Episode 116 – Web Tracking, Affiliate Abandonment, and KU Cautionary Tales

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Dual Question of the Week: Why did Amazon drop Pixel of Ink and the other deal sites? What should Bryan name his baby?

Summary: Amazon brought down the hammer in our top two stories of the week. After thanking their patron Parker Hudson (and his book On the Edge http://bit.ly/parkhud ), Jim and Bryan took on tips related to web tracking, single tasking, and choosing your genre. They dispensed with stories on the Apple settlement, Neon Play, and Facebook video to get to the big ones: harmful KU scams and Amazon dropping more ebook deal affiliates. We have a Dual Question of the Week: Why did Amazon drop Pixel of Ink and the other deal sites? What should Bryan name his baby?

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What You’ll Learn:

  • More about Bryan’s biggest project ever
  • How using tags can enhance Google Analytics data
  • Why single tasking is more productive than multitasking
  • How to choose your genre
  • Why Apple may owe you spending money
  • Why Hachette acquired a mobile games company
  • Why Facebook thinks text is a thing of the past
  • How some KU indie authors lost their account
  • Why Amazon cut ebook discovery sites from its affiliate program

Links:

On the Edge by Parker Hudson

Tag, You’re It

Divide and Conquer

Genre Mantra

Apple, Juiced

Neon Peon

Facebook’s Future Forecast (1)

Facebooks’ Future Forecast (2)

Farming for Prawn (1)

Farming for Prawn (3)

Deal With It (1)

Deal With It (2)

Deal With It (3)

Dual Question of the Week: Why did Amazon drop Pixel of Ink and the other deal sites? What should Bryan name his baby?

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