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Merchant-Affiliate Relationship

Kim Salvino, Trust and Value

February 5, 2009

One of the more positive results of the NY Affiliate Tax is that I have had a chance to work with some very amazing people. I’ve profiled a few of these amazing people in “Stories of NY Affiliates” including the stories of Kevin, Herb, Jannis and others. Working with people on any project often gives [...]

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Do You Deserve Better

January 28, 2009

One of the nice things about January is that sales are usually still pretty strong. Good sales might be due to merchants having clearance sales, the spending of holiday bonuses or people simply buying what they didn’t get. What ever the reason, I find January is a little less stressful, not as much pressure to sell [...]

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How to Find New Merchants

December 29, 2008

In my last post, Finding New Merchants Part One, I listed some of the criteria affiliates might want to look at before they sign up to promote a merchant. I realized I should start at the very beginning. Before you can evaluate a merchant you have to find them. This can be accomplished in two main ways. You [...]

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Finding New Merchants – Part One

December 29, 2008

As a result of a question from John, a new NY Affiliate, I will be writing a couple of posts on how to select new merchants. Every affiliate has a different method of finding and evaluating merchants to promote. I really don’t think there is a right or wrong way, it is just important that [...]

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Silence is Not Golden

November 13, 2008

Prior to June 1, 2008, NY affiliates had what they thought were valued relationships with many merchants. It is a fact that thousands of NY affiliates were terminated by hundreds of merchants on or around May 31. NY Affiliates have lost thousands and thousands of dollars in income, income that is gone for good. NY [...]

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