When doing research for my affiliate program management book, “A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing”, I looked at 100 affiliate programs in the same vertical, and analyzed their program agreements. The results were literally shocking: 51% of the merchants lacked Terms of Service agreements altogether, 36% had extremely generic ones, […]
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The January 2009 issue of FeedFront, the official magazine of the Affiliate Summit, is already out, and I am privileged to have my article in it. It may be found on page 24, and in it I discuss the importance of having a call to activation interwoven into the very
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Scott Jangro added a forum to his blog, and it occurred to me: what a great add-on this plugin can be for WordPress-based affiliate websites! Simple:Press is hassle-free to install, and when properly handled, it can greatly enhance the visitor’s engagement with the affiliate’s website by allowing the former to
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It is not unusual for an online merchant to wonder if they really should have a dedicated affiliate program manager, or if the responsibilities of the affiliate manager can be handled by an already employed member of their staff. To answer this question, you need to know what exactly an
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Several times a month an affiliate receives e-mails where merchants are threatening to remove him/her from their affiliate programs if the affiliate does not become “active”. Another thread was started on this topic at ABestWeb [see it here] just today. And while I could write up a whole post on
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It has been exactly 1 year since I have made my very first blog post. I have certainly learned a lot in the process, and hope that my readers have found my posts of use as well. One thing that I will aim at doing differently in the new year
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Webster’s Dictionary defines “parasitism” as is “an association” in which a parasite “obtains benefits from a host which it usually injures.” [source] In affiliate marketing, a parasite is an affiliate that always (not “œusually”, but always) injures the host (another affiliate), and does so by stealing commissions from the latter (hundreds
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It will be my privilege to speak at the Affiliate Summit West 2009 (which is taking place on 11-13 January 2009 in Las Vegas, NV) where Heather Paulson and myself will bring you a dual presentation on advanced techniques, strategies and ideas for affiliate recrutment, training and management. My part of the
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The November 2008 issue of the Website Magazine will have one of my newest articles. The article is entitled A Different Breed of Affiliate Tools: GoldenCAN and PopShops and it is aimed at providing a synopsis and quick comparison of these two affiliate tools. I hope you will enjoy it.
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I have started a new group at LinkedIn today – one devoted to affiliate program management, one where affiliate managers (in-house and OPMs) can network, and discuss issues pertaining to affiliate management. If interested, you may join the group here. It’s been live for less than a day, and we
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