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Originally Posted by AVNChris
This is also a great read....
WHERE HAVE ALL THE AFFILIATES GONE?
The ranks may be dwindling, but good recruits and loyal veterans remain valuable weapons in the online marketing arsenal.
By Kathee Brewer
08/01/2009
Affiliates are the lifeblood of online marketing ? right?
Once upon a time, the answer to that question was so self-evident as to need no voice. Especially in the adult entertainment industry ? often credited with creating the virtual equivalent of a business model successfully employed for decades by brick-and-mortar companies like Amway and Avon ? recruiting, equipping and deploying an army of sales associates made the difference between rousing financial victory and inglorious defeat. Traditionally, affiliates composed the troops upon whose shoulders Web-based adult empires rose to prominence. Among the fields of cyberspace, some of the most successful affiliates even developed affiliate armies of their own.
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Agreed.
Traffic, affiliates, among other related points have been interesting seminars at the conferences. Especially the programs detailing how they are moving to generating their own traffic in-house and becoming less defendant on affiliate, and whales.
