TopSeos.com, an independent Digital Agency review website, has ranked Experience Advertising the #1 ranked affiliate marketing company for the 5th month in a row. Experience Advertising, focuses on managing and growing affiliate programs for both large and small Advertisers primarily on the Commission Junction affiliate network, as well as Shareasale and the Google affiliate network. They are an OPM, or outsourced program managers, for dozens of Advertisers on the CJ.com network. Experience Advertising manages cost-per-sale and cost-per-lead campaigns on behalf of their clients, focusing on one-on-one affiliate management to gain the most affiliate participation possible. They specialize in recruiting affiliates into their affiliate programs through proven affiliate recruitment methods such as: cross-recruiting, site contacting, and email-based invites sent through the affiliate network. If you are looking for the best performing affiliate program management company, then you should definitely check out Experience Advertising, you can view a list of their current affiliate programs under management here.
Commission Junction, or CJ, is the largest of the major affiliate networks out there. If you are looking to launch a new affiliate program on CJ, or currently have one, it’s imperative that you have good affiliate managers in place. Merely having a program live on CJ is not enough to guarantee your affiliate program will perform like it should. You need excellent affiliate management in place to work with the affiliates and make sure their every need is taken care of. Proactive affiliate management is the best way to increase the affiliate participation level in the program, and therefore the revenue it produces. Having knowledgeable affiliate management help to increase sales because more affiliates have a chance of producing, once worked with. Make sure to have really good affiliate management in place when you run a CJ program to ensure your affiliate program will reach its fullest potential!
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Just got another email from Linkshare peddling ShoeMoney tools! Thought it was funny (but not funny) that they are trying to make money off their affiliates! You know Linkshare is making an affiliate commission on the $79/month price tag (that magic price point charged for supposed Internet stuff). Woopie..you get the first month for $3.95. Most of these tools are available for free from other sources. Affiliates should never have to pay for tools to help them be better affiliate marketers. Linkshare should put together their own suite of tools instead of reselling ShoeMoney’s tools. They must think he’s so great, but I don’t see it. It’s also funny that they are offering the same deal ShoeMoney offers to his newsletter subscribers and for the first 50 that respond…classic cheesy marketing!
Review Writing is one of the aspects of social media, online marketing and affiliate network marketing that I write about at MurrayNewlands.com. Interviews and reviews are both great ways to network and become more active in the online community. Not only is it a great way for me to learn more about what is out there, but I am able to pass on useful information to others, which is another key way to build your online community.
I will examine a recent ClickBooth Review that I wrote as a case study. Before beginning a review, think about two things:
Audience: Who are you writing for? The ClickBooth Review as about the ClickBooth Affiliate Network and my audience was affiliate marketers.
Purpose: Why are you writing the review? The ClickBooth Review was aimed at affiliate marketers looking for quality affiliate networks.
Once you have these figured out, it’s time to focus on what your readers want. The key with content is to give them something of value- My
ClickBooth Review offers affiliate marketers the value of introducing them to a high quality affiliate network, and by writing the review my goal was to bring more of those affiliate marketers into the ClickBooth affiliate network.
So, what are affiliate marketers looking for in an affiliate network review?
1. Trust: The first thing you want to know about a person or an affiliate network is can you trust them? I started my ClickBooth Review by saying that I’ve been involved with them for years- I’m not writing about a new network that I just found. I have been an active affiliate marketer for years and my readers know that I can be trusted to provide a quality affiliate network.
2. Specifics: My ClickBooth Review went into specifics about why ClickBooth is a quality network. One specific that regarding their payouts: “Yesterday they did two great things to put a smile on my face. I received a check for $3000 USD for an affiliate account I had missed! Always great when that happens, that is worth a Clickbooth review in its own right.” Rather than just recommending the ClickBooth network in a general sense, I gave a specific example about why they are a high quality network. Knowing exactly why a quality network is a quality network goes a long way toward substantiating the recommendation.
3. Resources: Affiliate marketers need support resources. In my ClickBooth Review I recommended their blog by Eric Schechter, which is a great, consistent support network. This is important for any affiliate marketer because knowing there is consistently updated information that is part of the network reassures them that the network will be there to support them whenever they have questions.
4. Reasons: Affiliate marketing is a large field with many options- there area few key features of any network that all affiliate marketers will weigh in making their decision. At the end of my ClickBooth Review I listed fast payouts, green affiliate programs and high affiliate payments as good reasons to join the ClickBooth Affiliate Network.
For more information, I recommend reading my ClickBooth Review in full, or visiting my Blog to see more examples of interviews and reviews.
Author Bio: Murray Newlands is a blogger and online marketing expert. www.MurrayNewlands.com is his blog about social media and online marketing, from the affiliate side to the green world. The blog is widely read by bloggers, online marketers, affiliates and people trying to change the world. The blog regularly features interviews with prominent bloggers and reviews of social media apps and affiliate networks.
