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Friday, April 25, 2008
Affiliate Marketing Agencies - Get rid of the middle man
The web experts have come a long way, right from the days they were promoting the web pages for the search engine rankings to the present day marketing of products and brands on the web sites. Affiliate marketing has set the latest trend and with the passing of the days more business is showing up in the schedules. Call it whatever, but Affiliate Marketing agencies are far from the best after sliced bread - Affiliate Marketing agencies are the middle man between the advertiser and you, the webmaster.
Affiliate marketing is the process in which the products and services of the advertiser are promoted using the web sites. Popular web sites have been the best channels available in the industry. Other than that affiliate marketers also make use of e-mails and blogs. The idea is simple maximum exposure to the maximum number of people.
Affiliate marketing agencies have been indulging in different business processes to have their own share of the market. Brand promotions appear to be the ideal one and affiliate marketers have vowed to provide cheap and tangible solutions in the marketplace, eating part of the profit that is actually generated by the webmasters running the channels that promote businesses worldwide.
Affiliate marketing agencies do not operate like an advertising agency, they convert links into more complex links (because they are the man in the middle, you will have to go through their tracking system instead of using the advertizers own tracking system) and mostly the so called "services" they provide resumes to share part of the revenue your effort generates.
In our experience, we prefer to go directly to advertizers and eliminte the middle man. Sure its a little more cumbersome to check your monthly revenues accross 25 different sites....however, the process is transparent and you avoid fraud. We have been in the business for almost 4 years and understood an affiliate aggregator has the tendency to lose our money. Advertizers usually dont.
Affiliate marketing is the process in which the products and services of the advertiser are promoted using the web sites. Popular web sites have been the best channels available in the industry. Other than that affiliate marketers also make use of e-mails and blogs. The idea is simple maximum exposure to the maximum number of people.
Affiliate marketing agencies have been indulging in different business processes to have their own share of the market. Brand promotions appear to be the ideal one and affiliate marketers have vowed to provide cheap and tangible solutions in the marketplace, eating part of the profit that is actually generated by the webmasters running the channels that promote businesses worldwide.
Affiliate marketing agencies do not operate like an advertising agency, they convert links into more complex links (because they are the man in the middle, you will have to go through their tracking system instead of using the advertizers own tracking system) and mostly the so called "services" they provide resumes to share part of the revenue your effort generates.
In our experience, we prefer to go directly to advertizers and eliminte the middle man. Sure its a little more cumbersome to check your monthly revenues accross 25 different sites....however, the process is transparent and you avoid fraud. We have been in the business for almost 4 years and understood an affiliate aggregator has the tendency to lose our money. Advertizers usually dont.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Casino Affiliate Scams
Casino niche is one of the most competitive niches where many affiliates are making luxury incomes by promoting through casino affiliate programs. Niches which have lot of money circulating around do not just attract affiliates to enter the business, but also scams who try to share the market profit in illegal ways. If you are an affiliate who trying to make your fortune in casino field, beware of those affiliate scams and avoid them with your best efforts.
Almost all casino affiliate programs are free to join; hence those affiliate scams won't ask you to pay during sign up for their affiliate program. So, how these casino affiliate scams cheat your money? Here it's goes:-
Most casino affiliate programs share their revenues with affiliate through revenue share percentages. In order to attract new affiliate to sign up with them and promote their casinos, the casino affiliate program normally offer high commission, sometimes as high as 60% to new affiliate if the new affiliate manage to convert their traffic to real players who make deposit and loss to the casino. The gambling industry is very competitive, so there is no surprise if casino offer high commission to affiliates so that they get as many affiliates as possible to promote their casinos. But, the problem is among those affiliate programs which offer such an attractive commission sharing also include the affiliate programs offered by casino affiliate scams. These scams use you to help them promote their casinos but they refuse to pay your earning. You as a new affiliate who are looking to join casino affiliate program, sometime is hard to differential between the real affiliate programs and the affiliate programs run by casino affiliate scams. But if you do some homework before sign with the casino affiliate program, you might be able to avoid with the best possible to accidentally sign up with casino affiliate scams.
