Enhancing conversion with consumer reviews isn’t a new idea. It always works, even to the point of negative reviews having a positive effect on sales. Empowering affiliates to quickly put reviews (thematically-sorted across different merchants) to good use, and doing this in a manner than helps merchants monitor affiliate compliance with the FTC’s rules on [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Geno on October 12th, 2009

Introduced by Amazon back in late nineties, reviews have become a powerful force to drive sales for online businesses of all types. With the attention that online reviews have been receiving from the Federal Trade Commission lately, it seems appropriate to look into the power behind them. A recent CNN article has quoted some interesting [...]

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