As an affiliate manager who simultaneously uses both in-house tracking software and affiliate networks, I am constantly asked by prospective partners: “Why use both? What’s the difference?” With the wide variety of affiliate networks available, it might seem unnecessary to use a program for in-house affiliate tracking. Indeed, there is […]
Affiliate Tracking Software vs. Affiliate Networks: Why Not Both? Read More »
Affiliate management. It’s a term that we often throw around, and we tend to look at processes and how we can improve them. The focus tends to be on the business side of management – what margins we can afford, which affiliate brings in the most revenue, and what will
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Whether you call them coupons, vouchers or promo codes, the customer demand for them is hot. The debate around the value of coupon affiliates, however, is even hotter. The dilemma for online merchants may be summarized as follows: Is it even possible to have productive partnerships with coupon affiliates? Some
Affiliate Coupon Code Compliance Guide Developed and Released Read More »
Nearly every week I witness how merchants turning to affiliate marketing in hopes to generate quick referrals through affiliates. However, expecting an affiliate program to quickly boost sales or leads is just wrong. Unlike paid search campaigns, for example, affiliate programs take longer to build and develop. However, once your
Healthy Affiliate Program is Antonymous of Quick Fix Read More »
Whether you are working on setting up a new affiliate program, or are looking at opportunities to optimize the performance of an already existing one, banners are going to be one of the areas to work on. No one wants useless banners. Neither affiliates, nor merchants need these. To help
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I am honored to see my Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day book nominated for a Small Business Book of 2013, and especially thrilled to see it in the “Classics” section. It is pretty exciting and encouraging to see a book this niche make such a progress. The voting
Affiliate Management Book Makes the List of Business Classics Read More »
I realize that the week isn’t over yet, but the chances of anything more significant than the below three happening in the remaining hours of the working day are slim enough for me to highlight these three as the most notable news of the week (note that the below order
3 Important Affiliate Marketing News of the Week of March 15, 2013 Read More »
With Performance Marketing Summit and Performance Marketing Insights in New York, the past couple of days have, certainly, been busy… But do you know what will be the only other affiliate marketing conference in the U.S. this Spring? It is also the only conference devoted specifically to affiliate program management
A Must-Attend Conference for Businesses with Affiliate Programs Read More »
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked about the earnings of the world’s top affiliate networks lately. So, I’ve decided to put together a blog post, aggregating the respective data. Unfortunately, not all affiliate networks release their quarterly or annual figures, and some that do, don’t single
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Later this afternoon, at inaugural Performance Marketing Insights, there will be a panel devoted to the topic of “Where Should Networks Invest Their Resource in 2013?” Here are my thoughts on the subject: Tracking Tracking, in my opinion, is the key expectation of any affiliate network. Of course, there are
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