Geno on November 19th, 2009

When you search Google for a doctor, plumber, restaurant or any other business listing in a particular geographical location, besides a list of matches (conveniently marked in the map of the location) with their website and phone number listed, you can also read independent reviews on these businesses:

Some of these reviews have been left by [...]

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Geno on November 13th, 2009

Interesting survey data has been published by eMarketer.com with a reference to an August research conducted jointly by Internet Retailer and Vovici Corp.:

As look through the above statistics, the two things that I see in it are:
1. Social Media Channels Are Top Priority
While I am not entirely sure why “Blogs” and “Consumer ratings” have been [...]

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Geno on November 13th, 2009

Interesting survey data has been published by eMarketer.com with a reference to an August research conducted jointly by Internet Retailer and Vovici Corp.:

As look through the above statistics, the two things that I see in it are:
1. Social Media Channels Are Top Priority
While I am not entirely sure why “Blogs” and “Consumer ratings” have been [...]

Continue reading about Top Internet Marketing Strategies & Affiliate Marketing

An excellent question was posed by Eric Alexander earlier this morning:
Does it [the passing of the new Federal Trade Commission's disclosure rules for "endorsements and testimonials"] only affect product or service endorsements or even all affiliate links, banners, etc that a website may publish?
I’ve just given the Guides a second (or really third or fourth) [...]

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Fake is as old as the Eden tree.
– Orson Welles
Blogs, forums and other websites that allow room for such elements of online social interaction as customer reviews are still a great way to promote merchants through affiliate programs. One thing to keep in mind though is the fact that faking reviews is not only unethical, [...]

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I’ve written about blogs as an excellent marketing method for affiliates to employ in promotion of affiliate programs. I have also published some encouraging stats and forecasts on blogging here.
Yesterday eMarketer.com has published some additional statistics we should know about. While word-of-mouth recommendations still move the end users to purchase online, “word-of-blog” reviews are actually [...]

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Geno on February 9th, 2009

If you are an advertiser or an affiliate that markets to modern moms, the recently released “Digital Mom” Report is a must-read for you! The publication was put together by Razorfish and CafeMom, and it is chock-full of useful data on how moms utilize and engage with the channels that make up the very Web [...]

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