Quality is never an accident …it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution –William A. Foster If you’ve attended Affiliate Summit West 2012 (or are subscribed to the magazine) you have a copy of the latest FeedFront. For those of you who don’t have it, I’d like to [...]

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Geno on August 2nd, 2011

Over the past few days I’ve been talking with a new client whose affiliate program’s budget (let me stress: one of the top programs on a popular affiliate network) is being routinely cannibalized by trademark violators, pseudocouponers, and other types of unethical affiliates. In close to 5 years of the existence of this affiliate program [...]

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Geno on June 8th, 2010

“It is interesting that we do not see much written on affiliate marketing analytics, whereas if there is one industry that relies on analytical data especially heavily it is affiliate marketing” — this is how my newest article starts. It is one of the feature articles in the Summer 2010 issue of the Visibility Magazine. [...]

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Have you ever wondered if there are any other motivators available to affiliate program managers besides cash bonuses, prizes, and other extrinsic means of affiliate motivation? There are! It has also been proven that the more cash bonuses you give out, the more the per-bonus amount is expected to increase to create the same drive [...]

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Geno on February 18th, 2010

As the year 2009 was coming to an end,  I was approached by the Revenue Performance magazine’s editor-in-chief, who asked me to share my thoughts on how I envisage the affiliate marketing landscape in 2010, what I believe to be the main areas growth, as what will be the areas of challenge. My article came [...]

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Geno on December 19th, 2009

I’ve been busy writing about other stuff during the week, and saved the news for the very end of it. Today I am excited to bring you my December 2009 news, which are: (i) joining of an advisory board of a major conference, and (ii) printing articles in December issues of three magazines. First things [...]

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The August 2009 issue of the FeedFront Magazine, one that is also going to be distributed at the upcoming Affiliate Summit East in NYC (where I’m speaking), is already out, and available in its entirety at Scribd.com. I have an article in this issue too. It is entitled “4 Characteristics of Successful Affiliate Program Managers” [...]

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The June issue of FeedFront, the official Affiliate Summit’s magazine, is going to be hitting mailboxes very soon. On page 10 of this issue you may find my newest article. In it I write about the desperate need for education that is present in the affiliate marketing circles. You may download this newest issue of [...]

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