If you’ve been to past Affiliate Summits, from the mid 2000’s, you might remember when there were content sites that added value and you could see all of your friends without having to look through crowds of thousands. You could make a deal with a site to give you a newsletter drop in exchange for […]
Affiliate Summit East…Do You Regret Not Going? Read More »
I got a lot of messages asking for meetings at ASW13. For the first time since about 2006, I am going to miss an ASW. The reason I am not going is that I have a new employee starting tomorrow, I have a new client launching during the show and I have been traveling non
Why I’m not going to ASW13 & am Getting rid of Instagram Read More »
If you’ve ever heard me speak or if you’ve read this blog for a long time, you’ll know that since 2006, Share a Sale has been my go to network for Clients for a number of reasons. Shareasale.com remains consistently superior in custom technology, tracking and improvements in creatives technology with banners, datafeed tools,
Share a Sale, 5 Things You May Not Know – Merchants & Affiliates Read More »
Before you read this, please understand that this is only my opinion. Networks and Adware Affiliates will disagree and argue out the other direction so please judge for yourself and form your own opinions on this topic and these types of Affiliates. So the very controversial subject of adware is here. Before we go into
Is Your Affiliate program Adding Value – Part 3 – Adware Read More »
There are a ton of different types of Affiliates out there and many people think to approve them all in. Companies who are new to Affiliate Marketing usually don’t think about why they should or should not work with particular types of Affiliates. The reality is that not all Affiliates are good to have in
The Different Types of Affiliates and Why You Should or Should Not Work With Them Read More »
Something that most new Merchant’s or ones who haven’t been trained in Affiliate Marketing or ones who just don’t know any better sometimes think that it is ok to put their Affiliate Program on Auto Approve. Sure there are some controls that some of the networks put in place like no approving Affiliates from certain
Should you put your Affiliate Program on Auto Approve? Read More »
Before I post this I would like to mention that I am not a Lawyer and cannot give legal advice. I am also not able to determine what is or is not legal since I am not a Lawyer but what I can do is give my opinion. So this morning a bunch of people
Why You Should Not Allow Affiliates to Place Pixels and Partner with Networks Read More »
I recently got chewed out by an Affiliate who applied to one of my programs. His entire pitch (which actually isn’t his but a very old con artist one) is to buy merchants trademark names with the word coupon, or review, or a misspelling and then build the site around the domain name or trademark.
Are Affiliates who buy urls with your name in it bad? Read More »
I’d like to introduce you all to one of the coolest Affiliate programs out there, Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm exclusively on Share a Sale. A Worm Farm sounds like an odd type of thing to promote, but when you actually “dig” into the Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm product lines and the uses for his products
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm – A Great Green Affiliate Program Read More »
What is Affiliate Fraud and what does it actually mean? Affiliate fraud for me isn’t the same thing as most people would consider it. Most companies consider Affiliate fraud when an Affiliate sends bad and false leads or incentivizes traffic to shop then return goods within the return period after they have already been paid,
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