According to Internet Retailer 8% of the companies they surveyed said they already use RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and another 8% said they plan on using it in the near future. Big companies such as Walmart and Hewlett Packard use the technology that was developed in a crude form in the 1940′s during World War II. RFID is simple in theory, using a small chip and an antenna that is readable from a scanner up to 20 feet away. (more…)
I am currently in the process of moving my blog over to my own domain at Affiliate Marketing Haven. I just began the process today and according to WordPress it will take a few days. I have been kind of lazy about taking care of this because I wasn’t sure how difficult the process would be. Now I feel kinda stupid because it was so easy. I have been reading a number of discussions about what the best blog service is, and there are staunch supporters of both WordPress and Blogger. A good discussion can be found at Associate Programs.
Beware Adwords and Adsense users, if you use sponsored ads and have not installed a patch released by Google nearly a year ago, you are at risk of being hacked. Virus writers have found a loophole in the way adwords/adsense are displayed and have taken advantage of it. Generally when you hover over a link or a listing it will display where you are about to be taken, however, Adwords/Adsense does not enable this feature leaving the final link destination a surprise for would be clickers. Hackers have bid on popular keyterms cars.com, bbb.com, among others and instead of taking them to one of these sites, the virus installs ad and spyware on the user’s computer. These hackers are specifically looking for your personal and financial information. So if you run Internet Explorer and haven’t downloaded and installed the patch that Google offers you might want to hop on that.
As an Affiliate Manager you have been on the recruiting trail for the last year. Your affiliate program has exploded from having 500 affiliates to 3000 affiliates. If you are a fortunate affiliate manager, you have 10% of that 3000 active, or 300 active affiliates. More than likely you only have 5% active for a whopping 150 active affiliates. Now it is the Affiliate Manager’s job to stop recruitment and begin motivation of your lot of inactive affiliates. (more…)
It is well-documented that Google runs a tight lipped operation. They do not offer data handling procedures or information to anyone, including the Federal Government. People are concerned, and concerned they should be, that Google will abuse their power and use the data to fuel their own consumer research and analyze consumer’s behavior.
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Blog Flux is looking for people who live in United State’s cities with 500,000+ in population. They want you to blog about the latest happenings, events, and anything else interesting going on in your city. The efforts are for Blog Flux Local and their parent company BloggyWorks, who is preparing to release blogs for all major US cities. The victorious bloggers who are chosen for these opportunities will be rewarded with frankincense and Mir.
E-books are everywhere. That’s bad, but what’s worse is the authors that share the same air as all of us non-sleaze bags. The thing is, e-Books didn’t necessarily start off bad, and here and there you will find truly useful books. The falloff in quality is easy to explain. People who have had success on the Internet or wherever suddenly feel that they have become writers and need to share their knowledge and information with everyone. Normal people who think they can write have over-saturated the e-Book market with generic crap. They copy information from a plethora of sources, quote some of it, and throw it into a stupid e-Book. The problem is that these people aren’t writers and they aren’t experts, but rather salesmen, the used car salesmen type.
Merchants who choose to advertise with one of the many advertising companies on the Internet need to research said companies to see who will offer the greatest return. The primary goal of online advertising may be dissimilar for different companies with unique needs. However, any company or individual advertising online is doing so to create awareness of said group/person. Traffic their own site is not always intended for the group advertising, sometimes advertising is in place to build brand awareness or send a message.
For those who are advertising in an effort to draw people to your website, there are some steps you want to take when negotiating with an Ad company. (more…)
