{"id":25,"date":"2006-04-26T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-26T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.80.208.152\/affiliateprogramadvice\/?p=25"},"modified":"2008-02-21T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-22T00:00:52","slug":"thoughts-and-rambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.affiliateprogramadvice.com\/index.php\/2006\/04\/26\/thoughts-and-rambles\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts and Rambles"},"content":{"rendered":"

27\/04\/06
\nfine against big-league spammers<\/a>
\nE-mail Spammers are just the biggest pain in the ass ever.
\nHarvesting email addresses via your website is not unlawful if you want to retain your members but there needs to be an opt-in and out clause. Selling them on to third parties (that third party being a subsidiary of the second party) without the consent of the members is still illegal. There are some rumblings across the pond that the government is going to crack down hard on this with a view to cutting down the amount of spam that we all receive on a daily basis. Who is selling your email address?<\/a><\/p>\n

I swore to myself that I would not use my blog for advertising but then if I find some thing you guys would benefit from…. Ok how about I reserve the right to advertise things I know work? Deal? This blog will mainly be ongoing honest and frank thoughts, opinions a kind of diary, a place to share personal and public triumph along with personal and hopefully less public trials and tribulations. Here I am free to make personal comments without being gagged or bound by those unwritten laws \u201cin the interest of being professional\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the things that I have become acutely aware of is that some clients will not want me talking about them or their business, quite rightly too. So the way around this is to call them client x until they give me the go ahead to name them. To be frank, Im not sure where this blog will go, time will tell eh?<\/p>\n

I have just signed a deal with a new company. The products are great and the concept superb. I am usually very passionate about all my clients and their products and believe all have the potential to go far. Occasionally, I come across the potential super nova. This latest client could be the next big thing and gain market share fairly quickly. Their unique USP is not that unique but I believe they are in the right place at the right time. When their affiliate program goes live, Ill be able to name them and give you the opportunity to follow me on their path to growth and success. This will be an opportunity to look through the window of the mechanics involved in growing an online business.<\/p>\n

Just been on the a4ufoum.co.uk<\/a> and seen the ASOS thread. For those of you that don\u2019t know the story, it\u2019s a bit long winded but to cut a long story short, off the back of their affiliates, the company grew to such proportions of which 30% + could be attributed to the affiliates, that when they really did hit the big time instead of saying thank you to those that helped them get where they are, they instead kicked their affiliates in the teeth. Affiliate Marketing, the only kind of marketing where you can get free advertising and only ever pay for results, bit of a no brainer really. I suspect they would have you believe that they are a big brand and have to answer to their share holders. But the truth of the matter is, all it will take is some one with a similar concept and bigger pockets and poof, ASOS gone, no bricks and mortar to fall back on, I see an ASOS exit strategy there. Re the ASOS affiliate program, this unfortunately, is not uncommon. So I ask the question, do you have to be so ruthless and nasty to succeed in business? Or can you be different and use good old fashioned simple common sense. Their ppc or SEO agency probably whispered a little something in their ears about affiliates bidding on the ASOS products and affiliates getting good SEO rankings. How ever, the flip side of this, some affiliates were given the finger last year. The contradiction of what was posted on the a4uforum.co.uk by some affiliates and what was carried out was two different things. But I understand, hey its about revenue at the end of the day. I don\u2019t rely on my websites as an affiliate for income. When will some affiliates wake up and realise they as individuals have no great power, but collectively they could not only change the way affiliate marketing exists today but could even bring google crashing down and beg forgiveness from the very people that put them there. Affiliates, a mighty force indeed, if they ever got organised. Would love to get some thoughts on this alone.<\/p>\n

Where is Jess and affiliate program advice.com going? seems to be the most popular question.<\/p>\n

I had a long chat with a clever guy recently, I was surprised that he had been following my career path since I left ASOS.com and seemed to genuinely be interested in how I did things and how we could work together. This came at the same time as another clever chap had also contacted me. Does this mean I am a brand unto myself? Shall I take myself to the city or Wall Street? Ha ha ha Jessica Luthi, buy shares in her, lol. Why not? It would be a good PR stunt. A person instead of a product, perhaps I would come under farming or live stock. The answer is, I know where I am going but I need to be sure I have the right people to bring to the party. The future is bright and it aint orange!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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