Category Archives: Affiliate Marketing
Brown paper bag money
So they’re making a movie of Ben Mezrich’s book “The Accidental Billionaires” all about the early days of Facebook and the enemies that Mark Zuckerburg allegedly made and the meteoric rise of the social networking site that we all now accept as part of our lives. I’ve read the book and if I’m honest wasn’t that impressed. A lot of the book is pure conjecture and speculation. Ben Mezrick uses quite a lot of artistic licence in piecing together what … Continue reading
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Dear Apple, it’s OK I don’t want to join your affiliate programme because it’s too unfair
So, I wrote a review of the iPad. I wasn’t motivated by money to write the post, I didn’t plan to monetise it, I just wanted to put down some thoughts on the iPad. Then after the review started getting a lot of traffic I thought that out of interest I would replace my standard links to the iTunes store with affiliate links. With the apps in my review costing between nothing and £3.99 I didn’t do this to raise … Continue reading
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Buy.at dream team invest in ShareMyPlaylists.com
I’m delighted to announce today that ShareMyPlaylists.com has taken on some seed funding from Buy.at founders Steve Brown, Malcolm Cowley, David Brown and Paul Fellows. These are the 4 guys who took Buy.at from a startup to a $125 million sale to AOL a couple of years ago. I’ve known Steve, Mal, Dave and Paul for a number of years now and am really excited to be working with them on SMP. They all have unique experience, skills and talents … Continue reading
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Malcolm Cowley invests in Existem Affiliate Management
It has been announced today that Malcolm Cowley, one of the original founders of Buy.at has invested in Existem Affiliate Management and will be joining the board. Malcolm left Buy.at in 2008 after it’s sale to AOL Advertising. During that time he’s kept his eye on the affiliate marketing sector and feels that now is the time to step back into the arena. For my money this is a great move, I’ve always rated the Existem team as one of … Continue reading
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Affiliate Window buys Buy.at
After weeks of speculation that Buy.at was on the market and a few affiliate networks and consortiums were interested, it has been announced today that Affiliate Window (now known as Digital Window) have acquired Buy.at. Announcement here. Being completely honest here I’m glad that Affiliate Window have acquired Buy.at and not one of the other networks who were in the running. Affiliate Window are without a shadow of a doubt the most proactive and innovative network in the UK. And … Continue reading
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Welcome to my blog. My name is Kieron Donoghue and I am the founder of ShareMyPlaylists.com, ContentNow.co.uk and some other stuff. I have no idea why I'm blue on this photo though but I like it!