In “Responsive Design Is Not Enough: 4 Steps to Make a Mobile Website Successful” we learned that making your site mobile friendly requires more than throwing up a responsive theme and calling it a day.   Instead, it’s important to think carefully about how users will actually use your site.  That means creating usage scenarios and adding or removing components to help people get the most out of your site.

Danielle Forget did another great guest post over on Ipyxel called “5 Rules for Making Clickworthy Display Ads & Tapworthy Mobile Ads“.   The post is focused on create great ads for dating.  Among the best tips was “hint at narrowing search results”.   Her examples showed ads that mimic the look and feel of web forms.  Like one ad that shows 4 radio buttons and another that shows dropdowns.  These, of course, don’t actually function since they are just images, but they let the user know that they can narrow their search to find exactly the type of person they are looking for.   Make sure you visit the link to see all the great examples.

Save the date! Affiliate Summit will be back in Las Vegas for the 2015 Affiliate Marketing convention of the year!  They are returning to Paris which is a GREAT location, very central and surrounded by budget hotels if you are looking to save some money on lodging.  This is a great convention with a perfect mix of sessions, parties and plenty of networking opportunities.

In the post by ReadWrite – Anthony Myers “Cloud Pricing Is Racing To Zero, As Amazon Just Underscored” gives us a great breakdown of the new fee and discounted rates.  There is a fierce battle between cloud based providers and affiliate and internet marketers should take advantage of these low cost services.