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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Two affiliates on different sides of the globe (U.S. and Australia) blogged about the same topic during the same week of August 2009. They talked about the things that make the life of an affiliate unnecessarily difficult, and they obviously wanted affiliate program managers to hear them. I am referring
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Someone was searching my blog for a phrase “networking with affiliate managers”, and I’ve decided to devote my today’s post to this. There is, in fact, a place where you can discuss affiliate program management questions with colleagues, meeting other affiliate program managers online. It is the Affiliate Program Management
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As I was searching the web to see if a particular merchant offers coupons, I came across numerous affiliate sites which by optimizing their webpages accordingly make it look as if that merchant may have coupons when, in reality, they do not. It got me thinking in two directions: (1)
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In my post on the affiliate program setup expenses to be aware of I have mentioned that not all affiliate programs are based on affiliate networks. Many are being run in house: on self- or remotely hosted (and sometimes even internally-developed) software. Amazon and eBay, for example, run their affiliate
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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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