5 PC hardware pieces you’ll want to try out in 2017

February 13, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

With new-fangled technologies making their way onto the marketplace seemingly every day, PC users are by now undoubtedly familiar with the need to upgrade their systems on a regular basis. Not all hardware pieces are created equal, however, which is why we’ve taken the time to shine a spotlight on the best items currently available in stores:

The ideal video card

For many PC rigs, video cards are unquestionably the stars of the show. They bear the brunt of responsibility when it comes to displaying visual elements on your monitor, which means that everything from games to high-definition videos need them in order to function properly. Luckily, nowadays you can find excellent deals on video cards in online stores such as PC Byte, where a top gaming card like the MSI Radeon RX 480 can be found for just a shade over $400. This video card is powerful enough to allow users to experience the world of virtual reality gaming, while at the same time featuring advanced cooling capabilities that are designed to keep it running silently even when under heavy use.

A processor to rule them all

Next to video cards, processors are just as essential when it comes to keeping your PC running smoothly. Right now, the Intel Core i5-7600K stands out due to offering the best value in its price range. Available for less than $250 dollars in most online stores, the processor is strong enough to handle even the most demanding games, while also boasting some nifty overclocking potential. While it may lack the insane number of cores that defines other high-end processors, the Intel Core i5-7600K is powerful enough to fulfil the needs of most PC users.

A reliable UPS

As electrical grids age and power outages become even more common, the chances of experiencing a blackout that causes you to lose valuable data on your PC will also increase exponentially. This makes the need to purchase a reliable uninterruptible power supply even more urgent. UPSes can be found across multiple prices ranges, but for the average PC user a decent one can be bought for less than $200. For instance, the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD 1500VA has enough juice to handle most gaming machines, even those running dual GPUs. It’s also quite compact for its load support, and boasts an LCD screen that allows you to monitor your computer’s status closely.

The speediest RAM

Costing much less than a new video card or processor, a good-quality memory card can nevertheless help your PC run much faster than before. Nowadays DDR4 is the latest standard in the industry, but you can still find great deals on DDR3 RAM if your motherboard doesn’t have the appropriate slots for the newest technology. Most PCs will be fine with 8GB of memory, but you can upgrade to 16GB if you really want to stay safe on this front for the next couple of years as well. To that end, the Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB DDR4 currently retails at less than $120, making it a great option for people who are relatively short on funds.

The best storage option

Your computer’s storing capabilities are what ultimately determine its capacity to hold whatever it is you want to keep on it. While cloud-based solutions may one day render hardware limitations obsolete, for now having a good storage option is still essential if you want to have apps and games on your PC. While SSDs used to lag behind traditional hard disks when it came to size, they’ve recently caught up. The Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, for instance, retails for around $150 and boasts tremendous read speeds that regularly hit 500MB/second. It can be purchased in versions ranging from the comparatively tiny 120GB to the absolutely massive 4TB, enough to handle the requirements of even the most dedicated of software hoarders.

Whether you want to use your PC as a high-end gaming rig or if you simply want it to be powerful enough to run full HD videos smoothly, the aforementioned items will give your system the kick it needs to stay with the times. So don’t hesitate to make some timely investments today in order to have a competitive PC tomorrow.

7 New Cool gadgets at CES Technology show 2017

February 7, 2017 by admin 4 Comments

Yes 2017 is here and there is a lot of innovation happening in the technology space. If you have not heard of the new car with no steering wheel and the machine that automatically does the ironing and folding of clothes for you, then you are not up to scratch with your tech news.

Here are some more interesting innovating gadgets unveiled at the CES show this year.

The automated ironing machine that can do the dull and drab work of ironing and folding your clothes right is called fondimate and is available for USD $850 dollars.

It just got unveiled at the CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada USA…. It not only steams and presses your shirt but also folds it neatly.

This lady who won the million dollar lotto and said the first thing she would do is hire somebody to do the ironing would surely be interested in this. Here it is:

FoldiMate laundry robot

Above: FoldiMate folds your laundry. Image Credit: FoldiMate

FoldiMate is the womens and mens ultimate dream gadget. It has created a robot that will fold your laundry. Foldi Mate’s machine does this all when you clip your clothes onto a slot on the machine (this is just the bit that takes some work). The robot then pulls the clothing over a board and steams it, then folds it. Thats it done. Too easy.

You need this now! It takes the robot about just about 10 seconds to fold one item, and it has a capacity of about 15 to 20 items which is quite good and will save you quite some time. Once this smart little robot machine is finished with the whole load of clothes, it neatly delivers out the folded clothes for you to remove and stack or use. The machine is said to cost around $850 or so.

Next :

The Car with no steering wheel

The company that is so confident about its auto driving car that they haven’t put in a steering wheel is the auto giant ford. ITS not launched yet, but its not too far away with current technology advances and will be released in 2021.

