Affiliate Marketing Industry News Roundup 8-11-2016
Thanks for checking out this week’s edition of the Affiliate Marketing Industry News Roundup! I’ve collected some interesting and timely pieces from around the interwebs.
The text that accompanies each article is a quote from the respective article/post.
As always, if you have an affiliate marketing industry story that you’d like us to share, there is a submission link at the end of this post.
Affiliate Summit East 2016 Followup
Official Affiliate Summit photos published
Slide presentations of ASE16 sessions posted on Slideshare
Affiliate Summit East 2016 Recaps
FMTC CEO, Rachel Honoway’s ASE16 Recap
FMTC OPM/Merchant Relations, Larissa Feuerstein’s ASE16 Recap
Cindy Ballard from Apogee’s ASE16 Recap
Daniel Clark from Apogee’s ASE16 Recap
PMA Represented at Affiliate Summit East
Affiliate Summit East Session Blog Posts
Information You Need To Negotiate a Better Affiliate Deal – Tricia Meyer
18 Little-known Facebook Tips in 18 Minutes – Nate Smith
Merchants: Check Off Your Back to School List
“It’s time for families to gear up for back to school, and time for affiliate managers to gear up for Back to School sales and promotions. Students and parents will be shopping soon (if they aren’t already!) so make sure they know everything you have to offer. Here are a few tips to help promote your back to school deals and get an A+ on revenue!
Even if you don’t have “school supplies” necessarily, many products can be used for BTS promotions.”
Source: Schaaf Partner-Centric
5 Content Marketing Ideas for September
“PracticalEcommerce provides some creative ideas and suggestions to get your brain motivated for the rest of Q3 and ahead of the game for Q4.”
Source: PracticalEcommerce
The FTC disclosure guidelines: An in-depth exploration of what affiliates and merchants need to know
“Confused about how the FTC’s disclosure guidelines affect affiliate marketers and merchants? Columnist Rae Hoffman gives you a rundown of what the rules mean for you.”
Source: MarketingLand – Rae Hoffman
What Happens to SEO When You Stop Blogging
“If you know anything about SEO, you know that Google values fresh content. Fresh content is a significant factor in positively influencing ratings. The logic here is that the more frequently you update your site, the more frequently Googlebot (Google’s crawling bot) visits your site.”
Source: Quick Sprout
Strategies to Make Money for Back To School Season
“Here are a few of the ways that you can help to provide solutions to your readers while also monetizing your traffic for this shopping season.”
Source: Adam Riemer
Daniel M. Clark on his Kangol Hat, Eric Nagel for President, and NextDoor.com Crazies
“Shawn Collins interviews Daniel Clark to discuss hats and Eric Nagel’s presidential run, among other topics.”
Source: This is Affiliate Marketing – Shawn Collins
What is Google RankBrain and How Does It Affect Your Website’s SERP Rankings?
“In the good ol’ days (like back in 1998 when I got started in digital marketing), ranking high on the search engines was as easy as putting a bunch of keywords towards the top of your page and you’d suddenly find yourself in the #1 spot on the search engines for a highly competitive keyword. (If only it were that easy today!)”
Source: SEMrush
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