I myself often use a type of referral marketing [like the ice-cream truck example here] to illustrate what affiliate marketing is, generally, about. However, while there are some similarities, there are also quite a number of differences, and I was pleased to come across an infographic which reflected these. Remember zferral? […]
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A week ago at LinkShare Symposium New York 2012 the affiliate network announced that “Forrester Consulting recently conducted a study on behalf of Rakuten LinkShare” and it was at the conference that the study findings were unveiled. Here are just three interesting observations from it: 1. Forrester has scaled down
Oh, what a disappointment (in affiliate marketing) awaits you, should you entrust your judgement to search engine “autocomplete suggestions”! The pessimism about affiliate marketing — reflected in these most frequent queries — is merely astounding: Affiliate marketing is… “dead” and “a waste of time” Affiliate marketing is… “very hard” Thousands
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Starting from the beginning of this month a “What I Really Do” meme has been going around (spread especially actively via Facebook), reflecting “a range of preconceptions associated with” various fields of “occupation or expertise” — from photographers and graphic designers to directors and entrepreneurs [more here]. So I’ve decided
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Quality is never an accident …it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution –William A. Foster If you’ve attended Affiliate Summit West 2012 (or are subscribed to the magazine) you have a copy of the latest FeedFront. For those of you who don’t
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Inspired by David Meerman Scott‘s older (but, nonetheless, genius) post on social media marketing, today I would like to take a stab at explaining affiliate marketing in just 88 words: You can strive for visibility in search engines (Search Engine Marketing) You can earn attention by creating engaging social content
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Typically, yield is being used as an investment term that reflects a return on investment (ROI) normally expressed as a percentage, and tied to a period of time. Since ROI is what affiliate marketing is all about, a week ago I asked merchants to help me determine the yield (or
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Over two years ago replying to a question of what percentage of sales an affiliate program can bring I wrote: Much depends on (a) the size of the business at the point of starting the affiliate program, and (b) the niche in which the business operates. In reality, it is
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In case you haven’t yet heard, Affiliates4u.com has released its 2011 “Performance Marketing Guide”, and I’ve just picked up my copy. It is an impressive 143-pages-long reference book on all things performance marketing, and the best part of it is that it’s available for a free-of-charge download (so, it’s an
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At the end of last week Rae Hoffman-Dolan (aka “Sugarrae”) has published an excellent infographic explaining what affiliate marketing is, and how exactly it works. Before Rae’s “step by step visual” the one that I’ve seen used more frequently than anything else was this one and variations of it (example
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