Author Archive for michaelvorel
52 Ecommerce Holiday Tips | Vastplanet.com
I prepared a list of the top 52 holiday tips for e-commerce store owners and broke them up into sections; Web Design, Customer Service / Operations, Gift Services, Promotions / Social Media, Advertising / Search and Opportunities / Partnerships. The current economic forces will test online retailers in many ways and the sooner you plan [...]
Affiliate Summit – Saturday – Boston 2008
Arrived at Affiliate Summit East on Saturday into Boston and all set for a great conference. The event is at the World Trade Center and everyone is staying at the Boston Seaport Hotel. The location is great as it’s minutes from the airport and hotel has the things you need.
From my room [...]
2008 Linkshare Affiliate Marketing Awards Video – sums it it up
Catch up on the 2008 Linkshare Affiliate Marketing awards in New York. Linkshare did such a good job summarizing it in a video that I shortened the post! Congratulations to all winners! You can also read Shawn Collins breakdown on the Linkshare Awards event, Linkshare official event page, Scott Jangro’s take on the event.
Here [...]
Online affiliate marketing spend $3.3 billion in 2012
It’s not common to see affiliate marketing studies so caught this one on Shawn Collins AffiliateTip.com blog. Jupiter Research published the US Online Affiliate Marketing Forecast, 2007 – 2012.
As Shawn reported – JupiterResearch has published a study on affiliate marketing that indicates online marketers will spend $2.1 billion on affiliate marketing fees, [...]
Internet Retailer 2008 – Top 50 Trends (2-20) Michael Vorel
My Top 50 Trends from Internet Retailer 2008 in Chicago. This the 2nd of 5 videos that make for a total of 50 trends in e-commerce, internet marketing and web 2.0. Enjoy this episode covering tips 11-20. Click here to access the first 10 Trends by Michael Vorel
Internet Retailer 2008 – My Top 50 Trends (#1-10) by Michael Vorel
I was writing up a really long blog post on what I learned from Internet Retailer 2008 in Chicago and decided to shoot a video on it. This the first one of 5 videos that make for a total of 50 trends in e-commerce, internet marketing and web 2.0. Enjoy the first 10!
performance marketing professional association
I spent time recently discussing the formation of the performance marketing professional association aka Affiliate Marketing Association and this just arrived from Rebecca Madigan. I am going to be involved and if you would like to as well please see below as you can voice your opinion in surveys and participate.
We’re on our way! After [...]
Private Affiliate Marketing Forum – UberCamp – Super Affiliate Trend?
Just read an interesting post from Uber Affiliate aka Paul Bourque called UberCamp. Apparently, the concept is a private forum and mentorship in which you could learn super affiliate techniques, uncover new offers and receive one on one help if you desire. You can spend between $199/mo – $5,000/mo for personal 1-1 help.
Will this be [...]
Amazon – fine tuning E-commerce product page strategy
In my Vastplanet E-Commerce Blog I just wrote a piece on Amazon product page strategy and thought I would share. The post is about buying a Creative Labs Vado Flash Camcorder tonight and the presentation of the product page to the customer. As an internet marketer and e-commerce developer it is always a great idea [...]
Saga Continues – NY Affiliate Tax Update – How will they track this?
Yes, the saga continues on the dreaded NY sales tax policy that will start on June 1, 2008. I had to take a break in writing on this to absorb the legal and tax ramifications of all of this and set strategy. I read some lengthly posts quoting some legal analysis and tax assumptions. My [...]
Landing Page Design Tips – UberAffiliate
I came across a great blog post by UberAffiliate on Landing Page Tips and thought I would note it. In the post he points out the key factors in landing page design:
- Be positive in your message – focus on positive copy writing.
- Involve people in the landing page – especially attractive people
- Use Happy [...]
Commission Junction / Direct Marketing Association response on NY Sales Tax
New Updates on Affiliate Tax Issue in New York
- Commission Junction response
- Direct Marketing Association (DMA) response and conference call
Just received my official letter from Commission Junction on the NY Affiliate Sales Tax Issue and appears to be a no-stance letter. I feel that it is good that they put out a network notification of [...]
