Disqus - Latest Comments for affiliatetip

Re: Rewarding Top Affiliates

affiliatetip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:44:08 -0000

Hi Melvin -

Not sure what happened - that's definitely the URL where I read it an hour ago, but I'm getting the same error now.

Sorry about that.

Re: Real Time

affiliatetip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:28:58 -0000

Did I miss some case studies that proved a real time response move the needle?

Re: Real Time

http://www.samharrelson.com/2008/08/28/real-time/ — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:50:13 -0000

Yet again, we'll have to agree to disagree on your conception of "hard
facts" and "lacking."

Re: Real Time

affiliatetip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:43:46 -0000

I read the entire article, and nothing there indicated to me that real time makes a marked difference over a response delayed by an hour.

There are theories and opinions, but hard facts are lacking.

Re: Real Time

http://www.samharrelson.com/2008/08/28/real-time/ — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:25:41 -0000

look at the example above with Weezer or think how marketers can (and
do) engage people with real time info when they express interest or
concern over a particular keyword.

Re: Real Time

affiliatetip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:21:35 -0000

Please provide data to support that assertion.

I don't see how a response that was an hour faster would have garnered a better response for Comcast in this situation.

Re: Real Time

http://www.samharrelson.com/2008/08/28/real-time/ — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:18:17 -0000

nope, not bad for a start. however, the shorter the latency the
greater the value.

Re: Real Time

affiliatetip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:14:48 -0000

I think real time sounds great in theory, but I'll give you an example of a big impact via Twitter where real time was immaterial.

I posted a message about Comcast on Twitter, and got a response 74 minutes later.

That turnaround could easily have been achieved by monitoring RSS feeds.

Anyhow, it was considered so significant that a company got back to me that fast that it made national news.

Examples from Philadelphia and Los Angeles...

http://cbs3.com/seenon/3.On.Your.2.798935.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/...

Not bad for a latency of more than an hour.

Re: GeekCast 33: Super Savvy Sans Sam

http://geekcast.fm/archives/geekcast-33-super-savvy-sans-sam/ — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:03:19 -0000

Lisa's level is always lower than ours. Other than that, fine.

Re: GeekCast 33: Super Savvy Sans Sam

affiliatetip — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:35 -0000

Maybe we should sell it on iTunes.

So the sound is normal for you? Lisa said it sounded funny for her.

Re: http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/affiliate-summit-2008-east-attendee-details/

affiliatetip — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:02:14 -0000

Thanks Debby - I would be very happy to continue the trend at this pace. :-)

Re: Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud

http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/seth-godin-advocates-click-fraud/ — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:08:49 -0000

Not really correct either, I'm not a marketer so I actually don't have a clue about this topic--but I do dare to state that the ones that spend $100,000 on an online ad campaign don't expect 100% of the clicks to be from people that is going to make a buy...

Re: http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/geekcast-32-never-trust-anybody-over-30/

affiliatetip — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:51:44 -0000

I'm afraid we don't have the resources to produce transcripts - it's a non-sponsored podcast that we do for fun, so we don't have a budget for that sort of thing.

The closest thing to a summary is just what I put in the blog posts to recap the items discussed.

Re: Niche Marketing: Your Product + “What’s Hot” = Success

Shmuly — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:57:17 -0000

Bad packaging on their end. I include two hair clips with every purchase.

Re: Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud

affiliatetip — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:55:40 -0000

In cases where it's not pay-per-click, such a practice would benefit nobody, but it would be detrimental to the advertiser and publisher, as it would artificially inflate the clicks for ads.

Re: Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud

affiliatetip — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:53:53 -0000

I worked on the advertiser side for 10 years, so you can save the sanctimony.

A more appropriate analogy with magazines would be if you ripped out a random ad from a magazine at the doctors office to show your misdirected appreciation of the content.

Re: http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/automated-image-feeds-for-affiliate-marketers/

affiliatetip — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:22:29 -0000

I guess you just did make such a comment. Hopefully they'll reach out to you directly.

Re: Niche Marketing: Your Product + “What’s Hot” = Success

affiliatetip — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:30:38 -0000

Yeah, they didn't give us any, so it was just sort of floating and teasing the top of my head.

Re: Niche Marketing: Your Product + “What’s Hot” = Success

Shmuly — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:31:41 -0000

Shawn, two words: hair clips!

Re: Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud

Dr.Mani — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:04:22 -0000

Content ads are never as targeted as search advertising for that reason. You're 'buying' a curious prospect's momentary attention with your ad.

My thoughts on this are in a longer blog post at:
http://guydz.com/moneypowerwisdom/seth-godin-ti...

All success
Dr.Mani

Re: eBay Advanced Creatives for Affiliates

Mike1115 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:06:49 -0000

I've read that they are using a formula to determine max ROI, and affiliates not coming out with the right numbers are getting cut.

Re: eBay Advanced Creatives for Affiliates

affiliatetip — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:46:43 -0000

What was the reason? I didn't hear about it.

Re: Niche Marketing: Your Product + “What’s Hot” = Success

affiliatetip — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:37:44 -0000

I wore one for a wedding many years ago and it always felt like it was going to fall off - I can't convert just because of that. I'm used to the baseball cap fit.

Re: Niche Marketing: Your Product + “What’s Hot” = Success

http://www.jimkukral.com/niche-marketing-your-product-whats-hot-success/ — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:47:30 -0000

If I had one in my possession, I would have. Alas, Shmuly didn't send me one. What, you're not entering to win it?

Re: Seth Godin Advocates Click Fraud

lr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:50:34 -0000

I have no intention of buying a BMW anytime soon, but I like their ads and I read them in magazines. When out browsing the web, if I stumble across an interesting ad (even with no intention of buying the product) I click on the ad because the ad itself may be interesting/fun.

So, I really do not see how you can differentiate this from "clicking to show support." They both result in no sale for the advertiser.