Ford plans to build a fully autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals by 2021, the company announced. The vehicle will be aimed at ride-hailing and ride-sharing fleets.

The motor vehicle wont have steering wheel, brake or gas pedals, offering full Level 4 self-driving features which don’t require a human driver at all

Well ironing automated gadgets and cars that have no steering wheels is not the only breakthroughs of 2017.

This new retro kind of cool gadget just released will definitely make the romantics happy. It’s called the love box (don’t ask) , what it does – ok then i will tell you…

Love box:

The LoveBox was invented by a French guy who missed his wife. She wasn’t as tech minded as him and didn’t like Skype or WhatsApp calling methods, and so he thought about a more convenient and romantic alternative to send messages between the two of them.

The sender using love box can type a small message for the receiver to see on a mirrored surface. The box heart spins when there’s a new message and the message is delivered. It will cost $120, with shipping starting in June 2017.

I love cars and this 2017 release from Toyota sure caught my fancy :

Toyota Concept-i

The future of cars is self-driving cars, but Toyota wants to give you more than that. The Concept-i vehicle shown at CES 2017 show would be capable of driving autonomously, with its biggest draw is the smart artificial intelligence that powers it.

Toyota claims the car learns to be smarter with this smart car being able to learn more about the drivers’ preferences and needs over time as you interact with it more just like a human being. By learning more it can start to suggest destinations after a driver chats with it and more features are going to be added as this unfolds and updates. This vehicle’s virtual assistant also got a name – not siri 2 – its called “Yui.”

Gadgets I crave and I could not , not feature this amazing drone from parrot.They make amazing drones and this ones a bit special.

BEST OF INNOVATIONS: DRONES AND UNMANNED SYSTEMS

The POWERUP FPV – Paper Airplane VR Drone from parrot

This was released by parrot as part of their POWERUP TOYS release

They had a stall at Booth #50801

The gadget PowerUp FPV lets you experience flight as if you were sitting in the cockpit of your very own paper airplane creation. This takes the virtual reality to another level with its ingenuity. The airplane generates a live video stream to the included VR cardboard Viewer.

You can see what your plane sees, and also control your paper drone with intuitive movements of your head making it soar higher that you expected. You need to get this!

What not to love about this laptop ?

I still am in search for the perfect laptop, i got a DELL laptop last year – but im due for an upgrade and change and this one makes me takeout my wallet!!

Razer Project Valerie – The gamers/hackers laptop

This will turn out to be many peoples dream laptop. It’s got the power and also the screens to go with it.

When you’re using a laptop for doing work, playing video games, Hacking code or streaming Netflix , one screen isn’t just enough. So why settle with two and instead have three?

Razer’s Project Valerie concept new dream computer laptop does just that by adding two screens to your laptop. These screens are foldable and have displays that expand out from the main screen in the centre. The screens are 17 inches diagonally and supports the newest 4K resolution

The good thing is that the company says the screens can be used independently or together as one giant display. Theta all to pro – the only con is – It weighs 12 pounds, which is more than the average notebook but more closer to top end gaming laptops.

Dont Be cruel to your family Jewels

There is something for everyone at the CES technology and gadgets show an this one is amazing and Men Only . Nah Not CES release seriously, but indiegogogo

Spartan: the anti-radiation boxer shorts

INDIEGOGO

Smartphones have become popular beyond belief and its takes over the phone world so much so, that we can’t do without one in everyday life. The thing that is on everyone’s corner of the mind, but not many people talk about is radiation from phones.

People have started to put their smart phones in their back pockets or front pockets at the risk of it slipping off and falling or getting lost, but he radiation fear still persists in the corner of your mind.

Spartan has developed a undergarment that looks to shield any man’s family jewels from this modern dilemma. It’s called the Spartan Boxer Briefs and these special undergarments feature anti-radiation tech that aim to protect men’s health and fertility. It does this by creating an electromagnetic shield that blocks wireless radiation from cellphone and WiFi signals.

This technology in the garment works on the same principle as a microwave but keeping the radiation out instead of inside. The technology definitely teaches you not to be cruel to your family jewels

USB DRIVES JUST GOT SUPER UPGRADED

One of the other gadgets that is close to my heart and got released recently is a gadget by Kingston. I collect USB drives! I think that company is a south korean company, they have quality stuff and I have bought from them before. They just released a 2 terabyte USB drive , daymm ! I mean 2 TERABYTE in a small little USB that’s amazing.

The company has created a 2TB pocket flash drive (also available in 1TB), called DataTraveler Ultimate GT (Generation Terabyte). This is now the world’s largest capacity USB flash drive. Data Traveler Ultimate GT offers superior quality being made of a zinc-alloy metal casing for shock resistance.

