Monthly Archives: March 2007

Mothers Day and other seasonal events – do affiliates make the most of them?

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Kieron

OK we all promote stuff like mad at Christmas and to a lesser degree, Valentines day. But what about Mothers Day? Mothers Day is on a par, if not busier for online florists at this time of year. So where are the affiliates? I did a search yesterday on Google for “Mothers Day Flowers”…. So where are all the affiliates? As you can see from my skillful Photoshop edit the only affiliate there is me. BTW the positions for that … Continue reading →

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a4u Events – DFDS cruise to Amsterdam

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Kieron

I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while but have just never got round to it. The event kicks off on Wednesday 28th March when boarding commences on the DFDS Seaways Holidayliner m.s Queen Of Scandinavia in Newcastle (woohoo! an event not in London). From then until around 5pm you have all this good stuff: 10.30: Board the DFDS Seaways m.s Queen of Scandinavia 10.30-11.30: Registration / Welcome Reception & General Networking 12.00–13.00: Guest Speaker Martin Murray CEO … Continue reading →

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Nick Robertson from ASOS is ignorant, rude and I will never promote ASOS again

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Kieron

The following quote from ASOS CEO Nick Robertson appeared in this weeks NMA: “Next year we’ll reintroduce affiliate marketing but as it should be, as opposed to affiliates as they were” said Nick Robertson, ASOS CEO. “(There’ll be) no silly commissions being paid to grubby little people in grubby studios growing income at our expense, getting in the way of genuine sales” Nick, I will remind you and the rest of the Affiliate Marketing community of your quote when you … Continue reading →

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Affiliate Marketing Conference – our latest sponsors, a4uexpo

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Kieron

Welcome to our latest sponsors, a4uexpo, the affiliate marketing conference that will be taking place October 25th and 26th this year in ExCel London. The event is being co-ordinated by affiliates4u, founders of the widely-respected a4uForum, the UK’s No.1 portal for Affiliate Marketing. Building on a4uForum’s successful series of Networking events, a4uexpo will provide a more structured and formal educational Conference programme as well as a carefully-selected Exhibition and dedicated Awards Ceremony. Matthew Wood, founder of affiliates4u, says: a4uForum has … Continue reading →

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Interview with John Lamerton from Net Free Stuff about the sale of his site to IBG

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Kieron

The Internet Business Group acquired well known affiliate site Net Free Stuff in late January this year. IBG is perhaps well known as it is the owner of the UK Affiliate network Affiliate Future. So will we see more affiliate networks buying up affiliate sites this year? The sale is mentioned in the IBG Preliminary Results For The Year Ended 31 October 2006 which was published on the 12th February. I thought it would be cool to have a chat … Continue reading →

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