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I received an email yesterday from Kris Jones letting me know about the whole issue regarding the CJ.com ultimatum give to PepperJam Clients , And quite frankly i just don’t like it. I think Kris and his team have the right to exist and practice what they do with out interference of another competing company.

On Tuesday 2/26/08 some of the Pepperjams team was in Vegas for the affiliate summit 2008. Suddenly the team started to receive calls, one after another, from different clients. Here’s a direct quote from Kris’s Blog on what happened next.

Our clients told us that they were being aggressively contacted by Commission Junction employees and delivered an ultimatum - either stay with Commission Junction or terminate all agency business with Pepperjam.

Now! That to me sounds like a shady tactic and possibly illegal. To deliberately go after PepperJam when there are so many other longer established networks they can try and bully? Maybe they just feel that Pepperjam has the best potential to reach them at the number one spot? Who knows.

Not only does this affect the client base but it directly affects the pepperjam team as well. Here’s another quote from Kris.

Pepperjam has roughly 20 dedicated full-time employees that do nothing but manage affiliate programs on Commission Junction. What are we to do with all these incredibly talented, hard working employees if our clients decide to submit to Commission Junctions demands?

When Kris Jones and COO, Michael C. Jones talked to Kerri Pollard (General Manager) and David Osmond (Senior VP) of Commission Junction in person, They got a response they really didn’t expect. (1) Sorry guys, it’s just business, and (2) Commission Junction wants “that” business. By “that” business I imagine Kerri was presumptively referring to Pepperjam’s business in the form of affiliate marketing technology (Pepperjam Network) and affiliate program management.

All this sounds illegal right? Since CJ.com is a Corporation and should abide by certain laws. You can read up more on this from Kris jones blog and from an active discussion at reve news

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Pepperjam has announced the launch of the Search-Engine Strategies (SES) Affiliate Program, exclusively on Pepperjam Network - www.pepperjamnetwork.com

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Learn more HERE about how you can win a FREE Ticket to SES - NY and a FREE VIP Ticket to a Pepperjam Party during SES - NY.

More about the SES Affiliate Program:

The Search-Engine Strategies (SES) Affiliate Program allows bloggers and affiliates to promote Search-Engine Strategies conference ticket sales using SES banners, text links, & pepperjamADS. In return, affiliates get 5% of each referred sale. With a full conference ticket price of nearly $2,000 you can make quite a bit of money promoting this program. Moreover, if you are able to refer multiple ticket sales (for instance, a company registration) this can be a program that generates you hundreds of dollars in commission per transaction.

Search-Engine Strategies (SES) Affiliate Program:

“Search Engine Strategies (SES) is the leading global conference & expo series that educates delegates on search engine marketing (SEM), including optimization (SEO) and advertising strategies, tactics and best practices. SES Search Marketing Events provide instruction from the industry’s top Search experts, including representatives of the Search Engines themselves.

Search Engine Strategies Conference And Expo New York……the intersection of search, marketing, and commerce. SES New York takes place March 17-20 and is a “must-attend”. The industry converges for a week of spirited discussion, high-level learning and attendees leave with actionable battle plans to go forward with for their companies. For SES Alumni, there will be so much new content and developments that you’ll need to stay on top of and should consider bringing your whole team! Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2008 will feature presentations and panel discussions that cover all aspects of search engine-related promotion.”

Commissions (percentage of sale): 5.00%
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My two cents: In my opinion, this program has massive potential for affiliates and bloggers alike to make considerable money off SES ticket sales. Think about it, SES is expecting in excess of 10,000 attendees at SES NY alone. Moreover, SES holds numerous shows around the world throughout the year. This one should be an easy sell.

Best of luck!

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OK I’m sure some of you remember my test run Post with John Chows TTZmedia . Wellafter carefully reviewing the clicks and earnings, I have come to a conclusion that it definitely doesn’t belong on an internet marketing blog .( but thats just me ). I first questioned it when I saw several webmaster blogs publishing it and wondered if i was missing something since i didn’t see the match. I mean its all electronics and gadgets and yea we all love that stuff but its not really targeted advertising for what we do.

So i went ahead and changed it out with the new PepperJamNETWORK to see how things go. Gasmoney Blog was recently accepted by Kris Jones and team so that was definitely pretty exciting. These ads are all under every blog post so they should definitely get decent exposure. PepperJam is limited to the webmaster/affiliate stuff but I’m sure in the next few weeks or so it’ll start to grow dramatically. If you recently applied for it then post here on why you think it’ll do good for your blog and why.

The PepperJam system is very nice and way more advanced than ttzmedia. Here is just a screen shot for those of you interested in the Pepperjam network. Hope to see more people using the system as we all can learn from each other.

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Pepperjam, a two-time Inc. Magazine fastest growing company and industry leading full-service internet marketing agency, today announced the launch of Pepperjam Network, a proprietary next generation affiliate marketing network. If you are an advertiser or affiliate and would like to sign-up for Pepperjam Network please visit

www.pepperjamnetwork.com

Pepperjam Network also introduces pepperjamADS, which is a first-ever affiliate marketing widget that affiliates can use to serve customized contextual ads from one or multiple Pepperjam Network advertisers at the same time.

Among a variety of affiliate marketing enhancements, Pepperjam Network addresses the two primary shortcomings of other existing affiliate networks, namely (1) poor, unreliable communication tools and (2) lack of affiliate transparency. With Pepperjam Network, affiliates and advertisers can communicate in real-time via Pepperjam Chat™, thereby providing a reliable communication system to build stronger, more profitable partnerships. Pepperjam Network also provides advertisers with an unprecedented measure of affiliate transparency, which helps to establish trust, protect brand integrity, and lays the groundwork for open, long-term, profitable relationships.

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