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$75 Free Traffic to try out MyAds Advertising Platform!

Posted on 29 October 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

In previous blogs, I gave you generous free credits on Facebook and Yahoo Search Marketing. Today, I have another exclusive opportunity so you can run advertising on the MySpace network. You can get a special holiday $75 Click Credit for all NEW MyAds account. By the way, this offer is courtesy of ExperienceAdvertising.com.MySpace recently launched their MyAds marketing tool which provides exclusive targeting feature so you can advertise to millions of U.S. users. With MyAds you can pinpoint a n... Read more »

Tools To Help You Find Top Affiliates

Posted on 21 October 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

There are a few tools to assist in mining for possible true affiliates and publishers that may either publish articles with links, place banners, etc. Most web researchers would usually use popular researching tools like Alexa, Quancast, or Google Search. Well frankly, I am no different from them just that I am using additional tools that complement my web research. I would like to share them with you today.Below are other resources or tools you can use:    * Seomoz.org Sign up fo... Read more »

The Recession is Over!

Posted on 22 September 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

Happy Days are here again - or at least knocking at our door - as Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke recently told US Congress. The financial crisis that had changed the way consumers spend may have already stopped its contraction. Mid-term reports had shown that seven of the 10 indicators in the Conference Board Leading Economic Index pointed upward, including manufacturing hours worked and unemployment claims.  There is now a growing consensus among analysts that economic activity will... Read more »

Reading the Affiliate Terms and Conditions

Posted on 27 August 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

When signing into an affiliate program, affiliates are presented with the program terms which they should carefully read and understand to its full extent. Though this  is a very important piece of information, many publishers are taking it for granted resulting to conflicts as they start to be deprived of their earn commissions due to ignorance of the prohibited type of promotion. One of the common conflicts is on the use of the Trademarked terms. Many advertisers do not allow their ... Read more »

Do You Need a Website to be Successful as an Affiliate?

Posted on 24 August 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

You might be one of the online marketing newbie who had been dilly dallying on venturing into affiliate venture. One of the reasons why many people like you remain hesitant is the notion that having no website is a serious impediment in marketing affiliate products. Admittedly, investing money on a website does take a chunk in your budget. A short list of usual expenses on website set up includes domain registration, hosting fee,  website design/template, and promotion expenses. All the... Read more »

CA "Governator" and Hawaii Governor Veto Affiliate Sales Tax

Posted on 13 July 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

Looks like the affiliate industry is gaining ground on some fronts in its battle to confront the various proposed legislations on institutionalizing the affiliate sales tax. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle has vetoed a bill legislation that would have forced online retailers to collect and pay taxes on their affiliate programs within the state. The good governor justified her decisidion by saying, "I am vetoing this bill immediately to help ensure Hawai'i is not economically hurt by legislatio... Read more »

Tips for New Affiliate Managers

Posted on 18 June 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

I have been in touch with several new affiliate managers and I have been asked again and again to give some tips on affiliate management based on my personal experience. As we all know, Affiliate Marketing is a young but fast growing industry so it is not uncommon that we have related professionals migrating their career to affiliate management. With the growing demand, we should expect more people jumping to our fence.One of the basic advise to newbies  I give is that they should learn to ... Read more »

Getting Noticed By Publishers

Posted on 18 June 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

If you are new in affiliate management, it is easy to be discourage by lack of response from publishers that you are trying to recruit or even those that have already joined your program. As is the common expression among affiliate managers, affiliates have a short memory, so you have to constantly take steps to get your affiliate program noticed for recruitment and later re-noticed for retention. Understandably, affiliates are themselves busy with their own endeavors and it is normal that they ... Read more »

Google Sites: Free Websites with Unlimited Pages

Posted on 15 June 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

As affiliate manager, I meet a lot of affiliates who have been interested to take their campaigns to the next level BUT are limited by their budget and their limited web design ability. I was recently introduced to the Google Sites feature and I think this site addresses some of the basic needs for affiliates who have the above mentioned concerns.With Google sites, you can minimize your web site building budget as it somes FREE. It is a tool that doesn’t require any web design or html know... Read more »

Insight into affiliate online promotions

Posted on 31 May 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate

One of the key to affiliate marketing is harnessing the relationship between the publishers and merchants. Part of it is to convey the right information regarding promotions to the publishers. With the proper guidance and motivation, publishers would be able to maximize these effective tools to drive their referral sales. I recently came upon this survey from Performics which would help you streamline your campaigns to advertisers' promotions that appeal most to publishers. Take note that this i... Read more »