Specs of Kingston Drive

Capacities1: 1TB, 2TB
Speed: USB 3.1 Gen. 1 (USB 3.0)
Dimensions: 72mm x 26.94mm x 21mm
Operating Temperature: -25°C to 60°C
Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C
Warranty: 5-year warranty with free technical support
Compatible with: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 (SP1), Mac OS v.10.9.x+, Linux v.2.6.x+, Chrome OS

But then its Korea, they had 1 terabyte pcs.. when we were still selling pcs with 200 gb in the shops 10 years ago (my Korean flatmate 10 years ago said so and had one)

The CES show is one of the biggest technology shows in the world and most big companies worth their money showcase their new breakthrough products in this show. Look out for the 2018 show next year! This year among other things, there was a lot of focus on self driving cars and home robots as well.

You can check out the CES official website link below to go check all the new technology that was released in 2017

Australia Technology Shows 2017

CEBIT 2017

CeBIT Australia is celebrating its 16th year in 2017. The event attracts thousands of technology professionals from Government, enterprise, SMEs and start-upsand is held in Sydney this year. Website : http://www.cebit.com.au/

CeBIT Australia 2017, 23-25 May 2017,
International Convention Centre Sydney, Darling Harbour

MAR.11

RUN THE WORLD TECH-FORMATION | Female Entrepreneurs Tech Conference | Melbourne

by The FBOMB Show More details : https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/run-the-world-tech-formation-female-entrepreneurs-tech-conference-melbourne-2017-tickets-30215239595?aff=es2

Connect Expo

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Registration: Door 7 & 8, Exhibition Hall
Address: 2 Clarendon Street, South Wharf VIC

Connect Expo is a major trade show – combined with multiple Industry & Technology tracks – focused on how to stimulate innovation, increase collaboration and drive growth and productivity through investment in technology.

Expo Opening Hours

Entrance: Door 8, Exhibition Hall

29 March 2017 l 10:00am – 5:00pm
30 March 2017 l 10:00am – 4:30pm

If you did attend the show and found anything interesting there, do leave us a comment of what you liked and what interested you. Until the next CES 2018. Adios/jeff

CleverLoop Security Camera System Review

January 30, 2017 by admin 1 Comment

The CleverLoop security camera system is designed for homes and businesses wanting an affordable yet smart way of monitoring their property. As well as being clever by name, this security system is also clever by nature as it actually learns, with a little input from the user, what’s important and what’s not.

Important activities that justify an instant alert being sent to the CleverLoop smartphone app include people or vehicles, whereas movements that aren’t important, such as trees, pets and light changes, are ignored. This significantly reduces false alerts, a common issue with many camera security systems.

With users receiving live alerts that include video footage, CleverLoop can be used as a standalone smart home security system, effectively eliminating the need for a traditional burglar alarm. This type of active monitoring camera system is probably the next best thing to hiring a security guard to look after your place 24 hours a day!

Most traditional monitored alarm systems in Australia cost $20 to $40 a month in monitoring fees, which adds up even in just one year. A major attraction of CleverLoop as a home security camera system, or indeed for business security, is that it doesn’t require a monthly monitoring service fee.

Instead, you can keep an eye on your own property and possessions as your cameras are linked up with your smartphone, via a well-designed IOS / Android app. Via this app you’ll receive push notifications, which you can easily disable, to alert you whenever there’s activity in front of one of your cameras. The system records 10 second long video clips by default so you can see exactly what was in the camera’s view. You’re also able to quickly view real-time views from any of your linked cameras.

Who Should be looking at the CleverLoop System?

Homeowners to monitor for unusual activity or to keep an eye on pets or children
Everyone wants a safer home and CleverLoop’s smartphone app functionality makes it a versatile system that provides for burglary protection and much more. Use it to make sure the kids arrived safely back from school or as a ‘petcam’ to see how your pets are when you are out at work.

Renters who want security solutions that won’t upset the landlord!

You want better security for your family and possessions, though your landlord doesn’t want to fork out to alarm the house or have you damage walls when installing a security system, or removing it when the tenancy is up. Indoor cameras can simply sit on benches or bookcases without the need for screws, or can be fixed to walls using heavy-duty 3M removable sticky strips. Outdoor cameras are pretty heavy-duty and solid, so would need to be screwed in place.

Small businesses wanting to protect stock, staff or cash areas
CleverLoop is ideal for smaller business looking for additional security without ongoing monitoring charges, especially as it can connect up to 4 cameras with a single Base Station. CleverLoop allows businesses to easily and affordably monitor behind counter staff, outside areas (especially after hours to prevent break ins or vandalism), loading/delivery areas and any other places where security is needed.

