Subject: Free Pint No.49 - Information, marketing and affiliates Free Pint "Helping 26,000 people use the Web for their work" http://www.freepint.co.uk/ ISSN 1460-7239 4th November 1999 No.49 > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL TIPS AND TECHNIQUES "Key UK Library and Information Science Information Resources" By Richard Eskins BOOKSHELF "Poor Richard's Internet Marketing and Promotions" Reviewed by William Hann FEATURE ARTICLE "Affiliate and Associate Programs" By Mark Southgate FREE PINT BAR http://www.freepint.co.uk/bar FREE PINT FORTHCOMING ARTICLES CONTACT INFORMATION ONLINE VERSION WITH ACTIVATED HYPERLINKS http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/041199.htm > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = *** READ THE FREE PINT ON A LCD MONITOR *** Available on line from Trident Displays Ltd. at http://www.tridentdisplays.co.uk/lcdmonitors/ is the full range of NEC and Samsung LCD and plasma monitors. 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In fact it could be said that I was instrumental in forming this new creation. It was admittedly a bit messy, and some things were in the wrong place. However, even though we're just entering the toddling years, Free Pint still seems so much older than most two year olds! ... Free Pint, Happy birthday to you! The launch issue of Free Pint had 3500 words, whilst the average edition now has more like 6000. We have 26,000 subscribers, as opposed to 500 for the first issue and 13,000 on the first birthday. We now have the book reviews and Bar, and exciting times are ahead for Free Pint. For instance, you may notice that Free Pint has now become Free Pint Limited, and I will be concentrating on our community full time (instead of effectively running three companies for the past two years). I'm putting together a team to help raise some finance and develop new services, and I'll tell you more about all of this in a subsequent issue. Therefore, we're committing a lot of resources to ensure that Free Pint makes the most of its formative years. Back to the second birthday celebrations, and I can safely say we've got something for everyone in this issue. We start with some great pointers to key information resources. This is followed by a book review and article which will help all budding Webmasters. I've then collated the latest postings at the Bar (and there have been over 120 since the last issue) and the subjects have been suitably diverse as usual. So as I say something for everyone. All the best, William PS: If you'd like to read an article by the BBC featuring Free Pint as a virtual community, then please visit . There is also a write up of my recent evening talk (with some insights into the workings and background to Free Pint, as well as tips on site promotion) on the AUKML's Web site. Search the page at for the word "Clerkenwell". William Hann BSc MIInfSc Founder and Managing Editor, Free Pint e: william@freepint.co.uk w: http://www.freepint.co.uk/ t: +44 (0)1784 455435 f: +44 (0)1784 455436 Free Pint is a trademark of Free Pint Limited > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> DOES ADVERTISING IN FREE PINT WORK? <<< Do you think we'd have so many repeat advertisers if it didn't? > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = TIPS AND TECHNIQUES "Key UK Library and Information Science Information Resources" By Richard Eskins This one is tougher than I first thought. This article is based on a Web page that I maintain at . The idea being that I take you the reader on a journey of the sites to which this page links. However, once I started thinking about the article I realised that I have become more of a guardian than a user. There are greater and more comprehensive sites/lists that cover this area. However, like a lot of the links we provide on our pages we need to strike a balance. Our key users are staff and students, and as a by product people like yourselves may find our pages useful. The balance is not to re-invent the wheel but to offer our users direct links to the major resources whilst also pointing them to other sites on this subject which are more comprehensive. We could just provide one link to say, Ian Tilsed's pages at , but hopefully by providing some key links ourselves we are highlighting these sites to our new students and providing the more experienced shortcuts to their favourites. Hand on heart I can say I'm fairly convinced that this works as many ex-students seem to carry on using our pages as a starting point once they get into the work place. Likewise we find a growing number of our peers around the planet find the site in general of use for the same reason. My sad confession is that we are in dire need of some updating and a vast number of additions sit in my bookmark file at present waiting for the call. So on with the show, which incidentally relies on my opinion only and has nothing to do with the Department of Information and Communications. The site reviews have to be slim to fit the article, so please give them a visit to get acquainted or even reacquainted. ASLIB : The Association for Information Management Well Aslib tell us who they are, and have contact details (how many sites still don't do this!) which is a good start. They detail courses and conferences which are up to date, which is always a good sign. Publications (including those wonderful Know How Guides) are detailed with abstracts. Don't expect any full text. Journals fare a bit better with publication of the 'highlights' of Managing Information, including archive. Full text access to Aslib's other journals is through subscription. BAILER : British Association for Information and Library Education and Research An "association which includes all teaching and research staff in the eighteen Information and Library Schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland." The site has fairly recently changed home and been revamped. It provides what is needed and is up to date. The institution's background is presented, along with a directory of members. The details of the Bailer Heads of Departments is a handy reference tool, but other pages are minimal. BRITISH LIBRARY : British Library Online Information Ok, so you've all visited this site. They doggedly stuck with those terrible frames and slow drop down lists, but the content has continued to grow. I'm not even going to try to go though all the content, suffice it to say