Comments on: Affiliate Spammer and the Super Affiliate Handbook http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/ Author of the best-selling affiliate marketing training book shares free money-making affiliate tips. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikey http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-98370 Mikey Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:37:41 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/#comment-98370 Rosalind, After reading your affiliate spammer article, I was reminded of an affiliate program offered to me earlier this year. This program involved businesses that will rent you names to send your offers to via e-mail. I thought this was great Not knowing what I was doing and not having a list I had written to a successful doctor online who sold products and had an affiliate program available to me. I could use his very professional websites, his company delivered the products and took the orders. I could even have a one level affiliate program earning commissions from people who signed under me as an affiliate. I wouldn't make much from them, but it would be the start of a list and I could build a relationship with them. What was nagging at the back of my mind was spamming. If I rent a list of names for people who have bought products in my niche from a company, how is it not considered spam when I send them my unsolicited offer? I would think this method would be highly used if it was a successful method and if it was honest and legitimate. I'm just learning and I don't want to start out on the wrong foot. Please tell me what you know about these companies as far as legitimacy and the successful or unsuccessful use of them. I recieved the offer from a highly successful Internet marketer, but I am fast becoming disillusioned with them when I almost feel like a pin cushion due to the continuous flood of offers they send me. I appreciate your input. Thank you. Michael Rosalind,
After reading your affiliate spammer article, I was reminded of an affiliate program offered to me earlier this year. This program involved businesses that will rent you names to send your offers to via e-mail. I thought this was great
Not knowing what I was doing and not having a list I had written to a successful doctor online who sold products and had an affiliate program available to me.
I could use his very professional websites, his company delivered the products and took the orders. I could even have a one level affiliate program earning commissions from people who signed under me as an affiliate. I wouldn’t make much from them, but it would be the start of a list and I could build a relationship with them.
What was nagging at the back of my mind was spamming. If I rent a list of names for people who have bought products in my niche from a company, how is it not considered spam when I send them my unsolicited offer? I would think this method would be highly used if it was a successful method and if it was honest and legitimate. I’m just learning and I don’t want to start out on the wrong foot.
Please tell me what you know about these companies as far as legitimacy and the successful or unsuccessful use of them. I recieved the offer from a highly successful Internet marketer, but I am fast becoming disillusioned with them when I almost feel like a pin cushion due to the continuous flood of offers they send me.
I appreciate your input. Thank you.
Michael

]]> By: Rosalind Gardner http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-43407 Rosalind Gardner Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:15:16 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/#comment-43407 Hi Catherine, You're right. What these guys do IS scary... especially from the perspective that they apparently don't give a rat's butt about whom they hurt. As for what he wrote, he used the standard copy available on the affiliates' page at http://superaffiliatehandbook.com/affiliates.php ... yet <i>another</i> good reason not to use merchant copy, eh? :-) Cheers, Ros Hi Catherine,

You’re right. What these guys do IS scary… especially from the perspective that they apparently don’t give a rat’s butt about whom they hurt.

As for what he wrote, he used the standard copy available on the affiliates’ page at http://superaffiliatehandbook.com/affiliates.php … yet another good reason not to use merchant copy, eh? :-)

Cheers,
Ros

]]> By: CatherineL http://netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-43390 CatherineL Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:47:47 +0000 http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/affiliate-spammer-and-the-super-affiliate-handbook/#comment-43390 I hate spammers too Rosalind, and I'm glad this one has been banned. It's scary that they can hack into mailing lists like that though. You know - the first part of what he's written sounds identical to what I wrote about the SAH. I don't remember if it was in a blog post, or newsletter or what. Maybe he, or she steals content too? Or maybe I just didn't write something original enough! I hate spammers too Rosalind, and I’m glad this one has been banned. It’s scary that they can hack into mailing lists like that though. You know – the first part of what he’s written sounds identical to what I wrote about the SAH. I don’t remember if it was in a blog post, or newsletter or what. Maybe he, or she steals content too? Or maybe I just didn’t write something original enough!

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