Hi Graham, I
am glad you told them it's not an opportunity for cheap branding however that's not the view of many folk that work in agency's. Problem is (and your not included in this) when these magazines write articles about affiliate marketing they often forget to ask a) the people that know what they are talking about b) the people it's not just another job to and c) always focus on the merchants and networks when this is called "affiliate" marketing. At the end of the day merchants and networks wouldn't be selling a thing via affiliate marketing without affiliates however some networks seem to think it's cool to act like the magazines and ignore the affiliates partners (they are the networks on the way out).
Rules have changed, affiliates are the ones that make the big money, I know more profitable affiliates than I do merchants or networks so we must be doing something right, but it’s sad no one takes the time to ask what we think when these one side and full of bull articles get printed.
By the way Spyware is great, spyware is wonderful... it's the best targeted branding a merchant can pay for.. so targeted in fact the adverts right on your own website, magic.... How many times have I read how these magazines talk them up and never once talk about how they are destroying brands reputation online and effectively using underhand tactics to steal from your competitions and your real partners… I can’t wait until all the banks, and big brands start suing each other and the spyware supporting networks over this stuff when that starts we will finally get laws to stop this stuff in this country, and when the laws get passed and
TD and CJ finally clean up there act, will we come running back to them, well we heck.. they should do the right thing now and not wait until they are forced to do it by mass merchant migration or laws.
