When I originally signed up with AzoogleAds, I had been with ClickBank for about a month and immediately, I was drawn to Azoogle's cleaner interface and the idea of having a personal affiliate manager. Not that I'd ever stop using ClickBank as they do provide a customer experience that is unique, but I was definitely more impressed with Azoogle. What I found most impressive about Azoogle was that I was able to tap into their reports remotely with their API (a secure way of interfacing with their server).

Fast forward eight months and I joined ranks with NeverblueAds on the advice of a friend. Immediately, I had that familiar feeling of being impressed. They were prompt with my confirmation phone call to activate my account and my new affiliate manager was friendly and open to intelligent banter. My Azoogle manager will forever hold a place in my heart, but I figured it wasn't a bad idea to broaden my horizons.

Once my account was activated with Neverblue, I logged in and right away felt as if it were a design I would come up with, so as you might imagine I was very comfortable. There was a search box right before my eyes and a handy graph on the right to tell me how my monthly sales are doing, plus up to the minute updates. Very slick.

The available tabs are: Home, Campaigns, Statistics, Tools, Account, Logout

Home I just described to you, Logout is obvious and Account is where you handle your personal information as wall as enter your websites. Very straight forward. But what really stands out are the three I use all the time: Campaigns, Statistics and Tools.

Campaigns

Much like Azoogle's offer search, the Neverblue campaign search allows you to sort through their offers by search or by browsing each category. Again, the interface is very straight forward and intuitive . You type in 'dating' and you'll get dating offers and you can promote them any way you like: banner, email, search, etc. I'd say more but it would just be fluff.

Statistics

No affiliate marketer should be without a good set of statistics. They make or break your success as they will tell you not only which keywords convert but also the direction a campaign is headed in. That's why it's important that your network allows you to do excellent reporting and statistics on your data. NeverblueAds allows you to run reports on (but not limited to): Campaigns, Creatives, Dates, Subid's and Sites. You can even perform an advanced/customized report. You name it, they've got it.

Tools

Ahh.. now here's the majesty of Neverblue in all its glory. They provide you with excellent tools: API, Ping, Referrals (one time and continuous) and Ad Rotators. All of these are presented right up front, with documentation if you need assistance.

The API (as aforementioned) allows you to tap into Neverblue's reporting mechanism. Essentially, this means you can run reports from your own website without having to visit Neverblue. I won't go into too much detail, but this is very good news for any programmer or someone who has a programmer at their disposal. Not only can API help with reporting but also tracking live sales. This is one thing I hate going without on any network.

Ping provides yet another way to track live sales. Each time a conversion is made, Neverblue will post a notification to the URL you specify. That's right, any time a sale is made, not only will you know about it but you can also track down to the keyword what converts the best. This also requires some programming to handle the ping, but the fact that it's there is amazing to me.

Referrals are self explanatory; you get a referral link you can give to other people to have them sign up under you. You have the option to either earn $2 for any potential affiliate referred or earn a continuous 2% from the sales of each person you refer (I recommend the 2% option).

Ad Rotators are yet another beautiful feature brought to us by Neverblue. Instead of having to create your own banner ad rotators for your website and manage them, Neverblue will handle the work for you. All you do is create a new rotator, choose the size of the banner, choose all the banners you want and throw up the code on your site. Bam, you're in business! It's really that easy. Then, whenever you want to remove or add banners, you can do it from the website instead of looking back into your code.

Conclusion

Although the post is short, the love is great for simplicity. Neverblue may be yet a hidden gem, but I hope other networks will follow their lead in terms of straight forwardness and simple beauty. I definitely recommend it to any affiliate marketer looking to expand their horizons or even to start out with. If you're interested, feel free to click on any of the links in this article or contact me directly using the contact page. I'd be happy to help you start out.

Good luck!

Scott

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