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Network Solutions UK Affiliate Program Grows From Strength to Strength

Sinead Hernen — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:54:04 +0000

Network Solutions® is renowned for pioneering the service for creating and acquiring specific “web addresses” (domain name registration) and even received a name check in the film ‘The Social Network’ as the domain registrar for the social media phenomenon that is Facebook!

Having been in the technology space for over 30 years, Network Solutions helps both new and experienced customers to build and host custom websites. The combination of competitive pricing and an extensive range of domain name and hosting services makes Network Solutions the first choice for successful small businesses, website designers and individuals.

Following the huge success of its US affiliate program, Network Solutions launched its UK affiliate program in February this year, with Azam Marketing taking over the management of the program in June.

Since then we have been pleased to see an increase in UK affiliates actively promoting the offers and promotions that Network Solutions has specifically produced for its British customer base including:

Domain Names from £4.99
Web Hosting from £2.99 per month
Save 25% off New Orders of £50 or more
75% Off Domain Names
Websites from £2.99 per month

Not only has Network Solutions focused on developing UK-specific customer incentives, they have also implemented some very generous performance bonuses for affiliates joined to their UK program such as:

Commissions of up to £300.00 per Sale
FOUR Tier Monthly Performance Bonus Scheme – earn between £100.00 & £1,000.00 monthly bonus EVERY month when you generate over £500.00 sales revenue
New Publisher Bonus Payment – Any publisher who generates their first two sales for the program within one month will earn a one off £25.00 bonus

If you’d like to find out more maximising your revenues from the affiliate program, read the information pack here.

Research shows that Network Solutions performs well on both web hosting specific and B2B sites as well as B2C and voucher code websites.

Network Solutions runs a successful blog for small businesses from which Azam Marketing has been featuring useful articles for Azam.info readers over recent months including Tools to Tame the Social Beast, Five Great Social Media Infographics To Help Guide Your Business and Build Forward.

The Network Solutions brand is growing from strength to strength in the UK and is receiving positive feedback from affiliates. Azam Marketing is looking forward to working with Network Solutions in 2012 as there are many exciting things planned.

If you are interested in earning serious money by selling domains and web hosting, then make sure you sign up to the Network Solutions UK affiliate program on Commission Junction.

Think Visibility Returns with Another Knock Out Conference

Sinead Hernen — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:44:35 +0000

Think Visibility 4 took place this weekend. It’s the second Think Vis. event I have attended and Dom and his team did not disappoint in bringing the best speakers from the online marketing industry together for a fourth time.

One of my favourite sessions of the day was ‘Keywords and Mini Sites’ presented by Gary Taylor. I’m not sure whether advanced domainers would have found this event a little basic, but I thought Gary did a great job summarising the most important aspects of buying and utilising domain names. He also suggested some useful resources and links to follow up and there was a nice buzz amongst the audience afterwards. I will definitely check out Gary’s starter guide for new domainers.

In other sessions, Lisa Myers and Jaamit Durrani looked at how social media and linkbuilding could really increase one’s chance of dominating the SERPs.

Lisa provided some top ideas on how to look beyond Facebook and Twitter to build relationships with your audience and drive relevant, highly targeted traffic and backlinks to your website including ‘article marketing’ – writing key content for other sector related websites, guest blogging and providing best practice and white papers.

Jaamit’s session discussed how researching competitor SEO activity and backlink profiles as well as article spinning and negotiating links from trusted ac.uk domains can make a noticeable difference to your place within the SERPS.

Both sessions by Lisa and Jaamit complemented each other and did well to educate and reinforce the key metrics of SEO as well as throw new ideas into the pot.

Paul Madden’s discussion about Black Hat SEO provided a rare and unique insight into the mindset of a spammer which I found scary but somewhat intriguing at the same time. It was amazing to hear how easily and quickly some individuals are able to make significant sums of money with just a domain name, a piece of script and an eye for an opportunity.

There were many more highlights throughout the day and not all sessions were SEO-themed, other topics included Affiliate Marketing Technologies, Accessibility, Conversion and Online PR.

With so many events being held in London, Dom and his team have done the northern digital community proud. If you have never attended Think Visibility and you are serious about online marketing you are missing a treat!

The only thing I regret about Think Visibility 4 is that I did not enter the Pre conference Pool Tournament because I reckon I would have kicked some serious butt! Roll on ThinkVis 5…

If you have any favourite moments from ThinkVis4 or would like to share feedback on the above, please leave your comments here or email sinead [at] azam.net. You may also like to read my review of Think Visibility 3.

Think Visibility Photos courtesy of Martin Cunningham.

The Good Times Roll Once Again: Internet World and Acorn Domains Gathering, London

N Azam — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:06:15 +0000

Sinead Hernen reports on Internet World 2008 and Nadeem Azam on the Acorn Domains’ gathering, both held in central London last week.

