It’s hard to pass judgment on a site that that’s still in private beta and hasn’t hit the stock market, but that hasn’t stopped analysts from trying to cut through the hype surrounding Pinterest. After reading in The Atlantic that Pinterest could be earning up to $45 million a year through affiliate links from SkimLinks, GigaOm contributor Rags Srinivasan, set out to prove the unlikelihood of a company making that much revenue from referral traffic alone.
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The NY Times has brought the newspaper business to yet another new low. And this one is ugly.
The most successful affiliate marketers are those who can differentiate themselves from others offering similar – or sometimes the same – products and services. Social media can help.
The affiliate marketing opportunities for entrepreneurial individuals to monetize their blogs and websites continue to expand. Many have gone from supplementing their incomes to earning substantial rewards. What role might social media play in this exploding industry?
