Humans are physically and psychologically wired to be more responsive to visual content, and the direction in which the Internet had been developing ever since most users acquired sufficient bandwidth proves this point right. Video has already achieved complete dominance over all other types of content: no less than 85% of marketers use it in this or … Read more
The Affiliate Marketing Industry is doing almost nothing to fix issues in compliance with rules and laws about privacy and unsolicited communications, according to the Unsolicited Communcations Enforcement Network. An investigation by UCENet, involving nine agencies from five countries, reviewed 902 websites and examined 6,536 consumer complaints related to affiliate marketing in their respective databases. … Read more
Innovations, automation, machine learning and AI are being hyped. And there is a good reason for this. Many of the solutions enabled today seem to be drawn straight from science fiction. The potential for disruption and innovation seems almost boundless. This perspective applies to affiliate marketing as well. As the industry has matured, it goes … Read more
Lyft and Uber have revolutionized the ride sharing/taxi industry in many ways. These companies, will innovative, do have some major issues that they haven’t been able to overcome. Problems such as the large overhead of the companies themselves, the constant need to recruit new drivers, and others are starting to hold them back. A new … Read more
Anyone engaging in affiliate marketing needs to keep up to date with what the FTC is doing in regards to regulating this industry. In most cases, we have to read about FTC lawsuits and other actions they are taking only after the fact. Decrypting the information they put out there can often be very difficult, … Read more
he new gambling laws in Belgium which will effectively outlaw the affiliate model in the gambling sector are likely to be implemented within a year, according to Tatiana Klaeser of Klaeser Avocat. Speaking at EIG this week, Klaeser suggested that should the new regulations continue along the normal path, then they will be in force … Read more
If you’re looking for a fun, and potentially very profitable new income stream, you should look into the new affiliate marketing program that is being launched by Budding Media Corp. The company is taking advantage of the rapidly changing cannabis laws, and launching this program to allow marketers to promote marijuana sales in Canada. BuyWeedOnline.ca … Read more
Influencer marketing exploded in 2016 with more brands turning to digital creators to reach new audiences, younger customers and to build buzz around their products. As the world has shifted to social media, consumers look at fellow consumers to inform their purchasing decisions. Before we get into those reasons, let’s first define what Influencer Marketing … Read more
Online affiliate marketing is more than 30 years old now, and while there have been some major players (Amazon, for example) that have had a ton of success with it for many years, it has only been for the past year or two that it was really considered a mainstream marketing option. Today large publishers … Read more
IN the marketing industry, Gurus have mastered the art of persuasion and have utilized it to their advantage. This in most instances means that newbies that have just started learning about marketing will lose money immediately and never want to work in the industry again. I’ve spent over 20 years covering scams from these Gurus … Read more
1. Myth: Affiliate marketing is really easy Despite what every “make money from home” douchebag wants to tell you, it’s not going to be easy to make money doing affiliate marketing. Do you think all you need is a website and affiliate links? Just like any other type of business, you need to invest time … Read more
When it comes to affiliate marketing, so many felt it’s meant for some specific set of people, a pro internet marketer or be ready to invest heavily on ads, CPC and other marketing tools, to earn successful on affiliate marketing. Welcome to another world where affiliate marketing is done as simple as clicking a mouse. … Read more
LeadClick (now owned by CoreLogic) managed an affiliate marketing network, until it closed its doors in 2011 and moved it’s entire business to CoreLogic. LeanSpa started using LeadClick’s services in 2010, agreeing to pay LeadClick $35-$45 for each consumer that clicked on a link that originated on an affiliates site, and then enrolled into LeanSpa’s … Read more
Dell has just announced a partnership with the global marketing network, Affiliate Window. This is the first time Dell will be using affiliate marketing for three years after they discontinued their previous program. The new Dell program will be managed by MediaCom and will have a focus on increasing the tech company’s reach and add … Read more