Archive for October, 2005
Affilinet
Read an interesting news story in NMA today regarding the launch of Affilinet in the UK.
For anyone who doesn’t know, Affilinet is a German affiliate network. They have approx. a 32% share of the German market and are looking to become a top 3 UK affiliate network by the end of 2006.
So what is their [...]
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Merchants approving affiliates
I understand the need for merchants to approve affiliates as obviously they don’t want to be associated with any sites of disrepute.
However you would think it would be in the merchants best interest to approve affiliates as quickly as possible wouldn’t you? Not in the case of First Direct. I have been waiting for their [...]
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Accused of bidding on restricted ppc terms (again)
Every week for the last few weeks I have been accused of bidding on restricted ppc terms by either merchants or affiliate networks. And in each and every case I haven’t done so, not once.
If there are restrictions in place for certain merchants and I am aware of them then I don’t bid. What would [...]
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Link Swapping
OK we all know swapping links is important but so is the way you ask for them. I get hundreds of link swap emails every week and I bin about 99% of them.
Here’s what not to do in order to get a link swap.
Do not mass email me along with hundreds of other sites. [...]
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Sexiest Man in Jamaica - Update
I’ve just had a look at the referrer logs for this blog and I’m getting *loads* of hits for Sexiest man in jamaica ringtone from Google and other variations of the search phrase.
So come on real tone makers, the demand is most definitely there! Who’s gonna’ clean up on this one Crazy Frog style?
What I’m [...]
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Victor Chandler - over the top
On Saturday I had a little flutter on a few casino games via Victor Chandler.
Then on Monday I got a phone call from their security team saying that they were doing a routine check to ensure that it actually was me who deposited money into my account and not a fraudulent transaction. Fine, I [...]
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X Factor - Sexiest Man in Jamaica Ringtone
I did a quick Google search during the ad break of X Factor last night for the “Sexiest Man In Jamaica” ringtone expecting to see dozens of ads from affiliates promoting the Mint Royale track that is played in the Nokia ad slot before and after the X Factor. Imagine my surprise to find none, [...]
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Give Me Strength
Got accused today day of brand name bidding on the PPC search engines for a trademark term.
Bizarrely, the accuser was a huge global web portal that is pretty much a household name. Really, they should know better. Here’s how the phone call went:
Me: Hello, UK OfferGlobal Web Giant: Hello, can you give me your email [...]
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All I want is a text link….please!
OK so I haven’t used the Amazon Associates program for a good few months. But with Christmas round the corner I decided to log on and grab some links. First thing I noticed is that the interface had changed, “nice” I though, “now where be those text links?” So I’m given the choice of…”Product Links”, [...]
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New site now live
Finally finished the new version of UK Offer today. Still lots to do but at least it is live.
What I’m listening to right now: Mastercuts - “Classic Soul Vol.1″
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Welcome to my blog. My name is Kieron Donoghue and I run UK Offer Media Ltd. I thought it would be fun to post a daily (well hopefully daily) blog, writing about my experiences in Internet Marketing and more specifically Affiliate Marketing. I'll include some personal stuff too, probably about my other passions, music and cars. Please feel free to post your comments and thoughts too.
