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Yandex Goes CPA, Brings Russian Affiliate Marketing Into Mainstream

Today’s major industry news comes from Russia. The country’s largest and most popular search engine Yandex (which is by far more popular than Google there) is transforming its product-search service Yandex.Market to encompass a Cost-Per-Action (CPA) model. Until today Yandex.Market was operating solely on Cost-Per-Click (CPC) basis. The new CPA […]

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7 Affiliate Marketing News Not to Miss in August 2013 (Second Half)

Much has been happening in the affiliate marketing world lately. Even though August 2013 isn’t over yet, I think it is safe to presuppose that the below 7 news are definitely the ones that you do not want to miss. So, here they are in chronological order: 1. Affiliate Marketing

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Evangelism Marketing versus Affiliate Marketing

Last week I held an affiliate marketing seminar at the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University). Regardless of the fact that the MBA students just had an exam before it, the seminar produced a lively discussion [pictures here] with multiple good questions asked. One of the questions was: Is affiliate

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Feedback on Prussakov's 2013 Speaking Appearances in Europe

On Friday (three days ago) I have returned from my busiest speaking week yet. In the course of 4 days I spoke at 5 events in 2 countries: keynoted National Ecommerce Conference in Bucharest, Romania; conducted a 90-minute workshop for advertisers also in Bucharest; held a private seminar in Utrecht,

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St Petersburg Internet Conference 2013: CPA Marketing Track [Video]

Yesterday I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at the 8th annual Санкт-Петербургская Интернет-конфереция (St. Petersburg Internet Conference) in my wife’s hometown of St. Petersburg, Russia. The last (which was also the first) time when I spoke in Russia’s Northern Capital was exactly two years ago when I presented at the

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3 European Affiliate Marketing Conferences to Attend: May-July 2013

Whether you are already doing business in Europe, or just contemplating entering a European market, there are three must-attend conferences that are coming up between May and July 2013. I recommend you seriously look into attending at least one of these: May 15-16, 2013 — Affiliate Management Days (London, UK)

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2012 Affiliate Network Earnings and Year-over-Year Growth

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked about the earnings of the world’s top affiliate networks lately. So, I’ve decided to put together a blog post, aggregating the respective data. Unfortunately, not all affiliate networks release their quarterly or annual figures, and some that do, don’t single

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3 Areas Where Affiliate Networks Should Invest Resources #pminyc

Later this afternoon, at inaugural Performance Marketing Insights, there will be a panel devoted to the topic of “Where Should Networks Invest Their Resource in 2013?” Here are my thoughts on the subject: Tracking Tracking, in my opinion, is the key expectation of any affiliate network. Of course, there are

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