Easy Install of Your CleverLoop Security System

CleverLoop has a painless and user-friendly setup, even for the non-tech savvy! No confusing and poorly explained instruction manual. Instead, you download the app onto your phone and follow a series of short 3-5 second clips to get you up and running.

Summary
Indoor and outdoor high-definition cameras are both well spec’d and are connectable through data cable or WiFi. Coupled with a brilliantly designed app make this a genuinely smart security system. Click here to see the cool things the app does.

The system has a geo-fencing function, which means cameras can be activated/de-activated when an app’s users phone is within a certain distance of the Base Station. This certainly reduces the chance of forgetting to activate your security system when leaving the house!

If you’re looking for an affordable security system for your home or small business you certainly won’t find a better system available for $699. CleverLoop really does cover you for both a silent intruder alarm and security camera system which, if you had professionally installed, would be well over $1200.

You can check out more details or pick up your own system on-line at www.cleverloop.com.au. They also provide free, express courier delivery throughout Australia on their systems and provide great customer support.

Is xero online accounting suitable for small business

January 21, 2017 by admin 2 Comments

The Accounting software for business niche has been transformed in 2016 -2017. If you are looking for book keeping services, there are many online providers now that make it easy for you to do it yourself. Xero online accounting is one of them.

Australia’s economy has been improving year by year thanks to growing small business, entrepreneurs and overseas investment. Yet for years there has been no specific technology built from the ground up for sole traders and small business to handle their accounts themselves – now Xero has made that easy.

Step by step registration guide for Xero Accounting Software( Screenshot Guide)

Traditional book keeping software companies like MYOB has made their software compatible for online accounting but only to compete with newer fresh entrants like Xerosoftware and that is where they lack the ease of use which Xero gives you.

Australia has a lot of small businesses and many people that operate as sole traders or contractors . Keeping proper accounts and books can be time consuming and hard for the tradie’s and small business. Xero was launched as an innovative cloud accounting platform, so that you can login from anywhere and enter your transactions.

The good thing about this software is if you don’t have the time to do it yourself, you can just give access to the data/account you collected to your accountant to do the books. This online software is accessible from most smart devices of today and it handles bank transactions, bills , invoicing and much more.

The platform is built in such a way that you can start with a affordable starter package and when your business grows you can just upgrade to add more bells and whistles.

They online accounting packages work on a monthly subscription based package, you just choose the package subscription according to your needs.

Lets have a look at how you can register for this software and get started.

They have a 30 day free trial offer (below)

First go to the Xero page to sign up – https://www.xero.com/au/signup/

It will ask you for name , email, phone number and country

Fill that in, then tick mark the “I’m not a robot” and “terms and conditions “ boxes

Xero was founded by Rod Drury and his personal accountant when they felt that traditional desktop accounting software had become outdated and decided to create a modern cloud-based product

When you click submit , immediately it will tell you an email was send to your email address

if you have any problems with that –> [ Problems? Contact us and we’ll get things sorted for you.]

Email received !

Go to your email inbox and confirm your registration with XERO , by clicking the blue box

Xero’s products are used in over 180 different countries and it has has offices in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore.

This will take you to create a password screen ( It’ll need to contain at least 8 characters, including one or more numbers)

Next screen it will ask you for your business name like in the screen (as above) , if you got data with myob or reckon you can move your data for free by clicking on that link shown. Tickmark if you have registered with GST.

Now you can either start your trial or buy package upfront ( the welcome to xero screen)

Some more screen shots of stuff you can do in the accounting software frontend/backend

Create reports, aged receivables in a glance, aged payables, cash summary etc

Screenshot – add claim, expenses, receipts

Once you are signed up apart from basic tasks like making invoices and entering accounts details, here are some more things you can do.

Connect your bank feeds
You will need to add your organisation details to keep in touch with your customers
You can get paid by your customers instantly by setting up payment services
Invite your adviser/accountant, or find one in the directory
Edit or import your Chart of Accounts into your software
Import the customers and suppliers you regularly transact with into software

If you want you can also Try the Demo Company (AU) and have a play, try out new features and get familiar with Xero, before actually buying – but i would suggest just getting the free trial first is better which can be done in a few steps (takes 5 minutes) as shown above and giving it a go.

Added bonus for signing up is – If you have any questions there will be a rep calling you (I got called by them) after signup and you can surely ask them more questions during your trial period.

20 Top brands with affilate programs to make you money in 2019

January 2, 2017 by admin 33 Comments

Updated 7 May 2019. If you are a blogger or online marketer, how happy would you be to see this email, and I was too when I received that email from microsoft.

Not only have I been using – the useful Microsoft programs for years like windows Office ( word , excel , publisher , one note, office 360 ), but now I also have the opportunity to promote them as an affiliate and make some money.

