Some of my blog emails
Thought I’d share some of the weird and wonderful emails I receive on a daily basis. These are 100% genuine, and I have only deleted web and email addresses to save some embarrassment:
Dear Sirs,
Could you please inform me how can I become a merchant with your affiliate network as I run my web site xxxxxx and would like to start advertising in affiliate scheem
Where does this person get the idea that I run an affiliate network where they can launch an affiliate “scheem”? And at least have the common sense to put your name to an email.
Hi Kieron
Great website ! I am a newbie to Affiliate Marketing, therefore my question will probably be somewhat naive ! But is it true that monthly earnings can be in the order of £100,000 ?? Thank you, in advance.
Regards
Ralph
I wrote a one word answer back to this guy, “yes”. He then replied and asked me “how”. Does he know how to use the Internet and to read? Or does he expect to divulge my 7 years of online marketing in 1 email to him?
New to affiliate stuff but I’m assuming that if you help me make some money, I’ll be helping you make some too. I’ve got a couple of weeks off, so the target is £100 income per day, how quickly can it be done?
These sort of emails really get on my nerves. First of all would you walk up to a total stranger in the street and just ask them a random question like this guy has done? No of course not you would start by saying hello, my name is xyz and then ask a sensible question. But no, this character just bowls straight in with the pointless question. And they say that we Internet folk have no social skills. Wherever did people get that idea? I was really tempted to email back and say something like yes of course £100 a day can be done, start off by picking a really easy niche like “loans” or “mortgages” and spend up to £50 a word on ppc with no daily budgets. You will be rolling in it in no time.
LinkShare Fashions NET-A-PORTER.COM Partnership
Launch of affiliate programme to support online sales growth
LONDON – 19th September 2007 – LinkShare, a worldwide leading pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation marketing company, announces an exclusive partnership with the luxury online fashion retailer, NET-A-PORTER.COM in both the US and UK.
LinkShare’s partnership will both support the recently launched NET-A-PORTER affiliate programme in the US, and further strengthen and build NET-A-PORTER’s existing UK affiliate programme revenues and affiliate relationships.
NET-A-PORTER chose LinkShare for its proactive outsourced service offering and its reliable tracking technology platform. Alongside LinkShare’s service and technology, NET-A-PORTER will be able to leverage LinkShare’s international performance marketing expertise and worldwide affiliate network, which is currently one of the largest in the affiliate community.
Mario Muttenthaler, Online Marketing Manager at NET-A-PORTER says “Our partnership with LinkShare will underpin the launch of our US affiliate programme, and support further business growth of our existing UK sales as well as the UK retail sector. LinkShare offers access to a wide affiliate community that we did not have access to before. With its proactive resources and expertise, LinkShare will help us drive additional online sales and expand our mindshare with the UK and US consumers. We are excited about building a long term relationship with LinkShare and the success that we know will follow.”
“We are delighted to be working with NET-A-PORTER in both markets and to support their online marketing programmes.” says Kevin Kozinchik, Director of LinkShare Europe. The partnership increases both our presence and awareness in the UK retail sector, and it gives us the opportunity to utilise our experience growing affiliate programmes for luxury brands like NET-A-PORTER, all of which we are excited about.”
The NET-A-PORTER partnership adds to LinkShare’s 34 UK Advertisers, signed in less than a year, along with its 500 plus industry leading US Advertisers. With LinkShare’s wide-reaching network and accurate tracking technology, NET-A-PORTER will be able to leverage LinkShare’s 10 years of affiliate marketing expertise, affiliate relationships and distribution tools to drive quality web traffic to its portal and increase online sales in both markets.
About LinkShare Corporation
LinkShare Corporation provides ecommerce businesses with a vast, high quality pay-per-action marketing network, along with expert consultative services and patented technology. LinkShare’s cost-efficient pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation campaigns acquire new customers, increase revenue and drive results. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, including J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, American Express and Avon Products. LinkShare was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, London and Tokyo.
