So the Federal Trade Commission has announced the new rules for disclosing the sponsor-endorser relationships. This includes all affiliates that tweet, post, or publish any other online content that has affiliate links embedded in it (or content on which they earn money).
But how do you squeeze an appropriate disclosure into the 140 characters of [...]
Continue reading about Twitter Hashtags for Affiliate Tweets
I have just finished a quick Twitter analysis of 100 tweets with the word “affiliate” in them, and discovered that the two most popular topics “affiliate”-related people tweet about are: (i) tools, eBooks and technology that can make you a fortune overnight, and (ii) the “best affiliate program(s) on earth”. The former category includes tweets [...]
Continue reading about 93 Percent of “Affiliate” Tweets Are Junk
A few days ago I have blogged about the types of social media to use in marketing, and among the 17 types I’ve listed, there was microblogging. While there are services like Jaiku.com, Plurk.com, identi.ca, and other, Twitter remains to be the most popular among all.
Even our children are drawing pictures of the Twitter [...]
Continue reading about Twitter and How Businesses Can Use It
Today I have decided to put together a list of posts, articles and discussions I have enjoyed in the course of the past week. Some of them are related to affiliate marketing and affiliate program management, while others address the areas of marketing and advertising that I am personally fascinated with. I hope you will [...]
Continue reading about Useful Articles on Marketing, Design and Advertising
A lively discussion about Twitter and its value to online merchants has been going on under the Dell Eclipses $3 Million in Twitter-Driven Sales post of mine at Econsultancy.com, and today Tony Hsieh of Zappos.com has tweeted a statement that simply deserves to be named the Quote of the Day:
Excellent one, Tony!
Continue reading about Quote of the Day: Twittering is Like Hugging…
A couple of days ago Rodney @Rumford, author of “Twitter As A Business Tool – Building Your Business 140 Characters At A Time”, has published an excellent piece on the marketing mistakes to avoid on Twitter. I blogged about microblogging as a marketing, affiliate program management, and personal brand management tool not too long ago [...]
Continue reading about Common Marketing Mistakes While Microblogging & Twittering
First of all, what is microblogging?
About.com defines it as follows:
Microblogging refers to the posting of very short updates about oneself. It is in contrast to long-form blogging, where there are usually at least a few hundred words. Instead of posting a message on their regular blog, people who microblog use Web services designed to make [...]
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