I am unimpressed with Shareaholic’s attempt to start an affiliate program, and ‘unimpressed’ is putting it mildly. Shareaholic is a WordPress plugin that allows social sharing, following, social analytics and related content recommendations. Below are 2 screenshot examples of how Shareaholic shows up on a blog. I’ve used the Shareaholic plugin (aka Sexy Bookmarks) for […]
The ‘Noticed something about your WordPress Site’ Scam
That’s a catchy subject line for an email, isn’t it? Can’t blame you if you opened it like I did. I’ve recently received a number of emails coming through contact forms on my various sites, each with a subject along the lines of… “Noticed something about your WordPress Site”. Here is the full text of […]
Neither Friends Nor Partners
Just got this in my inbox from Behave Media… a company I’ve never heard of before… Hello, Welcome to Behave Media, Inc.. To login to your affiliate account, use the following login credentials: http://publishers.behavemedia.com E-mail: XXXX@gmail.com Password: XXXXX0643 Sincerely, Behave Media, Inc. 73 Lexington St. Newton, MA 02466 Skype: bmginc http://www.behavemedia.com https://www.facebook.com/behavemediagroup support@behavemedia.com Confidentiality & […]
Affiliate Marketing: Scam-Proof Yourself
Guest post contributed by Peter Nevis. If you have taken up affiliate marketing as a way of making extra money, you’re probably already aware of the many pitfalls you might encounter in the process. There are scams everywhere online, including in the affiliate marketing industry. Affiliate program owners run into scams sometimes, such as people […]
Beware Bait and Switch Affiliate Programs
Yes, barely 3 months into a year in which I vowed that all my posts would be positive, I find myself in the unfortunate position of having to share some bad news with you. It’s what I call the “Merchant Bait and Switch” and it works like this: Merchant gets you interested in a product. […]
Better Business Bureau Scam Emails
Do you sell a product online? Would you be alarmed if you received a complaint notice via email from the Better Business Bureau? I was… for a about a nano second until I got to the ‘bad English’ portion of the message. A quick Google Search confirmed my suspicions that this was indeed a spam […]
Affiliate Promotions on Craigslist
Well, I’ve just come across another example of an affiliate marketing coach who charges through the nose for training that takes people down a path leading to nothing more than a waste of time and effort. In this case, the affiliate ‘coach’ teaches his students how to place ads for Clickbank products on Craigslist. If […]
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