Hi Folks,

I’m working away on the next release of IMC. There are quite a few changes for this version.

I’ve moved the browser to the first tab. Wait a minute you say … what browser? Well, it’s always been there, I’ve just had it turned off for the most part. There are a couple of other features that were sitting in there that I had finished and were disabled, that I have removed.

Starting with this version you’ll notice that there is a libs directory under your IMC directory. For a full description of why that is you can go HERE

In short starting from REALBasic 2008r2 (I’m now using REALBasic 2008r3) REAL Software have changed the way the language works.

There’s nothing to worry about and no major changes to functionality, it’s more how they deal with DLL’s and internal Windows memory.

The main feature I’m working on is the ability to point IMC at an email address that you are getting adwords data emailed to and have it pump the information in automagically. That should significantly reduce the effort to keep things up to date and let you focus on getting the Affiliate Network data in.

That being said hopefully I’ll be in a position to release 1.10 in the next few of weeks.

As always, I’m happy to get your feedback.

Kind Regards,

Shane

I’ve been building a lot of web sites lately and as part of that, recommending quite a few affiliate products. It dawned on me that a tool that let me build up affiliate link code with and/ or without images would be a useful tool.

The result is HideALink which is now available for about the cost of a Venti Caramel Latte. It’s a simple little program that generates the Link code for you. Simply paste in your affiliate link, or any other long URL you’d like to hide and the URL for the image or text for the link and HideALink will spit out the link code for you to paste into your landing page.

Hope this is useful,

Shane

Hi Folks,

Looks like the folks at AVG have flagged something in REALBasic incorrectly as a virus. This also affects IMC.

I’ve had my AVG telling me both the REALBasic executable and those I’ve compiled using it as having virii.

I’ve recently changed to PC-Cillin and it doesn’t have the same issues.

All programs are guaranteed virus free from Orange Sands.

Kind Regards,

Shane Lowry

OK, well maybe not featured as such. I was looking through my email and saw a Google Alert come through for the the Internet Marketers Companion website.

I had recently uploaded Internet Marketers Companion to download.com and I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was once I started the process. Now I just wish I had done it last year.

So I was looking at the links in the email and I opened this one . To my very pleasant surprise it was at the NY Times. Looks like the download.com items are syndicated to a lot of very nice websites.

Internet Marketers Companion has already become a favourite download and I’m looking forward to many more Affiliate Marketers getting a look at what it can do for them.

Best Regards,

Shane

Hi Folks,

It’s come to my attention that some people have had issues purchasing from non us countries. It looks like, after a quick check and a chat with PayPal, that a setting in our profile was left in the wrong position.

This has been fixed and everyone should now be able to buy IM Companion again.

Please let me know if there are any further issues.

Kind Regards,

Shane

Well Folks,
It’s that time of year when I lay out the road map for the year. I have a few ideas and some plans for what I want out of IM Companion this year.

I’d also like to hear from you. You can comment here on the thread, email your comments and requests to the helpdesk, or swing by the forum here
I’ll be noting down the changes and will incorporate as many as I can.

Cheers,

Shane

Hi Folks,

IMC is now available to promote through clickbank. You can get details through the main affiliates page on imc affiliate page the commission is a hefty 50% and for those who are more comfortable getting checks through clickbank it’s a good way to go.

Kind Regards,
Shane

Under testing and soon to be released is IMC Lite.

This is a smaller version of IMC for those marketers just starting out and not wanting the full blown IMC.

It features Google and Clickbank modules and the ability to enter all other data through the interface as required.

It has the same reports as IMC although it doesn’t have the ability to drill down and show the yearly graphs.

I’ll send out a message when it’s closer to being released, later in the week.

Pricing for IMC Lite is $47 usd

I’m finishing up testing on Campaign Organizer which will be released in the next few days.

This is simply a neat little tool where you can keep track of your campaigns and products. The file formats are compatible with IMC and the upcoming IMC Lite.

Look for it in a forum near you.

Kind Regards,
Shane Lowry

Version 1.05 has been posted to the update and sales sites.

It fixes a few minor bugs and also has a new MSN Adcenter module as the Order report that the old one used is no longer available.

Matt Levenhagen has done a great overview video that shows how he uses IMC in his business. His excitement is infectious and I must put up some more video’s myself.

Speaking of which, I have uploaded two new Video Tutorials with voice. The first is on the preferences screen and the second on the Campaign Module.

Things are starting to rock along and the forum is getting more traffic. Feel free to drop by http://forum.orangesands.com

Kind Regards,

Shane Lowry