A Wider Perspective on the Travels

by Peter on September 30, 2009 in Travel

During the “big trip”, Friedi and i constantly wanted to share with friends and family exactly what we were seeing and feeling. And whilst uploading and sharing photos on Flickr was a great way for people to get an idea of what we were going through, it sometimes didn’t capture the whole experience. So as we travelled round i would occasionally take “panorams”, essentially just taking a series of photos along the horizon line with the idea of “stitching” them together when i got back. Well now I’m back, and thanks to Hugin, with an explanation courtesy of Lifehacker i have managed to work through a few of the images. So here is the first batch!

Note: You will need to click on the images to get the best effect.

1. Iguazu Fall (Argentina)

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2. Mt Bromo (Java, Indonesia)

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3. Sydney (Australia)

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4. San Ignacio (Argentina)

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5. Queenstown (New Zealand)

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6. Bali (Indonesia)

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The greatest affiliate incentive this year?

by Peter on September 16, 2009 in Work

Last year i wrote about  couple of incentives that really worked for me. This year it seems that merchants are looking to get affiliates excited nice and early, with some mouth watering prizes on offer. One of the nicest looking incentives is once again the Buyagift offering. You can even vote on what the incentive will be between now and Sunday (i went for Iceland). The great thing is that they offer prizes for both big and small affiliates, so it’s open to all!

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However, once again my top affiliate incentive of this year (at least so far… it’s still only September!) is the one from Red Letter Days! The key thing for me is that if you generate X amount of sales then you are guaranteed a prize. And there are some very cool prizes at some very achievable sales targets, which really motivates me to keep hitting the next sales target (and so on)! This year they have taken things even further by offering some amazing sounding holidays as prizes, which adds an extra level of excitement. Last year i was fortunate enough to reach the top target and won myself a tv, but this year the bar has been raised even higher! I am already looking into ways to increase my Red Letter Days sales in the run up to Christmas 09.

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Essential tools for the Travelling Affiliate

by Peter on September 10, 2009 in Travel, Work

For most of 2009 I have been travelling the world whilst keeping my affiliate business going at the same time. Before I left I realistically expected to see a drop in visitor numbers, site earnings, conversion rates etc. as I would be working a lot less, and when I was working it would be from countries such as Bolivia, Indonesia and Peru!
Much to my surprise, and thanks to the following essential affiliate travelling tools I have managed to exceed my expectations! Not only did I manage to keep traffic levels pretty constant, I also managed to slightly improve on my performance from last year. And all this whilst sailing round the Galapagos, trekking the Inca Trail, swimming with sharks at the Great Barrier Reef and much much more.!

asus-eee-pc-900Asus EEE 900 – This little mini laptop is the perfect travel companion. Small enough to fit in your day pack, light enough to carry anywhere, robust enough to survive the inevitable bumps along the way, powerful enough to run the basic software required and cheap enough not to worry about it getting stolen! Without this, there is no way I could have kept the websites running.

affmeter_boxshotAffmeter – After spending 8 days on a boat without the internet, a quick login, update and I can then instantly see how the sites have performed. The number of hours that Affmeter has saved me is uncountable. I can then use this time for much more effective tasks, such as adding new content or fixing broken links.
Affmeter now supports a huge number for different networks!

gmail-offlineGmail (plus Gmail offline) – I discovered this about a month into the travels (the offline part that is..), and it was a real boost to productivity. It allows you to download all emails and work on them offline, essentially interacting with Gmail as if you were online. Then when you reconnect to the internet it will upload all your changes. This is perfect for the countries with limited wifi connections!

34spcomA decent host. (34sp.com in my case) – The moment I got on the 12 hour flight to leave for South America one of my main sites got hacked. Thanks to some friends back home, and the amazing support at 34sp.com the damage was limited. If I was still using my old hosts the problems would probably still not have been resolved!

Multi Country Power Adapter – It sounds obvious, but you really dont want get to a country and not be able to power up your laptop!

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Hong Kong

by Peter on August 20, 2009 in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Travel

Tomorrow we fly back to Europe after almost 8 months of travelling round the world!

Our final destination was Hong Kong, where we have just spent an amazing week with my great aunt and uncle. We stayed in Discovery Bay and enjoyed everything Hong Kong had to offer! (It is 1am at the moment and still need to pack, so going to keep this blog post (very) short.)

Here are the photos.

As an added bonus, here are a few photos from Jakarta that i forgot to upload….

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Yogyakarta, Borobudur and Prambanan

by Peter on August 19, 2009 in Indonesia, Travel

Just a quick post before Indonesia is forgotten… We spent a week in Yogyakarta followed by 3 days in Jakarta before flying out to Hong Kong last Thursday. In and around Yogyakarta (which was pretty touristy) we visited the Dutch fort, the sultans palace, the bird market, the sultans water palace a puppet maker, and the two giant temples of Borobudur and Prambanan. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world!

This Friday we fly back to Germany signalling the end of our round the world trip :( . Really looking forward to catching up with family and friends though!

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