Geno on May 13th, 2009

No month passes without me returning to the question of coupons and how they do/may affect merchants’ brands. Not too long ago, a colleague of mine, Chris Bishop of 7thingsmedia, addressed this very question in an excellent post on how to “protect [a] brand whilst competing on price and protecting [one's] product margin” in the [...]

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Geno on May 6th, 2009

This is the question which every merchant who gets into affiliate marketing has to answer at some point. I have seen merchants perceive coupons and promos as variables that make one look “like a discount shop”, bringing the brand value down and hurting the image of the company. I disagree with this position. Back in [...]

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Not too long ago I wrote about the common mistakes merchants make while creating affiliate banners. Today I would like to outline the 7 most common mistakes that merchants make while putting together affiliate coupons. 1. No Landing Pages Coupon landing pages are commonly overlooked by merchants. When the traffic (from a very targeted coupon [...]

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