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The Temptation

Many enterprises both big and small believe the best time to start budget planning is in January. By then, they reason, they’ll have the ability to analyze sales and marketing statistics over the past year and adjust financial planning accordingly. However, in this scenario, companies lose valuable time that could have been spent implementing the e-commerce strategy carved out of an already prepared budget.

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Have you ever taken a break from holiday shopping to analyze what big retailers do to turn Black Friday weekend into the year’s best figures? We’ll examine some of the big retailer’s success stories, letting you in on their secret tricks that can work for practically any company budget. Despite a sluggish economy, U.S. retailers are still finding new ways to gain profits in the quarter 4 boom.

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Any e-commerce merchant of virtually any size can plug into an affiliate network as an advertiser. Outside of negotiating terms, joining an affiliate network is pretty cut-and-dry. You select a network such as Linkshare, Commission Junction or Connect Commerce (Google) and put some tracking software on your site. That’s the easy part. The hard part is to successfully market your affiliate program to grow sales through this lucrative channel. Plugging into a network will get you started as many publishers are on watch for new products and brands to promote. However, this is limited; affiliate relationships need to be built and nurtured in order to have continuous growth. Follow these tips to help drive affiliate sales by building affiliate relationships.

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