Microsoft is a Big brand that sells itself and so I just need to position myself to the right audience. This is what affiliate marketing and internet marketing is all about- selling online and making money.

If you run a blog then you will need to know how to make money and if you want to make money you will first >> need to make a blog.

Doing blogging for a passion is all right, but earning some money on the side could always be a bonus. There are top bloggers who make a passive income of upto $40,000 a year (some in a month) just by promoting affiliate programs( Pat Flynn is an example) and then there are some who make even more.

If you have a blog or website or then planning to start a new blog/website – Why not take advantage of some good established big brands to make yourself some money as well.

I have written a detailed comparison of website hosting providers who make it easy to create a blog easily over here, if you are a beginner looking to start a blog or website. I have also listed some great hosting options and word press resources below if your want to get started with a website.

But first lets go ahead and check out some Australian affiliate programs that can make you money.

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Why big brands?

Because its Easy to sell, Big brands are well known and already earned that good will so why not take advantage of it . All you need to do, is provide the information that the customer is seeking and a little bit more to stand out from your competition and then add a decent call to action (purchase) and you could get a sale soon.

Off course it it is an unknown brand, then it makes this job a little bit harder to sell a product on your blog-website.

In this post I am going to list some top brands that can help you make money from your blog and also some tips on how to earn some money with these established brands.

You don’t need to be a professional affiliate marketer or internet marketer today to make some money from your website. All you need is a good blog with some decent traffic.

How to join these affiliate programs

There are many affiliate program companies that bring together lots of top brand companies to promote under their one program and so you can sign up with this company to promote many rather than signing up individually with every top brand.

Some top affiliate program companies that represent top brands are Commission Junction (CJ), Share a sale (www.shareasale.com), Maxbounty , Amazon associates, Ebay Network and Peerfly.

There are also smaller companies like Clickbank and Neverblue and Offer vault that offer digital downloads and CPA programs.

The advantage of signing up with aggregated publisher/seller program like commission junction is that – it becomes easier to sign up with just one account with them to get approval to promote multiple big brand products on their list. Otherwise you would have to sign up individually with each individual top brand website to promote them.

There are some top brands that still decide to run their own affiliate programs via their own website and so you might still need to sign up directly with the company reseller/partner/affiliate program.

I have had some success with promoting some products via an Australian affiliate program website, however I find the US based Commission junction and some other direct affiliate programs much more beneficial and also professional in their customer support.

Below are some Australian affiliate programs and below are also some US based affiliate companies. As this list is about affiliate networks, you will find some of my affiliate links in this post as well as direct links to affiliate programs or direct product websites.

2019 Australian Partner Affiliate and Reseller programs

1	GrowthOps.com.au

“GrowthOps use the Impact platform to run affiliate campaigns for some huge retailers like Dell, Kogan, Agoda and Rebel Sports. There’s a wide range of creatives available to help you promote and almost infinite reporting options to help you analysis what’s working.”

Commission monster was acquired years back by APD, who last year were acquired by GrowthOps.

Join Here – > https://www.growthops.com.au

2	Clixgalore.com

They have gadgets, finance, websites, e-commerce stores and many more products to promote . Their user interface is not very user friendly and feels out-dated.

Join Here – > https://www.clixgalore.com/

3	Commissionfactory.com

They have a good wide range of brands to promote in many niches and have a good user friendly interface for affiliates. I have joined them 2 years ago and their member interface is very slick and functional and they have a very organised support page for wordpress plugins , Data feeder software automated plugins and much more to support you posting their offers and deals on your website.

Join Here – > https://www.commissionfactory.com/

Individual Affiliate programs

4. Dealsdirect.com.au – Don’t know if this exists anymore. I don’t like companies that discontinue their affiliate program suddenly. We now have to spend time to change all the links and if we dont they get traffic and sales for free and we get nothing $$ with their discontinuation.

5. Digitalpacific.com.au

https://www.digitalpacific.com.au/hosting/partner-programs/affiliates/

6. Theiconic.com.au

They sell Fashion, Footwear & Accessories. The default commission up to 16% (average basket value $120). Individual commission and special rates are available for top sellers.

http://www.theiconic.com.au/affiliates/

7. Wotif.com

This is a travel company and so you can promote hotel accommodation, flight, car hire, package holidays and local activity products around the globe

https://www.wotif.com/affiliates

8. Crazydomains.com.au

This is an Australian website hosting and domain name company and so you can promote website related products. Get Paid Commission on Referrals. Make up to 40% commission on every sale for 60 days from your referrals.

https://www.crazydomains.com.au/affiliates/

9. Groupon.com.au

Groupon runs a different deal every day from vouchers for spas and restaurants to deals on leisure, travel, beauty and sport. Each day they apparently feature a great deal at an unbeatable price up to 70% off!

