Going Social Anywhere and Everywhere

On the eMarketer website there’s an interesting article about the power of going social. Under the subtitle “Tweeting while driving ” the writer says,

“Despite the slowing growth of Twitter after its explosion earlier in 2009, many users still cannot get enough. Crowd Science reports that in August 2009, although only 27% of Twitter users posted daily, 46% checked for updates every day. Almost one in five social media users reported using Twitter in the past week.”

H1N1, Swine Flu Prevention Affiliate Marketing Scams

Linda Buquet, writing on the 5 Star Affiliate Blog, has brought to our attention a blog post on an affiliate blog called Money Making Scoop. Linda says, “The blog post suggested a marketing ploy that is dangerous, unethical and illegal. He suggested affiliates try to sell various herbal products by saying they will ‘prevent’ the swine flu.” DON’T DO IT! You can get into big trouble with the FDA or FTC for making false medical claims.

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Amazon Associates Now Integrates Directly with Twitter

There’s a post on the Amazon Affiliate Blog today that’s of interest to all Amazon affiliates. The writer says, “We are excited to announce the launch of a new feature called Share on Twitter. You can access Share on Twitter from the Site Stripe and post links to your Twitter account from Amazon detail pages in just two clicks.”

Craigslist Now Warns About Affiliate Scammers and Tells Users How to Get Back at Them Where it Hurts – Right In the Wallet!

Linda Buquet has a very interesting and helpful post on the 5 Star Affiliates blog today. Linda says, “I think (hope) most affiliates know that they aren’t supposed to do affiliate marketing on Craigslist. Not only is it against Craigs TOS, but many affiliate networks prohibit CL marketing and will withhold your commissions.”

Ah….but apparently not. Cragslist has a full page warning to users and details how to get back at unscrupulous affiliate marketers. Beware you black hats!