AbeBooks UK Affiliates Blog

Religion and Spirituality Books Landing page

We have create another top category landing page, this time it is for Religion and Spirituality books.  This is a huge category of books and is constantly one of the most popular on AbeBooks.co.uk.  Once again I make the call, if there are any suggestions for new landings that are needed please contact us.

The New A4U

Well, if you have not seen it already, the A4U forum has updated and re-launched with many new features and functionality, two of the biggest changes are the addition of blogs and communities also included in the update is a "Digg" style rating system for news articles/ Blog posts with a little twist, not only can you "back" (Similar to a Digg) articles but you can also "Slap" them essentially the opposite of a "Digg" or "back".  I like the changes well done A4U!

Get the AbeBooks Blidget

I love all the web-based gadgets and widgets that seem to be all the rage these days, Google Gadgets, Yahoo Widgets, Yahoo Pipes, and all the others.  Now AbeBooks is joining the crowd with a Blidget.  Yes, I have created a "Blidget", a Blog widget over at WidgetBox.  The Widgetbox site is very easy use and there are some great examples of affiliates using these widgets.  The first affiliate that creates their own AbeBooks Affiliate widget and drives 5 sales through it will receive a bonus of £50! (closing date April 30th).

Here are some ideas for Affiliate widgets

1. List of Bestsellers-  This could be any list of bestselling books.
2. Niche books- Create lists of popular books for niches such as: bird watching, cooking, or sports.
3. Take a look at other popular blogs and make a list of books related those subjects, this might encourage others to pickup your widget and generate traffic.
4. If you need support with your Blidget idea take a look at the Widgetbox forums
5. Of course remember to insert the proper tracking links in your blog

   

UK Affiliate Dinner Follow up

I attended the 1st official "UK Affiliate Dinner" as expected I had a great time and met lots of great people after reading many of the attendees blog's it was nice to finally meet face to face.  James did a great job of organizing the event, the location was great, easy to find and the food was good. I very much welcomed the unsponsored event it provided a great atmosphere to chat and discuss events in the industry with no specific pressure or focus for the evening. 

James has already planned another dinner on April 27th, it looks to be another great location. 

As with most good events the one downside with the event was it was too short, it would be great to try and squeeze a few more hours in somewhere.

eComXpo is coming soon

eComXpo is hosting it's 5th "Virtual Tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers"  between the 20th and 22nd of March. I have attended the previous four shows and I must say I have had a very positive experience at each event.  The interaction between attendees is great, you have the option to email, instant message or send your vCard.  All the top players in the online marketing world attend and have very elaborate and interactive booths.  The big PPC engines have great giveaways, keep your eyes out for great "free cash" coupons.  General admission tickets to the show are free, and tickets to the "University" which allow you to view archived presentations are just $50 US dollars.  Although the focus is more on the North American market, all the issues, ideas and hot topics are the same that we have here in the UK.

Now that A4U is launching a major conference in October and Affiliate Summit is rumoured to be planning a conference in the UK sometime later this year, do you think eComXpo should put together a show solely focused to the UK market?

AbeBooks on YouTube

Well... it was a nice try, back in 2004 AbeBooks launched a television advertising campaign on some US cable channels, take a look at the YouTube video, it makes me laugh watching it now.

That was then and this is now, and I think we both can agree, it's better for AbeBooks to focus on Affiliate Marketing!

Affiliate Centre Redesign

We have launched our redesigned Affiliate Centre! After a few years of running with the same thing we decided it was time to freshen it up a little and present a nice neat package.  Our goal was to make it easy for new affiliates to sign up while at the same time present relevant information such as the current promotion for affiliates already in the program.  If you think we are missing something that will help you, let us know, we are here to help you earn more money.

AbeBooks Affiliate Centre

Libros en Español

That's right folks we have now launched our 5th website IberLibro.com a Spanish version of the AbeBooks sites, it has all the same features and functionality of all the other AbeBooks sites.  As you may or may not know we purchased IberLibro back in the fall of 2004, and we have spent the last year fully integrating it into the AbeBooks family.  As with all the other AbeBooks sites we also have a Spanish affiliate program, I suggest you give it a try, as you know a large trend these days is the internationalization of affiliate marketing, why not take your successful site and create another focused on the Spanish market, over 400 million speak the language it could be a great vertical for your site.  If you have any questions let me know or contact our Spanish affiliate team directly afiliados@abebooks.com