Thursday, August 11, 2011

Redbox Offers Discounts for Foursquare Checkins





Check in with Foursquare, and you can get a discount on Redbox movie and game rentals.

That, in essence, is the promotion the two services will run from August 15 through August 24. Customers who check in at one of the 33,000 Redbox kiosks during that time will get discount codes ranging from $0.10 to $1. The codes can be used to get the discounts that day.

This is the latest push to encourage Redbox users to connect the kiosks to their mobile devices. More than 68% of the U.S. population lives within a five-minute drive of a Redbox kiosk. Using the company’s iPhone and Android apps, consumers can get real-time access to kiosk locations and title availability. Those apps have been installed 6.6 million times. The company also has a texting program with 2.7 million subscribers.

Redbox, which competes with Netflix and Blockbuster, continues to thrive despite a 28-day lag on some new movie releases. In its most recent quarter, parent company Coinstar reported that Redbox’s revenues grew 34% to $363.9 million. In June, Redbox also began offering videogame rentals for Nintendo Wii, Xbox and PlayStation 3 platforms.

Image courtesy of Redbox

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Affiliate Marketing

Internet Marketing is unquestionably easier and more rewarding compared to traditional marketing methods. With billions of people worldwide getting online each day, there's a high possibility for a merchant to sell his products and generate huge income online.



In affiliate marketing, an affiliate marketer doesn't really need to own a product and service to sell. All he needs to do is to refer people to the merchant's business site for them to purchase the products and thereby, earn a commission.



For the affiliate marketer who wants to be successful~ First, you need to choose a good affiliate program and to employ excellent marketing techniques and strategies in promoting or selling the products to consumers. Why choose the best affiliate program? Because the best affiliate program can make sure you can earn not only one time but also every moment when your downlines get people enrolled. The best affiliate marketing program can make one affiliate marketer to become a millionaire. Choose a good affiliate marketing program to start with. How to make and work it fast would now depend on you.



But before you think how you are going to make it best and financially rewarding, you must think about how you are going to make a good affiliate program with thousands of affiliate marketing opportunities abounding in the Internet today. Below are the tips and suggestions on how to best select the affiliate program that's right for you.



The Information you need to know~ Take the affiliate product, which will be the right choice for you. You will get an automated website, which had been set up for you once you enroll as a student in Success University. You will learn how to direct yourself towards all the self-development materials and online marketing program that really matches your needs, wants and resources. You can join some forums and learn some tips and get suggestions from expert affiliate marketers.



You will learn a lot of useful online marketing tips for you to promote whatever products you want. Next, you will understand many merchants and affiliate marketers like you meet. The merchants advertise their affiliate programs to interested affiliates who sign up in the network for free. Third party affiliate program networks are helpful since they provide you with access to a large number of advertisers (merchandisers) simultaneously. You can track and compare their sales records, performances, benefits, products and services easily.



It's Quality, not Quantity~ Choose a good quality of the products and services. As an affiliate marketer your goal is not only to make visitors to click the link to your business site; but more importantly, to promote your product so they would buy it. Make sure you write down your goals, so that you will be able to achieve it faster than you can imagine. Ask yourself: if you were the customer, would you buy it? Would you recommend it to your family or good friend? If you can convince yourself or your family and friends to buy it, you are the one who is successful because you make things happen. Success of the program really depends on you, this is very important. The sales records does not only show how good an affiliate is, but he/she speaks about the products'

reliability, market availability and the company or the merchandisers' reputation as well. Moreover, look into and carefully study the company's compensation plan. Your purpose for joining the program is to earn, so make sure you'll be paid for all your efforts fairly.



If you do not have much time to promote the affiliate products or service by creating articles, websites, banners and etc, choose a useful affiliate program that helps you create all these. It provides training on how to effectively market products online and lots of self-improvement material. Keep in mind that affiliate marketing is a partnership, the best affiliate program is able to support you as you only need to promote the package and services.



You may take down what are the advantages and disadvantages of each program you are considering so you can clearly see the difference among your options; after that, compare the advantages of the programs with your own checklist. Take time to gather all the information you need to choose the right and best program. Remember an informed choice is the best choice.