Fred Is So Right About “Superdistribution”

A few days ago Fred “A VC” discussed “superdistribution” on his blog. To sum it up, Fred talks about how in a not-to-distant future, everybody and their mother will be compensated through their word-of-mouth marketing. It’s a concept that I have had in my head since day one of my online marketing and advertising awareness. It’s also a concept that I don’t think many really grasp in it’s entirety.

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Pushin Crap Products and Services Online

Lately I have been snooping around all kinds of online ad networks, whether they be contextual, CPM banner networks, or affiliate networks. While researching the affiliate ad industry, the following products or services often rear their ugly heads into the picture. I refer to these as “crap”, ’cause that’s what they are. If you’re thinking about starting an online business, you may want to reconsider venturing into any if these industries:

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Affiliate Ad Networks

Personally, I have only dipped my toes into the sea of affiliate ad networks that seem to exist. Be warned that much of the affiliate landscape is littered with networks that cater to the poker/gambling, online pharmacy, and dating genres; I’d steer clear form getting sucked into adding these to your site, unless of course you’re pathetic enough to build a site around these subjects.

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Makin’ Cheddar: Adding Ads on Your Blog Using Ad Networks

If you have a website and are out there blogging, you have something very important on your mind: making money. Some of you may be blogging to promote a product or service, or some of you may be blogging to provide content in the hopes of generating revenue through advertising.

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Introduction to Affiliate Marketing

 Most companies that want to advertise on the web have the option of doing so in a very traditional way. They purchase space on a website, usually as a banner ad, and pay the website owner a nice sum of money to put the ad on many pages. The price of the ad obviously relates to how many hits and visitors the website receives in a certain amount of time. Most websites charge the advertiser by per-thousand impressions, or “page views”. While this form of advertising does work, it can be costly. What other options does a small business owner on a budget have to advertise in a similar fashion?

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