competitive intelligence

An Affiliate Marketing Action Plan: The 5 Cs Approach

Note from Geno Prussakov: I am excited to welcome our newest guest blogger, UK-based Simon Swan. Enjoy his first AM Navigator post below. As affiliate marketing continues to mature as a key digital channel to support an organisations acquisition strategy, it is important to have an actionable plan in place to support […]

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Do Not Believe Everything You See in Affiliate Program Statistics

Remember my Competitive Intelligence at the Service of Affiliate Program Managers article at Search Engine People which appeared there back in May of this year? If you didn’t see it yet, that would be a good place to start before continuing reading this post… If, however, you did read it

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5 Competitive Intelligence Twitter Accounts to Follow

From all definitions of “competitive intelligence” that I have seen I like Christopher West’s best of all. He eloquently defined it as “the process by which companies inform themselves about every aspect of their rivals’ activities and performance” (Competitive Intelligence, p. 12). There are multiple tools to monitor your competitors,

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Recruit Affiliates with Intelligence & Link Building Tools

Have you noticed how Compete.com is positioning itself now? Here’s a screenshot I’ve just taken (emphasis, of course, mine): This is, actually, not too surprising to see. What is surprising thought is that competitive intelligence and link building tools have taken so long to start selling themselves as powerful affiliate

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Improve Banner Conversion with Competitive Intelligence

You’ve made a decision to start an affiliate program, decided on the tracking platform to use, and now you’re facing multiple questions, one of which may be worded this way: How do I put together best possible banners for affiliates to use for my program? To a great extent, this

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