According to the Ofcom International Communications Report for 2011, 41% of Internet users access the Internet, via mobile phone. The percentage has nearly tripled over the last three years. With nearly half of the population accessing the Internet, affiliate marketers, who have not mobile-enabled their landing pages and websites, clearly stand at a significant disadvantage … Read more
Last week there were rumors that Clickbooth, a major affiliate CPA network had been raided by the FTC. This included anonymous posting on several message boards by someone claiming that he had knowledge of a raid. However, despite the rumors we can confirm today that these were nothing more than rumors –we have called the … Read more
Recently Google included a spot in Product Ads for five single products to show. Users now have more pricing details and information about the products. This new addition allows advertisers to highlight more than one item of their inventory at a time. In a Product Listing Ad, it is now possible to show the merchant … Read more
By registering misspelled web addresses, cyber thugs are seizing innocent victims Sophos, the IT security and data-protection company, is warning internet users to take care when they type in web addresses, especially the popular ones. By a subtle misspelling, users are taken to these cyber-bandits websites instead of the one intended. This new form of criminal … Read more
As 2011 comes to an end, it is not uncommon for many companies to reflect upon their successes and struggles. For Cutting Edge Media, this practice is no different. But, as the company looks back, the end of 2011 also marks an important milestone for the company as they celebrate their 20th year in business. … Read more
Social media marketing is obviously the hot new trend in our society. People are jumping on board and creating Twitter, Google Plus or Facebook pages by the thousands every day. Businesses are starting to stand up and take notice, and you should too. In this article, we will discuss some great marketing tips which will … Read more
Despite Facebook’s obvious dislike for performance based marketers and affiliates, it seems that Facebook is playing with the idea of some sort of cost per action ability. The purpose, according to Facebook is to determine the interest from advertisers for having action-optimize campaigns. However, this could also be a part of their already secret facebook … Read more
Did you know that Facebook “likes” could be illegal? Accordig to a federal judge, Lucy Koh, a lawsuit against Facebook is allowed to continue. The lawsuit claims that sponsored stories, where people like the stories are in violation of California’s Right of Publicity Statute, which says that permission must be given to use a photo … Read more
Technorati– When NYPD Police Officer Mehtab Malhi bought the house at 2842 Brigham Street in October 2011 he wanted to move his entire family into the house. Unfortunately for him, there were already residents in the house including New York Times best Selling Author Bryan Eisenberg. According to Eisenberg, that is where the trouble immediately … Read more
The best way to attract an audience for your affiliate marketing efforts is to go where the people are. In that case, start with the 10 most popular websites and work your way down from there. According to Compete.com, the top 10 websites are not only capturing the most overall visitors, but those visitors are … Read more
Yesterday I learned that my old friend Sebastian died. It wasn’t really a surprise, many people in the online advertising industry knew him and had been wishing him the best with the fight for his life. His facebook page had been filled with messages for months and everyone who knew him was talking about how … Read more
A recent IAB Affiliate Advertiser survey reveals that although more than three quarters of everyone who responded said their affiliate marketing spending had increased in the past, and nearly the same number expected their affiliate marketing spending to increase next year, more than half these same people said that knowledge of affiliate marketing at the … Read more
Congress is at it, again. The House Judiciary Committee is currently meeting to decide what the next steps are for SOPA. As an affiliate marketer, if you are not familiar with this pending legislation, you should do so ASAP. The intention of the bill is meant to help enforce intellectual property protections on the Internet. … Read more
It might seem old-fashioned but blogging is not to be overlooked as an effective affiliate marketing tool. Facebook has more than 800 million users; Twitter and LinkedIn have more than 150 million each, but at last count, more than one billion people reportedly visit one or more blogs each month. In fact, as a demographic, … Read more