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Paying for Performance: Managing Web Affiliates in a Multichannel World Amanda G. Watlington, Ph.D. Owner Searching For Profit www.searchingforprofit.com May 20, 2008

Accm 2008 Session - Amanda Watlington on Affiliate Marketing and Search

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Amanda Watlington discusses the intersection of search and affiliate marketing with direct marketers at ACCM

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Paying for Performance:Managing Web Affiliates in a Multichannel World

Amanda G. Watlington, Ph.D.Owner

Searching For Profitwww.searchingforprofit.com

May 20, 2008

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What’s Up?

• Search Marketing – The driving force online.

• Game Changers – Universal Search, paid links and MFA sites booted.

• It Is Not Just Ads Anymore – Are you using social media? What about your affiliates?

• The Impact – It just got harder to manage affiliates.

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How Users Find Sites

Source: PiperJaffray, 2006

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Search Is Pervasive

77% search at least 1x per day and 38% search >4x per day

Source: PiperJaffray, 2006

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Google Universal Search

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Google Universal Search

March 2007

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Google Universal Search

May 2007

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Universal Search Changes How We Look at Sites

Source: Enquiro, July 2007

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How Users Find Sites

October, 2007

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Made for AdSense and Paid Links Get the Boot

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It Is not All About Ads Anymore

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It Is not All About Ads Anymore

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Affiliates Using Search

• Must work harder

• Must get smarter

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Contact: Amanda G. Watlington, Ph.D., A.P.R. Email: [email protected]

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