Four blog posts in almost two months isn’t particularly prolific but it does reflect just how busy things have been since A4UExpo. Well, that and a mild addiction to Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook. In some respects there’s been a bit of writer’s block, in others there’s been little of excitement in the affiliate world to comment on and perhaps surprisingly I’ve let a few things gloss over me which really really deserve exposure to the wider affiliate world.

Fortunately if you’ve been taking the Michael this month, for example if you’re the merchant with a Christmas blog splattered with voucher code and cashback sites and then thought we’d send you free traffic or you’re the affiliate who’s claiming to be giving away cars and holidays but are just inserting third party leadgen stuff and who thought we’d promote you, then you’re in luck as you’re spared a bit of public outing.

However, the main reason for no blogging is that quite simply there’s not been the time!

First up has been trying to figure out why our server either runs really well or as slow as Simon Cowell pondering whether to keep Jedward in X Factor or send home a real singer. Slowly, but surely issues are being identified and with news that page load may be an issue in 2010 it’s something worth spending time on.

Sorting out the back end of Loquax has also been on the agenda. Whilst the pretty side of things for users is usually the main focus, when you have a custom CMS, and especially one that’s been developed, patched up and cobbled together, it’s often worth revisiting it to see if you can make improvements.

Christmas as well has played a part! Now I did say back in September about planning for affiliate Christmas and for the most part have stuck with that. However, there are offers, deals of the days, bargains, codes, competitions, promotions and what have you coming in at all angles. The Affiliate Window Christmas Blog does deserve a mention mind – great idea and well executed.

Staying with Awin you can also blame David Fiske for the lack of blog updates here at OLD. David has written an excellent article on completing your Darwin Profile. I’m amazed it’s not been heavily backed on A4U but it did feature in the AWin newsletter. By taking David’s suggestions the Loquax Darwin profile has been rewritten to be in a more punchier format.

Finally – being organised has taken it’s toll. Over the last 10 years or so of doing this full time there’s been little or no structure to my working week. That’s changed in the last month or so so that specific tasks are being done at roughly the same time. For example article writing for a blog will be done on a single day at a certain time and then scheduled over the week, rather than a haphazard approach previously used.

This “being better organised” initially took the enjoyment away of working.

And a loss of fun and enjoyment of doing affiliate stuff is another reason why this blog has suffered in the content department. However, being organised is proving to a better way of doing things and other than the occasional server blip it does make life a lot easier.

Hopefully it will free up more time for writing this blog.

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