The best place to know which affiliate programs are scams is online forums where affiliates who do not get pay by those affiliate scams make complaints. These forums are a good place to find good and reputable casino affiliate programs as well. Join the forum and read what other people say about the certain casino affiliate programs. If the affiliate program get a lot of bad comments from other affiliates, it should be a sign of affiliate scams, don't promote their casinos.
For casino affiliate programs that you have already signed up, a few hints to look for if the affiliate programs are affiliate scams:
1. Statistics Never Update
If you found that no matter how many people you refer the statistics always show 0 visitors. You can always test your banners by clicking it, and check on the statistics to see whether the clicks are captured. Check your statistics regularly and if the stats don't change this may be a sign of trouble.
2. No Real Player Conversions
It's fact that not everyone who clicks on a banner is going to sign up as a real player. The statistics show that the average conversion ratio is about 1% to 3%. If the casinos you promote have an abnormally low conversion rate, dump them because you are not making money anyway. Divert your traffic to an honest casino operator and earned commissions that you are eligible for.
3. The Check Never Reach You
The statistics are correct. You know you are earning good money from the traffic you drive to the casinos, and waiting for your check to reach you at the month end. But, the check never arrived and your emails to the affiliate manager are ignored. If you never receive your check, pull the banners out from your website until you receive payment.
Summary
Casino affiliate programs are money making channels for affiliates to make money online. The only thing you need to beware is casino affiliate scams that make use of you to earn them money but refuse to pay you your earnings. Don't fall for these scams.
Almost all casino affiliate programs are free to join; hence those affiliate scams won't ask you to pay during sign up for their affiliate program. So, how these casino affiliate scams cheat your money? Here it's goes:-
Most casino affiliate programs share their revenues with affiliate through revenue share percentages. In order to attract new affiliate to sign up with them and promote their casinos, the casino affiliate program normally offer high commission, sometimes as high as 60% to new affiliate if the new affiliate manage to convert their traffic to real players who make deposit and loss to the casino. The gambling industry is very competitive, so there is no surprise if casino offer high commission to affiliates so that they get as many affiliates as possible to promote their casinos. But, the problem is among those affiliate programs which offer such an attractive commission sharing also include the affiliate programs offered by casino affiliate scams. These scams use you to help them promote their casinos but they refuse to pay your earning. You as a new affiliate who are looking to join casino affiliate program, sometime is hard to differential between the real affiliate programs and the affiliate programs run by casino affiliate scams. But if you do some homework before sign with the casino affiliate program, you might be able to avoid with the best possible to accidentally sign up with casino affiliate scams.
The best place to know which affiliate programs are scams is online forums where affiliates who do not get pay by those affiliate scams make complaints. These forums are a good place to find good and reputable casino affiliate programs as well. Join the forum and read what other people say about the certain casino affiliate programs. If the affiliate program get a lot of bad comments from other affiliates, it should be a sign of affiliate scams, don't promote their casinos.
For casino affiliate programs that you have already signed up, a few hints to look for if the affiliate programs are affiliate scams:
1. Statistics Never Update
If you found that no matter how many people you refer the statistics always show 0 visitors. You can always test your banners by clicking it, and check on the statistics to see whether the clicks are captured. Check your statistics regularly and if the stats don't change this may be a sign of trouble.
2. No Real Player Conversions
It's fact that not everyone who clicks on a banner is going to sign up as a real player. The statistics show that the average conversion ratio is about 1% to 3%. If the casinos you promote have an abnormally low conversion rate, dump them because you are not making money anyway. Divert your traffic to an honest casino operator and earned commissions that you are eligible for.
3. The Check Never Reach You
The statistics are correct. You know you are earning good money from the traffic you drive to the casinos, and waiting for your check to reach you at the month end. But, the check never arrived and your emails to the affiliate manager are ignored. If you never receive your check, pull the banners out from your website until you receive payment.
Summary
Casino affiliate programs are money making channels for affiliates to make money online. The only thing you need to beware is casino affiliate scams that make use of you to earn them money but refuse to pay you your earnings. Don't fall for these scams.
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