When we talk about “niche” affiliates, we normally refer to marketers that focus on a product vertical. A number of affiliates have gone beyond verticals only, and realized that there’s also an array of amazing opportunities from holiday shopping to shipping. Today I’d like to briefly look at the demand […]
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ShareASale‘s annual Performance Awards were instituted in 2008, but time flies fast, and 2009 is already coming to an end. So, yesterday ShareASale has announced the winners for Year 2009. The Performance Awards are given in six categories, and eight winners have been selected this time: one per each of
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Let me start by saying this: I admire AJ Madison’s customer support, aggressive pricing, and marketing methods. What follows in this post stems from an unfortunate affiliate experience that serves as a vivid illustration of the affiliate communication channel breakdown. While it may in no way be characteristic of the
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MediaPost has published some information that coupon affiliates should find of extreme interest. Referencing a recent report by Borrell Associates, MediaPost wrote: …Borrell Associates estimates that the $8.3 billion value of online coupons redemptions in 2009 (including via the Internet, email and mobile) will jump more than 50% to $12.7
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On November 25 of 2009 Reg.RU has opened up registration of Russia’s new top level domain names – the .РФ (.RF) TLD. The peculiarity of this TLD is that the entire domain name is typed in Cyrillic (no mixes with Latin letters allowed), which has been introduced to simplify the
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Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2009 keynote speaker, Dan Siroker, a lead analyst for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, has announced a product the essence of which is based on the lessons learned from the use of Social Media for that presidential campaign. Siroker explains: The product is called Spreadly… and
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Today my daughter has had her first ever ballet recital in a real theater. As I was watching the kids of various ages dancing on stage, my thoughts returned back to a conversation that I have recently had with a fellow-Russian who is also a ballet dancer. We were discussing
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Inspired by the popularity of the last year’s effort to compile a list of the “the top 100 most influential online marketers”, Ivesp Consulting has done it again. The list of Top 100 Marketers of 2009 has been compiled, published, and opened for voting just yesterday. I am glad to
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Looking for a website that sells designer handbags, I have discovered this auction website. I must admit, it immediately caught my eye! Genuine products, low winning prices, free shipping, what else could one wish for? I joined, played with it in the course of about half an hour, but gave
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Believe it or not, but not all online merchants offer their customers with a holiday shipping schedule. If this statement does not apply to you, skip right to the very last paragraph of this post. If, on the other hand, you do not yet have a shipping schedule posted on
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