http://partnerperform.com/blog Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:30:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was just beginning to think I had seen it all. I was certain that there wasn't a niche left uncovered in affiliate marketing. Then I logged into my ShareASale affiliate account to see what new merchants were joining my favorite network provider. Enter BioEden. If ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/11/13/new-merchant-spotlight-bioeden/ This weekend, ShareASale ran their inaugural Think Tank session in Las Vegas, Nevada. I was fortunate enough to attend, presenting on behalf of SameDayMusic, whose affiliate program I manage in the ShareASale network. With little doubt, this was the most productive (and pleasurable) event that I have attended ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/11/06/the-shareasale-think-tank-affiliate-marketings-most-progressive-event/ Its rare when an online clothing retailer really gets it-- let alone does their part to make shopping online as enticing as shopping in the store. Couture Candy does it right. Couture Candy is an online boutique filled with high-end fashions for women. Yet its not so ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/10/10/new-merchant-spotlight-couturecandycom/ Earlier today, Jeremy Palmer called a word of warning to affiliates in a post at Revenews in light of Congress' recent approval of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. Jeremy explains that gambling affiliates, who have been shut out of promoting gambling merchants in the US, are now looking ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/10/04/affiliate-marketing-one-sunken-ship-yields-a-hundred-lifeboats-to-success/ VCs are breathing down your neck to bring in more traffic. Your Media Metrix numbers are plunging because they ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/10/04/monkeys-enslaved-to-perform-adsense-click-fraud/ By nature, art is an uniquely personal phenomenon-- personal, yet collectively loved and appreciated. Today's spotlight merchant produces a very new kind of art, an art that is more "personal" than art has ever been. "DNA 11 creates personalized and original abstract art from a sample of your DNA ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/09/28/new-merchant-spotlight-dna11com/ I first discovered SpotRunner back in May, and not a moment too soon. As a vocal advocate of offline/online ad synergy, the idea SpotRunner proposed was music to my ears-- cheap TV advertising for all, managed on a robust web-based platform. SpotRunner provides ad production services as well, ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/09/25/new-merchant-spotlight-spotrunnercom/ So we didn't "write the book on affiliate marketing", but we did define Outsourced Program Management... Check out our Wikipedia face-lift on the topic of affiliate management. Boy, did they need it! Quality affiliate managers are in short supply for merchants who prefer in-house management. The most seasoned affiliate ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/09/19/partnerperform-defines-outsourced-affiliate-program-management/ This morning at CJU in Santa Barbara, CA, CommissionJunction announced the launch of a web services API available to advertisers and publishers alike. Here's a sample from each of CJ's announcements, one made to advertisers, the other to publishers-- edited for brevity: For Advertisers: Commission Junction's Web Services empower you to ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/09/18/commissionjunction-announces-web-services-api/ A recent BusinessWeek article suggests that entrepreneurs can launch a new business online starting at $3,000. "Startup costs can be as low as $3,000, and the business can be set up in a home office and attended to at nights and on weekends, allowing new entrepreneurs to keep their day jobs." While ... http://partnerperform.com/blog/2006/09/06/affiliates-could-teach-businessweek-a-thing-or-two-or-three-thousand/