About NET-A-PORTER.COM
NET-A-PORTER.COM was launched in June 2000 and has since successfully established itself as the world’s leading global online luxury retailer.
Presented in the style of an online fashion magazine, NET-A-PORTER.COM features each season’s key trends, helpful editors’ tips and expert style advice.
With luxury packaging, free returns, same day delivery in London, New York City and express delivery to the rest of the world, NET-A-PORTER.COM provides an unparalleled level of service and designer offerings to online shoppers.Media Contacts:
For UK Inquiries please contact :
Reva Seth
Blanc & Otus Public Relations
rseth@blancandotus.com
D : +44 (0) 207 413 3338
For US inquiries please contact:
Dan DentBlanc & Otus Public Relations
D: 617.451.6102 ext. 216
ddent@blancandotus.com
LinkShare Fashions NET-A-PORTER.COM Partnership
Launch of affiliate programme to support online sales growth
LONDON – 19th September 2007 – LinkShare, a worldwide leading pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation marketing company, announces an exclusive partnership with the luxury online fashion retailer, NET-A-PORTER.COM in both the US and UK.
LinkShare’s partnership will both support the recently launched NET-A-PORTER affiliate programme in the US, and further strengthen and build NET-A-PORTER’s existing UK affiliate programme revenues and affiliate relationships.
NET-A-PORTER chose LinkShare for its proactive outsourced service offering and its reliable tracking technology platform. Alongside LinkShare’s service and technology, NET-A-PORTER will be able to leverage LinkShare’s international performance marketing expertise and worldwide affiliate network, which is currently one of the largest in the affiliate community.
Mario Muttenthaler, Online Marketing Manager at NET-A-PORTER says “Our partnership with LinkShare will underpin the launch of our US affiliate programme, and support further business growth of our existing UK sales as well as the UK retail sector. LinkShare offers access to a wide affiliate community that we did not have access to before. With its proactive resources and expertise, LinkShare will help us drive additional online sales and expand our mindshare with the UK and US consumers. We are excited about building a long term relationship with LinkShare and the success that we know will follow.”
“We are delighted to be working with NET-A-PORTER in both markets and to support their online marketing programmes.” says Kevin Kozinchik, Director of LinkShare Europe. The partnership increases both our presence and awareness in the UK retail sector, and it gives us the opportunity to utilise our experience growing affiliate programmes for luxury brands like NET-A-PORTER, all of which we are excited about.”
The NET-A-PORTER partnership adds to LinkShare’s 34 UK Advertisers, signed in less than a year, along with its 500 plus industry leading US Advertisers. With LinkShare’s wide-reaching network and accurate tracking technology, NET-A-PORTER will be able to leverage LinkShare’s 10 years of affiliate marketing expertise, affiliate relationships and distribution tools to drive quality web traffic to its portal and increase online sales in both markets.
About LinkShare Corporation
LinkShare Corporation provides ecommerce businesses with a vast, high quality pay-per-action marketing network, along with expert consultative services and patented technology. LinkShare’s cost-efficient pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation campaigns acquire new customers, increase revenue and drive results. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, including J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, American Express and Avon Products. LinkShare was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, London and Tokyo.
About NET-A-PORTER.COM
NET-A-PORTER.COM was launched in June 2000 and has since successfully established itself as the world’s leading global online luxury retailer.
Presented in the style of an online fashion magazine, NET-A-PORTER.COM features each season’s key trends, helpful editors’ tips and expert style advice.
With luxury packaging, free returns, same day delivery in London, New York City and express delivery to the rest of the world, NET-A-PORTER.COM provides an unparalleled level of service and designer offerings to online shoppers.Media Contacts:
For UK Inquiries please contact :
Reva Seth
Blanc & Otus Public Relations
rseth@blancandotus.com
D : +44 (0) 207 413 3338
For US inquiries please contact:
Dan DentBlanc & Otus Public Relations
D: 617.451.6102 ext. 216
ddent@blancandotus.com
What is this? Is this a pitch for me to work with Net-A-Porter? Well I have absolutely no idea as I fell asleep by the time I finished the first paragraph of this dull, lacking of personality, lifeless, tired and boring piece of PR. It even looks to me as though somebody has emailed me the same body text twice in an email. Great stuff.
