Comments on: Affiliate Managers are Spamming Me

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:12:51 +0000

Matt -

I finally applied to your affiliate program today – nice, quick turnaround on the application review.

Can I bid on the terms “AIG” and “AIG Travel Guard” in Google?

By: Dave Oliver

Dave Oliver — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:16:03 +0000

I’m a bit late on commenting on this topic, but Palmer Marketing has a nice blog post on improving email delivery: http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/17-email-deliverability-tips

Interesting that in point 11 the author’s opinion is that “Spam” words don’t really matter much.

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:24:48 +0000

Hi Jason -

I would guess (hope) that CJ is getting high deliverability for email through their system.

My suspicion was that the content was triggering the filter. Though I may be wrong.

By: Jason Forthofer

Jason Forthofer — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:47:33 +0000

Shawn,

If we find that CJ did send the application acceptance email, but it is being marked as spam, what options do we have? Aren’t we at the mercy of CJ’s email from address?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:54:50 +0000

No, I wish I could send you a screenshot, but it’s a login box that pops up, asking for a domain name and password. After three attempts at gaining access, I am taken to a ‘authorization failed’ page, or something like that.

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:52:19 +0000

Are you talking about the CAPTCHA code that has to be entered into the form?

I just tested it from browsers without a problem, and I get a number of messages through that form each day.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:39:28 +0000

Right, I remember, however, I have been attempting to go through those channels only to be promted for a username and password from http://www.freedback .com

I can’t find a username and pass. that works. The username and pass. I use for some of your sites doesn’t work, and I am kicked out of your Web site.

Matt

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:28:36 +0000

Matt -

I e-mailed a reply to you three weeks ago.

All of my contact info is at http://blog.affiliatetip.com/contact-shawn/

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:15:03 +0000

Shawn,
I’ve been attempting to contact you through various channels. Long story short, I am unable to reach you. Will you please attempt to contact me via email. I would like to discuss an affiliate proposal.

Thank you for your time,

Matt

By: Victor Caballero

Victor Caballero — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:35:05 +0000

It’s amazing I still have pending applications on CJ that have been there for over 6 months. I even tried sending an email and no response.

In terms of the spam, I see it all the time. The networks should have an option to spam test emails sent out by managers. I don’t think that exists that I am aware of on the affiliate networks.