Overview of Affiliate Marketing Technology
December 14th, 2009
Do you need to know how this works? Not really, unless you are a web developer and looking into implementing this sort of affiliates marketing technology into your own website, or your client’s website. If you’re just an affiliate marketer and want to understand a little more about how affiliate marketing technology works, then this article make a little easier to understand.
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The first and the biggest is hoplink. A hoplink is a special link which is given to you, clicking on it will redirect to the merchant’s website. They are now able to track who sent that referral, via cookies, and server scripts. When someone clicks on a link and it will redirect via hipline, then the affiliate marketing technology checks if user has ‘cookies’ enabled in their browser. If yes, they redirect to the main website, so the customer only sees ‘ABC.com’ in browser’s address bar. When a person clicks ‘Buy’, the website checks what the cookie says, and if there is an affiliate ID over there, it grabs it, and processes it.
An Affiliate Marketing Glossary
November 21st, 2009
Affiliate Marketing is a concept with it’s own terms. To get started, you’ll have to know what the middlemen and affiliate program pitches mean when they use them, otherwise it will strike you as a bunch of gibberish. For those of you with some experience already in this matter, these terms are for the beginners.
Ad Copy: A written sales pitch, also known simply as ‘copy’. Most follow the AIDA form (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) and examples can be seen on any site that’s selling something.
5 Common Mistakes Made By New Affiliate Marketers
November 18th, 2009
You’ve just signed up for this fantastic new affiliate program. They have great products, free referral websites, training, pre-made ads for you to copy and the best compensation plan on the internet. This is the best affiliate program on the internet! Put a few ads out there and you’re on your way to becoming the next internet millionaire. Right?
Before you break ground on that big mansion on the hill, here are a few mistakes many new affiliate marketers make that you’ll want to avoid.
