As I look at people’s bios (self-descriptions) on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other social media sites, I see way too many calling themselves social media gurus, experts, and social media strategists. The self-proclaimed gurus have appeared from everywhere, but how do you tell an expert from a non-expert? How do […]
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This morning the following e-mail has landed in mailboxes of all North Carolina affiliates of Amazon: We regret to inform you that the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) appears ready to enact an unconstitutional tax collection scheme that would leave Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationships
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Yesterday morning Wall Street Journal published a brief article on the future of e-mail marketing, quoting Forrester Research’s data that by 2014 the U.S. spend on email marketing will reach $2 billion (with a growth rate of close to 11% a year). The opening remark of that WSJ article was,
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A few days ago Shawn Collins wrote a good post on recruiting targeted affiliates, in the comments to which I suggested several more me methods of affiliate recruitment. Among these methods I have mentioned affiliate program directories as one of the ways to get a word about an affiliate program
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It is good to see this year being so fruitful for affiliate marketing reports. In February Econsultancy released their UK Affiliate Census 2009. In March the US Affiliate Census 2009 was published. Another great report — this time from the Affiliate Summit — is being released tomorrow, June 15, 2009.
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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
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Almost three weeks have passed since I have blogged about keyword-rich domains as a part of the peel-the-inventory method, but after reading today’s post on the topic by Ann Smarty, I have decided to single this one idea out, and write about it separately. I have seen this method working
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I’ve been hosting my website with Globat for some time, and have been having problems with their marketing methods, but never with their tech support. Maybe because before I decided to start blogging every day I haven’t really had much need in a technical support for a 10-page website. Consequently,
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I’ve received a question a frequent reader of my blog who is looking for guidance on “the best affiliate program” to join. Here’s the exact verbiage of her question: What is the best affiliate program you recommend joining: Commission Junction, LinkShare, Clickbank, Shareasale, or …? Well, first of all, there
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What are the top 5 reasons why an affiliate would choose one merchant over the other while deciding between companies that sell identical products/services? Based on what I have seen in the past, the following 5 components (yes, they all start with a C too) are the ones that affiliates
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