Following on from my earlier article, “Why I love Affiliate Marketing”, here is the polar viewpoint, showing the not-so-nice side of our Industry. Far from just throwing together a few ideas to counter my positive viewpoints, the following are genuine problems within Affiliate Marketing.... 

As I was laying in the sun, gazing out to sea last week (apologies for the lack of updates – Summer seemed to descend upon us all of a sudden, and I wasn’t about to miss out!), I really felt for the poor souls who were stuck in work, looking out of their windows at the glorious 4 days of... 

Travelcare, the “independent” travel agent owned by the Co-operative has launched with a great fanfare on buy.at today. Well, actually it’s a re-launch, but no-one seems to be mentioning the previous problems with the programs (appalling conversion rates on buy.at, no online booking... 

Fear not, dear Reader – I did not disappear under the mud at Weston Park this weekend.. I have lived to tell the tale, so here it is… Many who know me expressed surprise that I was going to a festival. Whilst everyone knows I love live music, they also know that I loathe camping with a passion,... 

Affiliate Window recently announced that they are trialling a brand new support channel. Their new live support channel will be available for both merchants and affiliates, answering technical and account issues. I thought that I would list and compare the different networks support channels and methods... 

Who says these lovely summer days (now that they’re finally arrived!) aren’t productive for affiliates? Sure, we all know that when the sun comes out, it’s time to start those Christmas site preparations (and may I be the first to wish you, dear Reader a very Merry Christmas and a... 

Question: When is lifetime commission not lifetime commission? Answer: Whenever a merchant feels like it. I’ve just received notification that the Joe Browns program will close on buy.at on 3rd September, and I assume that with it will go the promised “lifetime commissions” on all... 

Having been away for the last 2 weeks, we’ve managed to knock quite a few films on the head, courtesy of our log cabin in the Lake District having Film Four, and a few more from my Lovefilm list. I won’t go into indepth reviews of each, but just a few words about each with my rating out... 

Some breaking news from A4uexpo this afternoon – The £100 “earlybird” discount period that expired on 31st July has now been extended to 31st August. This is in addition to the recent announcement of their partnership with Search Engine Strategies for Day Two of the conference. We... 

Launched today is a brand new Wiki for Affiliates4U forum. As like all Wiki, it is up to users to add/update content on the Wiki. It’s purpose is “to provide an educational resource to the wider internet community about affiliates4u and the Affiliate Marketing industry.” Areas covered... 

In January this year, I sold Net Free Stuff, my very first website, to Internet Business Group plc for £120,000 cash. It’s a very satisfying feeling, knowing that something you created out of nothing could be sought after by a stock-listed company, who are leaders in the Industry. I thought it... 

Just heard that the Met Office have released an early weather warning for England & Wales on Friday, going into Saturday. There is rainfall of 20-30mm expected, but there could be as much as 60-90mm in places. Driving conditions will be atrocious, and there may well be isolated flooding. The weatherman... 

It’s now four weeks to the day since my rant about networks who don’t pay or just seem to make getting paid a hassle, and time for an update. This time, however I won’t be with-holding names as I feel they’ve had every opportunity to sort out something simple like paying your... 

uvme You wouldn’t believe the hype my inbox has seen over the last 6 weeks over the latest product to be released by Virtual World Direct. I’ve literally received over 100 emails every single day bigging up the “pre-launch” of the “biggest event ever to hit the Internet” Finally,... 

Paid on Results launched yet another innovative new tool for affiliates and merchants last week – Transaction alerts. To describe it at it’s most basic level, it will send you an alert via email (or via HTTP request, though I’m not going to pretend that I know what that means.. sounds...