Hello and welcome to Rim Digest, the ezine for
"Responsible Internet Marketers".
Striving to be the BEST resource for Small Biz Owners...
TEN years of Service & Honest Information
April 29, 2010 volume 10-issue 17
Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net
Rim Digest ezine: http://www.rimdigest.com
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Today's Issue Contains:
Publisher's Spot
Featured Article: What is Affiliate Marketing?
Positive Quote
Fun Tip or Site
Recipe of the Day
Recommended eZines
Publisher's Goodbye and Legal Stuff
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My internet service was completely down for 40 hours-
this might not seem like much to people who surf the
net to shop and watch uTube videos and email friends
and things like that, but believe me, when your
livelihood DEPENDS on internet access, it is a real
nightmare. I actually did lose some work that had
to be performed during the time frame I was offline
AND the extra added downside to that is that the
potential client found a replacement to do the task
and is staying with her now. Good for my competitor
but bad, bad, bad for me, lol.
Well, we got fooled once again into the "It is finally,
really Spring" zone and after almost a week of up to
high 80's - BOOM! - it dropped back to even 30's at night.
BUT, we do know that someday it really WILL be Spring-
and after a solid week or so it will probably be SUMMER!
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Featured Article
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Affiliate Marketing is a way of promoting online business
through affiliate programs and advertising that pay the
affiliate (or publisher) a type of commission based on
the amount of sales they bring to the merchant company.
It’s a form of revenue sharing or commission based advertising.
The term “affiliate marketing,” however, is often associated
with network marketing or multi-level marketing and therefore
many companies prefer to use the term “performance marketing”.
Affiliate marketing is the most cost effective sort of marketing
there is, and is actually incredibly efficient. For this reason,
many companies (especially those that started in the early days
of e-commerce) owe a tremendous amount to affiliate marketing
(amazon.com is a good example) and it has now become normal
for companies to include affiliate marketing
in many of their plans.
There are three types of compensation methods that are associated
with affiliated marketing. The first type is Cost per Click (CPC)
or Cost per Mil (CPM.) Basically, the affiliate earns by how many
clicks the advertising on his/her site generates, or by just having
the advert published on the website. But because of click fraud
and many other questionable tactics, CPC is no longer the general
form used for affiliate marketing. Generally, companies now either
use CPA (Cost per Action) or CPS (Cost per Sale.)
The first is based on how much the advert generates interest
by the clicker to actually buy or register at the advertised
site, the second is based strictly on sales. In other words,
an affiliate is paid if the clicker actually purchases
something on the advertised site.
You can make 65% commissions with MY affiliate program
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This article is the property of Jan Tallent,
owner & operator of Tallent Agency Virtual Assistance,
who specializes in proofreading, editing and social
networking assistance and maintenance
at http://www.tallentagency.com
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Positive Quote
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow's a mystery.
Today is a gift; that's why they call it "the present".
-- Unknown
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Fun Tip or Sites
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Recipe of the Day
Lemon Garlic Tilapia
INGREDIENTS
4 Tilapia fillets
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp Country Crock Shed's Spread
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp dried parsley flakes
Dash of salt
Cayenne pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400.
Spray a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Melt butter in microwave.
Add olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt and parsley
and saute for a few minutes.
Pour over tilapia fillets in baking pan.
Sprinkle some cayenne pepper on top of fish.
Bake in preheated oven for about 13 minutes,
and broil for an additional 2-3 minutes.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe from SparkPeople
http://www.sparkpeople.com
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