Internet World 2008 played host to over 300 exhibitors and 200 presentations, as thousands of visitors keen to increase their digital business knowledge and contacts headed from throughout the world to the most attended internet-related trade show of the year in the UK.

I was one of the aforementioned people, eager to leave my ‘red-brick’ shelter up north and travel down to the big smoke, excited to learn in particular what the next big thing in online marketing is going to be and meet up with my good colleagues Nadeem and Ather as well as make some new friends along the way.

The usual suspects were there on the day including Affiliate Future and Valueclick, although surprisingly, no sign of any other prominent affiliate networks. However, this gap was promptly filled by many new and up and coming players to the European affiliate arena such as Linkshare and Intela.

Those that did put up their flags made sure they weren’t missed, with Affiliate Future outlining their idea of ‘Successful Affiliate Marketing in the World of Web 2.0’ to a full audience and CJ’s Dan Powell having his say in an expert panel discussion about ‘Monetising Web 2.0’ which was hosted by Avail Intelligence and Forrester Research.

After spending several hours walking around the stands and sitting in on a few seminars, I didn’t feel as though I was any closer to finding the holy grail of affiliate marketing but I did have the pleasure of making new acquaintances with the guys from Linkshare as well dropping in on a couple of old associate’s from my days at Littlewoods Shop Direct. I also had the fortune of meeting several very useful contacts. Definitely a case of being in the right place at the right time.

The British domain industry held its biggest ever gathering at the ‘My Old Dutch’ restaurant in Holborn in London in an evening organised by Acorn Domains and Memorable Domains. There was a healthy mix of domainers who owned many of the most valuable domain names in the UK, those relatively new to the game, and representatives from various domain parking companies such as Sedo, Namedrive and Fabulous.

The meal consisted of traditional Dutch pancakes which were delicious but left me and most people rather bloated: they are about 40 cm in diameter! This was followed by drinks paid for by the sponsors.

I thoroughly enjoyed the gathering which provided the chance to ‘talk shop’ with domainer friends and it was a thrill to see people such as Jonathan, our fantastic Sedo Account Rep., for the first time in the flesh. There are many sub-communities that come under the ‘online marketing’ fold and it is fascinating to see that, although they are all intertwined, each sibling has its own ways of operating, unique personalities and fears/excitement about the future.

Talking of which, I often get asked what the next domain TLD goldrush will be. My suggestion is to focus your crosshairs on .me domains which anybody will be able to apply for in a few days time. You may register the domain names through Godaddy who were selected by the government of Montenegro as one of the three partners to launch the TLD.

Exciting news in the pipeline, so subscribe to Azam.info blog updates here.

Premium .eu Domain Names go on Sale – Exclusive 10 Day Promotion

N Azam — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:34:50 +0000

We’ve been on a roll with our .eu domain names, having sold three in the last three months. To keep the momentum going, we have decided to offer an exclusive deal to our blog readers for 10 days only: if you buy any .eu domain names from us, we will handle all the adminstration involved in transferring them to you and cover the full escrow and transfer fees. The promotion expires at 17:00 GMT on 16 April 2008.

.eu domain names are becoming increasingly popular, with more and more companies using them. Covering a geographic area with 490 million affluent people, the highest quality ones, which are the ones we focus on, are in short supply and likely to go up in value.

Nearly 2.82 million of the domain names have already been registered, making .eu Europe’s third most popular TLD and the world’s seventh most popular TLD. This is remarkable when you consider they were released just two years ago.

All you have to do is email domains [at] azam.biz with the domain names you are interested in, your offers, and your full contact details. You may also call +44 (0) 20 7436 4496 anytime if you have any enquiries.

You can see the .eu domain names which qualify for our limited period offer below. Some of these are being offered for sale for the first time ever!

These first 13 domain names will be sold to the highest bidder by the end of the 10 day promotion:

dubrovnic.eu
reverso.eu
smsgratuits.eu
erasamus.eu
homesale.eu
iambored.eu
nfleuropa.eu
nfleurope.eu
gratuitjeux.eu
wwwbuy.eu
tupac.eu
gole.eu
buyproperties.eu

The following domain names will be sold if your offer satisfies our minimum expected amount, based on what we believe each premium domain name is worth:

dragonballz.eu
interail.eu
registar.eu
mapeurope.eu
mobtv.eu
phaistos.eu
stadtereisen.eu
traducta.eu
ummah.eu
whosi.eu
islamicbank.eu
geurnsey.eu
herts.eu
bored.eu
eurobird.eu
serbie.eu
stanstead.eu
restraunts.eu
championleague.eu
imbored.eu
oppenheimer.eu
fynn.eu
nuri.eu
niclas.eu
alfie.eu
liza.eu
keira.eu
liam.eu
gel.eu
ww1.eu
786.eu
mov.eu
0j.eu
1d.eu
1y.eu
6b.eu
6u.eu
8j.eu
8u.eu
9c.eu
9e.eu
9k.eu
9q.eu
9s.eu

