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Best Alternatives to the Amazon Affiliate Program

Tech.Co

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites ā€“ including us here at Tech.co ā€“ to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. The ecommerce site Bookshop offers a book-specific affiliate program.

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9 Popular Startup Business Model Variations For Scale

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now Iā€™m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Network model.

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Driving User Engagement With FEM's Video Recommendations

socalTECH

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. magazine, for example. On average, we''re doubling the time on a site where our platform is embedded. What is FEM?

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

socalTECH

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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7 Scenarios Where A Business Plan Is Still An Asset

Startup Professionals Musings

They cite sources like Profitable Venture Magazine, ā€œ Why Business Plans are a Waste of Time ā€ and this Forbes article. Although the major crowd funding sites today, including Kickstarter and Indiegogo , donā€™t technically require a business plan, they do demand essentially the same information in a project format.

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9 Subscription Model Variations To JumpStart Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now Iā€™m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Network model.

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San Diego Tech Roundup: Ezoic, Trust & Will, Oska Wellness & More

Xconomy

. —Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Based in Carlsbad, in northern San Diego County, Ezoic launched its platform in 2011.