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Think Twice Before You Tweet: Dmitry Zelenin, Worm & Twitter

Not sure if you’re familiar with it or not, but in an attempt to be even closer to the public, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, has recently transformed his previously more official Twitter account into a more personal one [English version here]. The style of writing there is now […]

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2010 Gratitude Index. What Are You Thankful For?

Everyone — regardless of whether they celebrate Thanksgiving today or not — is thankful for something. Be it a spouse, children, parents, Facebook, affiliate marketing, or anything else, you gotta be thankful for something in life. Otherwise, can your living really be called life? In an attempt to systematize what

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Affiliate Marketing for Dummies (or Beginners)

When you go to Google and type in “affiliate marketing”, one of the top suggestions is gonna be: Chances are that you’ve landed on this page precisely because you’ve chosen that “affiliate marketing for dummies” option. If you are trying to find out if there’s a “for Dummies” book (as

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Google Instant Previews: 7 Must-Read Commentaries

On November 9, 2010 Google Instant got enhanced with Instant Previews. Announcing the new functionality Google wrote: Instant Previews provides a graphic overview of a search result and highlights the most relevant sections, making finding the right page as quick and easy as flipping through a magazine. To use it,

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Classic Meme on Facebook: BBC List of Top 100 Must-Read Books

Yesterday a fellow affiliate marketer posted the following message on her Facebook wall: Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here… Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Bold those books you’ve read in

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Top 10 Online Retail Brands on Facebook & Twitter – 2010 List

Having analyzed the top retail brands (with online storefronts) who are actively engaging their customers via such social media channels as Facebook and Twitter, I have come up with my list of the top 10 for the year 2010. There’s a lot we can learn just by observing them. So

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Affiliate Networks Announce Holiday Deals and Offers

Coincidentally or not, but 3 of the 6 major US affiliate networks — and here I imply Commission Junction, LinkShare, buy.at, ShareASale, Google Affiliate Network and AvantLink — announced holiday deals and offers of their merchants on November 17, 2010. These are: LinkShare affiliate network (in a blog post): ShareASale

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Deals.com and MyType Profile Coupon Lovers & Avoiders [STUDY]

Having surveyed over 8,500 consumers on questions related to online coupon use, Deals.com together with MyType have released a very interesting study that many online marketers should find of help. The study profiles the demographics and psycho-graphics of both coupon “lovers” and coupon “avoiders.” One of the more surprising findings

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Most Influential Affiliate Summit West 2011 Speakers – Top 40

I’ve been using Klout pretty much since the first day it was launched. Now that in addition to Twitter influence they also analyze your Facebook activity, I love them even more. Today I sat down, analyzed 79 accounts of Affiliate Summit West 2011 speakers who are active both on Facebook

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