Archive for December, 2009
This Week’s Top Affiliate Marketing News Stories (December 4, 2009)
Posted by Kathy Jackson in Affiliate Marketing Friday, 4 December 2009 15:00 7 Comments
Data on Twitter Decline Stacks Up
Say WHAT????!!?? I had no idea. The writer on the eMarketer blog says, “According to data provided to eMarketer by Nielsen, traffic to Twitter.com was down a dramatic 27.8% between September and October 2009, falling to 18.9 million unique visitors. Nielsen is the latest in a list of research firms reporting declines at Twitter.com. comScore said unique visitors were down 8.1% in October, while Compete reported a 2.1% decline.”
How to Structure Your Next Website
Posted by Anthony Glynn in Affiliate Marketing Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:39 6 Comments
Part of the Perfect Foundation Series
Create a blueprint for your website by incorporating elements of other sites that you like.
Make It a Hybrid
Many great websites nowadays are hybrids, meaning they are not exclusively a blog or exclusively a review site; they take elements from blogs, review sites, affiliate sites, content sites, corporate sites, and other types of sites.
Take elements from these various types of sites to form your own unique combination for your site. Select a handful of the components below that best serve the purpose of your site:
New FTC Rules Start Today
Posted by AC Editorial Team in Affiliate Marketing Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:24 3 Comments
The new FTC guidelines take effect TODAY. These new guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission will affect practically all marketing, but especially affiliate marketing.
One important change is that affiliates cannot use testimonials the same way they used to.
Another big change is that affiliates must disclose “material” connections. This means you as an affiliate must make it clear to your readers that you make money from promoting something. This disclosure runs in stark contrast to the strategy many affiliates take of keeping hidden the fact that they are affiliates.
