Thoughts for Affiliates

Articles and blog posts that may be of help to affiliates

Are You Losing Active Affiliates Over Non-Converting Clicks?

Affiliate managers focus on affiliate recruitment, and then sweat over affiliate activation; but do you realize that when you, finally, get affiliates to put up your links on their website(s) your conversion is then under scrutiny — their extremely critical scrutiny? There are very few affiliate programs that I promote […]

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Video Lessons on Affiliate Marketing Fundamentals

You may remember me announcing that these lessons were coming… Well, time flies, and after many hours put in by many people, my two-and-a-half-hours’ video course for aspiring affiliates is now live on Lynda.com! This video tutorial is split into 27 easily-digestible videos covering four major areas: (i) Introductory remarks

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Affiliate Marketing, Mobile Advertising, Lead Generation and TCPA

As many in the marketing industry know, affiliate marketing is one of the most cost-effective techniques for monetizing web site traffic and driving sales. New technologies such as mobile advertising and telemarketing are challenging the established methods. Telemarketing to users of mobile phone via “robocalls” or text messages is just

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New Video Training Course for Aspiring Affiliates Coming Soon

My Washington, DC – Los Angeles plane takes off just a few hours from now. Tomorrow I am starting to record a video course aimed at aspiring affiliate marketers. The training material will be comprised of more than 20 videos and the course will be offered through Lynda.com. If you

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Skimlinks Editor & Intelligent Linking: Interview with Alicia Navarro

Half an hour ago Skimlinks, a technology provider used by thousands of website owners for monetization of their online properties, unveiled their new Skimlinks Editor. The new version is said to feature the “world’s first intelligent linking technology.” To dig a little deeper into what it is and how it

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Which Content Influences Purchasing Decisions? Lessons for Affiliates

A recent Nielsen study, commissioned by inPowered, sought to shed light on “the role of content in the consumer decision making process.” Over a period of two months, they conducted in-person controlled lab tests where 900 respondents participated in online surveys. To measure the impact of online content on the

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May (or Shall) an Affiliate Promote Multiple Same Niche Merchants?

Not only you may, but must… But first things first: As we are reaching out to publishers who cater to our client’s target market and have the potential of monetizing their websites through SelfMadeTravelAgent.com affiliate program, we’ve encountered a number of very similar replies within a pretty short period of

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Commission Junction Introduces New Affiliate Tool: Product Widgets

Commission Junction affiliates will now notice a new tab in their “Account Manager” interface — one devoted to “Widgets.” Amazon has had these forever. Some other affiliate networks have been offering similar tools for a while too (e.g.: ShareASale’s Make-a-Page tool), and now Commission Junction is enabling affiliates with a

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Per Convertro One in Ten of Your Affiliates is Likely a Cookie Stuffer

It’s been 16 months since Convertro released their “Affiliate Cookie Stuffing 2.0” report revealing their list of the top 10 cookie stuffers to be aware of. Looking for more up-to-date information on the subject, I was pleasantly surprised to learn the company’s co-founder and CMO, David Perez, actually has substantial

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New Affiliate Marketing Guide / Book for Beginners and "Dummies"

I hate the word “dummies.” I’d much rather hear newbies call themselves “aspiring affiliates” or “beginning affiliate marketers.” And I can’t count how many times I have been asked to write a book for people like these — those who are interested in learning how they can earn money as

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