Linkshare UK looks like they are doing some really informative stuff to try to help Advertisers get more savvy about facilitating and motivating their affiliates. They are running some live webinars and have some recorded webinars you can check out. They have been good in the past so there is no reason the next one focusing on “How to Run A Publisher-Friendly Program” shoudn’t be quite good. Should be interesting at the very least! I find the Brits to be very advanced with affiliate marketing techniques and management, probably due to the small, focused region everyone operates in. While here in the U.S. everyone is all spread out and most of the networking is done via email, chat and phone. In a smaller region you can really meet up in person and get more accomplished.
Commission Junction is probably the largest and longest established affiliate network there is. Commission Junction works on a pruely CPA or cost-per-action basis, usually on a per sale or per lead basis depending on the advertiser. CJ in my opinion is the most powerful affiliate network due to their tremendous database of affiliates and publishers that comprise the network. When you launch an affiliate program on Commission Junction you will get a great burst of affiliate sign-ups in the first few weeks. These new affiliate applications needs to be review and either accepted or denied based on they type of affiliate the merchant is looking for. It’s the job of the affiliate managers to work with the affiliates that do sign-up by contacting them to provide: tools, coaching, resources, banners and whatever else they may need. Having good affiliate program management in place is essential to growing your new affiliate program properly. If you just launch a program and expect it to grow on it’s own, you will likely be disappointed. However with good, proactive affiliate management in place you can really build a great revenue channel on Commission Junction. I think CJ’s strengths are in their affiliate base and their tracking. It’s vital to have good affiliate tracking in place to ensure affiliates are getting credited for their sales or leads. CJ has a very diverse affiliate base with everything from bloggers to large web properties. I highly recommend using Commission Junction as your affiliate network of choice. If you would like to discuss either affiliate management or affiliate recruitment please let us know.
Commission Junction Affiliate Network put out a nice little video on the reasons to attend CJU. The video features some attendees talking about why they liked it. This year should be a great event, with lots of great people to meet, interact, and do business with. Here is the video:
Are you going to CJU? Well you should! It’s a really great experience for both affiliates and merchants alike. You can expect to meet a lot of great CJ people and do some phenomenal networking with all tpyes of people in the affiliate world. Commission Junction is a largest and most powerful affiliate network (IMO), so why wouldn’t you attend Commission Junction University. You will learn a great deal about affiliate marketing and the techniques that work. Solidify your knowledge of the affiliate space by attending CJU, you won’t be sorry you did!
In a bold and seemingly smart move, Linkshare announced that they have inked a partnership with domain name giant GoDaddy.com to add affiliate tracking capabilities to GoDaddy eCommerce storefronts. This would seem like a really great idea because it will get more merchants involved in affiliate marketing and open up some new niches that affiliates can participate in. But, at the same time, it’s going to push a lot of clueless merchants into the space with most likely little direction. And what are the set-up fees and monthly minimums? If the program doesn’t grow very fast, the merchants will be in a state of bewilderment and confusion. I have seen many merchants whose affiliate programs, where ever they were placed, languished and didn’t grow. And certainly not reach their fullest potential that comes with good affiliate management. Another aspect is a lot of these Godaddy eCommerce sites aren’t brilliantly designed, so affiliates could be working their butts off with little to no conversions. Nothings worse than that! We’ll have to see what happens with this one.
I thought it was an April fools joke at first glance, but it appears that Linkshare is having Joan Rivers as the host of the Linkshare Golden Link Awards! Is this a reflection on Linkshare as a network?? Nah, should be pretty funny most likely. I’m actually somewhat of a closet Joan Rivers fan, I think she has talent.
Commission Junction is having another webinar in their CJ webinar series. This time it’s focused on an issue that has persisted in the world of online marketing for years: trademark infringement and brand hijacking. Here is the break-down from the CJ website:
Every e-retailer is susceptible to the ever-growing practice of online trademark infringement that occurs when consumers mistype your domain name and are “hijacked” by fraudulent domain owners who make millions. This practice, known as cybersquatting — or typosquatting — costs brand holders millions of dollars each year in lost revenues.
In this Webinar, a domain recovery expert will show you how typosquatters thwart your marketing efforts and what you can do to:
• Protect your brand
• Recover lost revenue
• Prevent misdirection to competitor sites
Join Dave Duckwitz, CEO of CitizenHawk, and Jeff Ransdell, Director of Compliance and Support Operations at Commission Junction, to learn about typosquatting and find out who’s hijacking your brand.
This is a must because most companies are venerable to these types of practices by rogue affiliates and other individuals that would choose to damange a company’s reputation.