OPAC97 is a star player along with the paid for databases such as Blaiseline. The 'site index' helps with navigation and thankfully there is a search tool for the site. Contact details are obvious on the opening page, but would perhaps be better placed in the framed menu. Articles Direct service opens up the power of the Web, by "providing copies of journal articles and conference papers for the occasional user." BUBL : A national information service for higher education. BUBL, what can I say, a British gem. A 'Catalogue of 11,000 selected Internet resources', you're searching the Web on a subject you are not familiar with, trust BUBL to point you to prime meta sites and other key resources, all hand picked. There's more, journals; abstracts, full text, over 200 titles, a search facility and an excellent Directory of UK organisations and institutions. CTI : CTI Centre for Library and Information Studies (CTILIS) The CTILIS "supports the use of computers in teaching both by teachers in information and library studies departments and by academic librarians." Despite the awful Java buttons the main strength is the INFOCUS journal which has what seems to be 'selected parts' available online. This includes some excellent articles in the aforementioned area of 'computers in teaching.' The Resource Guide lists materials in this field along with evaluations. CURL : Consortium of University Research Libraries Home of the CURL project whose mission is "to promote, maintain and improve library resources for research in universities." The site gives you clear information about the project, and provides clear links to partners and other developments. A key strength is of course the consortium's database with a link to COPAC at EARL : Electronic Access to Resources in Libraries This one's simple. UK / Public Libraries / Networking. This is the site. The font of all projects and high quality links, selected al la BUBL. Not the easiest site to navigate, but well worth the effort. elib : The Electronic Libraries Programme Another research programme that seems to appear everywhere. Digital Libraries is too narrow a term to define the projects involved, click and dive in. Gabriel : GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's national Libraries. A search service which allows the combined searching of the WWW services of a group of European National Libraries represented in the Conference of European National Librarians. The Institute of Information Scientists : The UK professional association for people involved in creating, retrieving, organising or disseminating information. Who they are, what they do and a taster of their Inform newsletter. You can't ask for, or expect much more! JANET : UK's academic and research network. The string that binds us all together in the UK higher education community. JISC : Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the HEFCs (Higher Education Funding Councils). Services and programmes aimed to exploit the aforementioned string. The HE equivalent of Earl. Miss it, miss out. The Library Association of Great Britain. What can I say, they're trying. Very (sorry, old joke). Should such a regal body have Hot News? The Library and Information Commission From the UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Key interests are the online publications and reports, along with details of the Commission's research activities. LISSPS : Library and Information Studies Students and Prospective Students. Minimal site to promote the electronic mailing list of the same name. Joining instructions included. Mailbase They say it all, "provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community. We currently have 2,571 discussion lists, and 178,589 members worldwide." Something for everyone, and a great place to track down someone in the LIS or HE community. NISS : National Information Services and Systems - information for education Education, education and more education. Start here and here only for Further and Higher education. Text version is recommended at . UKOLN : The UK Office for Library and Information Networking Not to be missed, sharing an "expertise in network information management." Gems include the journals such as Ariadne . The hosted project "Stories from the Web" and research into areas such as Metadata. UKOLUG : UK Online User Group. . Careful here, my boss is in this gang. A nice clear site providing information on the group, including publications and links to select resources including UKOLUG's electronic discussion list. UK Public Libraries. Excellent, comprehensive personal pages by Sheila and Robert Harden that detail public libraries in the UK on the Internet. They also provide a variety of quality links to key sites relating to issues that matter to Information professionals. Also available: Public Libraries of Europe. Well that's it. My page does go further, but the word count for this article doesn't. Please take a look and tell me what I've missed at the Free Pint Bar. Cheers. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richard Eskins is the Information Officer for the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University. 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If you put in the work and commitment, then over time you will find yourself with a Web site which is very popular and achieves your objectives ... although you can't quite remember all the methods and tricks you used to get there. Well, I have discovered a book (and not before time) which I believe is the most comprehensive and readable companion in the tricky field of online promotion. How I wish I'd had it two years ago at the birth of Free Pint, with sections on everything, including site creation, selling, search engines, how to locate your audience, advertising, affiliate programs, tracking results, using email, reaching journalists, real-world promotions ... in fact the table of contents runs to 12 pages (I kid ye not). Now, you may have gathered that I quite like this book. Maybe I'm biased because the author seems to have taken a similar path to me in finding out what works and what doesn't. Sometimes whilst reading I would question a suggestion, however the author somehow manages to read your mind and puts it at ease in the next paragraph. So, what do other people think? Well, these Americans are much better than we British at blowing our own trumpets, and as soon as you open the book there are five pages of compliments for Peter Kent's earlier books (and justifiably so it appears). OK, so what are customers saying at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com ... they all love it. Therefore, I have no hesitation in saying that if you have are trying to promote "Yourself, Your Business and Your Ideas Online" (as the strapline says) then you could do little better than to read all 400 pages of this super guide to Internet marketing. 