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Affiliate Marketing News 12/31/2006
Affiliate Marketing Get Togethers in January 2007 – AffiliateTip.com
31 Dec 2006 at 12:13am
Affiliate Marketing Get Togethers in January 2007
AffiliateTip.com, NJ - 10 hours ago
…. marketers. The Asian Affiliate Marketing Conference/Dinner II takes place on Wednesday, January 17. Get more details and RSVP. Then ….
Intuit Selects Think Partnership's KowaBunga Affiliate Marketing … – TMCnet
28 Dec 2006 at 12:03pm
Intuit Selects Think Partnership's KowaBunga Affiliate Marketing ….
TMCnet - Dec 28, 2006
…. Farmer explained in a press release that the increasing complexity of affiliate marketing and partnering strategies makes it appealing for companies to find ….
MOVERS (Mediaweek)
30 Dec 2006 at 6:01pm
Cable TV Former Oxygen Media executive Gretchen Beidl has been tapped as executive vp, affiliate sales and marketing of the Sundance Channel, where she’ll oversee all distribution and affiliate marketing activities for the network and will supervise its four regional sales vps.
Think Partnership’s KowaBunga Affiliate Marketing Platform Selected by Leader…
27 Dec 2006 at 8:30am
CLEARWATER, Fla.—-Think Partnership Inc. , an international leader in interactive performance-based marketing and related Internet technologies, announced today that Think Partnership’s KowaBunga!® MyAffiliateProgram affiliate tracking and management solution has been selected by Intuit Inc. for its Quicken and QuickBooks affiliate programs.
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Web Site Marketing Strategies
Filed under: Affiliate Marketing, Getting Started, News
Ask five different web marketers to list their top web marketing strategies and you’ll probably get five different answers. That’s okay, because there are lots of different ways to skin a cat. With that said, here are my three favorite web site marketing strategies.
1) Choose a blog or other Content Management System (CMS) over old fashioned static html pages. Blogs especially have a big advantage as they are inherently well organized and search engine friendly. Also with a CMS global changes and updates are usually accomplished by making a change to a single file —In the not so good old days, I can remember putting up marketing materials on every page of my site(s) – individually, only to have to go back and remove them all a few days later when the offer had changed 
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Another reason to choose a blog is that it removes most of the design issues that arise when building a site. With a blog/CMS you often only need to select a particular “skin” for your site, then customize it with a single unique header graphic and you’re done. Remember, it’s all about the content – people really aren’t that impressed with fancy site design anymore. Today web users want the meat and potatoes, not the piece of parsley on the side of the plate.
2) Build a focused, content rich web site not a collection of banners. Newbie’s often start out signing up for every affiliate program they can find. Then, they just start adding pages and pages of banners to their sites (this never really worked, and now that the internet is starting to mature a little – it’s absolutely useless). Remember, people use the internet to find information. They want to find out about everything from the latest celebrity news to the latest science breakthroughs. To succeed, you need to find a niche and become the authority site for that niche. This sounds pretty simple right? Well it is and it isn’t – it’s not rocket science, but it does require a few things; good old fashioned work, time and a lot of patience.
So how do you go about building an authority site? You do that by frequently adding fresh content to your site. Content can be articles, videos, podcasts, user forums or just about anything else you can think of. Just make sure it’s accurate, relevant and interesting. You can either create the content yourself or have some or all of it ghostwritten. Consistency is the key.
3) Build a list – There’s an old web marketing adage (well I really don’t know if it’s old or not, but I have seen it in a few different places 
) that goes something like — A guru without a list is not a guru at all! That’s because there is nothing as powerful as face to face salesmanship –car salesmen know this, that’s how they get us to add all those expensive options that we really don’t need.
Anyway, promoting to a list is about as close to face to face selling as you can get on a global scale. You can personalize your messages; you can speak to your prospects like the individuals that they are, and you can really build a two way communication with your list. It’s all in how you manage it, treat your list well, treat it as the collection of individuals that actually make up the list and you’ll be rewarded with a loyal group of readers who will listen to what you have to say.
Well, that’s my Marketing Strategy for any new niche I want to target. Once I have this foundation in place, I know I’m well on my way to having a successful website. These basic issues allow me to build my credibility with the surfers who visit my site.
In a nutshell here’s how these three elements work together:
1) Using a blog/CMS gives me a straight-forward, platform that I can quickly modify as necessary.
2) Thinking in terms of building an “Authority Site” as opposed to a website, keeps me focused on what is important to my niche.
