Reader Hans Schneider wrote to tell me of his new SenseApp application that lets iPhone and iPod Touch users track their AdSense earnings on their devices. I don’t own either device (I have a BlackBerry) so I can’t do a review, but the screenshot looks pretty good. Worth trying out if you feel a need to track your earnings while you’re on the go.

Over the weekend I was visiting the Fat Loss 4 Idiots affiliate support page. Hadn’t been there in a while, but right now I recommend that everyone who is interested in affiliate marketing take a good look at their Super Marketing Affiliate Secrets, which I think is perhaps the best free advice about affiliate marketing I’ve seen in a long time. The most interesting points:

• Fat Loss 4 Idiots generated over $21 million in retail sales last year, mostly from affiliates.
• The most successful affiliates do NOT target diet-related keywords. Instead, they go for topics that interest the target demographic (they give “women over 30 years old” as a sample demographic).
• The most successful affiliates are constantly writing new articles and blog posts every day on those non-diet topics. Sheer volume is what gets them traffic and affiliate sales.

In fact, here’s a quote on what they think about article marketing:

For example, try to think of various topics which appeal to women over 30 years old — and then create your PPC (and article) campaigns around those topics.

Don’t just write 2 articles on each topic and then quit……..you should write 50 or 100 articles to ensure that you’ll still make money even if they are indexed poorly by the search engines.

HIGH VOLUME is the key.

If you write enough articles then you’ll get lots of visitors even if they are indexed poorly.

The days of writing an article and "ranking #1" (for a highly sought after keyword) are gone — those days are gone forever.

The key to making money in 2009 is to use VOLUME and CLEVER THINKING (just like we’ve outlined on this page).

If you begin to think cleverly and work hard — then you’ll soon discover the kind of money which our top affiliates are quietly making behind the scenes (they are laughing all the way to the bank while the rest of the affiliate world has no clue what’s really going on).

There’s some sound advice in there, and it doesn’t just apply to Fat Loss 4 Idiots, either, it can work with any affiliate or CPA offer.

Seriously, take the time to read the entire super affiliate tips page and start thinking out of the box.