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Check your domain or find out more at http://www.globalgold.co.uk/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [gg493] >>> WANT TO ACCESS ALL PAST ISSUES? <<< Use the Guide for subject access or do a keyword search > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = FEATURE ARTICLE "Affiliate and Associate Programs" By Mark Southgate Affiliate programs (also known as associate or reseller programs) are a business arrangement where anybody with a web site can apply to promote the product or service of a company in exchange for a commission on any sales that result from people who follow the affiliates links to the site of the merchant. The Internet research company Jupiter Communications estimates that in 1998 sales from affiliates accounted for 11 percent of the 5.7 billion dollars in online consumer commerce (excluding business-to-business and car sales). By 2002, this is expected to grow to 24 percent of 37.5 billion dollars. Affiliate programs were first introduced by large companies like CD Now and Amazon and have proved enormously popular, with Amazon having signed up over 320,000 affiliates. The rapid growth of affiliate programs means that almost any product or service that is sold online now has an affiliate program. This article will look at the advantages and disadvantages of affiliate programs from the perspective of merchants with affiliate programs and of affiliates who use (or would like to use) affiliate programs to earn money from their web sites. The main emphasis will be on what prospective affiliates will need to consider when selecting an affiliate program for their web site. The advantages and disadvantages for merchants: ----------------------------------------------- For companies selling products or services on the Internet, affiliate programs offer a low cost method of increasing brand awareness as well as a more effective alternative to banner advertising. Effectively, merchants can recruit a commission only sales force at low cost. The risk for merchants is that their reputation may be damaged by the use of unscrupulous methods of promotion used by affiliates, particularly the use of spam. The disadvantages however would appear to be outweighed by the opportunity to increase sales and expand customer databases by having thousands of affiliates working on selling the product or service. In addition, only a small percentage of affiliates earn any significant income for merchants, meaning that a large number will need to be recruited. Increasing competition between merchants means that it will probably become more difficult to attract successful affiliates in large numbers. The advantages and disadvantages for affiliates: ------------------------------------------------ Affiliate programs offer the opportunity for affiliates to earn money or increase current income from their web sites. Those whose web sites already have a large amount of traffic will have a captive audience to which a relevant product or service can be introduced. By using a well known brand, affiliate programs provide the ability for anybody to earn an income by promoting the merchant's products without having to pay the high costs of brand-building or of dealing with the problems of shipping products and billing customers. All that affiliates need to do is send sufficient numbers of people to the merchant's site and the merchant takes care of everything from customer queries, secure online ordering, shipping etc. Affiliates can either select one or two affiliate programs appropriate for an existing site or create a new site based around an affiliate program they choose to promote. What to look for in an affiliate program: ----------------------------------------- The most important attribute to consider when looking at affiliate programs is that the product or service closely matches the content of your web site. While this may seem to be stating the obvious, a surprising number of affiliates join programs which offer a product or service with little or no relevance to the content of their sites. Other key factors to consider include accurate tracking of the visitors you send to their site, which is vital for ensuring that you are fairly paid for all sales you generate. Also consider the merchant's site from a customer perspective - do they have an attractive and well designed web site? Is it easy to navigate the site for more information and to order the product or service? Are queries from affiliates and customers answered promptly? How long has the company been trading, are their contact details easy to find and do they have an established online reputation? If you join an affiliate program, you are likely to spend quite a bit of time and effort promoting it. With reputations on the Internet (as in any business) hard won and easily lost, it is crucial that you feel confident in recommending a product or service and that the company will still be around in the years ahead. Effectively, your reputation is at stake as you will be recommending the affiliate merchant to your visitors. You should only be willing to promote a product or service which you would willingly purchase and use yourself and so ideally you would become a customer before becoming an affiliate. Prospective affiliates also need to read the agreement carefully prior to signing up. Things to consider include the amount of commission paid and with what frequency you will receive payments. Minimum earnings before cheques are issued can vary from as little as one dollar to a hundred dollars or more, while payments can be as frequent as weekly or fortnightly or could be made only quarterly, meaning that you may have to wait a while before seeing the financial rewards of your efforts. The amount of commission earned is also important - 4 or 5 percent of sales will require you to sell the product or service in large quantities to earn decent money and may not provide