You seem to know about marketing any tips to help me.
Yes. Learn to read and write and use a search engine.
So there you go, a few of my recent crop of bizarre emails that I seem to be getting more and more of. On the other hand I do get a lot of really good emails ranging from people who just thank me for writing a blog and giving out the odd nugget of advice to genuine well written concise business proposals. I also get loads and loads of questions about internet marketing in general. And as long as they make sense and are specific then I try my best to answer them. In fact I’ve made quite a few new friends this way. But if you plan to send me an email like any of the above then don’t be surprised if you don’t get a reply.
What I’m listening to right now: Keisha Cole: “Just Like You”
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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.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:31 am
I’ve just today put in my spam folder an email received from a company that for some reason thought I was Wickes. Severe edit follows:
“Dear Sirs, we write to you as a UK House hold name in Kitchen & Bedroom Supplies in the hope that you may give consideration to ‘Extend your Kitchen Sales / Bedrooms to Cyprus’.
Cyprus is growing considerably and Wickes would be a well established and household name.
Many property owners are requesting individual units e.g., flat pack kitchens. We now need to provide ‘package deals’, along with sample doors. We also need a showroom kitted out.
Is Wickes interested in coming to Cyprus and joining the umbrella of Marinus?”
October 18th, 2007 at 12:32 am
The Net-A-Porter guy must think you’re a search engine and that you’ll rank his email higher in your mind if he keyword stuffs it. The thing was garbage.
Thanks for posting these. Had a rough day and needed a good laugh.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Ah… the dangers of being an international affiliate superstar. I don’t get too many of these e-mails just yet, but I have also made a couple of online pals answering the nicely worded ones. I even got a tour round San Francisco off one of my blog readers, which was wonderful.
I do find it a bit bewildering that some are worded so abruptly and expect a full reply of all my affiliate marketing secrets!
Mind you, desperation could be a factor I guess?!
October 18th, 2007 at 11:52 am
I recieve very few emails from my blog (i think it’s prob 2 in the last month lol. Nice post though.
October 18th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
LMAO!
Kieron, I have a good laugh in there.
Great post!
October 18th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
HAHA, I bet you get loads of these..
It would be interesting to see some of the good emails too.
George
October 18th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Amusing indeed Kieron.
The press release was the worst! I always find it incredulous how overpaid PR agencies who know nothing about affiliate marketing bombard the world with lifeless press releases and expect it to reflect well on clients.
There is a certainly way to get the message across in affiliate marketing, but not in the traditional dry press release format (you do it well in your blog). This industry requires true engagement with the community. Wonder if ‘Blanc & Otus Public Relations’ will bother turning up at A4U expo. Wonder if they’ve even heard of it.
October 18th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
You seem to know about marketing any tips to help me.
keke!
I have one golden gem of advice for people thinking about affiliate marketing - if your site isn’t about what you’re thinking about selling as an affiliate, it’s really, REALLY hard to make any money.
PYSIH.com has made 0 bucks from affiliate sales, despite lots of clicks and tons of impressions. I was never expecting much, but I was hoping that someone would be paranoid enough from our stories to at least try out one of my background check affiliates.
I’ve yet to set up an actual site designed to make money, so I don’t know if I have what it takes to make a serious go at it. I love to write, so that might help, but finding the right affiliate program to promote would probably be the trick for me.
October 21st, 2007 at 4:02 am
I think the saddest thing is getting questions to subjects that’ve just been mentioned in the previous post.
Damn sad really.
The worst is when you reply to some of these pseudo emails, and they put you on a spamlist.
That’s one call for addressing the contact form to a rotating email every 2-3 months.