Yesterday afternoon, an online merchant, who also has an affiliate program, circulated the following announcement to all of his affiliates: Dear affiliate, [Merchant's website] will be closed for vacation until end of the month. We expect to be back January 1st. The store will be closed all this time, meaning that checkout will be disabled. [...]
Who said that past the Cyber Monday week there’s not much to fish for in the pond of holiday-oriented consumers? Yesterday Google Retail Blog has published some staggering data: as of Sunday, December 6 2009, 64% of holiday purchases are yet left to be done. Apparently, compared to the week before Thanksgiving, the percentage has [...]
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An affiliate wrote: Could you please explain how affiliate marketing works for someone living in Eastern Europe. How exactly is payment handled? Good question. Whether you live in Western or Eastern Europe cashing a USD check (the universal payment method utilized by all affiliate networks) always entails a fee. In Western Europe it is normally [...]
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A case scenario, and question came in the email: Lets say you had an existing business, with an affiliate program already up and running for several years. You have a large amount of affiliates in that program, some very productive and some not at all. You then hired someone to be your affiliate manager… If [...]
Today my daughter has had her first ever ballet recital in a real theater. As I was watching the kids of various ages dancing on stage, my thoughts returned back to a conversation that I have recently had with a fellow-Russian who is also a ballet dancer. We were discussing her path in Russian ballet, [...]
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The first day of the weekend has come to an end, but I couldn’t be happier with it. As is customary for my days off, I’ve spent all of it with my family. It has been a busy and fruitful day. We’ve managed to repaint the largest room in our basement: …and found the time [...]
Inspired by the popularity of the last year’s effort to compile a list of the “the top 100 most influential online marketers”, Ivesp Consulting has done it again. The list of Top 100 Marketers of 2009 has been compiled, published, and opened for voting just yesterday. I am glad to see quite a few of [...]
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