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Couponing - Have You Stepped Into This Bandwagon Yet?

Couponing - Have You Stepped Into This Bandwagon Yet?

Coupons are huge these days. Why wouldn’t they be when people can get something cheaper for the same thing offered by other stores sold at a regular price?

Personally I love coupons and online deals! I hate to admit it but I have developed a habit of ‘accidentally’ buying something online whenever I see it’s offered at a cheaper price. Well wouldn’t you? Especially if the deal ends at midnight, right? LOL.

I bet every one of us can relate to being an impulsive buyer whenever we are...

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Link Building – How is it different for affiliates?

Link Building – How is it different for affiliates?

I want to address the perceived difference between the strategies used by affiliate marketers and merchants. In researching this post, I read a number of other blog posts and a number of presentations around the topic of how affiliates can get links. It struck me that the tools and techniques being talked about would fit in fine with pretty much any type of link building campaign, whether it was for an affiliate or not.

To illustrate the point, these websites are affiliates:

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Link Building & SEO In 2013

Link Building & SEO In 2013

Hi guys, and welcome to the first (of a great deal many) Affilorama blog posts for 2013. On behalf of the Affilorama team, I would like to wish you a prosperous and very happy New Year! In today's post, we're going to hit the ground running and look at what I believe are going to be the key points for link building and SEO in 2013. 

Each new year brings a lot of exciting (or nerve-racking, depending on which way you look at it) developments in the affiliate marketing webscape - so it's...

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