Earlier today Colorado-based affiliates participating in the Amazon Associates program (Amazon’s affiliate program) have received a notice of immediate termination. Shawn Collins posted the full text of it here. Here’s an excerpt: Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate: We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado […]
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A number of interesting posts and articles have appeared online during the first week of March 2010, and I have not touched on any of these in my daily posts. So, I am posting the list below: Affiliate Marketing Webinar on affiliate legislation by Affiliate Advocacy – March 9 at
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As any marketing program, affiliate program requires a budget. While it is true that comparing to many other types of online advertising, affiliate marketing generally requires a significantly smaller budget, it does require one. Below you may find a basic breakdown of expenses that you should be prepared to incur:
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In an interview I’ve given for the Search Engine Journal (SEJ) — which went live earlier this morning, and may be read in its entirety here — I was asked one of the questions that new affiliates frequently ask themselves (and others too). The question was: “Which niches are more
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I love statistics, and I was certainly happy to find the below “The State of the Internet” video by JESS3 (Jesse Thomas) on Vimeo today: Only one criticism: being so jam-packed with numbers, a video that’s close to 4 minutes long is frankly a bit hard to digest. I am
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One of my favorite affiliate networks in the world has changed hands again. Two years ago AOL acquired Buy.at for some £75 million ($150 million), making it into a separate unit within Advertising.com [source]. See also AOL’s official press release here. Today, it has been reported that “Digital Window, the
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Today I have received an envelope in the mail. It looked very official, and immediate got my attention. How? See below: First of all, US Code: Title 18, section 1702 really does talk about a fine and up to 5 years of imprisonment, but it has nothing to do with
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In late August 2009 eBay announced, and in September 2009 implemented their Quality Click Pricing affiliate compensation model which essentially meant moving from their previous CPA model to a CPC model (details in my eBay Partner Network Will Now Pay for Clicks post). The concept was developed back in late
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Today’s news from Drs. Foster and Smith has already produced quite a resonance in the affiliate marketing world. The company, which has removed Virginia-based affiliates from their affiliate program 5 days ago, has now decided to shut their affiliate program down altogether. Mike Nunez broke the news: Then Trust posted
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Yesterday, I called AT&T Wireless to get the unlock code for my Blackberry. I have fulfilled my two-year contract obligations, and was eligible to have my phone unlocked. Unfortunately, (i) the customer support person spoke very poor English (I am especially sensitive to things like this, because English is not
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