In an interview I’ve given for the Search Engine Journal (SEJ) — which went live earlier this morning, and may be read in its entirety here — I was asked one of the questions that new affiliates frequently ask themselves (and others too). The question was: “Which niches are more profitable when it comes [...]
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Not too long ago I’ve blogged about the bright near future for coupon affiliates. It seems that loyalty affiliates have a future as well, and certain strategic factors will make (or are already making) some of them significantly more competitive than others.
For instance — according to the data from a CMO Council study entitled “Leading [...]
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It is no secret that in affiliate marketing text links generally convert significantly better than banner links. Also, when it comes to text links, it is easy for an affiliate to split-test different text variations (improving conversions) on their end without getting the merchant involved in the process at all.
But what do you do [...]
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A worrying news has come through today: following New Mexico the state of Virginia — which is facing a $3.6 billion budget deficit this year [more here] — is now considering an affiliate tax as well. I’ve read about it in Scott Jangro’s AffBook blog [link to post], Googled the topic and found this [...]
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Having read the Internet Retailer’s comparison of the online storefronts of these two merchants (my bullet point summary of it may be found here), the only logical next step for me was to see how Walmart.com’s affiliate program compares to Amazon.com’s associates program.
By looking at the information provided in the respective sections of each website, [...]
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Melanie Seery of Affiliate Advocacy has tweeted:
New Mexico has introduced its 2010 House Bill 50 (second edition) “clarifying nexus in regard to certain Internet sales.” The nexus definition/basis is very similar to those in the other states affected by the tax, namely:
“A person with a business with no physical presence in New Mexico is presumed [...]
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Gary Kibel of Davis & Gilbert LLP has tweeted:
I’ve just finished reading the Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) article he has linked to. While the article seems to view the affiliate tax as primarily Amazon’s trouble, it provides a good recap of what has happened on the affiliate tax front so far, and talks about [...]
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Fred Wilson has tweeted:
I’ve just finished reading his “Affiliate Marketing Undervalues The Link” post. In essense, he argues that the 535 clickthroughs he sent to Amazon were worth much more than the money he received in commission (a total of $25.20, or less than $0.05 per click). Linking to a specific book title on Amazon, [...]
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Two weeks ago I wrote how holiday-related niches can make an affiliate an annual salary within just one month (however, cheesy this may sound, it’s true). A few days later I blogged about the staggering statistics that out of the 62% of consumers that shop after the holidays 10% don’t even begin shopping until after [...]
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