Revenews - REVIVED - President Bush's Affiliate Program!

[Linda Buquet]

NOTE: Scroll down to read about the GOP Affiliate Program Article


Some of you may remember the Revenews of old before it fizzled out and appeared to be dead. Well it's been revived and it's better than ever!

If you truly want to keep up with the latest industry news and trends you need to visit Revenews on a regular basis.

Many new features are being added. I will try to get someone from the Revenews team to come over a share a little about the new site's direction.

Go there today to read an important article titled the "Cookie Monster." Also read an entertaining overview of the Affiliate Summit Cruise and Conference.

http://www.revenews.com/

ENJOY :-)

Please come back here and share ideas or feedback about the site or some of the articles you read there.

[bclark]

Thanks for the mention, Linda ... we'll be adding alot more coverage of revenue sharing models for online media over the next few weeks (but we're excited to be back among you guys.) We got tired of being the bad-news delivers for a while, but I think there are some quite exciting developments happening again in the space.

Best,


Brian

[Linda Buquet]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for coming by. Please let keep in touch and let us know about any new developments.

[rocos]

Thanks for your work!

[samharrelson]

Thanks for the mention of the "Cookie Monster" article, Linda!

I'm definitely excited that Revenews is back and hope to be of as much value as possible to the readers.

If anyone has any thoughts on the cookie issue (or anything else I'm posting on), don't hesitate to stop by and leave some comments here or there! Conversations and discussions can only make our understanding of the current market situation better!

[Linda Buquet]

Hi Sam,

Welcome to WebProWorld and thanks for stopping by! Yes the Cookies Monster article was a good one. There are so many threats to affiliate cookies. I can't wait until someone comes out with a better tracking solution.

I also like the article titled "RSS, Search Rankings and Paradigm Shifts." Very good food for thought.

BTW I want to syndicate the content from Revenews to put on my site for all my viewers. Have not figured out how to do it yet, but when I have time to try it again, hopefully I can figure it out.

Thanks for the great articles, news and blogs!

[Linda Buquet]

Hey check out these recent Revenews Blogs about the Republican National Committee setting up an affiliate program on CJ!

Partial Excerpt from the CJ detail page:

"We must give President Bush the support he needs to keep our country moving forward in a positive direction. Only you can help provide the resources needed to re-elect a Republican president and Congress. Your support is urgently needed. By the way, you'll earn 30% of each donation you bring in for the RNC (capped at 30%). It's a great cause and with your support we can make this a huge success for everyone."

This is big news - political lobbying paying 30% of donations to affiliate marketers!!!
It's also a really fun read.

Check these out and then come back to discuss your views!

GOP Affiliate Program: Trickle Down Fundraising
http://www.revenews.com/brianclark/archives/000087.html

"Vote for Me! Click Here..." Aff. Marketing and Politics Online
http://www.revenews.com/samharrelson...es/000088.html

[bclark]

Hey, Linda ... I'm just putting the finishing touches on the headlines feeds today (we had a little problem develop, but we squashed it.) So, while the documentation isn't up, the javascript versions of the feeds are.

If you're interested in running just the feed of ReveNews posts regarding affiliate marketing:

Headlines & Abstracts:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.revenews.com/jsfeeds/revenews_affiliate_marketing.js"></script>

Headlines Only:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.revenews.com/jsfeeds/headline_revenews_affiliate_marketing.js"></script>

Conversely, if you're interested in ReveNews posts about affiliate marketing plus the articles we identify from other sites about the topic, you could use:

Headlines & Abstracts:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.revenews.com/jsfeeds/affiliate_marketing.js"></script>

Headlines Only:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.revenews.com/jsfeeds/headline_affiliate_marketing.js"></script>

You're probably noticing a pattern there, too (with the category names) ... if you wanted "online marketing" headlines, for example, you could change the "affiliate_marketing" part with "online_marketing".

If you're looking for a feed of all the ReveNews articles, regardless of topic, it would be:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.revenews.com/jsfeeds/index.js"></script>

Obviously I've got a little more work cut out for me on writing a guide to these feeds (since we have six feeds per topic with seven topics), but that should get you started.

Best,


Brian

[ReviewGolf.com]

Yes, and the commission of this program is 30%!

I wonder if people making a donation to GOP realize that 1/3 of it will go some webmaster?

[OneMoreBite]

I wonder if people making a donation to GOP realize that 1/3 of it will go some webmaster?

That was my first thought too: I wouldn't want to donate my funds to any cause and find out that 30% went to the marketer! It's been bad enough to discover how little of your donations actually gets to the cause but this seems a bit over the top. This should get plenty of PR I'll bet!

Kathryn

[Linda Buquet]

Actually when you think about it 30% is not that bad for campaign marketing costs. Campaign fund raising has been done largely with traditional media. The cost of all those TV spots, billboard ads, newspaper & magazine ads, telemarketers and all other advertising comes out of campaign funds regardless of how many people donate. I bet they only net about 50% - 70% after ad costs on average with traditional marketing costs.

With affiliate marketing they only pay - IF and WHEN an actual donation is made. Plus the donation cap they will pay on is only $300. So if someone donates $1000 the RNC is paying out less than 10%.

[TrafficProducer]

30% went to the marketer!

Catalyst is right..

I think the above is OK....

How much goes to Poster makers / Leaflet Makers / Television Producers etc. When these methods are used?

[Cedric]

I wouldn't want to donate my funds to any cause and find out that 30% went to the marketer!

When you donate to a political party, the "cause" IS marketing. Thirty percent to one marketer, 70% to buy more marketing.

[Linda Buquet]

There is an article about it in the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/bu...partner=GOOGLE