Among other interesting facts, the Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2009 report revealed that “search ads” (which would include Google AdSense in this context) were the 2nd most popular blog monetization method, while “affiliate marketing links” came 3rd [more here]. It isn’t unusual for an affiliate to run AdSense units […]
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Just recently I have found out from Jeffrey Eisenberg about a Periodic Table of Marketing Elements put together by Blinds.com. Though a bit crowded, it certainly is a masterpiece of a kind. The table is organized in a way which portrays various “marketing elements” (from marketing methods and channels to
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It’s Friday again, and today my who-to-follow-on-Twitter focus is on the people that, at one point or another, have helped me improve my blogging (and content writing) skills. I am certain you will find their tweets and posts of help too, and it is with this desire that I am
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Not too long ago Twitter has introduced a “Who to follow” feature. Here’s how the suggestion box looks in my Twitter account today: When I first saw it, I thought I had seen it somewhere before. Of course! Facebook’s “People You May Know” function — which they’ve been running for
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Affiliate Summit East 2010 — which is going to be held in New York, NY — is just a few days away, and whether you’re a first-time attendee, or have already been to Affiliate Summits before, I am sure you’ll find good ideas to pick up from the list of
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Affiliate marketing is alive and well, and the growth numbers published by two major players in the field prove it. Both LinkShare and ValueClick (owner of Commission Junction) have recently analyzed and publicized their Q2 2010 results. LinkShare This affiliate network has recently “announced that more than 190 new advertisers
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A merchant has emailed me the following text: I would like to know what is the range of percentage paid out in the affiliate program? Someone told me it is between 3% to 25%. Is that right? What is the lowest rate you have seen so far? the median? and
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Whether you’re looking to safeguard your brand from typosquatters, or to use misspellings in your search engine optimization, tools to figure out the most common misspellings of your domain name make life easier. However, good tools are seldomly free, and neither many of this particular type are available for in-browser
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Not too long ago I’ve given ShareASale credit for a convenient mass banner upload function for merchants. It is convenient, and makes complete sense, saving affiliate program managers a lot of time for more fun things (than banner upload) to do. Just like the mass banner upload, I personally could
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From all definitions of “competitive intelligence” that I have seen I like Christopher West’s best of all. He eloquently defined it as “the process by which companies inform themselves about every aspect of their rivals’ activities and performance” (Competitive Intelligence, p. 12). There are multiple tools to monitor your competitors,
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