March 2013

Affiliate Coupon Code Compliance Guide Developed and Released

Whether you call them coupons, vouchers or promo codes, the customer demand for them is hot. The debate around the value of coupon affiliates, however, is even hotter. The dilemma for online merchants may be summarized as follows: Is it even possible to have productive partnerships with coupon affiliates? Some

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Healthy Affiliate Program is Antonymous of Quick Fix

Nearly every week I witness how merchants turning to affiliate marketing in hopes to generate quick referrals through affiliates. However, expecting an affiliate program to quickly boost sales or leads is just wrong. Unlike paid search campaigns, for example, affiliate programs take longer to build and develop. However, once your

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A Must-Attend Conference for Businesses with Affiliate Programs

With Performance Marketing Summit and Performance Marketing Insights in New York, the past couple of days have, certainly, been busy… But do you know what will be the only other affiliate marketing conference in the U.S. this Spring? It is also the only conference devoted specifically to affiliate program management

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2012 Affiliate Network Earnings and Year-over-Year Growth

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked about the earnings of the world’s top affiliate networks lately. So, I’ve decided to put together a blog post, aggregating the respective data. Unfortunately, not all affiliate networks release their quarterly or annual figures, and some that do, don’t single

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3 Areas Where Affiliate Networks Should Invest Resources #pminyc

Later this afternoon, at inaugural Performance Marketing Insights, there will be a panel devoted to the topic of “Where Should Networks Invest Their Resource in 2013?” Here are my thoughts on the subject: Tracking Tracking, in my opinion, is the key expectation of any affiliate network. Of course, there are

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Recruiting New Affiliates – Tips, Tactics and Tools

Although any successful Internet business will automatically attract eager affiliates, we should not rest on our laurels and expect this to be enough. A good affiliate manager must not only work with these affiliates who seek out the merchant, but also apply proactive efforts to discover and recruit affiliates. Of

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