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AffJet – Our Newest Addition
AffJet is the latest addition to Fubra’s catalogue of websites, and we wanted to tell everyone all about it!
AffJet = Better Affiliate Analysis
AffJet’s slogan summarises what AffJet is in three short words which is targeted at it’s market, but for those of you who don’t know what affiliate analysis refers to, here’s a quick introduction.
Affiliate marketing is a great way for websites to make money from their content and essentially, the process goes like this:
Site A displays links to Site B within their content, using a tracked or “affiliate link”. Every time a user on Site A clicks that affiliate link and performs a desired action on Site B (buys something, signs up for a service etc…), Site B gives Site A some commission as a little thank you!
Calling all aspiring Ad Sales Executives…
Still feeling triumphant after our first Fubra Bootcamp and with our successful candidates now working away at creating a big buzz around Fubra and pushing the great sites that we have, we are now ready to embark on our second Bootcamp!
This time around we are looking for enthusiastic and go getting sales executives to sell the advertising space that we have on our network of sites. Beginning with the travel network we have made a start on selling the advertising and have a proven process in place which has helped us achieve excellent results so far. Feedback from our current advertisers has been really encouraging and for the right person this job will be especially rewarding. Read the rest of this entry »
Our new web site and where we are at in 2007
Our web site was getting very, very old and so we have decided to re-vamp it a bit so that it gives people a bit more of an idea about what we actually do.
I am ashamed to say that we had kept our old web site for so long since it did not really describe our company and lead most visitors to believe that we are a web design consultancy. We got asked frequently if we could help with people’s internet ideas and it was my job to explain that I was sorry but our current web site is a bit old and we no longer do any web development or consultancy work for clients.
The response was mixed some people said ‘ok thanks anyway’ and others got pretty angry! So hopefully our new site, while it still has a long way to go, gives people a bit more of a taster of what we actually do.
Our mission at the moment is to build up a base of advertising clients who will pay us to appear on our network of web sites and make sure that we use the money that they pay us to make better web sites and improve the sites we already have by adding new features.
You might notice a lot of our sites are not yet launched even though they are on our web site with logos. This is really so that you can get more of an idea of the bigger picture at our company. We are intending to build a lot more web sites and it’s important to me that people who visit the site realise the size of our ambitions.
At the moment we are running 55 web sites that receive over 3 million visits per month generating 36 million page impressions, there are approaching 2 million subscribers to our central login database, Fubra Passport, and 96% of our visitors are based in the UK and aged between 21 and 70.
We expect that 2007 will be our big year and we will start to create a household name in the UK but we have got a lot of hard work ahead and a long way to go so wish us luck and if you like any of our sites tell your friends about them!
Google PHP API Documentation
In case anyone didn’t know, there is actually now an open source library for PHP to interact with Google Adwords API. So, to save you reinventing the wheel check out this google php api.
ADSL2+ trials in the UK
Now that Fubra Limited has obtained RIPE membership, we are a step closer to become a full ISP and can now confirm that we are investigating the possibility of trialing an ADSL2+ service in the Farnborough and Aldershot areas.
Anyone who lives in those areas and would be interested in signing up to this pilot ADSL2+ service should contact paul@fubra.com.