January 2014

Five Reasons You Must Attend Affiliate Management Days Conference

Today is the last day of the (already extended) Early Bird registration period for Affiliate Management Days SF 2014. Combining the Early Bird rates with this coupon you will save nearly $740.00 on your pass. But why should you even care to attend this event? Even with this discount! Let […]

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Core Responsibilities of an Affiliate Program Manager

Just as any serious marketing campaign, your affiliate program must be managed. But what should you expect from your affiliate manager? What key responsibilities should you hold them accountable for (expecting their detailed reporting on these in their recurring reports)? Regardless of whether you are trying to find a “job

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First-Ever Affiliate Management Workshop by Award-Winning Author

In the course of the past eight years I have authored four books. Three of them were on affiliate marketing; while the two most popular ones — A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing and Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day — were on affiliate program management. Not many people know it, and

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May (or Shall) an Affiliate Promote Multiple Same Niche Merchants?

Not only you may, but must… But first things first: As we are reaching out to publishers who cater to our client’s target market and have the potential of monetizing their websites through SelfMadeTravelAgent.com affiliate program, we’ve encountered a number of very similar replies within a pretty short period of

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3 Underused Ways to Improve Affiliate Program Visibility on Network

When asked about the avenues via which they like to find out about new affiliate programs, affiliates repeatedly point to affiliate network websites (and network-based directories) as one of their preferred methods of what I call “passive affiliate recruitment” (i.e. when they find you, as opposed to you reaching out to

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When You Say "Affiliate" Top Social Networking Platforms Think…

When I post something on a social networking website (Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter) if I refer to a specific business or person, I always try to “tag” their name. …wherever possible, I should add. Sometimes it is easy, sometimes not. Having seen some surprising results in the past few

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Knowing Deadlines Saves You Money on Affiliate Management Knowledge

Whether you have just launched an affiliate program, need affiliate management training for your team, or are already savvy enough to go way beyond the basics, knowing certain deadlines can save you significant amounts of money. There are two affiliate management conferences coming up in the Spring of 2014: one

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How Rogue Affiliates Use Fiverr To Swindle Pay-Per-Lead Programs

Let me start by saying that Fiverr is a great platform used by multiple upright affiliate marketers on a multitude of reasons. Some are finding affordable help (copywriters, web designers, coders, video production services, etc), others are earning money with Fiverr’s own affiliate program, but the group to which I

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