I’ve been following the responses to Jangro’s “Damn Marketers. Affiliate Links in Twitter” post with great interest. Today Scott has asked a semi-rethoric question: “Isn’t it really that opinions and recommendations are suspect if there’s money involved?” Websites providing hosting reviews are the first ones that come to my mind. […]
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Yesterday, I tweeted asking people for a recommendation on a good coffee grinder suitable for espresso grind, and a friend has recommended me a good one, linking to Amazon through his affiliate link. You may read the rest of story here, but my today’s focus is not on that story
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Much has been written about customer profiling, and the technique has been widely used for precision targeting in both online and offline marketing. Affiliate profiling is something I haven’t seen explicitly mentioned anywhere, but I am positive that many affiliate managers use this technique. Simply because it’s effective. Just as
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A few days ago I felt weakness, headache, eye ache, and a few other symptoms of falling sick. At first I thought that I had caught a bug from my daughter (she had been a little “under the weather” after her first few days in preschool). Then it looked more
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The Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, and it’s time to start re-focusing your holiday shopping campaigns with the next holiday in mind. But which one is the next big one? Some would say, St. Patrick’s Day (March 17, 2009). Others would say that it’s Easter (which in 2009 falls on April
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I have been thinking of why the discussion on the unethical practices of some loyalty affiliates has been going the way it’s been going (in circles), and it looks like there are two reasons for it (i) failure to communicate clearly at the very outset, and (ii) unwillingness to digest
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Earlier today LinkShare’s Senior Vice President, Kelli Beougher, announced in the affiliate network’s official blog that due to “a few mutual differences” that cannot be overcome, “LinkShare has resigned as Overstock.com’s affiliate network provider.” [source] No further explanation has been given, and the real causes of this breakup remain unclear.
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Today I have had a privilege of reviewing Econsultancy.com’s all-new UK Affiliate Census 2009 report, and also an unfinished copy of the US one that is also coming out shortly. You will be able to get full versions of both of these reports at this page (membership with Econsultancy required).
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If you are an advertiser or an affiliate that markets to modern moms, the recently released “Digital Mom” Report is a must-read for you! The publication was put together by Razorfish and CafeMom, and it is chock-full of useful data on how moms utilize and engage with the channels that
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Today has been an absolutely beautiful day in Northern Virginia. The temperature went up as high as 64°F (18°C). The sun was shining, the little breeze was there… and I decided to go to a local trout stocked lake to fish. I didn’t catch anything today, but this doesn’t upset
Are You Getting Enough Fresh Air? I'm Not. Read More »