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Archive for January, 2010

26 Jan, 2010

What I’ve been reading recently

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Quick round up of some useful blog posts and articles from the last few weeks.
First up, bit of a shout to an old school mate of mine who is attempting to make it in the big scary world of affiliate marketing and is documenting his efforts. Whilst he may be a miserable, cynical bugger he [...]

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05 Jan, 2010

Affiliate payment methods

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Following on from my previous piece about selecting an affiliate network and in particular the comment from buy.at’s Ginger Finance Ninja Paul Newton, I thought i’d write a follow up post.
What is most important to affiliates when working with a network? When a campaign is dual network, what factors will influence the decision over which [...]

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04 Jan, 2010

uSwitch acquired by an affiliate

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Just a quick post to say a huge congratulations to Neil Hutchinson and everyone else at Forward Group (formerly TrafficBroker) on their purchase of uSwitch. A tremendous example of how to grow a sustainable affiliate business.
Really interested to see what their plans with uSwitch are, particularly whether they continue to work with advertisers direct or [...]

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As we move into the New Year, it’s always good to look back as well as forward. So here are a few interesting posts and blogs I’ve read over the last month or so.
First of all a few posts from affiliates making their resolutions for the New Year
Raymondo Theakston aka Befuddle
Jason Dale aka Loquax
A4U Awards [...]

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  • Clarke: Well spotted, you should be giving tips to our tech press here in the UK. Always good to see some facts behind a story, more of the time it's whatever
  • Magnus Nilsson: I still haven't been able to see the ads live in the UK. Will be interesting to see any case studies of impact over the next few months for compet
  • Sam: Was wanting to re-tweet but button does not seem to be working - better check it out! Unless its just not working for me of course.

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