Keith has info on how to grab the new Affiliates4u widgets if you have a presence on that forum and social network…
If your blog feed is included in the new blogs area on Affiliates4u you may be interested in the new back me widget that they have introduced.
Bloggers Grab Your Affiliates4u Widgets - Keith’s Affiliate Marketing Blog
Pranav covers big news that the Apple Store has moved its affiliate program from Linkshare to Commission Junction:
A Little less than a week ago, we saw the Apple Store US and Canada Affiliate Program open on CJ. Today, Apple announced this to all it’s linkshare affiliates…
Head over to Final Tag to read the whole story.
There’s also a good discussion at ABestWeb about the move from Linkshare to CJ that’s worth reading.
I’ve not worked with the Apple affiliate program for the Apple Store or iTunes, but would be interested to hear if this is a program that makes affiliates money.
Hi everyone. This is my first blog entry ever and I decided to start with a bang. Sam pointed me to an issue that has been raised a few times over the years but most recently in a podcast that Sam was on. Namely: Who should be the rightful receiver of an affiliate commission in a situation involving more than one channel or affiliate…the first affiliate to drive the sale or the last affiliate to do so? Jeff Doak was on that podcast and raised the issue and said some interesting things about how this should be handled involving a hybrid payout.
On a thread at ABestWeb started last night, the member Trust brought up the issue and pointed to a poll started in April which measured what affiliates on ABW thought of the issue. Geno Prussakov raised the question on the original thread…
QUESTION: Who do you think the commission should be paid to - the first or the last affiliate that sends the customer?
It looks as if the affiliates overwhelmingly think the last affiliate is the rightful receiver of the commission. This is an issue near and dear to my heart since some of the affiliate sites I’ve started are related to this issue. I’ve always thought it was common sense that the last affiliate that drove the action receive the payout, but maybe I’m missing something?
Sam says I should ask you lots of questions. So, what do you think? Is the system of paying the last affiliate the commission for a registered action working, broken or in need of repair?
I am looking forward to great discussions and making more posts!
Vlad at My Affiliate Journey has put together a great list of 3 reasons why BUMPzee is so great for affiliate marketers and bloggers. I’ve been a long time fan of BUMPzee since Scott Jangro launched the site around the beginning of 2007, and my love and admiration for the site and community has only climbed upwards.
Community, learning and discussion is what it’s all about. If you’re an affiliate marketer, you need to be a part of the affiliate marketing community there…
It will not be hard to list a few dozen good things to write about BumpZee, but I will limit to top three that I see the most beneficial: Networking, Learning and “Google Juice”.
There are a number of forums out there which specifically deal with affiliate marketing. Forums can be a great resource for new affiliates to learn and network, and for veteran affiliates to share knowledge and gather new strategies.
Here are a few of the many forums out there:
If you’re not involved in a forum somewhere, you should be.
Which forums do you prefer? Any that I left out that you actively use?
Social networks are a great way to meet people, exchange ideas, discuss events and learn new things. However, not all social networks are alike. What might work on MySpace or Facebook doesn’t work on a social network like LibraryThing.
One of the longest lasting, and in my opinion most valuable, social networks is LinkedIn. I’ve been a member since the site launched a few years ago, and it has led to a number of consulting opportunities, job offers and connections with affiliate marketers I wouldn’t have met otherwise.
Almost as importantly, LinkedIn is the professional social network for most industries, including affiliate marketing. You’ll find most of the affiliate managers from the networks listed there (you can search by companies) and I’ve found that reaching and staying in touch with people from the networks or various merchants is much easier through LinkedIn than just email or the forums alone.
So, if you’re not on LinkedIn, you should be. It will only make you a better marketer and improve your bottom line. It’s quick, easy and relatively painless. Plus, there are a number of Firefox extensions, Outlook add-ons and various tools to help you stay in touch via the service.
If you do join, let me know by linking in to me at my profile here (Sam Harrelson on LinkedIn).
Knowledge is power!
Well.. as I wrote on WickedFire, I’m going to host a live WickedFire Lightning Round tonight at 7:00 PM EST for an hour. Lightning rounds are VERY fast paced and allow you to ask questions and get answers right away in real time. The topic is “anything internet marketing”. So if you have ANY questions you want an answer for, I’ll do my best and answer it for ya.
Here’s a “Best Of” clip from my favorite video blog of all time, The Show with Ze Frank (what a great year it was). Ze is going off about copyright protection, but makes some good points about doing things that you enjoy doing without knowing all the “correct” theory behind them (such as affiliate marketing for some of us).
You can see Ze in person at this year’s Affiliate Summit East in Miami, Florida. I can’t wait!
best of :: 07-28-06
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Mike Krongel for over five years and know him to be a stand up guy and straight shooter. He’s putting on a clinic of sorts to help out new members over on Jon’s WickedFire forum.
If you have practical questions about affiliate marketing in a network setting, this is your chance to ask them and have them answered by an industry pro (plus, you’ll learn a great deal by following some of the conversations at WickedFire)…
Post your questions about affiliate marketing, lets see if i can help you out. I know how to sell and market, programming or technical stuff i have no clue about.
I think i have helped a few guys on this board, hopefully i can help some of the new members out as well.
For those of us who are affiliate marketers in the United States, healthcare and health insurance can become a nightmare on the budget, especially if you’re spouse doesn’t have an add on feature to cover you in their plans.So, what’s a person looking to dive into affiliate marketing full time to do?
Yelp is a reviews based web2.0 site that has quite a following, especially in the Bay Area of California where independent contractors and free lancers abound. Here’s a few of their pointers…
Cheap Cheap CHEAP health insurance for independent contractors???
What about you? Any tips or tricks that you use for health insurance coverage here in the States (besides marry a physician, which is what I did)?
Cheap Cheap CHEAP health insurance for independent contractors??? - San Francisco - Yelp
BUMPzee has become a hub of the affiliate marketing community and is especially popular with bloggers in this space. There’s a great deal of value in some of the discussions that go on daily there.
If you’re new to the space and looking for relevant blogs and opinions on those blogs, head on over to BUMPzee’s Affiliate Marketing Community.
If you’re an old pro, Carsten Cumbrowski has put together a nice set of tools for BZ users as they surf around the web…
BUMPzee! , the blog communities, RSS reader and social networking site by Scott Jangro became quite popular. It started out as a blog community for affiliate marketers, extended to search engine marketing and allows today the creation of your own custom communities, if there is none yet that covers the topic that is dear to your heart.
While widgets and gadgets are plenty of available for bloggers and
webmasters, did I miss some nice little gadgets for the average users.
So I decided to create them myself and made them available on my
website.I created a set of three little things, which I hope you will enjoy.
The popular affiliate marketing forum 5 Star Affiliate Marketing is turning two next week. To celebrate, they’re giving back to their forum community of over 3,000 members with a couple of interesting contests. Go test your skill…
5 Star Affiliate Marketing Forums 2nd Anniversary is coming on June 25, 2007.We want to celebrate by GIVING AWAY OVER $1,000 in CASH AND PRIZES!
(To-date I’m giving away $1,000 in CASH and working on gettingsome merchants to donate prizes and sponsor contests.)
You, the members are what make the 5 Star forum great,so we want to celebrate by rewarding YOU!
$1,000 CASH & PRIZES - Forum Anniversary Contests - 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Forums
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