Comments on: Merchants, you need to bring your affiliate program to the next level http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/ BizExcellerated Internet Marketing: Achieve mastery in blogging, affiliate marketing, social traffic generation at Andrew Wee Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:18:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: immobilier http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-589941 immobilier Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:22:54 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-589941 Hello chers lecteurs quel est votre point de vue de mon nouveau site sur l'immobilier? Hello chers lecteurs quel est votre point de vue de mon nouveau site sur l’immobilier?

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]]> By: Trisha Lyn Fawver http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-515313 Trisha Lyn Fawver Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:18:09 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-515313 Agreed...speaking as a former AM & OPM, it's not hard to just do things right and listen to your affiliates. Agreed…speaking as a former AM & OPM, it’s not hard to just do things right and listen to your affiliates.

]]> By: david rose http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-515079 david rose Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-515079 yes that's what consumers mostly do, they type the product name into the search engine and find a direct link to the product and if the price was right, buy it immediately. yes that’s what consumers mostly do, they type the product name into the search engine and find a direct link to the product and if the price was right, buy it immediately.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-514782 Ryan Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-514782 A lot of times it's not the merchant's unwillingness or ignorance, but the lack of a wide array of truly flexible and... dare I say, AFFORDABLE tracking solutions that hold an affiliate prgram back. Especially on the ecommerce side of things. A cool follow-up post to this one might be to help merchants locate these solutions. A lot of times it’s not the merchant’s unwillingness or ignorance, but the lack of a wide array of truly flexible and… dare I say, AFFORDABLE tracking solutions that hold an affiliate prgram back.

Especially on the ecommerce side of things.

A cool follow-up post to this one might be to help merchants locate these solutions.

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]]> By: Justin Dupre http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-514470 Justin Dupre Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:23:24 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-514470 WHAT!? BLASPHEMY! Why should I care about professional experience when I hire an AM that is a solid 10 model with huge breasts and blonde hair? But in all seriousness, I know where you're coming from. Too many times I've tried to deal with some of these merchants and half the time they don't know what they're talking about. <3 you Weeman WHAT!? BLASPHEMY!

Why should I care about professional experience when I hire an AM that is a solid 10 model with huge breasts and blonde hair?

But in all seriousness, I know where you’re coming from. Too many times I’ve tried to deal with some of these merchants and half the time they don’t know what they’re talking about.

<3 you Weeman

]]> By: andrew wee http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-514422 andrew wee Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:36:21 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-514422 The best AMs and OPMs tend to be those who've been at a successful affiliate program before and bring their best practises with them. It would be good to see some AM qualification or certification process, although the ones I've seen tend to be from profit-driven private bodies and the training was very basic. A quality AM likely needs more on-the-job training, ideally with an experienced mentor guiding them along. The best AMs and OPMs tend to be those who’ve been at a successful affiliate program before and bring their best practises with them.

It would be good to see some AM qualification or certification process, although the ones I’ve seen tend to be from profit-driven private bodies and the training was very basic.

A quality AM likely needs more on-the-job training, ideally with an experienced mentor guiding them along.

]]> By: andrew wee http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-514421 andrew wee Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:34:25 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-514421 Yep. I especially "like" it when the PR manager or IT support guy is appointed the affiliate manager. Aside from approving affiliates, there's not much else that goes on sometimes. Yep. I especially “like” it when the PR manager or IT support guy is appointed the affiliate manager. Aside from approving affiliates, there’s not much else that goes on sometimes.

]]> By: Joe Sousa http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-514371 Joe Sousa Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:22:22 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-514371 There are so many bad affiliate managers out there and so few good ones. I could probably count the ones who really know what they are doing on my fingers and I might not even have to use a second hand. One of the problems is there is very little quality training out there for AMs. The companies just put someone from their internet or marketing department in charge of their affiliate program. Would they just grab a guy from the shipping department that owns a calculator and put them in charge of finances? Of course not. Merchants either need to take the time to find a good, outsourced AM that fits their budget or they need to train whoever is put in charge of the program. There are so many bad affiliate managers out there and so few good ones. I could probably count the ones who really know what they are doing on my fingers and I might not even have to use a second hand.

One of the problems is there is very little quality training out there for AMs. The companies just put someone from their internet or marketing department in charge of their affiliate program. Would they just grab a guy from the shipping department that owns a calculator and put them in charge of finances? Of course not.

Merchants either need to take the time to find a good, outsourced AM that fits their budget or they need to train whoever is put in charge of the program.

]]> By: Jason (Prosper202 supporter) http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/comment-page-1/#comment-514360 Jason (Prosper202 supporter) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:55:18 +0000 http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/affiliate-marketing/merchants-you-need-to-bring-your-affiliate-program-to-the-next-level/#comment-514360 I think the message for merchants has to be, either do it right or don't do it at all. I think a lot of inexperienced merchants believe they can just invest a little bit of time and throw up a stub of an affiliate program and invest additional resources into growing it over time, as they get more affiliates. They don't realize that the smart affiliates are not going to jump on board until they have a decent offering of tools and options to promote their store properly, and thus they are cutting their own affiliate program's potential short, and will probably just end up pulling the plug eventually because their program was a "bust". I think the message for merchants has to be, either do it right or don’t do it at all. I think a lot of inexperienced merchants believe they can just invest a little bit of time and throw up a stub of an affiliate program and invest additional resources into growing it over time, as they get more affiliates. They don’t realize that the smart affiliates are not going to jump on board until they have a decent offering of tools and options to promote their store properly, and thus they are cutting their own affiliate program’s potential short, and will probably just end up pulling the plug eventually because their program was a “bust”.

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