Amazon has announced earlier today that they starting from May 1 2009 they are prohibiting affiliates from engaging in direct-to-merchant (DTM) paid search campaigns. The exact wording of the letter is as follows: After careful review of how we are investing our advertising resources, we have made the decision to […]
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Since the time I’ve blogged about the implications of the CA Bill AB 178 for affiliates, Melanie Seery posted the following two news: (i) Connecticut’s bill was approved in the Join Finance Committee, and (ii) North Carolina is now also looking in the same direction. Regarding Connecticut Melanie wrote: The
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As some of you may have already noticed, the famous UK affiliate conference started back in October 2007 by A4U Forum (now known as Affiliates4u.com affiliate marketing community), is expanding beyond London. They’ve been busy with networking roadshows around Europe: in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and Munich (details here), and in
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Today I have had a privilege of reviewing Econsultancy.com’s all-new UK Affiliate Census 2009 report, and also an unfinished copy of the US one that is also coming out shortly. You will be able to get full versions of both of these reports at this page (membership with Econsultancy required).
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Affiliate Summit is the largest affiliate marketing conference available. The next one is going to be held between 9 and 11 August 2009 in New York City. These conferences are great to attend, and while the ones on the West Coast generally attract more attendees, the East Coast ones have
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In addition to the Affiliate Census that is currently being held by eConsultancy, there is another industry survey being run at this time — the AffStat Affiliate Marketing Report. During the previous years, AffStat reports focused on affiliate programs, and surveyed affiliate program managers. The 2009 AffStat survey is different.
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This year’s Affiliate Summit’s Pinnacle Awards were announced yesterday night at the Pinnacle Awards Gala. The winners are: Affiliate of the Year – Mike Allen Affiliate Manager of the Year – Angel Djambazov Exceptional Merchant – CelebrateExpress.com Affiliate Marketing Advocate – Melanie Seery Best Blogger – Scott Jangro Affiliate Marketing
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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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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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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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