This morning, some interesting news hit the wires: Microsoft announced that it will shut down Skype on May 5, 2025. Skype is a very special brand for AM Navigator. It was our very first major client. Launched in 2003, Skype quickly gained momentum, and wishing to continue the up-and-to-the-right trend, […]
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Do you offer discounts to your customers? If you do, do you share those discounts with your affiliates? Do you have a solid, well-established strategy for discounts in affiliate marketing and across all your marketing channels? Your answers to these two questions greatly impact your affiliate program’s performance and your
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Everybody knows that affiliate marketing is a constantly evolving industry. Both affiliates and advertisers have needs and goals that change frequently, requiring continuous adaptation and strategic adjustments. Affiliates, who are deeply immersed in the ecosystem, often find it easier to switch between platforms and tools. However, advertisers may struggle to
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In December of 2011, I started a conference dedicated to affiliate marketing education for brands that wish to leverage affiliate programs to grow their business. I called it Affiliate Management Days, and positioned it as “a professional forum for affiliate managers and marketing executives responsible for their company’s affiliate marketing
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We tend to associate technology partners with cart abandonment technologies and retargeting software. However, tech partners offer much more. Awin, one of the first affiliate networks to highlight these partners, classifies them into various categories, including mobile measurement, e-commerce, CSS, analytics, and tech partner plugins. This last category often requires
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Seneca once said: “There is no favorable wind for the sailor who does not know his way.” This wisdom applies perfectly to marketing. A successful strategy requires a clear direction and a holistic approach that considers all marketing channels together rather than in isolation. Such an integrated strategy ensures that
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Back in 2008, I wrote a blog post in which I (a) drew the industry’s attention to a common practice of affiliate managers sending out removal threats in hopes of activating affiliates, and (b) explained why it’s a dead-end strategy. I expanded on this in my 2011 Affiliate Program Management: An
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The very first affiliate program that I started was for my own online business. This was in late 1999, and affiliate marketing was already around. PC Flowers & Gifts, commonly acknowledged as the world’s first affiliate program, was launched ten years prior. Yet, the late 90s (and early 00s) was
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As affiliate marketing managers, we’re frequently contacted by brands interested in starting or growing their affiliate programs, and we appreciate that. It shows that people have learned about the expertise, passion, and commitment we put into our work and about the great results of our affiliate marketing efforts. We also
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The relationship between PR and affiliate marketing oddly reminds me of the connection between barbers and surgeons in the 12th century. Just as the “turf war” between surgeons and hairdressers is an interesting example of how professional boundaries and practices evolve over time, the digital marketing landscape has undergone its
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