3) Having a list of people who are interested in my niche allow me to get to a more personal level with them. I’m not just some guy who’s trying to sell them something; instead I’m trusted because I have a personal relationship with them.
Very Powerful Stuff!
Here’s some related resources:
How to build an Authority Site
Inexpensive Article Ghostwriters
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Jack Humphrey Friday Traffic Report
ModernCllick ModernClick is a excellent affiliate marketing network. They feature dozens of different programs in all categories -plus some of the coolest affiliate tools anywhere. Sign up today!
Myspace for Professionals
28 Dec 2006 at 4:01am
The Content Desk partners started one of the first (if not THE first) social networking sites for online business owners and professionals awhile back.
List of 29 Free Video Sharing Sites
28 Dec 2006 at 12:10am
Below are all the free video hosting sites (give or take) where you can upload,share, and market your videos.
WordPress Plugin Review: KQF
27 Dec 2006 at 12:28pm
Want to run a bunch of feeds anywhere you want on your WordPress blog? I found a fabulous, hyper-professional WordPress plugin that allows you to do all kinds of RSS feed posting on your blog like this.
How To Put Adsense in WordPress Posts
26 Dec 2006 at 1:49pm
I did this quick video on using Adsense Deluxe to put adsense buttons and text ads in your WordPress posts.
How to get banned from the search engines
26 Dec 2006 at 10:46am
Take this 7.5 step short course on getting banned from the search engines!
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Promoting your .mobi website
Okay, so you’ve designed your first Mobile Website, you’ve worked hard to make sure it is W3C Compliant. Now it’s time to promote the new site! So how do you promote a .mobi site? Well, it is not all that much different from promoting your .com, .net, or any other .extension site on the internet. They all share some common goals; getting traffic and appealing to customers. Now that you have expanded to cater to the cellular phone customers, you’re ready to go. In this article, we will show you some of the ways you can start promoting your .mobi website and start getting the traffic you want.
Directories
There are several directories available to the exclusive group of .mobi webmasters on the internet. For example, you can submit your .mobi website to directories such as Yahoo! Mobile, DotMobi, and many others. The key here is you want to tell everyone you can about your latest development and inclusion into the mobile world.
Here’s links:
http://dotmobi.mobi/siteform/
http://search.yahoo.com/free/mobile/request
Traditional Promotional Methods
Promote your .mobi website on every page of your current website. Also, note it on every business card, for every employee, as well as any other promotional materials you might use, your .mobi website needs to be placed in prominent view. People will not know it exists if you do not tell them about it. Your target market will be very interested in learning about your latest development and will enjoy the time it can save.
Articles and Press Releases
Whenever you make innovative and exciting changes to your business or company, a press release is generally the first thing that comes to mind. With your .mobi website, it should be no different. Write and submit a press release to some place like PRweb.com and let the world know you are making a difference.
Articles work great as well. You want to write articles about your latest development, how to use .mobi websites, how to access them, etc. and include your .mobi website in your resource box. This is a great way to spread the word.
Once you have begun to promote your .mobi website, you will find that rest just falls into place. It is up to you how much traffic and exposure your mobile website gets, so why not promote in any and every possible way that you can.
Tags: mobile websites, .mobi
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Ratingshub
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How do you decide which marketing e-book is worthwhile and which one is just a dud with a great sales page? Or which membership site is worth the monthly fee and which ones aren’t.
Well in the past decisions like these were kind of hit or miss, you’d read the sales page and if the product seemed to hold the answer you were looking for, you’d plunk down your money, click the buy button —then you’d find out.
Well all that changed last month when Web Marketing guru David Vallieres launched “RatingsHub”. Ratingshub is a brand new site that does something that should have been done a long time ago! They review the Internet Marketing products that we get offered everyday.
So who does the reviewing? Well the reviews are handled by over 1,000 internet marketers – just like you and I. These are people who have actually bought and used the products and services they are reviewing. They tell all —there’s no reason not to, the products are NOT being sold through ratingshub (in fact, ratingshub accepts NO advertising!), they are simply being reviewed. If you like the review you see and you think the product is good, then go back to where you originally saw the offer and make your purchase.
Don’t see a review for a product you’re interested in? Then simply request a review –odds are one of your fellow members has experience with it. Want to submit some reviews of your own – go ahead – it’s all possible once you’ve joined…
So how much does it cost to join? Well that’s the best part –it’s free. Simply register here and you’re on your way!
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