Conference keynote speakers are always great to talk to. So, I decided to reach out to one of the Affiliate Summit East 2011 ones, Marc Ostrofsky (MO below), and interview him, asking questions that my blog readers may have wanted to ask… Today I’d like to bring you this interview: GP: Marc, thank you for [...]
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We all know the saying “the early bird gets the worm”. Well… when it comes to searching for a good domain name, things are not that straightforwardly predictable. A few days ago I thought of an idea for an affiliate site. Naturally, the first thing I did after conceiving the idea was a search for [...]
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Yesterday I discovered a cool tool, tweeted about it, and obviously wasn’t the only one who loved the idea: So what exactly does Domai.nr do? It helps you search for domain names, but in a way that’s very different from what domain registrars traditionally offer you. Domai.nr searches for all available domain extensions and shows [...]
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It isn’t unusual to see the following affiliate paid search policy set out and enforced by a merchant: In the vast majority of cases the above PPC policy is one of those best practices that every affiliate program should implement. The reason is obvious: such affiliate activity adds no value to the merchant, and serves [...]
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Looking through the pile of old mail yesterday (the mail that I didn’t need to reply to, but kept for one reason or another) I have found a piece of mail received in 2009 when one of my domain names was coming up for renewal. The letter came from a company called Domain Renewal Group. [...]
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I have been recommending affiliates to use keyword-rich domain names more aggressively, and I myself have been experimenting with different types of domains and how well they do with search engines. Today I would like to share with you my experience with hyphenated domain names. Some are saying that hyphens in domain names are a [...]
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A merchant has just asked: I have an affiliate that just registered “trademarknameproducttype.com” and is going to start marketing our new [trademark name] product line. Is this acceptable? I know he’s doing marketing for us, however he’s using our trademarked name. The intent of the above-quoted affiliate is obvious — to get the traffic which [...]
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