Comments on: It’s About Intent: Affiliate Links in Twitter

By: tobyboyce

tobyboyce — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:48:32 +0000

Interesting stuff, this is the “rigth” way to do it. Now to just get that across to all those that still think they can get by without telling the world they are making money off it.

By: tobyboyce

tobyboyce — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:48:32 +0000

Interesting stuff, this is the “rigth” way to do it. Now to just get that across to all those that still think they can get by without telling the world they are making money off it.

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By: affiliate tutorial

affiliate tutorial — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:39 +0000

I have not used twitter much but it seems as people love it. I do use affiliate links and social bookmarks. For some reason have not explored twitter. Have to check it out

By: Aluminum Fence

Aluminum Fence — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:30:02 +0000

I guess there are opinions on all sides of this question. I am not on twitter to sell anything (although I have customers that found me through twitter and other social media sites) I prefer conversation with people that have similar interests as me (blackberry, construction, sports, politics, SEO, Wordpress, etc..) and it is clearly stated on my profile what some of those are. Affiliate marketing is not one of my interests, and if you trick me into clicking on one, you get unfollowed, blocked and I announce it to all my followers on twitter.

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The Affiliate Link Disclosure Manifesto | Affiliate Marketing — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:34:41 +0000

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Thu, 21 May 2009 11:56:02 +0000

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By: jennine

jennine — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:53:14 +0000

hmm… this does raise some interesting questions.
thought, i’d say that it really depends on the way you do it.

i use affiliate links sometimes, i dont disclose it, mostly because i’d tweet about it anyway, and most people don’t disclose in their blog posts, so why is this different? plus #affiliatelink takes up a lot of real estate in a tweet.

actually, when i was doing affiliates more frequently ‘vintage ebay pick of the day’ people really like it. i just did it once a day, and i always got either retweets or replies and everyone knows i do ebay affiliates because i recommend it all the time. some people actually say they miss my vintage pick of the day.

By: Debra Askanase

Debra Askanase — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:59:11 +0000

Jeremiah- you hit on this subject just at the right time. I had a conversation with a friend yesterday that began “what is your relationship with (x company)?” He replied, “why?” Now, I knew he had to be an affiliate marketer because he was spreading the word about a convention on too many platforms and it seemed fishy. The fact that it took two minutes into the conversation to convince he to reveal his affiliation was telling – we need standards! You asked for some suggestions and here they are:
1. Openness about affiliations. I love that Chris Brogan states “I am an affiliate for the Thesis theme” on his blog. It doesn’t take away from his ability to push the product at all, but adds to his overall credibility with his readers.
2. Not every link has to say “affiliate” but there should be some overall disclosure about the fact that the person does have certain affiliations. The disclosure can be on their website, twitter page, website landing page, blog, etc. Somewhere clearly marked.

Affiliates will not harm you, it is true, but not disclosing them will harm trust. Start by assuming everyone trust you and don’t take that relationship for granted. When I recommend a service provider, I state if we have a collaborative relationship or not at the time of recommendation.

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Are Affiliate Links Unethical Without Disclosure? | Black Hat for a Noob — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:05:32 +0000

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By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:11:10 +0000

I don’t really care about affiliate links in tweets, it’s the “Twitter Traffic Generator” DM’s you get after being followed by someone and taking a close look at them and seeing that they have conversations on twitter that have nothing to do with the link they DM you. I call THAT spam, and I unfollow, block and announce it over the twitter airwaves.

I think it is one thing to promote yourself and products (or affiliates) on twitter, but it is completely different when the get rich quick scammers get involved, it WILL bring twitter down and I for one, won’t mind moving on to Facebook, FriendFeed or Plurk if I have to.

Just my $.02

By: bob

bob — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:39:26 +0000

a hashtag of #affilliatelink on Twitter!!
are you nuts? that’s 15 characters

maybe #aff would be more acceptable

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By: Micheal Savoie

Micheal Savoie — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:59:08 +0000

Get ready to unfollow me if you were following me before…

I use affiliate links without disclosure (oh dang, I just disclosed it)but my conversations on Twitter is not ONLY promotion. Maybe 25% of my conversation on Twitter is promotion of any kind, the rest is retweets, replies, and quotes. Sometimes I send out links to controversial articles to get a topic rolling – force conversations – and generally befriend my followers.

My followers choose to follow me.

I follow all who join me, but if they AutoDM me with an affiliate link from the beginning of the relationship, I choose to unfollow them. After all, if I go to a party and the used car salesman is trying to match me up with a 1979 Pontiac Bonneville the whole time I am there, I will excuse myself and go look for a machete.

My autoDM (gasp, yes I use them) asks one of 5 or 6 questions to see if this person actually reads their DMs. I get a lot of answers, which then tells me that this is a person I will enjoy starting conversations with. Twitter is not my goldmine, it is a place where I build relationships with real people who want to hear what I have to say.

If I recommend a product for them and it fits into their business of lifestyle model, I hope that they will purchase from me, just like I purchase my neighbor’s daughter’s Girl Scout Cookies. Because I like the cookies, and I like my neighbor.

People who remove the affiliate links and cookies in my opinion are thieves, because they are taking food off of an affiliate’s table. If you were going to buy that product, and your friend is the one who told you about it, why shouldn’t your friend make some money from it.

Magpie was a little silly because they placed a #Magpie hashtag in front of the tweet. I changed mine to say #prftbrk (Profit Break) and I received a LOT of Retweets of my Magpie links because people who knew me, liked me and trusted me felt that I deserved to have a Profit Break. It is all in the value you give your followers. If you take take take and never give… you suck…lol.

That is my two cents on the subject. I am probably going to write about this on my Product In A Weekend Blog later this afternoon (link withheld because it does contain affiliate links to products that I recommend). Thank you for starting this conversation, Jeremiah! I may not agree with you 100%, but you make valid points that people need to hear!

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