I manage an affiliate program for a merchant who is simultaneously utilizing two affiliate networks: Commission Junction and ShareASale. I’ve just had to upload 6 new banners to each network, and in one case it took me 8+ times longer than in the other. Here are the details: Commission Junction […]
ShareASale vs Commission Junction: Banner Upload Convenience Read More »
Due to the dynamic nature of the discipline most of the content on Internet marketing is being published via digital media. However, there are a number of periodicals that I find to be useful in my day-to-day work, and I would certainly recommend them to any online marketer to subscribe
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If you’re a frequent reader of my blog, you know that I’m constantly on the lookout for new and unique technologies in affiliate marketing. It hit me the other day that there is an unparalleled technology used by AvantLink that I haven’t really heard much about even though it has
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Regardless of what you may hear about affiliate marketing being an untapped goldmine waiting for you to become the Internet’s next millionaire, you gotta be careful. Campaigns where as an affiliate you are remunerated for performance only require (i) a careful and educated approach, and (ii) taking it easy. Otherwise,
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Last week Commission Junction affiliate network announced that out of the merchants who use affiliate networks as platforms for their affiliate programs, close to two-thirds (63% to be exact) choose Commission Junction, which is “more than twice as often as any other affiliate provider.” The data was based on the
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Direct deposit is by far the most preferred payment method among affiliates. Almost two-thirds of affiliates choose it over all other possible payment methods [more here], and out of the remaining one-third the majority has to look into other options, because they are located outside of the U.S. or Canada.
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When as a Commission Junction advertiser/merchant you get a “Publisher Country Change” notification (see example below) in your network mailbox, treat it as a red flag. In my experience, in the majority of cases it means nothing good. C’mon! How often do people change the country of their residence from
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One of my favorite affiliate networks, AvantLink, has just announced the launch of a mobile phone application – AvantLink Mobile: AvantLink Mobile allows both affiliates and merchants check their stats on the go (right from their mobile). Affiliate program managers can also review and make decisions on pending affiliate applications,
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In the course of this week two affiliate networks sent out newsletters: Google Affiliate Network (GAN) – to advertisers/merchants, and ShareASale (SAS) – to affiliates. Google Affiliate Network’s Newsletter to Advertisers I really like the way GAN is providing their merchants with a “monthly dashboard” report where Google gives a
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Yesterday an important information has been posted by Kellie Stevens of Affiliate Fair Play in the 5StarAffiliatePrograms’ forum. Her alert is about a fairly newly created contextual adware that operates according to a model similar to Zango, Clicksor, or MediaTraffic. As an advertiser, you may buy traffic on DirectCPV.com which
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