Have you ever seen one of those “Jack-of-all-Trades” websites, promoting everything from hosting services to vegan recipes? I see them way too often when going over affiliate applications, and vast majority of such websites perform poorly when it comes to conversions. Unfortunately, many affiliates in the pursuit of a revenue […]
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As we were analyzing end-of-the-month statistics for a client, it has come out that a number of orders which were received by the merchant directly (not via any affiliate) were also “dipped” into the affiliate channel as well (i.e. affiliates received commissions for these orders). This looked very strange to
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I often talk about affiliate marketing being an industry that’s built on relationships. While it is a performance industry with everyone’s focus being on the bottom line, you get more out of your affiliate programme if you have good relationships with your affiliates. This works both ways – the affiliates
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Earlier this month, on its seventh anniversary, a prominent US-based affiliate network, AvantLink, has launched a Canada-focused network. So I’ve reached out to AvantLink — to ask them a few questions about affiliate marketing in Canada, in general, and their recent launch, in particular. My interviewee is Chad Waite (CW),
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An affiliate manager has emailed me: I’m researching possibilities to grow and expand our affiliate program and would really appreciate your advice on the following: Currently our company is present as a merchant on CJ, ShareaSale and we have in-house program as well. Since you are familiar with our service,
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A merchant has emailed me the following question: We are looking to expand into Germany. Do you have any German affiliate networks to recommend? I like the idea of going with a Germany-based affiliate network (aka Partnerprogramm-Netzwerk) for a program to target the German-speaking market. As mentioned earlier this year,
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Note from Geno Prussakov: The list of our guest bloggers is constantly expanding; and today, in addition to Graham Jenner, Liliya Tyndyk, and Martin Osborn, I am pleased to welcome our newest contributor — Eric Nagel. Enjoy his first AM Navigator post: As an affiliate, I’m always working on projects, joining
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I invite you to register for a webinar on affiliate marketing during holiday seasons. Both affiliates and merchants can successfully monetize on holiday buying trends. However, to make the most of every holiday both must understand their audience — (a) merchants and affiliate managers need to know what their affiliates
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Less than a week has passed since Affiliate Management Days East 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and I’m already working hard on AM Days West 2013 agenda. Just as in 2012 our Spring 2013 conference is set to take place in San Francisco. The dates are April 16-17, 2013; and
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It’s that time of the year when you can vote on sessions proposed for Affiliate Summit West 2013. The conference is going to be held on January 13-15, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They let prospective attendees cast their votes for a week, then the conference’s advisory board votes, and
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