Affiliate Marketing

I’ll let your imagination fill in the blank in the title. On January 15th Pepperjam, one of the oldest and fastest growing affiliate marketing companies has announced the launch of their “next generation” affiliate marketing network. While Pepperjam doesn’t have enormous corporate backing like Linkshare and Commission Junction, the new Pepperjam Network is clearly going give them both some much needed competition. They have built this network from the ground up with the mission of addressing the shortcomings of other affiliate networks. Here is what they say about it:

“Pepperjam Network represents an evolution in affiliate marketing. The creation of Pepperjam Network represents eight years of research and development and the combined ideas, feedback, and intelligence of hundreds of affiliate marketers and advertisers. Pepperjam Network will forever change the face of affiliate marketing by putting power back in the hands of affiliates and advertisers to build long-term, profitable partnerships through better communication tools and transparency,” said Kristopher B. Jones, President & CEO of Pepperjam.

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

I must admit I haven’t yet had time to sign up for the network, but I will certainly be doing so in the future. I will report back to the readers of this blog what I find in due time.

If you have signed up already and want to share your thoughts about this new affiliate network, then post a comment below.