Written on June 27th, 2009 at 04:06 am by Lara Kulpa
Amazon Ends Affiliates Program for North Carolina
[Breaking news from Lara - Pardon the interruption!]
Just read over at FOX Business that Amazon has decided to close out their affiliates program to residents of North Carolina (USA) due to a proposed change in sales tax for affiliate sales.
“In an email, Amazon reportedly told marketing affiliates in the state that the move was a [...]
Written on November 29th, 2008 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse
An Open Letter to the Amazon Associates Program
Dear Amazon.
I have been using your Associates program for quite a few years now – from the early days when I earned just a few dollars a month to today when I send you tens of thousands of dollars of business each month. I’ve written about why I believe in your program and have no [...]
Written on October 17th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Amazon Associates Program Add ‘Site Stripe’ – Make Affiliate Links from Any Page on Amazon
I just logged into Amazon Associates just now and found that they’ve done a redesign of their Associates area and have added a very handy new feature for Amazon Associates publishers.
It’s called ‘Site Stripe’ and essentially it allows you to create affiliate links as you surf Amazon. It’s a little grey stripe that appears at [...]
Written on October 11th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
8 Tips for Affiliate Marketers on Using Twitter
Two days ago I asked Does Affiliate Marketing belongs on Twitter. The conversation that has emerged from that question has been rich – thanks for your contribution.
At the end of that post I said that I would post some tips today for affiliate marketers on how perhaps they should engage in the practice on Twitter [...]
Written on October 8th, 2008 at 10:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Affiliate Marketing on Twitter – Does it Belong?
What do you think about affiliate marketing on Twitter?
Lately I’ve noticed more and more affiliate marketers getting onto twitter. There’s been a real buzz about it actually in many internet marketing circles – almost like it’s the latest ‘new’ thing (I guess it is relatively new).
The unfortunate thing is that the model I’m seeing some [...]
Written on September 5th, 2008 at 10:09 am by Darren Rowse
How to Make Money With Affiliate Programs on Your Blog – More Thoughts
Yesterday I shared 5 lessons on making money with affiliate programs on your blog.
As I read through the comments on that post and pondered it some more thoughts came to mind that I think are worth adding:
Test and Track Results
I’ve written numerous times on ProBlogger about testing and tweaking advertising on your blog (for example [...]
Written on September 4th, 2008 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
5 Lessons on Making Money with Affiliate Programs
In the last 24 hours I’ve been interviewed 3 times and on each occassion I was questioned about affiliate marketing and how to make money from it.
Here are 5 lessons that I found myself touching on in each interview.
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1. Relevancy between Audience, Product and Content
One key to high conversion when promoting affiliate products [...]
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