April 2010

First U.S. Mobile Affiliate Network Launched

I’ve known of Apprupt (a Germany-based performance marketing network for mobile applications), MobPartner (a France-headquartered mobile CPA network), but now there is a US-based mobile affiliate network too. It is called OfferMobi, and it was launched just yesterday (April 19) at ad:tech San Francisco. The company is owned by Mark […]

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Low Cost of Entry and CPA Model — Key Selling Points

Earlier this month Forrester released its “Search And Email Marketing Tactics To Attract International Online Shoppers” report. While being highly focused on paid search and email marketing as the tools to go global, they couldn’t omit the benefits of running internationally-friendly affiliate programs too. The reports says: Affiliate Marketing Often

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Marketing Diversification or Fishing for Different Species

I have this an-advice-a-day Fishing Tips calendar on my desk, and earlier this week I read the following advice in it: Learn how to fish for more than one kind of species. By doing so, you can take advantage of peak periods for different fish and avoid the inevitable slow

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Click-Through Rates (CTR) in Affiliate Marketing

An affiliate program manager has emailed me the following question: What is a good conversion rate from impressions to click to identify good quality affiliates? Good question. Tricky metric. CTR, or Click-Through Rate, is a metric that will differ from one marketing method to another. Additionally, it is important to

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Social Media Use on the Rise, Affiliate & Mobile Underestimated

Just finished flipping through the newest eCommerce Research Report by Multichannel Merchant. It makes a good and interesting read, especially in light of the fact that online sales are currently growing considerably faster than offline ones [more here], and it is interesting to see what multichannel marketers value most, and

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UK Affiliate Marketing Grows by 38% in 2009

A recently published report based on a research by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers has registered a 4.2% growth of the UK Internet advertising spending, which reached £3.5 billion in 2009. IAB has also reported that between 2000 and 2009, the Internet marketing expenditure has grown by 2,200%

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