Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Jun 23, 2009
When Facebook decided to be more lenient with what advertisers could promote, they saw a surge in revenue due to a jump in new affiliate marketers. In Recent weeks affiliate marketers have been reporting a massive spike in clicks that seemed to never happen or come from a single IP address. The source has yet [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Jun 16, 2009
After reading my iGoogle this morning I found a article that I would like to share with you. CJ (Commission Junction) has released some information showing that having an affiliate program helps grow your business compared to competitors that do not have an affiliate program.
The article then goes into splitting the top 500 retailers into [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Jun 9, 2009
When talking about exclusive offers most people think they are only for your programs top performers. This technique is probably the most common but it is not the only use for them. Giving out exclusive offers to inactive Super Affiliate is a good way to get them actively promoting your product.
Make sure never to double [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on May 28, 2009
I was reading a very interesting article this morning about the affiliate tax laws and decided to sum it up nicely for you all.
Connecticut: As of now nothing has changed with Connecticut. Updates on the bill will be made after June 3rd.
Tennessee: Nothing new has been publicized since May 13th but at the end of [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Apr 9, 2009
While I was doing some blog reading of my own I found out that at 3 PM Eastern time today (April 9th) there is going to be a podcast on the new California Affiliate sales tax. The podcast will be on Webmasterradio.fm.
The main idea of this podcast is to give a complete overview of the [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Mar 31, 2009
Recently California introduced Assembly Bill 178, also known as the “Amazon Tax.” (Sales tax on orders received through many affiliate web sites.) California is not the only state looking to do this. Minnesota, Connecticut, Tennessee, and Hawaii are also looking to pass the “Amazon Tax.” This is not good news for the affiliate world. [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Mar 6, 2009
To me March is the best month of the year. How can any other month compete. March has the famous college basketball tournament, known as March Madness (Go Tarheels), and the best Holiday ever, St Patrick’s Day. If you can not tell already I am both a huge college basketball fan and Irish.
But enough about [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Dec 3, 2008
The Holidays are getting closer, and Santa is putting the final touches on “The List”. I have tried extra hard these last couple of weeks to make sure I’m not on the naughty side. I think my efforts have paid off.
Now that I made the “Good” list, lets chat about what’s really important… finding the [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Nov 26, 2008
I came across this survey and thought I would share it with you. If you are a online retailer that have seen sales decline in the last couple of months, this is especially for you. The Comparison Shopping Engines Survey is a survey of retailers and agencies carried out in August and September 2008, with [...]
Posted by Ryan Yurewicz on Nov 10, 2008
Throughout my day I run across some fantastic shopping and deal sites that can come in handy during this holiday season… whether you’re looking to grow your affiliate program, or if you are just looking for a hot deal on a new Plasma screen TV. Check out the top 20 shopping sites (according to [...]