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Is Naomi Dunford 6 Months Late Paying Affiliates?

What’s the point of promoting another company’s products unless they’re going to pay you the commissions you’ve earned? That’s what Naomi Dunford’s affiliates may be asking themselves right now. An anonymous commenter alleges Naomi Dunford has not paid her affiliates in six months… What also makes me ill is the fact that Naomi’s supposedly trying [...]

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Why You Should Check Your Affiliate Statistics at Least Once a Month

It’s been an interesting month. Early in August, I went through all the affiliate programs I was participating in and checked my stats. Most programs I hadn’t checked in about a year, so I didn’t know whether commissions were owed to me or not. I had two big surprises… Surprise #1: One of the products [...]

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3 Good Posts on How to Get New Affiliates

Want to know how to get new affiliates? Here are three articles worth reading… Five Ways to Get an Affiliate’s Attention – Attracting good affiliates can be a tough job. But by using Tricia Meyer’s 5 tips for getting an affiliate’s attention, your job will be a lot easier. I especially like her first suggestion: [...]

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The Marketers Mojo Affiliate Program

As part of a special promotion, we are featuring some of the affiliate programs who’ve recently become active Paid On Time members. Today, we’re featuring the Marketers Mojo Affiliate Program, which is owned and run by Angela Wills. In case you’ve not met Angela before, let me tell you a little bit about her… Angela [...]

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Skimming Affiliate Commissions Is Still a Problem

As long as humans are human, affiliate skimming will be a problem. The reason it will continue to be a problem is because it’s an easy way for business owners to reduce their marketing costs… and… it’s often hard to detect, even for the affiliates who are being ripped off. In this article, I’m going [...]

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Best Link Cloaker?

One reason affiliates lose commissions is because they don’t cloak their affiliate links. Most affiliate links are long and ugly. If you’ve been online for very long, you can easily tell the difference between a regular link and an affiliate link. Anytime you use a blatant affiliate link, your potential buyers may feel resistance and [...]

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Commission Theft Happens – Here’s Proof

Commission theft is far more common than most affiliates think. Here’s proof: StomperNET :: We’ll Pay You Later The short version goes like this… StomperNET did a big product launch for an $800 a month subscription product. They solicited hundreds of affiliates to help them promote. After the launch, they claimed they had sold 2,000 [...]

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How to Get Paid on Time

Sean D’Souza has an excellent article about how to get paid on time. His primary point is that as the service provider or business owner, you ought to set the rules before you begin. And the most important rule you can have is the penalty for not paying in a timely fashion. D’Souza writes: When [...]

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How to Get an Affiliate’s Attention

If you really want to attract quality affiliates who will promote your products and services, you’ve got to do whatever you can to differentiate yourself from the thousands of affiliate programs now available on the Internet. For instance: Offer a higher commission than other affiliate programs in your space. (Even 51% is better than 50%.) [...]

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