Matt Bailey’s affiliate blog

Following on from my recent entry on where all the affiliates have gone, I thought I would start reviewing a few of the tools that are out there which make it a little easier for people to get involved.
First one is Easy Content Units, developed by the lads down at Big Idea Media in Plymouth.
What [...]

I’m sure everyone is aware of Twitter, what it does and how it works. I thought I would publish a list of my top 10 affiliate people that I follow on Twitter.
In no particular order…
Kieron Donoghue – the usual mix of white vehicles, R ‘n’ B and occasional affiliate stuff.
Lee McCoy – SEO and affiliate [...]

I’ve managed numerous affiliate campaigns both when working for a network and now at i-level, and to my mind there are only three ways to grow an affiliate campaign

Recruit more affiliates on to the campaign
Increase what your existing affiliates are doing
Work with the merchant to increase conversion rates.

I want to concentrate on the first one [...]

First post for my new blog and thought I’d jump on the bandwagon being pulled so eagerly by Kieron and give Spotify a plug.
I end up sitting at my desk most of the day and have tried various ways of listening to music, Pandora, last.fm and iTunes and hard as I tried to get used [...]