Be weary of experts

Beethoven was told by his music teacher that he had no talent for music. This teacher said: "as a composer he is hopeless".

FatWallet moved to avoid the new tax imposed by Illinois on affiliates.

A year ago, Fatwallet, packed and moved to avoid the new tax imposed by Illinois on affiliates. This new law would effectively made it impossible for them to continue running their business in Illinois.

OpenX Acquires LiftDNA

OpenX CEO Tim Cadogan announced that Supply-Side Platform (SSP) LiftDNA will become part of OpenX:

As the only yield optimization technology to work completely within an ad server, LiftDNA by OpenX increases revenue for publishers by using a breakthrough approach, delivering an average revenue increase of 50%-150% to publishers. "Building yield optimization directly into the ad server breaks the mold of remote, third party services, dramatically increases revenue and aligns perfectly with OpenX's vision of providing publishers with a comprehensive revenue serving platform. We're delighted to be able to bring this superior monetization solution to publishers around the world, starting today!" said Mr. Cadogan.

Keep your face out of LinkedIn ads

Google has a new privacy policy, Facebook is rolling out its Timeline feature, and the FBI is looking for help to monitor all the social networks. All that has people feeling a little twitchy about their personal information that is available online. And now ZDNet is reporting that LinkedIn may be using some of your information in their advertising campaigns.

Female Libido Enhancement Niche Boom In 2012

A good affiliate marketer is always on the lookout for new niches with low competition and high demand. The biggest niches are weight loss and anti-aging followed by products men can use to enhance their "performance".

A niche that has been mostly neglected, but has a lot of potential and has been growing a lot of the last year is the market for "Female Libido Enhancement" products.

Thanks to attention from the mainstream media, this niche is growing faster than any other niche out there. Even major talk shows have featured the subject and reviewed some of the products. As the subject becomes less taboo, I expected the niche to grow even more. Webmaster Guide blogged a list of affiliate programs that sell these types of products. I recommend SellHealth, but it's always a good idea to diversify and send traffic to several different programs at the same time.

Best way to ship precious metals

The most reliable way to ship gold coins and other precious metals is not FedEx or UPS, but USPS. USPS Registered Mail insures up to $25.000 per package. You are sending collectibles and not gold coins or "money". Once the coins have been graded, they instantly become collectibles.

Granted it can take up to 21 days for them to deliver the package, but it will be fully insured if it gets lost.

Extra tip: Make sure you double or triple box it, in good boxes. Or even put it in a strong plastic container, then double box it.

Brazzers Buys Digital Playground

According to Mike South, Manwin (the company behind Brazzers, Youporn, Playboy and many more) bought Digital Playground. This deal supposedly took place in August or September. I wonder when XBiz or AVN will confirm the story. If true this would make Manwin the largest force in the online adult entertainment sector.