Category Archives for Affiliate Marketing

Affiliates Are Still Being Ripped Off

Affiliates are almost always at the mercy of affiliate programs and the people who run them. Why do I bring this up? Because many affiliate program managers are knowledgable, ethical, and honest. But I’ve discovered there are a few who are not. For example, I’ve discovered well-documented cases of affiliate skimming (where commissions are “skimmed” […]

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Best Link Cloaker?

One reason affiliates lose commissions is because they don’t cloak their affiliate links. Most affiliate links are long and ugly. If you’ve been online for very long, you can easily tell the difference between a regular link and an affiliate link. Anytime you use a blatant affiliate link, your potential buyers may feel resistance and […]

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Copywriter Burn Out and “The Big Push”

I am a copywriter. More to the point, I am a freelance direct response copywriter who writes sales letters, manages product launches, and blogs about business growth. I make about 90% of my gross income from fees, commissions, and retainers for writing direct response sales copy for clients. But this year, I hope to change […]

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5 Business Predictions for 2011

Since 2011 is right around the corner — and my 2010 business predictions have been more popular than I expected — I’ve decided to venture into the risky field of prognostication by making a few modest business predictions about the coming year. Business Prediction #1: Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream Michel Fortin’s prediction from a year […]

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