Important: The title must really read 20 not 12 hours. See details in this comment by a LivingSocial affiliate, and the one right under it. How many of you have heard of LivingSocial before today? We all know Groupon, but “Living” Who? Well, they’re Groupon’s direct competitor, and they have […]
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The news of the day is Starbucks’ launch of nationwide mobile payment system. The official press release reads: Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the launch of mobile payment in all U.S. company-operated stores, allowing customers to pay for in-store purchases with select smartphones. Building on the earlier introduction of Starbucks
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I believe that there are 5 main reasons why people fail at affiliate marketing: Lack of education — thorough (and ongoing) education saves you both time and money Laziness — there is no such thing as big-bucks-fast (if not at the expense of violating rules, of course), and you want
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It’s that time of the year when the flu is going around, and those of us who are still healthy want to say that way, while those who have already caught it, want to get rid of it a.s.a.p. and without any complications. eHow.com has an article on how to
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Having recently returned from Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas, today I’d like to share with you my 7 tips on the things not to do if you’re attending a conference in the “Sin City”. Here are my tips: Don’t rent a car unless you’re planning on traveling outside Vegas,
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Just a couple of days ago I returned from an extremely busy, information- and meetings-packed Affiliate Summit West 2011. However, this post isn’t going to be about the lessons learned or sessions attended. For the first time ever I had a truly great camera on me (a Sony Alpha55 with
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Remember my Puma Affiliate Program Manager Doesn’t Get It post on 1/7/2011? Well, checking my affiliate account’s email box today I’ve found a follow-up message which reads as follows (highlighting mine): At first, when I just started reading it, I thought: “Awesome!! They finally get it!”… but as I read
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Earlier this morning, on the final day of Affiliate Summit West 2011, Shawn Collins and Missy Ward announced the winners of 2011 Pinnacle Awards. No, I didn’t win in the Best Blogger category, but am sincerely excited for Eric Nagel who grabbed that award. Here’s the full list of the
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Affiliates of Puma.com who haven’t generated a sale in 2010 have just received an email from the program’s manager. Here’s an excerpt from it: I’ve checked my records, and it looks like I personally applied (and got approved) into this particular affiliate program 2 months and 1 week ago: Looking
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Yesterday brought an interesting news — Zibaba, a Facebook ecommerce storefront provider, is set to launch their (first one around?) Facebook-based affiliate marketing platform. The network is scheduled to launch at the end of January 2011. Both merchants and affiliates are gonna be charged to participate (between $20 and $100
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