June 1st, 2007 by James Omdahl
I’ve found that one the common traits between all successful affiliates is creativity. Whether it is the creativity to find an untapped niche, promote a one-of-a-kind offer, or create an kooky online video that helps sell a product - creativity is a common gene in the affiliate DNA.
Kirsty McCubbin proves this point with her poetic blog post Ode To CJ - A Tale Of Affiliate Betrayal *Sob*! It seems that Kristy had a $4300 charge back by Commission Junction because a merchant went out of business. Needless to say this irked Kirsty just a bit. After some unfulfilled promises of restitution, Kirsty decided to take out her frustrations through poetic therapy.
Read the poem here to see classic verses such as:
With golden tounge dids’t they woo,
Yet all their promises turned to poo.
Fantastic!
June 7th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I dont work with CJ any more just for this reason! I feel for her as Ive had similar problems with some fly-by-night merchants. Until CJ starts to shift the risk of default from affiliates to the merchants themselves with larger deposits and escrows, I will stay well away from them. Tread lightly fellow affiliates and diversify!