When online businesses (in further text: merchants) just discover affiliate marketing, and get really excited about the way everything works, and the opportunities that open up, it is very common to witness some of them express interest in acting in the capacity of affiliates in addition to running their own […]
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Yesterday I read an article on Adotas.com where the author wrote: Affiliate marketing programs can be set up in two ways: create an individual program or work with an affiliate network… Running an individual affiliate program requires the company to keep in direct contact with the affiliates, maintaining complete control
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I have given an interview to the Affilorama affiliate training portal which operates out of Christchurch, New Zealand. We’ve had good chat with Chris who made sure the discussion was full of thought-provoking questions, and I thank him for structuring the interview the way he did. I really enjoyed it.
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I have just finished a quick Twitter analysis of 100 tweets with the word “affiliate” in them, and discovered that the two most popular topics “affiliate”-related people tweet about are: (i) tools, eBooks and technology that can make you a fortune overnight, and (ii) the “best affiliate program(s) on earth”.
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Throughout my own blogging experience, as well as watching other blogs grow in their success, I have pinpointed 11 factors that may contribute to a blog’s success. They are: Posting valuable content Putting together meaningful titles Timely replying to comments in your blog Creating communities around blogs Leaving comments on
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More and more affiliate networks, and CPA networks, are actively utilizing Twitter — both to provide affiliate and merchant support, and to announce new programs, contests/promos and enhancements. I thought you may appreciate a list of these with their corresponding Twitter accounts. Here’s what I’ve been able to put together
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As I was pondering on the recent leave of Dick Advocaat from FC Zenit [source 1 | source 2], the football (American English: soccer) team that I root for, I couldn’t help but look at it through my own prism — that of a manager. To me the football team’s
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All marketers are liars — Seth Godin Do you always read the fine print? I do most of the time, but not when it’s the type of fine print that comes in the mail after everything is paid for, and you’re already a member/customer. Today Allstate Motor Club has taught
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After receiving my pricing, a prospective client, who is looking for an outsourced affiliate program manager (OPM), wrote: I wanted to know whether there would be any other fees that I should be considering? I suppose the software companies like Linkshare and others, would charge a fee also. Are those
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I love beautifully created ads, and one of them was shown to me by my wife as she was browsing through the September issue of the “Parent & Child” magazine this morning. It’s an ad by Nestle, and it’s for their new snack size Drumsticks (they call the new product
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