Geno on November 14th, 2011

Remember my 2009 post about Bank of America becoming a loyalty affiliate? Another classic example of a major brand acting as a cashback affiliate, which has just caught my eye, is ShopDiscover: And just like it was with the Bank of America — where you had “to be a user of … Online Banking to [...]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about one particular type of loyalty affiliates lately — the type that encourages their website visitors to fill out surveys, submit application forms, order samples, and get paid for it. This type of publishers is essentially as sub-type of incentive affiliates. These affiliates frequently sell the idea to their website [...]

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Geno on August 7th, 2009

As I was wiring money at my local Bank of America branch today, I have noticed that the most aggressive advertising that is currently being done inside the branch is one for Add It UpTM program. It appeared to be a cashback program where “you can earn up to 20% cash back on top of [...]

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Geno on June 7th, 2009

Yes, I know, the title of this post may sound nonsensical to mainstream marketers, but give me a minute to explain what I mean a bit further. Over the past two days I have been looking through hundreds of affiliate applications into the DaySpring’s affiliate program, and I’ve been noticing that surprisingly large numbers of [...]

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Many merchants and affiliate program managers do not know what incentive affiliates (aka loyalty affiliates) are. This, in some cases, results in low quality affiliate program performance, whereas in others, ignorance regarding the essence of incentive affiliate marketing may bring about unwanted customer activity. Incentive/loyalty affiliates are affiliates that facilitate the desired end-user action by [...]

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