Monday, September 14, 2009

Starting an Online Business: Affiliate Marketing #1

This means that your promote other people products and cash the checks! You don't have to worry about creating a product, customer support, making sure the payments go through dealing with shipping/fulfillment tech admin etc. Its a simple proposition, if you send a person to your afflilites website and that person buys (or completes an action like filling out a form). You get paid!

A working definition of "affiliate marketing" is commission selling for online merchants. The merchant gives you, the affiliate, a link to put on your website that is coded with a number assingned specifically to you. So, if a person clicks on your link, visits the merchants site, and makes purchase, you get a percentage of the sale and commission check. So basically your getting paid for the referral or perhaps the click that leads to the sale.

Doesn't this sound good.
This is the first in a series of posts! follow me on twitter @gaborsareczky to keep updated.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Social Media Wars at Mr Vintage

As most of you have probably read 'Mr Vintage' and thier Australian competitor 'Klub Retro' are currently at a Social Media War. Mr Vintage has encourage its online followers customers to post negative comments regarding 'Klub Retro' copying 'Mr Vintage' website design.

The company has adopted an extensive social media marketing plan in 2009, predominantly through Facebook and Twitter. Not only is the brand finding this significantly cheaper, but it is also an effective way to communicate directly with their key consumers.

The company realized the potential of social media marketing when they engaged in the services of Spreadit, a new company that offers viral competitions through relevant social networking sites.

The results were instantly noticeable. In the two days that Mr Vintage ran the competition, the number of fans and followers jumped from 3,000 to 9,000, and Mr Vintage also became the 5th most talked about topic on Twitter, behind the Michael Jackson memorial, Google and CNN.

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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Your Personal Happy Hour

Your Personal Happy Hour

Twitter used as tool for big business

When Orcon customer Cate Owen found herself stuck on hold waiting to speak to someone at the internet company Orcon, she sent a message telling her friends on Twitter all about it.

Twitter used as tool for big business