Automatic ClickBank and AdSense Notifications

One of the time wasting traps that Internet Marketers can fall into is constant checking of stats throughout the day. After all, it is human nature to want to know what is going on in your business, especially when you are just starting out.

When I first started out, I was always popping over to my AdSense account and checking my stats. Same with ClickBank. It totally annoys me that ClickBank does not send email when you make an affiliate sale. So, I was checking my stats all the time. That got to be a real drag, so now I use a couple of tools to notify me.

For Clickbank, I use CBNotify. This little tool lives at the bottom of my Firefox browser and shows the day's Clickbank earnings.

For AdSense, I use a Google Desktop Gadget called AdSense Tracker.

Both of these will save you time if you are addicted to stats.

Do you use tools like this that save you time? What are they?

Have a great day.

Mark

8 Comments

Patrik Berggren on January 16, 2009 at 11:52 am

Great Mark,

Who isn’t addicted to stats.

Will testrun both to see how they work

Josh Spaulding on January 16, 2009 at 2:21 pm

I’ve been in this business coming up on 5 years and I still check my adsense and Clickbank earnings at least 3 or 4 times a day. I remember when I first started I would login to adsense 20 times a day 🙂

I didn’t know of either of these tools and am seconds away from downloading them both, thanks Mark.

Mark Mason on January 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Guys – glad I could help.

There was an AdSense plugin for FireFox, but my copy does not work. If they fix that one, I will let you know. It is called AdSense Notifier, and apparently does not work with the latest version of FireFox.

Josh Spaulding on January 16, 2009 at 9:48 pm

yeah I wasn’t thinking straight when I first read this. Since I don’t use Google Desktop I won’t be using that one, but installed CBNotify and it’s pretty neat to see my earnings down there in real time. I’ll check on Adsense Notifier and see if I can find a working copy or something similar.

FasterE on January 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm

I use both of those, too. And they are time-savers.

Unfortunately, I’m making the shift to Chrome and they aren’t coming along with me. Hopefully, Chrome will someday be able to give me my immediate stat fix, 24/7.