The Future Of Affiliate Marketing

    Increasingly, the single-channel approach that has long dominated affiliate marketing is being replaced by a multi-channel approach. This shift can be attributed in no small measure to the evolution of social media. Facebook , once the pioneering social media, has now been surpassed by others.  Consequently, this is also reshaping affiliate marketing already … Read more

How To Leverage Affiliate Marketing Trends?

Every industry is susceptible to trends — forces that redefine consumer behaviour with a net-positive effect on sales. One of these trends in the case of affiliate marketing is: the use of influencers. As it is, affiliate marketing is a partnership-driven enterprise resting on the shoulders of a brand and an affiliate. The influencer becomes … Read more

The Evolution Of Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is the direct result of what we today call e-commerce. Thus to understand affiliate marketing is to understand e-commerce. The name William J. Tobin is inextricably linked to affiliate marketing. It would be no exaggeration to state that Tobin is the father of affiliate marketing. In 1994 Tobin launched what we would call … Read more

Decoding Affiliate Marketing

Just as we are all a work in progress, so is this post — which I shall be updating. Every human activity begets its own terminology and affiliate marketing has its own specialised vocabulary.  It can be overwhelming.  But it need not be.  Arming oneself with a glossary is one of the first step. One … Read more

How Competitive Is Affiliate Marketing?

That question can be asked in other ways.  How difficult is affiliate marketing?  How easy is affiliate marketing? The word competition itself deserves exploration.  If something is more competitive, you have to ask why it is competitive. What makes it more competitive?  Another word synonymous to competition is “demand.” When something is in demand many … Read more

Affiliate Marketing’s Moving Parts

    Before I even start, if you haven’t watched the companion post to this one, please check this out, first: What’s Affiliate Marketing? Here, I would like to start by talking about Swiss watches.  Yes. Why do we admire them so much? Why do we want to own them?  Why are they so much … Read more

How Scalable Is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing is eminently scalable — let me explore with you the definition of scalable in a lucid manner. And to do that, let me, first, explore the notion of scalabality — what it means? Let’s start with a simple analogy Supposing you go to a certain bakery — actually, it is your favourite bakery … Read more

Affiliate Marketing’s Cost-Benefit Analysis

The decision to engage in affiliate marketing is indeed a decision to learn.  For any new starter, it becomes two projects at once — a business project; and, a learning project — although you will find that they are inseparable: your learn to earn. Interesting word that one, learn, in which “earn” hides in plain … Read more

Why Choose Affiliate Marketing?

The greatest benefit of affiliate marketing — in my opinion — is that it can potentially set you on the path to financial independence — if done right of course. What does “done right” mean? Read on. Imagine yourself in that position when your only concern every morning will be composing another post for your … Read more