I received an email on Thursday from an affiliate saying he wanted to have a white-label cashback site from our client V A C Media because cashback sites “may even wipe out traditional affiliate sites in the future. This is why I want to get on board now!” It brought to the forefront of […]

There are several wise messages in that video but, in terms of affiliate marketing, the bit I’d like to pick out is Chosen Ninja’s statement about “diligence and hard effort” being the route to success. The single biggest reason I see people fail in business – and life – is because they lack persistence. They […]

Following on from the recent blog post about the best things in affiliate marketing in 2007, I present the seven worst things. The Bad 1.    Some networks lost respect by continuing to provide poor service to affiliates and, instead of holding the position of trusted third party, operating in a manner which favoured merchants. As […]

The most exciting times in affiliate marketing for me were 1999 to 2002, mirroring the peak of the dotcom boom, and I thought those frenzied days might not return, but 2007 was the year when the music blared out with more tempo and people started jiving with increased vigour once again. UK sales from affiliate marketing rose from […]

Our Christmas present for affiliates is 16 eye-catching new banners for the eDealsUK affiliate program which we manage. The banners have been uploaded to Affiliate Future and are available now.   Existing creative has been replaced with the new brand banners and, wherever possible, I have tried to match the existing banners – so a red […]

  Some shareholders in IBG, parent company of AffiliateFuture, have expressed concern about the decision to effectively sell the network to direct marketing company TMN Group (formerly TheMutual.net). The reason is because the acquisition values each IBG share at a miserable 12.75 pence and the whole of IBG at a mere £9.84 million. This compares to a […]