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Guest Post 1: Super Affiliates - Where Are You?

Below is the first guest post, this is from Richard Longhurst, the man behind LoveHoney. I asked Richard to write a post as I’ve long since admired him as he’s been around the Internet forever and I was a regular reader of his contributions to various UK Internet magazines.
LoveHoney has had an in-house affiliate programme since [...]

Guest bloggers and a holiday!

I’m off to Tenerife tomorrow for a week and very much looking forward to some sunshine. However, fear not as I will not be abandoning the blog or my readers! I’ve enlisted the help of 5 guest bloggers who have all made contributions to be published in my absence.
I thought it would be fun to [...]

Be different - stand out to be successful

I swear my mind works in bizarre ways, so bear with me on this one.
So there I was reading the latest issue of Car Magazine - I’m a big car nut and this magazine is a must-read, and I got to thinking about the amazing success that the new Fiat 500 is enjoying right now.
For [...]

Affiliate incentives - thats what I’m talking about

Forget about iPods, gift vouchers and digital cameras. This is how you motivate affiliates as shown by Affiliate Window and Vodafone.
Win tickets to see Kanye West courtesy of Vodafone!

Kanye is playing a gig in London on August 20th, its a bit hush-hush so the venue hasn’t been announced yet. Cool.
So what do you have to [...]

Is Google finally cleaning up its act on Gambling advertising?

I was doing a few gambling related searches on Google today to see who had managed to get around Googles’ ban on gambling sites and was very surprised with the results I saw. You see, for as long as I can remember people have always managed to find a way to get round the ban. [...]

Google announce change to top AdWords placement formula

I was going to blog about Google’s announcement of their upcoming change to the top ad placement formula. But I just realised that Graywolf has already done it and said pretty much everything I was going to say anyway. So rather than duplicate, click here to see what he has to say.
What I’m listening to [...]

Real life example of how NOT to write an email asking for a partnership

Here we go, another example of how not to approach people to do business. I received this email a couple of days ago via the contact form on this blog:
“Dear Sirs,
We are extremely interested in advertising on your website. Can you please forward me your advertising rates?
Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Best regards,
Mark Gaitskell
Business [...]

Disney & Nick Jr Book Clubs - 1 rejects me, 1 approves me

Grolier are the company behind both the Disney Book Club and the Nick Jr Book Club. Both affiliate programs are on Paid on Results offering a £5 CPA.
I thought they would be a good fit for my relaunched UK Offer website so I applied to join both merchants last week. Nick Jr approved me and Disney declined me. [...]

“Super Affiliate” study from R.O. Eye disappoints

Affiliate management agency R.O. Eye released the findings of their “super-affiliate” study the other day. Now before I go on I’d like to say that I like R.O. Eye, they are nice people and they are good at what they do. However, this “study” left a lot to be desired.
For instance it comes up with [...]

Prince concert review - O2 arena London Friday 3rd August 2007

“You ain’t ready for me London” - “This is real music, not what you’re used to!”

But the crowd was more than ready for Prince last night, all 20,000 of us, as he tore the roof off the O2 arena with an absolutely stunning show. I saw him perform in Las Vegas in January, and up until [...]