Why The John Chow Affiliate Scheme Sucks

Written by Jason Katzenback on November 26th, 2007
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The Big Beef asked us if we’d be interested in doing a little review about his newly launched TTZMedia affiliate program, and we agreed because we know the poor guy needs all the attention he can get. We’re even so kind as to give him a special spot in our sidebar. For example; We know for a fact that John’s hosting bill for his online ventures last month was nearly twice the amount we made in our best month so far!

TTZMedia now accepts most bloggers out there into their program, and to give you that little push you need as a lazy blogger, the affiliate scheme that comes with the account promises all of us 10% on what the referred sites make for 12 months. There’s no limit to the amount of referred sites and the minimum payout is quite low, at just $25.

We can’t tell you how much we’ve made with TTZMedia, because we only ran those ads for about a week in the very beginning of this blog. Our choice back then was to implement Google Adsense because we were still under the assumption that Google makes other people money. We know better now and the only one Google is making money is Google. We’ve taken them off and don’t expect ever to use them on JohnCow dot Com again.

johnchow.jpgSo why does the John Chow Affiliate Program Suck? Well it doesn’t really, we just wanted a catchier headline than the hundreds of ‘plain’ ones that have been posted since the affiliate program went live for the public. If we had to think hard for a reason, it’d just be the fact that it’s not the John Cow Affiliate Scheme :twisted: Lets see if Mr Chow can earn a spot in our recommended money makers list!

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22 Responses to “Why The John Chow Affiliate Scheme Sucks”

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  2. before. I subscribed a while ago because I found a couple of the posts vaguely amusing… and partly because the Cow has a really cool blog template. But lately, most of the posts I’ve seen from John Cow simply not worth bothering with. Butthis postwas the one that really got my attention (in entirely the wrong way). The title “Why the John Chow Affiliate Scheme Sucks” made me think there may be some useful information on why I should avoid said scheme there, so I clicked through and read

  3. Why The John Chow Affiliate Scheme Sucksjohncow.com165 comments The Big Beef asked us if we’d be interested in doing a little review about his newly launched TTZMedia affiliate program, and we agreed because we know the poor guy needs all the attention he can get. We’re even so

  4. Jason Green says:

    I did try to get on that a while back when it was more private but didn’t get a reply.

    Will try again.

  5. bloggernoob says:

    boo. i got all excited by your title. you got me once again cow. i really wanted to believe that johnchows affiliate was a scheme that sucked. damn you cow. made me read your whole article. i hate you cause i love you…huh?

  6. Simon says:

    The first time I glanced at the picture of John at the end of the article, I was a bit surprised to see him wearing (what I thought were) green washing up gloves! lol

    I guess novely over-sized green fists are ok instead though….

  7. iamned says:

    I have never tried the affilaite program. Title was a let down.

  8. Frank C says:

    Saying something sucks is a great traffic builder! :twisted:

  9. Mike says:

    I just have to say that I’ve just come across this site and love it. A great idea. Keep up the great work.

  10. Dom says:

    Great. Misleading titles and a post with no content whatsoever. Time to unsubscribe from John Cow I think.

  11. balckysky says:

    “We know better now and the only one Google is making money is Google.” and now the only one who will make money is chow and cow ?
    You got me on this one I really think about a review of this program… well I think I was all wrong .. maybe a good tactic to get referrals :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

  12. John Cow says:

    Shame on all you people that just came to read how someones project sucked!

  13. Edgar says:

    It does suck .. I am currently running TTZ on my arcade website and
    it only allows 1 click per IP address, so if a buyer clicks more than one ad you only get paid for the 1 click, the widgetbucks is better it pays you for all clicks

  14. blackysky says:

    I personally came because maybe I thought you found out something that no one else I’ve seen. I wasn’t cheering for this project to be sucks… maybe shame on you for the false statement?!? :evil: :evil:

  15. Mike Huang says:

    Great header to gain some attention :)

    -Mike

  16. James Wilcox says:

    TTZ Media isn’t really appropriate for my blog so I haven’t signed up yet, but I did post about the contest because I want a new monitor >:)

  17. Indra Diky says:

    love this topic hehehe

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  20. Israel says:

    seems like a good comp plan.

  21. ernan says:

    nice try. i almost believe in the title.. :mrgreen:

  22. Interesting that you are back to testing Google Adsense. Why the change?