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In case you missed it, check out the article written by our own Doug Davis, which was published in the latest edition of FeedFront Magazine!
Over the past ten years, Advertisers using the CPA (cost-per-action) business model have dealt with countless headaches and spent significant resources dealing with fraud and poor quality. Recently, emerging technologies have made it easier for Advertisers to tighten up their metrics and evaluate traffic on a much more granular level. (Cont.)
Change is probably one of the most common things that people fear (along with public speaking). It’s funny, because we all experience change throughout our lives and careers. Despite its inevitability, many people avoid it like the plague. Those of us in the affiliate and online marketing industry are likely much more accepting of change than the average person – since we actively chose to enter a business where the playing field is constantly evolving. But, even though we deal with change on a regular basis, it is still normal to gravitate toward staying within our comfort zones. Even successful affiliates can find themselves getting comfortable in their chosen niche and not venturing outside of it until the market changes and they have to branch out again to keep their business going.
Another week, another tweak from Google. This week Google announced it will be launching a new feature called ‘+1’ which amounts to a somewhat simpler version of Facebook’s ‘like’ button.
Here’s how it will work. When you run a search on Google, a little +1 button will begin appearing next to each result – this includes all organic and paid results. When you click on the button, the result will get a little vote from you as to its quality. Right now, there is actually a little pop-up window that will ask you to confirm your +1 selection and give you some options about how your vote is shared with others. Google says they will be rolling out the +1 feature slowly, beginning with English searches on Google.com.
Many (probably the vast majority) affiliate marketers share a common dream when they get into the business – quitting their day jobs and making affiliate marketing into a career. Some may have more modest goals of creating a solid stream of recurring revenue every month to supplement their regular income. But, whatever the goal, many affiliates also share another common trait. They haven’t achieved those goals. There are plenty of reasons why an affiliate marketing business may not have become as successful as possible. But, I think that many of those reasons can fall into four categories that can create barriers to achieving success.