adequate reward for your efforts. The majority of affiliate programs also only pay commissions on the first sale and sometimes only if the customer makes an immediate purchase. Effectively this means that you are being paid a bounty for introducing new customers and will need to ensure that your web site will send a constant stream of new visitors to the merchant. Alternatively, you could consider affiliate programs that offer either ongoing commissions or commissions on all future purchases made by customers that you introduce. Although this is less common, a couple of good examples of these types of affiliate program are Virtualis http://www.virtualis.com/vr2/msouthga/vrp.html> who offer a service (web hosting) which is ideally suited to providing ongoing commissions on a monthly basis and the Make Your Site Sell affiliate program which offers commission on all future purchases (of products aimed at helping entrepreneurs and small businesses sell on the Web) made by customers who you introduce. How to promote affiliate programs: ---------------------------------- The key to earning decent revenues from affiliate programs is for your web site to receive a large amount of targeted traffic. This is predominantly achieved through good rankings in the main search engines and a high number of links from other sites to yours. A large amount of information on search engines and web site promotion is available free on the Internet but two sites in particular stand out for the quality of the information they offer - Search Engine Watch and Virtual Promote . Successfully selling a product or service from an affiliate merchant also requires that you go beyond posting banner ads from the merchant on your pages. By integrating text links and testimonials into the content of your web pages, you will achieve a far higher success rate. If you have actually bought the product or service or know people who have, genuine and honest testimonials can be particularly effective. If you have an opt-in mailing list or newsletter, recommendations in these are another good method of promotion. Further information: -------------------- There are a growing number of web directories offering information on affiliate programs with one of the best of these being ClickQuick who award each affiliate program in their directory a rating for quality. The e-commerce research room at Wilson Web also provides a useful list of links to online articles on various aspects of affiliate programs. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Southgate is a student at the University of Nottingham who has been researching affiliate programs over the past year and also makes use of the income from promoting affiliate programs to support his University education. He is the author of an online guide to affiliate programs and a directory of useful resources for webmasters . 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Unblocking the Web [ADSL] (Free Pint No.48) http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=872 Discussion of security issues, pricing and transatlantic differences Web site business proposal template http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=880 Google launches and changes (correction to article in Free Pint No.47) http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=887 Changes to the way Google lists sites linking *to* a URL Senior Citizens and the Internet http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=891 Discussion, help and resources for research on the above Sites for Primary Schools http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=897 Please suggest sites suitable for kids, as well as teacher resources Email - Internet policy - Security http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=899 Can an ISP tell what computer has collected email? Is it an offence to collect someone else's emails if they disclose their password? Setting up email service - how? http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=919 How do you set up an email service, like Hotmail, on Linux? Lifestyle Survey's ... any good? http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=921 How to find these research firms, and implications for charities Pharmaceutical newsletter listings http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=923 Current awareness services sought, with delivery by email http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=925 Any questionnaire surveys about the Internet and university libraries? http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=928 New AltaVista http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=933 Seems to have lost a lot of sites (beware), and is now clustering Indoor air quality in office buildings in the EU http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=943 Anyone know of sites with information, especially Germany & Sweden Poverty in the UK - sources of information for early teens needed http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=946 Domain names - questions/answers about registration cost and geography http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=958 Francophone search engine for children http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=963 Starting points requested and suggested Structuring a marketing fee based on eCommerce traffic generated http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=970 Any thoughts or sources? Can order placement be monitored? Webshops & Workflow-Systems http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=973 Sites please with prices, technologies, etc. Electronic information research - volunteers needed http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=974 Commercial librarians/libraries mind being used for research into the 'changing paradigm in the provision of electronic information'? Are there HM Customs implications for global eCommerce downloads? http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=980 Presumably one has to send VAT invoices to e-commerce customers? http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=981 Source suggestion for traditional music sites (re: Free Pint No.48) http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=985 European IPOs http://www.freepint.co.uk/cgi-bin/webbbs/config.pl?read=986 How can one find details of companies filing an IPO in Germany? 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