Online Scams on twitter – Fraudulent tweets Need Reporting!
Fellow Internet Marketers & Blessed Twitter Users Please Take Action!
I constantly receive Direct Messages by people who are very keen to help me “make money online” and suggest that I should join their online business opportunity.
I just do not understand how these people think that this is a quality intorduction to their offers when their first contact is limited by 140 characters with an affiliate link that is thrown in following their very unconvincing short introduction!
At times feels as if I open “The Online Door to Spamville” every time I follow someone on twitter. Up to this moment I have mostly seen “the secret of the british mom who discovered how to turn yellow teeth white” and “See how I make a 6 figure income a year in less than 3 hours a week”.
Fellow twitter users please protect your networks and BLOCK such accounts who broadcast questionable links or spam you with DM’s or @. And here is the reason why you should!
These types of tweets lead to fraudulent websites. The so called “secret of white teeth” is actually a card phising scam and people who endorse products as such need to undestand that they SHOULD KNOW what is that they are promoting in the first place and keep their online followers safe. SO BLOCK THEM & Keep twitter Clean!
Important Changes To Amazon Associates Programme
On Thursday 14th of January, I received an email from Amazon with regards to some important changes that they have put in place related to their UK Associates’ Programme. The email clearly states that from now on Amazon will not be paying for referrals that are generated through paid advertising nor they will credit commissions that are coming from search engines directly to their website through an affiliate link. To avoid loosing your Amazon Affiliate commissions please make sure that you read the following email and to update your account:
Dear Associate,
We’re writing to let you know about some changes to the Amazon.co.uk Associates Programme.
After careful review of our Associates programme, we have made the decision that as of February 1, 2010, we will no longer pay referral fees to Associates who send users to www.amazon.co.uk, http://astore.amazon.co.uk or www.javari.co.uk through keyword bidding or other paid search on Google, Bing, Yahoo!, or any other search engine, or their extended search networks.
In connection with this change, as of February 1, 2010, we will no longer provide Associates who engage in such paid search activities with access to our Product Advertising API or datafeeds. If you are currently enrolled in the Associates Programme as a Paid Search Placement Associate and wish to continue to participate in the Programme after February 1, 2010, you must choose a new category that most accurately describes the method you will use to send users to the Amazon.co.uk or Javari.co.uk site.
Of course, just choosing a new category is not sufficient – you will also need to stop sending traffic via paid search links, as you will no longer be paid for such traffic starting on February 1, regardless of what category you choose. You may change your category by writing to us using the Contact Us form available on Associates Central or by following this link:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/contact
If you are enrolled in the Associates Programme as a Paid Search Placement Associate and you do not contact us to modify your category on or prior to March 1 2010 your Associates account will automatically be closed.
In addition, as of February 1, 2010 we will no longer pay referral fees on purchases made by customers who are referred to www.amazon.co.uk or www.javari.co.uk via Free Search Results.
Free Search Results are links containing an Associate’s tag displayed in a search engine’s free, natural, or organic search results in response to a search query which send customers directly to an Amazon site without the customer first being sent to an Associate’s site and the customer clicking on a link to arrive at the Amazon site.
These changes do not prohibit you from purchasing paid search advertisements or submitting links to search engines so long as the links that appear on the search engines send customers to your site. If customers arrive at the Amazon.co.uk or Javari.co.uk site by clicking on Special Links displayed on your site (ie, links on your site pointing to Amazon.co.uk or Javari.co.uk with Amazon Associates tags), you will continue to earn referral fees in accordance with the Associates Programme Operating Agreement. There are a number of tools available through Associates Central to assist you with integrating Special Links into your sites, such as aStore by Amazon, various customisable widgets, and the Product Advertising API.
These changes apply only to the Associates Programme in the UK. If you are conducting paid or free search activities in connection with one of Amazon’s Associates Programmes outside of the UK, please refer to the applicable country’s Associates Programme Operating Agreement for relevant terms and conditions.
For a summary of these changes please visit this page See what’s changed, and to review the Operating Agreement please visit this page Operating Agreement. If you’re not sure if these changes affect you, please visit this page for FAQs.
If you have questions or concerns, please write to us by using the Contact Us form available on Associates Central or by following this link:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/associates/contact
Best regards,
Your Amazon.co.uk Associates Team
Work At Home Scams & Places To Get Help
Work At Home Scams & Measures Against Victimisation
With recent advances in communications technology, it is so much easier to defraud and scam someone with work at home schemes that promise easy cash and instant wealth. To avoid victimisation it is advisable that you can arm yourself with the proper munitions against work at home scams.
The best defence against work at home scams is research. Read about work at home scams from websites that specialize in such. There are a few sites out there that host articles on real victims sharing their experiences.
If you find that you have become a victim to fraudulent claims made by con artists, you can visit these websites and ask for help. The good thing about these places is that they provide vital information that could be very beneficial and help you avoid victimization.
Arguments & Threats in The Affiliate Marketing Arena!
How not to approach an Affiliate Marketer!
“I know people who would ruin your life” ….my typing froze for a moment! I cannot believe you just said that; I will just forget it!; I replied to an online conversation I had with a vendor last night!
Does conforming to the norms of Internet Marketing means that only positive reviews are accepted? Am I blind to believe that the best way of Internet Marketing is by being genuine and compationate about your Niche market?
Emotional Relevance
Kazooli’s Principles – emotional relevance in Internet Marketing
Affiliate Marketing is what you make. You have a choice in the same way as you would have a choice in any other avenue in your life. Being genuine and compassionate to your market’s needs is not just an obligation; a blessing too. Your market will thank you for it and choices will be given for all to choose what is relevant for them.
Emotional Relevance
Vendors Who Don’t Deliver
Not all vendors deliver to all of their products; sad but true! When inconsistencies are apparent between sales pages and actual product this will result in an emotional conflict. The relevance is broken and the consumer feels cheated, betrayed and disheartened. This is a result of two conflicting emotional relevancies as Vendors & Consumers have completely different needs to fulfil.
There is a choice to which a Vendor can follow and respect consumers’ “emotional relevance” and not just sell something for the sake of selling it. If a product does not conform this respect then I have plenty reasons to highlight consequencies for the consumer and at the same time giving the Vendor plenty of room for improvement! This is actually free work that could easily be charged as a business evaluation. However, to be threatened is trully not the way to be aproached by to say the least!
Rewards Come With Cooperation
Create Positive Changes!
Working together with consumers, reviewers and online forums can only help you as a Vendor to gather all the necessary information you may need to excel in producing changes that need implementing. This will not only create positive changes to your product but also to the online community in general. Every single Niche has Individuals who are eager to receive a solution relevant to their queries and they buy to your product for a reason or two; just make them happen and keep your relevance intact. I am only an observer and I will express things as I personally feel them.
