online reviews

How To Make an Affiliate Review Website Credible In Customers' Eyes

<!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor’s Note: Make sure your review site also complies with the FTC’s disclosure rules. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This August, Geno posted very useful data on the sources that consumers use in their pre-purchase product research. According to the report, review websites are in the top three online sources trusted by consumers. …

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Search Engines and Online Reviews Represent Affiliate Opportunities

Earlier today eMarketer has published some interesting data on the sources that consumers use in their pre-purchase product research. Two reasons why we couldn’t miss this: (1) the data was from our client, Compete.com, whose affiliate program we manage, and (2) if you look at the below data carefully, you …

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SearchReviews Launches Innovative Affiliate Tool for Consumer Reviews

Enhancing conversion with consumer reviews isn’t a new idea. It always works, even to the point of negative reviews having a positive effect on sales. Empowering affiliates to quickly put reviews (thematically-sorted across different merchants) to good use, and doing this in a manner than helps merchants monitor affiliate compliance …

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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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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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Will All Affiliates Be Affected by New FTC's Rules?

An excellent question was posed by Eric Alexander earlier this morning: Does it [the passing of the new Federal Trade Commission’s disclosure rules for “endorsements and testimonials”] only affect product or service endorsements or even all affiliate links, banners, etc that a website may publish? I’ve just given the Guides …

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