Archive for July, 2008
A message from our sponsors…
Big thanks to Jackpotjoy and Webgains who joined my blog as sponsors this month:
Webgains
In the last two years, Webgains has become the fastest-growing affiliate network in Europe, opening offices in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Benelux, Denmark and Sweden.
Webgains has an impressive client list across the UK and Europe, including Yves Rocher, Viking Direct, Tesco [...]
Send Me Free Stuff And I’ll Blog About You - The Retail Factory
A big thanks to Phil at The Retail Factory for sending me the following goodies through the post the other week:
Packet of highlighters
Pack of post-it notes
Recycled notebook and pen (I go through loads of notebooks as always have one on my desk for “to do” lists
Bar of chocolate - not in the photo as I [...]
Carphone Warehouse do it again - 50% lower commission on the 3G iPhone, but only if you don’t promote it!
Last year when the original Apple iPhone launched Carphone Warehouse thought they would fleece affiliates by reducing their commission by more than 50%. A classic example of a merchant treating affiliates with disrespect. I did a straw poll at the time to ask affiliates which merchant they would use to promote the iPhone. And out [...]
UBD Block Ad Plugin for WordPress
125 x 125 ads are becoming pretty commonplace on blogs these days and thanks to the new Unique Blog Designs Block Ad Plugin, it’s as easy as a very easy thing to display them on your blog too.
As well as sites like Techcrunch using the 125×125 block ads, my new blog all about white cars will [...]
Business Angel Blog
A good friend of mine, Permjot Valia has recently launched a Business Angel Blog. It’s a really good read so I thought I would mention it here as it’s relevant to any small business looking for investment etc.
Who is Permjot? Here’s a bit from his bio:
“By accident, I ended up investing in many of the companies I was [...]
Affiliate Merchants - please ensure you have banners available in ALL sizes
I’m in the process of launching a new website which is all about cars (yeah white ones) so have been looking for relevant advertisers to feature. I have the following 3 industry standard ad slots available:
728×90
300×250
125×125
One of the first programmes I looked at was Carsource on Buy.at. A perfect fit for my site, apart from [...]
Affiliate Marketing Account Manager wanted - Newcastle
Kieron’s public service announcement:
My friends at Altitude Recruitment have asked if I know of anyone looking for a full time role in Affiliate Marketing, based in Newcastle. So I thought I would post the details here to see if anyone is interested.
Please do not email me to apply for the job though, contact Laura at [...]
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.
