'm not going to debate this - sure Johan found a way to make some money online - good for him. Running around and bad mouthing other people because they don't do exactly what you do is of no use.

Affiliate Programs : Removing Programs

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:16:03 +0000

Ah come on Offerforge. Why don't you inform your affiliates when you remove programs? We get emails from you all the time announcing new programs and payouts, but programs that reach their limit or are paused/deleted are even more important but no sign of those emails. We do not want to log in to Offerforge on a daily basis to see if the programs we promote are still available. We either lose money on Adwords or other paid advertising, or we look stupid if we email our lists and the programs are no longer live (same goes for ads on our websites). I know it's not possible to call each affiliate personally, but you do have our email addresses. I'm sure you even have most of our cellphone numers and an SMS system can also be used for urgent messages.

Justin Harrison : How to Calculate Your Return on Investment (ROI)

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:32:45 +0000

Very true - your ROI is the bottom line when it comes to making decisions regarding your marketing - both online and offline. Offline is just so much harder to track. Online you can even calculate the ROI for a specific keyword on a specific search engine/media buy, not just the campaign as a whole. That is also what I love about this industry - no bank will provide you with a 100% or higher return on investment...

Justin Harrison : South Africans Know How to Bastardize an Industry

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:16:56 +0000

Well said. I've seen the same thing in this industry, where someone bought an ebook or two and now claim to be an expert. The questions he asks and advice he gives to clients were possibly relevant in the 90's, but not anymore... and he gets even the basic stuff wrong. I'm just sorry for those customers who get mislead by these people. Dale, well done on the new blog. I'll be adding it to my RSS reader just after I'm finished with this comment.

Justin Harrison : 11 Years To Achieve One Goal

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:39:41 +0000

Excellent, and well done Justin. This is a great achievement and we're very happy for you. It just goes to show what hard work, dedication and believing in yourself can do.

Justin Harrison : Dale Maxwell with his first Mercedes Benz

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34:11 +0000

Well done & congratulations Dale. Hope you are enjoying the new Merc and trust you had a good weekend driving around. I'll check out the merc next week!

Justin Harrison : Internet Marketing Upstart Worshop 2009

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:31:54 +0000

Absolutely a great experience, thanks Justin & Shea. The venue was superb and they sure as hell know how to cook great food. We had some intense training sessions and learned a lot. We worked hard during the day, and then had some hilarious, fun filled evenings... throw in some 5am bodyboarding in the rain, head-smashed-in buffalo jump music, boeiings, sheep, click click #@$% #@$%, green poop...!? Can only imagine what it would be like if we merge the two groups. Anyways, we've now got a proven plan to follow and it's time to get serious and start making some money. Good luck to all new members.

Internet Marketing Upstart : How are you going to finish?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:52 +0000

Thanks for the link Michael

Internet Marketing Upstart : How are you going to finish?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:26 +0000

Very touching, but also very true. It makes one really appreciate what we already have in life. It also shows the importance of courage and perseverance and how important it is not to give up. Imagine what the world would be like if everybody had a mindset like Nick - wow! I need to save this clip somewhere, thanks.

Internet Marketing Upstart : Rules

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:24:47 +0000

The rules are fair - no problem with them at all. Just makes me look forward to IMU even more.

Internet Marketing Upstart : Rules

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:15:56 +0000

Well done with the compression - only 12MB, not bad. Looking at the video now, thanks

Justin Harrison : Adwords Geo Targeting in South Africa

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:29:15 +0000

Wow, this is great news. I'm glad to see this is finally available in SA, and will have to go and adjust some of my campaigns. I see huge opportunities using the geographic targeting.

Internet Marketing Upstart : Starting At The Beginning

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:41:55 +0000

Having some trouble with IntenseDebtate comments today. Anyways, I also did exactly that about two months ago. If they did not deliver any valuable information or only tried to sell to me, I unsubscribed. I ended up unsubscribing from almost all the mailing lists since they were just wasting my time.