September 2004 Affiliate Newsletter
Welcome to the AffiliateTip.com Newsletter for September 2004.
Be sure to check out the AffiliateTip.com blog for the latest
news and information at http://www.affiliatetip.com/blog/
This month:
1. Free Link Popularity Check software
2. Affiliate Marketers on 9/11/01
3. Top 10 Affiliate Programs
4. Affiliate Tip - Use Your E-mail Sig
5. Affiliate Program News
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1. Free Link Popularity Check software
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There is a useful, free tool for affiliates called Link
Popularity Check (LPC) version 3.0. Link Popularity
Check allows you to check the link popularity of your
site(s) on many search engines (AllTheWeb, AltaVista,
Google, Inktomi, MSN, Teoma, and Yahoo) at once.
The numbers that show in LPC reflect the number of web
pages that point to selected site.
For example, the number 18,900 in the AltaVista column
means that AltaVista has at least 18,900 web pages in the
index that link to the selected site.
In addition, LPC compares your site to competitors, and
it also tells you the Alexa rank of the sites in the list
you create.
The Alexa rank number is different. It shows you how many
visitors a site has. The smaller the Alexa rank number,
the more visitors the site gets.
The traffic rank is based on three months of aggregated
historical traffic data from millions of Alexa Toolbar
users and is a combined measure of page views and users
(reach).
As a first step, Alexa computes the reach and number of
page views for all sites on the Web on a daily basis. The
main Alexa traffic rank is based on the geometric mean of
these two quantities averaged over time (so that the rank
of a site reflects both the number of users who visit that
site as well as the number of pages on the site viewed by
those users).
The three-month change is determined by comparing the
site's current rank with its rank from three months ago.
For example, on July 1, the three-month change would show
the difference between the rank based on traffic during the
first quarter of the year and the rank based on traffic
during the second quarter.
LPC is also a good tool to determine whether a site might
be a good prospect for a link exchange.
Download LPC at http://www.affiliatetip.com/LPC.exe
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2. Affiliate Marketers on 9/11/01
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Back on 9/11, I was running a Yahoo Group called the
USAMC (United States Affiliate Manager Coalition), and
on 9/11 and the days after, the affiliate managers
discussed the attack and ultimately ways to help the
victims.
You can see a compilation of the posts from that period
of time at http://www.affiliatemanager.net/remember.pdf.
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3. Top 10 Affiliate Programs
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Below are the Top Ten Affiliate Programs for August 2004
as tracked by the AffiliateTip.com Affiliate Program
Directory. The Top Ten affiliate programs are calculated
by the number of clickthroughs each program received
on AffiliateTip.com.
ClubMom
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=38
CPAEmpire.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=49
AllPosters.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=65
FastFind.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=111
CoverClicks
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=102
MaxBounty.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=50
Snapfish
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=70
iTixx
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=51
Lightspeed Research
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=110
DriveWerks
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=40
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4. Affiliate Tip - Use Your E-mail Sig
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There's a great space for advertising that most people leave
barren - the space below their e-mail signature.
When you send out e-mail to your site visitors, subscribers,
friends, or whoever, take advantage of that white space at
the bottom of the page, and mention a relevant opportunity.
For instance, I include an offer for an online birth
announcement from Babies Online in the signature when
I send e-mail from my BabyLounge.com account.
Visit http://www.affiliatetip.com/affiliate_tip_13.php for
more details.
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5. Affiliate Program News
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4checks.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=55
4Checks offers the largest selection of personal check designs
on the internet - over 550 designs! Earn commissions up to 25%
of each sale generated via your website. We offer second tier
5% commissions as well.
911HealthShop.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=191
The 911HealthShop.com Affiliate Program has a fabulous coupon
right now for affiliates to promote with - good thru 9/15 is
$5 FREE CASH to spend on any products on the 911healthshop.com
website. No minimum purchase necessary!
Blair.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=48
Blair.com has added new banners promoting the site's latest and
greatest feature, the Blair.com 7-Day Clearance Countdown. The
banners are available at both Performics and CJ.
ChatDollars.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=64
The ChatDollars.com affiliate program has just released an
incredible new tool for all of our affiliates to use. We call
it the ChatFeed! It includes specific city, states, telephone
numbers, Lead generating URL, Sales URL, Best converting banner
URL, and MORE. This is perfect for running a regional pay-per-click
campaign & inclusion in business directories.
ClubMom
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=38
Due to popular demand, we've created a variety of banners that
describe the benefits of the free ClubMom membership. Unlike the
sweepstakes banners (note: our banners never go dead - if you don't
update expired banners, I'll update them on my end), these banners
will never expire. See the non-promo landing page at
http://www.clubmomlinks.com/b.asp?id=1003&p=r1.htm
Elliott Wave International
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=273
We offer in-depth market articles to help keep readers on the
right side of the market. We pay 56% of the first quarterly
price on most of our services and products.
FastFind.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=111
FastFind.com just launched a Two-Tiered Program. We pay $28
for refinance and home equity leads and $10 for purchase leads
and 10% for our Two-Tiered program.
GeneTree
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=189
GeneTree affiliates can win a quick easy cash bonus – even the
newbies! We’ll be picking a secret sale day between Sept. 13th
and 17th and the affiliate with the most pre-paid sales on the
secret day wins $250!
Luggage Online
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=190
Program re-launch under new management. We've increased our
cookies to 150 days - and right now, the first 10 NEW affiliates
in the program to make a sale will receive a $50 Amazon Gift
Certificate.
National Geographic Store
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=175
We’ve relaunched the affiliate program under new management with
a raft of program enhancements. Updated data feed, new creative,
performance bonuses, affiliate forum, revived affiliate newsletter
and purging of all parasites is only the beginning.
NicheRetail.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=137
Through September 30th, when you reach a total sales amount of
$200 or greater, you will be credited with a $25 bonus. With
the high average order size on our sites, in most cases, this
goal is achievable with just one sale.
Pricester.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=229 (MYAP)
http://www.affiliatetip.com/display.php?pid=236 (Shareasale)
As of August 26, sales of Pricester Complete will earn a commission
of $50 (old commission: $30), and leads for a free Pricester account
are now paying a $1.25 commission (old commission: $1.00).
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As always, I'd love to hear from you! Drop me a line
and let me know if you have any suggestions.
Take care,
Shawn Collins
shawn@affiliatetip.com
http://www.affiliatetip.com/
39 Clark Street, Summit, NJ 07901
908-522-0056
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