Amazon.com's founder and CEO is the Internet's ultimate cult figure 10/7/99, Helen Jung, The Seattle Times. The bookseller and self-described goofball has become a billionaire seven times over. www.postnet.com/postnet/stories.nsf/ByDocId/25242933DDF21CBA8625680300398032
Press Release - Be Free 8/30/99, BE FREE, INC. Launches B-INTOUCH sm. B-INTOUCH sm E-nables sm anyone with an E-mail account to earn commissions. www.befree.com/docs/news/990830.htm
Affiliate Radio Network - RealVoices.com 8/15/99, Interviews with Ken Evoy, Corey Rudl, James Marciano, Jakob Nielsen, and Declan Dunn. Produced by Patrick M. D'Acre. www.realvoices.com/affiliateradio
Hong Kong in Cyberspace ICONOCAST by Michael Tchong, 7/1/99. Forrester Research found that while affiliate programs are among least frequently used marketing techniques, they were tied with customer e-mail as the most effective traffic-driving techniques cited bya sample of 47 marketing managers. www.iconocast.com/icono-archive/icono.070199.html
Webvertising for free 7/2/99,Shelly K. Schwartz.CNN Financial Network. Getting your company's name out there doesn't have to break the bank. www.cnnfn.com/1999/07/02/smbusiness/q_advertising/
The Waning and Waxing of Affiliate Marketing 7/15/99, Ralph F. Wilson,Web Commerce Today. "While promoting an online store through an affiliate program remains one of the most cost effective means of marketing, several factors are restricting its growth" www.wilsonweb.com/wct2/affiliate-marketing.htm
Interview: Lex Sisney, CEO, Commission Junction 07/27/99, KAREN LAKE, InternetClan, interviews Lex Sisney on the beginnings of Commission Junction and how Affiliates came into play. www.internetclan.com/interview/sisney.htm
A Point-and-Click Sales Force 7/12/99, Dennis Berman, Businessweek. Most small businesses don't realize that they can set up their own Web affiliate programs a la Amazon to boost their Internet sales. The good news is that it's getting easier to do. www.businessweek.com/reprints/99-26/b3635042.htm
What's Missing is the Link 6/1/99, Jason Compton, NewMedia. Affiliate programs - also known as referral, associate, or partnership programs--are a great vehicle to lure customers to your site. What used to be a hit-or-miss proposition is now a finely honed sales tool. newmedia.com/newmedia/99/06/insideedge/Missing_Link.html
Can Anyone Be An Internet Retailer? 6/28/99, Jacob Ward, Industry Standard. Affinia's planned affiliate-marketing network will let even the most arcane Web site get in on the e-commerce action. www.thestandard.com/articles/display/0,1449,5322,00.html
