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Best Alternatives to the Amazon Affiliate Program

Tech.Co

Suddenly, every other affiliate program and network out there is looking more attractive. The New York Times now includes a Bookshop link alongside an Amazon one, while BuzzFeed News, Vox, and New York Magazine are all in, and Hearst, Meredith, and Condé Nast will likely start using Bookshop next month.

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Has Facebook Achieved What AOL Could Have A Generation Ago?

Tech Zulu Event

Facebook started with the biggest publishers in the game: BuzzFeed , Huffington Post , New York Times , Washington Post. BuzzFeed has seen their Instant Articles engage more people than any of their standard link posts and Gawker ’s founder tweeted that instant articles boosted daily uniques to their website.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

Both Sides of the Table

And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. The technology blogs will be aflutter with continued criticisms of in-stream ads while mainstream consumers continue to click on links provided by the celebrities they respect and will buy products accordingly. Holy Shiitake !

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Some of the Best Reads for Casual Friday: Artificial Intelligence

Xconomy

Fridays can be the most productive work day, as you look to shore up everything before the weekend starts. Or, maybe instead, it’s a day filled with long lunches and listless Internet surfing, as you seek out all the interesting articles you missed during the week.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. And when you think about the three C’s you begin to realize that the first two of these activities are ones where the economic powerhouse networks are driven in cities outside of Silicon Valley.

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Why Most Online Video Companies Will Fail

Both Sides of the Table

Usually I tell them to study Upworthy & Buzzfeed. Some images will draw in viewers more than others and as it turns out the headlines & images that convert at different in each social network or distribution partner. Here is an example. This morning I logged into Facebook. They also know how to a/b test images.

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Snapchat 101 for VCs and Old Folks

Both Sides of the Table

That’s like you saying you don’t want to go to cocktail parties and network anymore while every 25-35 year-old VC steals your customers. It will be a follow on from my “App is Crap” or “Web Second, Mobile First” blog posts but in short, video, updated, digestible formats. Be careful.

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