Comments on: The State of Affiliate Marketing in Online Retail – Internet Retailer 2008

By: John Chow Talks Affiliate Marketing | Get Elastic

John Chow Talks Affiliate Marketing | Get Elastic — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:00:09 +0000

[...] Affiliate marketing has been a hot topic since the heated session at the Internet Retailer Conference in Chicago. With Affiliate Summit East happening next week, let’s listen to what John Chow, one of the most famous affiliates in the world, has to say about affiliate marketing, and how to treat “super affiliates.” [...]

By: Comments on the Larry Joseloff interview ! - Affiliate Marketing

Comments on the Larry Joseloff interview ! - Affiliate Marketing — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:20:58 +0000

[...] Larry Joseloff interview ! About the state and requriements of affiliate marketing in 2008 ; Video: The State of Affiliate Marketing in Online Retail | Get Elastic I laughed when he mentioned that when they removed from their program all the ‘search affiliates’ [...]

By: Scum-bag Affiliates and Skunks - Tales from the IRCE 2008 - 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:47:08 +0000

[...] Wayne posted yesterday Reality Check: Shop.org Video. Scott Jangro posted today Affiliate Marketing Needs to Reinvent Itself. Both posts are about a video from the IRCE that is eye-opening as well. You can watch the video at GetElastic. State of Affiliate Marketing in Online Retail – Internet Retailer 08 [...]

By: peter bordes

peter bordes — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:41:50 +0000

Linda thank you very much for the info. I agree 100% that we need to focus and educate on how effective this channel is and how to use it properly.

I also believe its why it is so timely for the PMA http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com to be formed as an association to help consolidate, educate and set standards for this large fragmented vertical in the online marketing industry.

also to weed out the bad apples and hooligans who have made it an interesting challenge (and opportunity)for legitimate people in the community to provide real/legitimate value to their partners.

By: Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:15:55 +0000

Apparently retailers and affiliates disappointed that the Internet Retailer session on affiliate marketing focused on the bad apples instead of good affiliate management. We’ve got a webinar all those disappointed folks can catch the replay of with Shawn Collins at Elasticpath.com:

http://elasticpath.com/events/affiliate-marketing/

And the blog post companion:

http://www.getelastic.com/affiliate-marketing-tips/

Though I do agree that affiliate managers need to understand how to prevent affiliate tricks to run a profitable program, and likewise need to be ethical toward affiliates.

By: Affiliate Marketing Needs to Reinvent Itself | Jangro.com

Affiliate Marketing Needs to Reinvent Itself | Jangro.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:45:34 +0000

[...] Source: Get Elastic [...]

By: Reality Check: Shop.org Video | Affiliate Marketing | Affiliate Networks

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:54:23 +0000

[...] Is this the truth or just illusion? [...]

By: peter bordes

peter bordes — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:20:27 +0000

Affiliate marketing is now becoming an industry and cleaning it act up. there have been brand issues and certain practices that have been questionable due to the fact that there was no transparency or the tech to be able to track brands.There also has been very little technology innovation.

This is starting to change as the affiliate marketing industry grows up and moves forward.In our focus groups we have found that retailers find aff marketing to create tremendous life time value with customers.There is a good post with Overstocks CEO talking about how large their aff program is and how important it is in their marketing mix http://www.relevantlyspeaking.com/2008/06/05/interview-with-overstocks-ceo-patrick-byrne/