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Top Paid e-Tail Execs. Performance-Based Compensation

Got my November 2009 Internet Retailer issue in the mail yesterday, and in it they have published some interesting data on the 2008 compensation of top online retailers’ executives, including those who are in charge of marketing. Each executive’s compensation package represents a sum total of base salary (s), bonus

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Brick and Mortar Businesses Must Monitor Online Space

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

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Since When Has Typosquatting Become Acceptable?

Definitions first: lawyer Kelly M. Slavitt, in her Protecting Your Intellectual Property from Domain Name Typosquatters article, wrote: Cybersquatters register domain names based on a company’s trademarks and then attempt to extort payment from the actual trademark owner in exchange for returning use of the domain name… Typosquatters are a

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Free Shipping — The Beloved Holidays Deal

The pre-Christmas shopping season is gaining speed and volume every day, and it seems appropriate to look into what seems to be the best converting, and most demanded holiday offer. Many consumers will be looking for coupons, but merchants that cannot offer these can still offer something for their affiliates

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Possibly the Simplest Way to Explain Affiliate Marketing

I am sure, at one point or another, you have you have received a referral marketing type offer from a company you’ve worked with. I certainly have been getting these on an ongoing basis. The most aggressive ones have been those from DirecTV, and they advertise their offer on their

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EU Law on Cookies, Affiliate Marketing, Wider Implications

Earlier this week, it was announced that “the Council of the European Union has approved new legislation that would require Web users to consent to Internet cookies”. The text of the legislation reads: Third parties may wish to store information on the equipment of a user, or gain access to

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Top Internet Marketing Strategies & Affiliate Marketing

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

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5 Things to Do to Get Affiliate Application Declined

Here is a profile screenshot for an affiliate who has applied into one of the affiliate programs I know: This application got declined on the following 5 reasons. These are the things that are very frequently happening with affiliate applications, and I think it is important to devote my today’s

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Nielsen: 6 Out of 10 Consumers Use Direct Type-in

Some staggering statistics has been published by the Nielsen Co.’s online division — six out of ten online consumers arrive at e-retailers’ websites through direct type-ins of the retailer’s URL into the address bar of their browser (Google’s URL Suggests were probably included here as well). AdAge wrote: Less than

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