It may be a bit late to plan for your June affiliate campaigns this deep into May. But it's better late than never.Most affiliate networks are going into the Father and Graduation theme for their campaigns so most consumers promotions you would find will be in this concentration. If you subscribe to your participating programs' newsletters, I am sure you would find great consumer promotions which you can use to drive sales. Most networks also have coupons and deals database which you can access ... Read more »
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So what exactly is happening in the consumer brain nowadays?
Posted on 21 May 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
In the last blog I made, I mentioned that there is an increasing number of online consumers who are honing their shopping skills. This skill is usually perfected by doing online research which helps them make intelligent decision on what to buy, when to buy, how to save and which product provides added value. A year or two ago - this reality was not the prevailing sentiment for online shoppers. The recession had such an appaling impact on consumers. People are now aware of dire consequences of s... Read more »
Building Network slowly and steadily...and Some Tips 4 ya!
Posted on 14 May 2009 by Kelly Chen Lian Na, Affiliate
Okie...I am taking over RINA now. I can't change the name but yep, this is my picture. (AffiliateBot Administrator, please change my name to Kelly.) The Kittymail.com is no longer but it's still teh same one used for PayPal payments. THANK YOU! Now....where were we?Time to Get OFF my butt (so to speak)! Just realised I FORGOT I signed up here!! Time to make use of AffiliateBot cos I have not been monetizing my blog for YEARS!! I only started ... Read more »
Online Consumer Trends for 2009
Posted on 08 May 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Consumer trends are showing signs that ecommerce sales would come out flat for 2009. eMarketer forecasts that continued recessionary pressure will cause online sales to contract by 0.4% in 2009. Online retailers are toning down their spending on inventory, ads and customer service. Consumers on the other hand had started to change their buying habit. To cope up with the economic realities, consumer spending had been reduced as a rise in consumer bargain research surged. This confirms that recess... Read more »
Mother's Day Affiliate Sales Forecasts
Posted on 21 April 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
As a gloomy sales forecast for the upcoming Mother's Day event was released by the National Retail Federation, several merchants have started to rethink their strategy to maximize sales. There will always be the gift-givers who would be sticking to the customary flowers and jewelry items, but this year it would be be wise for mechants and/or affiliates to target consumers who are searching for interesting alternatives in an attempt to save some cash.To make the best of what is at hand, it is tim... Read more »
New Affiliate Conference - June 17-20th - Denver - Free to Affiliates!
Posted on 13 April 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
This is something NEW in affiliate industry - a conference for affiliates - FREEIf you are an affiliate, this is YOUR event. The industry is very young and it does not help to be charging exorbitant cost for affiliates to join such conference. Affiliates are the one bringing in revenue to the companies that attend/exhibit on these conferences and they should be paying such venues where can they can meet with you. I believe it is fundamental that an affiliate should not pay to attend such event. ... Read more »
Affilate Tax Law
Posted on 31 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Affiliates tax law, aka E-Fairness Legislation, has become the battlefront between the brick and mortar businesses and online retailers as both struggles to survive the current economic crisis. Independent retailers are lamenting the current phenomenon wherein an unfair disadvantage exists as many out-of-state businesses reap the benefits of a large consumer base, while simultaneously putting local stores out of business. The online retailers who are opposing affiliate tax bill contend tha... Read more »
Use Your Website To Promote Affiliate Program
Posted on 28 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
I have been browsing around several good merchant sites and am surprise that many dont show a link or have a page dedicated to their affiliate program. Further research would later reveal that these merchant sites do in fact have their own affiliate program running on a third party affiliate tracking companies. In these occasions, I am wondering if this omission is doing them any good. I am pretty sure that many affiliates do the same thing when visiting a good prospective onilne merchant. If ... Read more »
Pay-Per-Call in Affiliate Marketing
Posted on 27 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Merchants recognize the special role pay by a Customer Service Phone number prominently displayed on their web store. Aside from giving responsive consumer support, this feature enables the online business to offer more consultative products and services offline. However, many publishers are wary of this feature as they view it as a form of leakage in properly tracking their affiliate earning. They are afraid they may be losing credit for genuine leads when a customer picks up the phone and d... Read more »
Do you use cloaking to hide your affiliate link?
Posted on 25 March 2009 by Ronald Allan Marva, Affiliate
Affiliate marketing is becoming popular among web consumers. Many of these people are aware of how affiliate programs work and some goes to the extreme of omitting your affiliate ID or use someone's else ID when ordering online. Others might not even click your affiliate link and go straight to the main URL. Any of these actions would eventually result to loss of commission for you. It may be seem small issue for you yet if you continue to ignore it you will never know how much money you are los... Read more »