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Commission Junction Offers Green Products

Mike Phillips — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:00 GMT

Commission Junction, one of the largest affiliate networks around has added "green" categories to their impressive list of offerings. Environmentally-friendly products are in high demand with consumers, a trend that has been steadily growing for years and shows no signs of slowing down. This development provides a nice way for affiliates...

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Focus on the Creative, Not Just Clicks

Mike Phillips — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:19:00 GMT

eMarketer and others have brought to light the concept of view-through conversion. This is essentially when users see an online ad but do not click on it, only to search for the product, brand or service that they saw in the ad at a later time. This can be accomplished by entering the company URL directly into the browser bar, a search through a...

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WordPress Membership Plugins - Commercial (Paid) Solutions

Peter A. Prestipino — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:14:00 GMT

It seems that everyone has a self-hosted WordPress blog these days. The problem is that few if any are able to actually generate any significant revenue from their blogging and content creation efforts. It doesn't have to be that way of course. With some strategic thinking (and unique value proposition of course) you could quickly be on your...

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VisiStat 7.0 & LeadCaster Wow with Linkedin, Jigsaw Integration

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:29:00 GMT

Web analytics provider VisiStat released version 7.0 of their product yesterday and the solution features a number of interesting upgrades and enhancements. - AdCaM 3 (the advertising campaign management module) has a greater focus on reporting and conversion. - SEO Analyzer provides varying levels of information, designed for SEO/SEM development...

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Top Malware Threats in June 2009

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Windows security software provider Sunbelt Software released a list of the most prevalent malware threats for the month of June 2009. Sunbelt Labs finds a surge in threat detections for the high risk threat Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen, a family of password-stealing Trojan programs which is being distributed through SPAM (often as a file purporting...

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Consumers Flock to E-Commerce Demanding Coupons

MaureenA — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:55:00 GMT

eMarketer released its “E-Commerce in a Recession” report where it notes that consumers are moving towards online retailers versus traditional retailers. According to the report, online sales increased 4.6 percent in 2008 despite the fourth quarter contracting at 4.9 percent. Traditional retailers saw a decrease of 0.6 percent in 2008...

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Social & Local; Now More Than Ever

Peter A. Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:14:00 GMT

Just a quick note: Yelp announced a new feature which makes social media more relevant to your offline (local) business than ever before. The new feature lets users share Yelp reviews with Facebook and Twitter. It's easy to imagine that many Yelp users were already doing this but with a direct integration count on it being a much more...

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eComXpo's Must-Attend Presentations

Peter A. Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:10:00 GMT

eComXpo, a virtual tradeshow for e-commerce and affiliate marketers is fast approaching. The show runs July 8th and 9th and is a terrific introduction to Web business if you're new and an even better opportunity to network for established Internet professionals. While the virtual tradeshow floor provides many educational and networking...

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Video Out of Control (In a Good Way) in the U.K.

Peter A. Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:19:00 GMT

ComScore's Video Metric Service released data indicating that the total number of videos viewed online in the U.K. in April 2009 grew 47 percent versus year ago to 4.7 billion videos. The report also found that 21.8 million U.K. Internet users viewed a total of 971 million online display ads on multimedia sites during the month, based on data...

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Google Checkout Buy Now Buttons Available

Peter A. Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:06:00 GMT

Last week Google announced the availability of Buy Now buttons for the exclusive purpose of selling digital goods. If you're an e-book seller or provider of individual software downloads you'll be very interested in this development. What's so unique about Buy Now buttons from Google Checkout is that buyers (once their card has...

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Streamlining Affiliate Program Management

Peter A. Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:49:00 GMT

Affiliate program management and managing individual affiliates can often get in the way of the actual success of an enterprise. But there are powerful tools and methods that will dramatically cut down on time spent on day-to-day operations, and bolster overall performance. Read more of...

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Tips to Ensure Success in Flipping Websites

Peter A. Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:39:00 GMT

The domain industry, particularly the buying and selling of domain names, has remained one of few bright spots during the global downturn. Need some tips to ensure your success in flipping websites? SEDO's Jeremiah Johnston shows the way. Read Jeremiah's tips on ensuring success...

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Twitter, SERPs and Chicago Hot Dogs

Mike Phillips — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Conduct just about any search and you will likely find some information stemming from a Twitter profile. Businesses have learned that leveraging Twitter is not only a good way to make your company accessible, but also to reach out to consumers and to help boost overall rankings on the major search engines. But just how much are search engine...

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GetResponse 6.0 - You Need This

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:00 GMT

Online marketing solution provider Implix just announced the launch of GetResponse 6.0 - and it's got some newy features that should not (or will not) go unnoticed. This release of the popular email marketing platform is the first that I've ever come across to offer audio and video recording capabilities, and Twitter integration (if...

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SEO Ultimate for WordPress (Plugin)

Administrator — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:20:00 GMT

If there's one complaint about WordPress, it's the strictness of the platform when it comes to SEO. Sure, you can do quite a bit with the software right out of the box, but there's a lot more that 'could' be done. Fortunately, plugins such as the All-in-One SEO Pack have helped to fill the void, but others are fast entering the...

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