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I was surfing Craigslist this morning and I clicked on the Jobs section to see what’s happening in the computing world lately.  I often use job listings to help me keep a handle on “what’s hot”, etc.  And what presented itself to me?  A WARNING statement talking about Affiliate Scammers!
Well, that’s okay.  There’s alot of [...]

Ever have one of “those” days?  A lot of people (Including the New York Times Co. CEO, Diane Sawyer of ABC News, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel) are waking up to discover that their iPad data was compromised.
Yup, a Gawker Article this morning is reporting that AT&T [...]

Strange things pop into your head when your mind is on business and you see something pop up to interrupt you.  Like a world map broken down by which Social Networks are dominant where…
Which is pretty important data if your focusing some effort outside of the US and Canada…  In an article on Gawker today [...]

Remember CPM???  No, not Digital Research and S-100 Bus computers…  Cost Per Thousand Views?  It seems like it’s been a long time since that model was out there in any effective way.  We’re all focused on Performance Marketing and effectively delivering the offers we promote.  But Apple hasn’t (and most likely won’t be) using Performance [...]

Over the next several months some of the larger newspapers will cease to be indexed by Google (at the newspaper’s request).  The New York Times is moving back to paid content in 2011.  The UK’s Times and Sunday Times are making their move within the next month.  (See the NY Post Article Here).  How is [...]

2008 seems like so long ago.  But you need to be aware, and prepare, for changes in Affiliate Marketing due in 2011 because of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.  You see, a new IRS form (Form 1099-K)will be required from payment processors.  You know, PayPal, Google Checkout, Amazon Payments, Credit Card Processors, [...]

Google has rolled out CPC and CTC advertising, Apple is getting into mobile advertising, The Amazon Kindle showed how mobile enabled pad computing could sell.  And over the weekend I was hit over the head with why Mobile Performance Marketing Affiliates will win big.
And no, it’s not because of all the mobile networks (but it [...]

With Google IO this week comes a couple new things for Performance Marketing….    Mobile PPC and CTC (Click-to-Call) via AdWords for the Mobile Market.  With options for Advertisers, Publishers, and Developers.  I think it’s safe to say that Mobile Affiliate Marketing has arrived in a big way.
AdSense for Mobile Platforms is described (for Publishers) “AdSense [...]

In the realm of tactics used by fraudulant affiliates (those persons/entities who use affiliate marketing but damage our industry) it never ceases to amaze me the amount of work and effort a fraudster will do for a few quick bucks.  Only this time, I’ve seen it myself.  First Hand…  And someone at one or more [...]

Remember the movie “The Prime Gig” with Vince Vaughn?  And “Boileroom” with Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck?  Well, some of those very same tactics illustrated in these two movies are being employed in the seedy side of the  Affiliate Marketing industry.  I’ve been looking a little harder at organized affiliate fraud and the very same [...]