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Affiliate Advertising Finally Comes To Indie Music

Aug 22, 2008, 8:16am

Affiliate Advertising Finally Comes To Indie Music

GUITARIST JOE BONAMASSA USES AFFILIATE ADS TO PUSH RELEASE Affiliate advertising has been the rage on blogs for years. Place an ad on your site like the Amazon Go Green or Indie Venue Bible ads in the right hand columns on Hypebot and get paid a few dollars when anyone clicks and buys. I've wondered how long it would take affiliate marketing to come to music sales. Fans are asked to post band widgets and banners on their blogs and social [...]

Tags: Music, Music Retail, DIY, Marketing, affiliate marketing

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