· 8% commission rates

· Cookie-Lifetime: 30 days

http://www.groupon.com.au/partnerprogram

10. Ladbrokes

Their Standard Partner program allows you to promote a global brand which has all the latest technology and features. Ladbrokes.com.au is 100% licensed and regulated and covers all Australian racing and sporting events. The commission is

From 25% rev share to $75 CPA

https://www.ladbrokesaffiliates.com.au/

US BASED AND INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE PROGRAMS

Many US based affiliate networks are widely used by Australian bloggers as they have a wider range of products and also tend to cover sellers from Australian markets.

CJ and Peerfly are a good example.

11. Apple Affiliate & ITUNES program

Apple is a well-known computer and gadget company and they also have a affiliate program which pays you money for selling for them

12. Itunes Affiliate

www.apple.com/au/itunes/affiliates/

Itunes is one of the most popular stores for buying music online. They also feature apps and much more. You can feature their links on your website or app to link to millions of songs and thousands of apps — as well as books, movies; TV shows and makes money for apple and for yourself.

Using their reporting data on their website you can drill down to all sales in a specific country and then download the report to find out which campaigns performed the best during that time and promote them for commission.

13. Norton Anti-Virus Software & McAfee Security software

Everyone needs to keep their computer secure and Norton antivirus is quite a popular brand, make some money reviewing this product on your blog. You can sign up with CJ for this. There are also other top antivirus and security products vendors like Mcafee and more popular products to promote in CJ.

15. Udemy.com

Education is a billion dollar sector and has some of the highest CPC keywords on google.Online education has become popular with the launch of online learning websites like UDEMY, Linda and many more.

Promote Udemy with affiliate links and discount coupons to learn cooking, SEO, website building courses, languages etc or promote Linda to learn online marketing, Photography, Video editing, Word ,Excel.

https://www.udemy.com/affiliate/

16. Google Apps for work Affiliate

IF you promote Google apps for work you also get a partner discount. But you need to be approved to promote theme as a partner and it is a bit more involved that most affiliate programs, as it is handled by Google directly. With this program you can promote Professional email, online storage, shared calendars, video meetings and more.

https://apps.google.com/landing/partners/resellers/

17. Google Cloud Platform Partner Program

With this Google partner program you can sell storage in the cloud, App engine, big data, networking. With this program you can get customers for sell, build, deliver, support and maintain applications and implement solutions for clients on Google’s Cloud Platform products, based on your partner level classification.

https://cloud.google.com/partners/program-guide/

18. Xero .com

This is an accounting software website that you can promote to small businesses that want an easy solution for accounting to do it themselves. You can pretty much do your accounting online and on the go with their website built to support most smart devices. Promo Material available at CJ

https://www.xero.com/

19. Microsoft affiliate program

You can earn generous commissions on Office 365, Surface, Xbox, PCs and Windows Store content including, apps, games, music, movies and TV shows by promoting Microsoft products. Not too hard to do if they are offering competitive prices in your country (not AUS)

Only problem, its only 10% commission on qualifying sales

http://www.microsoftaffiliates.com/

20. Hotels.com

Work hard, Play hard. Travelling will always be there and there is a huge market to be tapped. Promote to this market and make money.

If you travel a lot this should be easy with just writing honest reviews of places you stayed in or then just promote about the area you live in. Make money promoting hotel bookings.

Some other providers apart from hotels.com are booking.com, Agoda, Expedia (CJ) and more.

21. Amazon.com

If there is a product that you are interested in promoting online, probably Amazon has it listed on their website. They have the widest range of products listed on the internet and often ship to multiple countries unlike other smaller websites.

They also have a good collection of books to sell which is how they started in the first place.

The good thing about promoting amazon is, if a person buys something from your promo link and they happen to purchase another item that same day while they are online you get a commission for that other product that they bought as well.

Products on this website start from as low as $1 to $$$ thousands of dollars for the higher end luxury items

Amazon Australia Has just launched – https://www.amazon.com.au/ ( watch out for the Australian affiliate program)

22. Fiverr.com

Want a Job just done in $5. Its possible. On this site fiverr.com there are the most amazing things that you won’t believe you can get done in $5 to some of the weirdest things that people will do for you for just $5.

Once you try this, you will get hooked, so beware.

23. Bluehost Hosting

If you want to have a have a business online or a blog you need a website and if you want a website, you need Website hosting.

With high popularity of ecommerce and blogs, website hosting is a hot product to promote. Make money promoting hosting. Bluehost is well known for web-hosting.

24. Go daddy hosting

If you want to start a website or blog you will first need a domain name and then website-hosting and possibly other things like SSL certificate, website builder etc at Godaddy.com.

They are one of top most sellers of domain names on the internet. Godaddy used to run their own affiliate program, but now they have other affiliate programs including CJ running it for them.