We have many more .eu and other domain names, as well as established websites, for sale: contact us at domains [at] azam.biz or +44 (0) 20 7436 4496 with your requirements.

eDealsUK Launches Exciting New Affiliate Network with 21 Merchants

N Azam — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:49:48 +0000

Here is our regular first of the month round-up of Azam Marketing’s client and company news.

eDealsUK

Update on 8th April: this section about FroggyBank was an April Fool’s joke!

The rumours have been true and I’m delighted to report that, after a year of planning and preparation, eDealsUK Limited will be finally spawning an affiliate network in a few day’s time on the 7th of April.

With over 180 websites selling different products, five cashback websites of their own, 54 white-label cashback websites – several of them in partnership with major companies -, all of which will be promoting advertisers on the network, the network will be able to drive a significant volume of leads and sales to merchants.

The network has the distinct name Froggybank and you can see the logo on the right.

The interface has been custom built from scratch and includes unique features which are not to be found elsewhere.

As well as a robust, feature-rich and user-friendly platform, affiliate and merchant support will be the foremost priority: eDealsUK Limited has 48 staff and 15 of them have been assigned to manage the network.

The FroggyBank.co.uk network is launching with 21 advertisers, 14 of who are not on any other network. And, before you ask, not one of them is a freebie, competition, survey or gambling merchant which tend to be the mainstay of other embryonic networks.

The countless advertisers who contact eDealsUK every week to receive more exposure on the company’s high-traffic websites will be able to work with the network.

Watch out for the Press Release which is being scripted as we speak. If you have any questions, please email affiliates [at] FroggyBank.co.uk or merchants [at] FroggyBank.co.uk.

P.S. If you’d like to sign-up to FroggyBank.co.uk, then hop over to the website on Monday from 09:00 GMT onwards. We will parcel over a pet frog to the first ten registrants.

Azam.net

There’s the old tale of the cobbler’s children having no shoes and our designers have been so busy creating websites for others – such as this one we have just finished for a psychotherapist – that they seldom find the time to spruce up our own websites. However, we have been working diligently over the last eight months in the spare moments we have had between client projects to create a site to replace the dire-looking Azam.net and it will launched on 24 April.

Domain Names

After nearly nine months of negotiations, last month we finalised the sale of a domain name to Deutsche Bahn and therefore complete what I believe must be a unique hattrack [sic]: three years ago we sold a domain name to a British train company, last year we sold one to SNCF, and now one to Deutsche Bahn, which means we have sold domain names to three of Europe’s leading rail operators.

We also managed to sell officiel.eu in March to Die Healthcare Gruppe in Wiesbaden in Germany, which is our third .eu domain name sale in three months.

We have a service in which we use our vast experience and connections to find buyers for domain names. It is charged at our standard hourly rate and, if you’d like to find out more, you may get in touch with details about the domain names you’re looking to sell.

We have a few hundred established websites and domain names for sales and you can save 20% off regular prices this April. Email domains [at] azam.biz if you are interested.

Advertising in the Blog

Despite not having the time to post as regularly as we’d like, we have built a loyal readership and am delighted so many people say they enjoy reading it.

In March I had two people contacting me about wishing to advertise in the blog. It’s not something we’re considering at the moment, but when the revamped Azam.info is completed and goes live in several weeks, we will have grown our subscriber list further and will start to feature advertising.

Job Opportunities

Azam Marketing is expanding at such a ferocious pace that we are recruiting more staff. We have roles for SEO, PPC, PR, Affiliate Management and content writing specialists with at least two years solid experience in their respective disciplines. If you’re interested, email us at results [at] azam.net with your CV/resumé and examples of your work.

We are also seeking somebody to help orchestrate the whole band. For this position you must have at least two years professional experience with demonstrable profit in at least three of the following areas: Affiliate Management, Affiliate Marketing, SEO, PPC, Email Marketing, Public Relations, Domain Name Trading, Website/Graphic Design, Sales, Writing, Book-keeping/Accountancy.

You must be ambitious, hard-working and be based in the UK. Ideally should have had familiarity with running a business and/or management experience.

Number of hours per week: 20 – 60, depending on what you are able to commit to. Flexitime.

Good basic salary plus generous share of the business plus bonuses.

Please send detailed email with information about yourself and your experience, as well as full contact details, to results [at] azam.net . You should also include your CV and what you feel you can bring to the agency. Deadline: 25 April, 2007.