Affiliate Marketing

Amazon Terminates More Affiliates Over State Tax Law
April 4, 2016 at 9:38 am

Affiliates and online sellers are the losers thanks to Louisiana's attempt to pressure Amazon.com to collect its state sales tax on purchases made by Louisiana residents. Amazon sent a letter to affiliates in the state last month explaining it was ending its advertising relationship with them. Not only will Amazon affiliates in the state lose outโ€ฆ

Why Diesel Decided to Go Big on Pornhub
February 22, 2016 at 10:03 am

If  you're one of Pornhub's 60 million daily visitors, you might be wondering why you saw ads this month for clothing brand Diesel rather than, say, male enhancement pills or hot singles in your area. It was certainly no media-buying accident. In fact, the fashion brand bought prominent placement on the site from January through Valentine'sโ€ฆ

How Affiliates Can Help Your In-Store Business
January 25, 2016 at 11:22 am

Thereโ€™s a lot of hype in the retail world around sales shifting from brick-and-mortar stores to online. However, the two donโ€™t have to be mutually exclusive. Rather, smart retailers need to understand the relationship between those spaces and make the shopping experience as customer friendly as possible. The Rise of Showrooming Worldwide in-store and onlineโ€ฆ

How to Prepare Your Affiliate Program for Black Friday and Cyber Week
November 24, 2015 at 9:16 am

For the vast majority of retailers, the holiday season is the most important time of year. Sales during the holidays account for almost 20 percent of annual totals and often a majority of the profit. Some online retailers even make 10 percent of their yearly revenue during two days โ€” Black Friday and Cyber Monday.โ€ฆ

Donโ€™t Stop Paying Your Affiliates Just Because You Can
September 8, 2015 at 10:49 am

Retailers canโ€™t just decide not to pay Google for the people who clicked on their search ads because they donโ€™t feel like it. The same goes for affiliate marketing relationships. Just because theyโ€™re paid based on performance, it doesnโ€™t mean they only require seconds of your time and a few dollars every quarter. Like any otherโ€ฆ

3 Tips to Increase Online Sales Without Spending a Fortune on Marketing
February 26, 2015

Any small business working with a limited budget or staff knows the challenges that come with gaining traffic, traction and sales. Unlike retail giants that can drop millions on advertising and marketing initiatives, smaller e-tailers need to be crafty and use inexpensive (or even free) tools to connect with consumers. Here are three tips on how to accomplish that:

Welcome to Wal-Mart High!
June 3, 2014

It's springtime in Texas. The weather is warming up and the air is thick and humid as students count down the days until summer break, but inside one Houston-area high school, a group of students isn't exactly tied to their desks. They aren't in the gym, in home economics class or studying math. These students are inside Scarborough High School's mock Wal-Mart store. The store is a lab of sorts, set up and paid for by the retail giant, complete with a cash register, shelves of inventory and those familiar "rollback" pricing signs on each display.