25. Elegant Word press themes Program

As wordpress is one of the most popular website software in the world, it is but natural for many wordpress website designers and companies to be present in this niche. They are premium top end WP designs and templates and also low cost designs companies.

If you want a wide variety of wordpress designs and plugin in one place you can use themeforest.net. If you want affordably priced wordpress themes then you can promote Elegant themes who has the most professional and reasonably priced membership for wp design prices in this niche. Buy a theme from elegant or browse membership options here.

26. Template Monster

This website www.templatemonster.com used to be one of the popular providers of website themes and word press designs. But with heavy competition in this niche they are not so visible online today, however they still do have a very large collection of website templates, designs and add ons.

It’s got good products to promote if you are into blogging or website building

This list is not extensive and there will be affiliate programs that I have not covered here and I will most probably add on more to it as we go, but do let me know if you have had some good experience with any affiliate networks – Australian or US/UK based

5 Tips for success with top brands affiliate programs

1. Target your niche. Even if you are promoting top brands, you won’t have as much success unless your website is also related to the niche you are promoting. Say you are promoting Itunes mp3s – you would have a better chance earning commissions if your blog is about music and entertainment .

I would recommend Rosalind Gardner who is a super affiliate and has helped many into their online affiliate marketing careers, she has two guides that she sells – one is called the “Affiliate Blogger Pro” and the other one is an in depth affiliate guide called – “Super Affiliate: How I Made $436,797 In One Year which covers how to start Your Own Home-based Affiliate Marketing Business.

These guides will surely teach you how to go about and start earning with affiliate marketing or increase your existing blog income

2. Your blog posts need to be helpful to your target audience and stand out or reach out to your audience.

3.You need targeted traffic to the products you are promoting , say if you are writing about songs and new albums , people should be searching google, bing, yahoo for new songs, new release albums and landing on your blog.

4. Your blog should look professional or presentable. The design of your blog or the theme should suit your niche. Say it’s a recipe blog, get a professional looking recipe theme or design. Looks do matter.

5. Create a personal rapport with your audience and speak to them directly, use (you) , (I ) and (them – affiliates) in your blog articles and posts.

6. Use similar web to see what keywords your top brands are ranking for and try to get similar but not same keywords to rank for in search engines. A good paid program for spying on other people’s websites and keywords is also SEMRUSH, which is a premium program

7. Bonus -Don’t ever forget your call to action, even in a blog post

Tools to promote affiliate Links :

Often many top affiliate programs provide tools for you to promote their products like an affiliate Link Maker, a Widget Builder to make widgets for your blog, RSS Feed Generator and a API for data feeds.

They also provide ready-made Banners in different sizes and linking codes that you can just copy and paste onto your website or blog.

Coupons are a great way for promotion and businesses now are providing discount coupons which make it easier to promote some products to the consumers. There are also custom plugins that make the inserting links into blog process easy on your blog.

How to link out to affiliate program links from your blog

Most top bloggers use wordpress plugins to link to affiliate products, while this is a good tactic it can often backfire as some affiliate programs do not allow this.

Make sure you read the terms and conditions or check with affiliate network before you do this, otherwise you could make sales and lose that commission. I would suggest that you actually take a online course from Affilorama. Mark Ling who started this, is a great Internet marketer and if you want to do affiliate marketing , the affilorama course will give you a solid training.

Some popular wordpress plugins for managing affiliate links are:

1. Prettylink – lite Free and premium versions https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/

2. Thirsty affiliates – http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-affiliate-links-in-wordpress-with-thirstyaffiliates/

3. Seo ultimate plugin – It has a nice affiliate linking module in thier seo plugin

You can also use php redirects or add some code to redirect affiliate links on your website yourself, check out this blog post by Rosalind and check out another tutorial here and a video tutorial below .

Google advices to use No follow for your affiliate links , so you can do that easily. Below is a no follow example

No follow example :

<a href="https://www.digitalgrog.com.au/mysaleaffilaitelink.html" rel="nofollow">sign in</a>

Or

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.functravel.com/">Cheap Flights</a>

Many top bloggers earn a full time income from passive income earned from affiliate networks and you can too with your own blog . The basic principle is increase your targeted traffic for the product your are promoting and make unique and helpful content in that niche and you will be successful.

If you think I have missed out on any good affiliate networks in this list, do email me or comment below. Cheers/jeff

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Solostream WP Clear WordPress theme review

December 14, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Updated 14 December 2016 – I have been using WPClear solostream “wordpress theme” on my blog for the last so many years now and I am happy to continue using it for my blog. This WP clear wordpress theme by solostream has provided me with a professional looking blog , heaps of advertising options in header , sidebar and footer, Inbuilt social share buttons , customised banner advertising options on a per page basis, and may more options that are too many to list here.

