Archive for June, 2006

Email Newsletters and RSS Usability

Monday, June 26th, 2006

The king of usability studies, Jakob Nielsen and Amy Schade, of the Nielsen Norman Group, have published a 544-page study on email newsletter usability, including 165 guidelines for subscriptions, content, managing accounts and RSS-based news feeds.
Interesting to note, users in the study spent 51 seconds on average scanning a newsletter before deleting without ever opening. […]

Google Launches CPA Affiliate Network

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Follow our link to read more about Google’s new CPA affiliate network.
https://affiliatesblog.wordpress.com/2006/06/22/google-finally-launches-their-affiliate-network/
Google Launches CPA Affiliate Network

Reasons You Need a Mailing List

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

If you have been around internet marketing for very long you have undoubtedly heard the phrase, “The money is in the list.” But there is a big difference between knowing this and knowing why the money is in your list. Here are 3 eye-opening reasons that you need a mailing list, and you need to […]

Cloaking Your Affiliate Links

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

The Affiliate Guild has posted an interesting article in their Affiliate News blog about cloaking affiliate links. The article gives some nice instructions on how to do a redirect from your server to hide your affiliate link identity from the initial user click. Of course, after they click it will all become transparent. Take a […]

Google Lawsuit Spoof

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

I got this email the other day and after looking at all the links realized it was a spoof, but it got me to wondering. Here’s the emails content:
This court-ordered notice may affect your legal rights. Please read it carefully. If you purchased online advertising from Google between January 1, 2002 and the present, you […]

Report: Affiliate Marketing Roundtable

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

The UK affiliate marketing sector is booming, but a lack of standards and unethical practices among ‘rogue’ individuals still blight the industry. This week, key members of the sector gathered to discuss the burning issues in affiliate marketing, and look at the trends that could shape its future.
Roundtable Chairman: Dan Brewer, Head of UK Select […]

Affiliate Marketing - How To Get Started In 6 Easy Steps

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Preface to author’s article: We can’t say we agree that affiliate marketing is the simplest business model. Like any career path, it takes a lot of attention to detail and long hours to learn the craft and do it wisely. The payoff is well worth it!
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Affiliate marketing is probably the simplest business model you can […]