What is "affiliate marketing" ?

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by stats, Jun 15, 2008.

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What does "affiliate marketing" mean to you

  1. A landing page with link to your sponsor's website

    28.6%
  2. A complete website with affiliate products on it linked to your sponsor's product page

    85.7%
  3. A complete website with sponsor's products but with a checkout on your website

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Your own genuine site with a banner (a link) on it

    28.6%
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  1. #1
    Please choose the option that best describes what you imagine when you hear "affiliate marketing".
     
    stats, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  2. aditya_sfs

    aditya_sfs Peon

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    #2
    you should have an option called "none of them"
     
    aditya_sfs, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  3. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #3
    None of the above. Affiliate marketing is when you make a commission for selling someone elses product/service. Examples you have above are types of affiliate sites.
     
    dcristo, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  4. JayXtreme

    JayXtreme Guest

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    #4
    All of the above and a whole lot more... you can't "box" affiliate marketing like that... it's so restrictive to do so and just impossible to define in such basic terms

    Jay
     
    JayXtreme, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  5. Tesseract

    Tesseract Peon

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    My view is that its marketing where you get paid for results.
     
    Tesseract, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  6. dlm

    dlm Peon

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    #6
    I voted for:

    "The guy who started the poll obviously has no knowledge of affiliate marketing"
     
    dlm, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  7. NCMedia

    NCMedia Well-Known Member

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    #7
    I second that.

    And I second 'none of the above'. I think of simply 'selling' - i think of the literal meaning of 'affiliate/affiliation/partner/associate + marketing' - I am helping market a product/service/person/place/event/...

    NC.
     
    NCMedia, Jun 15, 2008 IP
  8. stats

    stats Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Lol

    ok ok, don't bit me :)

    i probably asked the question wrong .. I should have asked "if you were given to choose 1 from these options for your affiliate marketing, which one would you go with".

    I know there is MUCH more in affiliate marketing than the options i've put in there

    however, i just wanted to see the relation of those 4 ..

    I would be thankful if a moderator can change the question, since i cannot do it already
     
    stats, Jun 15, 2008 IP