But i will break it down slowly, in my personal re -view here.

Besides the normal Wpclear theme , they have recently also released a new version of the WP clear theme called WP CLEAR VIDEO and I am loving it!

This premium WordPress blog theme is designed mainly for video bloggers or small business people who use video marketing to boost their business. This video theme can be extremely handy for affiliate marketer’s or bloggers who do a lot of videos of Youtube , Vimeo or other video distribution platforms.

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Short review of wp clear theme by solostream

The WP-Clear WordPress theme is a very professional looking them which can be a bit, information-heavy theme. At the same time it is also is rather minimalist in design and style. It has space for a great deal of content on the homepage and allows you to arrange it however you wish.

It also has several features page options , post options that make it very easy to transform your blog or website into exactly the site you want.

Video Review of Solostream

Now Break down of the features of solostream themes

Header logo and Navigation menu – The Theme has a convenient way to load a logo of your choice in the header portion , so you are not messing around with code. The navigation menu is convenient drop down menu , with a sub menu available if needed to fit in more

How to upload logo to wordpress clear

Upload your logo via the WordPress dashboard in add media , then add the file URL to the WP-Clear Theme Settings page found in your WordPress dashboard.

Seo optimised and Responsive layout – The theme code is very well written if your blog is trying to get noticed and enables google to immediately index the blog. My blog has had not problems being indexed and also new posts being found immediately. The theme itself is very flexible in displaying in tablets , notebooks, iphone , smartphones and other smart devices and is a responsive theme.

Other features i Like

Automatic Post Thumbnails – It generates thumbnails for each post on the main page
- Subscription Form Widget With Social Networking Integration – Makes it easy for people to subscribe to your blog with email and also to share to facebook , google + twitter etc from the post and pages
- Built-In Author Page – Author pages and google authorship is so more important for seo now and author pages support this very nicely
  - Multiple Post and Page Layout Options – You can have your post or page without side bar and many other layout options

Some features that You might find useful ( but not useful to me)

Alternate Home Page Template for Business Sites – You can easily switch from a business template to a Home page blog template
- Portfolio Page Template – If its a portfolio page to display your skills or business page then this feature can become useful

Comparison of some other similar pricey themes vs solostream

This chart below is a small comparison chart of some premuim word press themes that can be compared against solostream–themes

Theme Provider & features	Price
Solostream themes With Solostream themes you can buy a single theme or buy a membership option Current offer: Get Every Premium Theme We Make For As Little As $99	$59 Wp clear theme ( you get lifetime support and updates if you buy a solostream theme) There are also membership options for all themes
Studiopress genesis themes Studio press themes normally come with the genesis them framework You can get their all theme package for $399.95. Click here to check out detailed prices	$99.95( Theme + Genesis framework)
Thesis DIY Themes Thesis theme also know as DIY themes has been one of the popular pricey themes among bloggers,that is not as pricey as Studiopress	$87 for Basic theme(This basic theme has limited support and updates . More info here )

Some other good themes from solostream

Below are some other good themes that you can check out from solostream themes, i personally other than the WP clear theme , prefer the Davinci WPtheme and WP Radiance theme.

First – the Wp clear theme!!

WP-Boundless Blog Magazine WordPress Theme

WP-Boundless is one of the latest blog magazine WordPress theme from SoloStream.

The blog theme has a smart responsive design and is very flexible with lots of styling and layout options. This theme also has a, one click colour schemer and colour controls for individual design elements, featured post and featured category sliders, portfolio template (2 and 3 columns), theme settings and much more..check it out here

WP-Radiance Premium Responsive WordPress Theme

WP-Radiance is an brilliant premium WordPress theme from Solostream that is responsive ,flexible, multipurpose theme. It is feature packed and has a clean and professional design which can be used for any type of website including professional blogs, online magazines and business websites.

It has a responsive layout for new smart devices which adjusts for any screen and device making it mobile ready and works perfectly on iPhones, Android phones, ipads , tablets etc check out a demo theme here

The solostream ecommerce online store theme for wordpress

Ecommerce themes are becoming popular with shopify and woocommerce and this theme can make your wordpress blog into an online store

Solostream makes it easy and Affordable to build not only your personal blog but also your Business Blog, Website or Online Magazine. The design is quite professional to build business blogs themes as well.

Review video of solostream wordpress themes

I would not recommend for anyone to get a nulled wordpress theme or a solostream theme from a free theme download website as often these sites insert virus or malware code in the theme code in the installer file which can be leave your website or computer vulnerable for attack by hackers.

What i also like about their themes is once you buy their theme you can use the theme on as many sites as you like and also modify it and use them as you please.

I would suggest getting any solostream theme directly form the vendors website below over here.

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