> *Affiliate Marketing is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate’s marketing efforts*.
For some months we’ve been running a trial affiliate program with a handful of publishers and based on the feedback to date we are now pleased to announce the launch of our official program. Publishers can [sign up for this as of today](http://vzaar.com/about/affiliates).
**Can I be an Affiliate?**
If you have a website, blog or publish content to the internet then yes you can! Perhaps you want to review the vzaar service for your readers? If you trade on eBay perhaps you want to highlight how you can add video to your eBay listings or the Twitterers amongst us might want to drop us into some of the video and tech conversations.
**How do I get paid?**
With the vzaar affiliate program you can place a variety of banners, advertisements or simple text links that when clicked will track the subsequent behavior of the visitor. If that visitor goes on to sign up to vzaar and become a registered or paying user then we will pay you the equivalent fee for the first month of their tenure on vzaar. So for example, if that user signs up in the month to our Silver package then we will pay you $25 for that new customer.
**So what do I do?**
1. Log in to our [Affiliate Centre](http://vzaar.com/about/affiliates) with your normal vzaar username. If you don’t have one you can sign up for free [here](http://vzaar.com/signup)
2. Review the Terms & Condition and submit your PayPal address so that we can pay you!
3. Pick the marketing banners you want to utilise on your site – we run a number of different sizes and logos for your choice.
It’s that easy. vzaar then pays out at the end of every month for each paying customer you generate via your affiliate links.
Archive for October 2009
Make Money with vzaar’s Affiliate Program
Elizabeth Herridge Marketing Executive, TNR
Haven’t uploaded video in ages to vzaar and to our website…just did 3 from start to finish in about 10 minutes!!! High Five!
Dealer Specialties, a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions, chooses online video service provider vzaar, to power their videos on dealer websites.
London, UK — Award winning, online video platform, [vzaar](http://developer.vzaar.com/), has been selected by [Dealer Specialties](http://dealerspecialties.com/), a US company and the country’s largest provider of comprehensive inventory management solutions, websites and marketing tools for car dealers, to serve their video requirements across more than 7,000 independent and franchise automotive dealers in the US.
“The vzaar video platform enabled us to fulfil and deliver our video requirements,” says Craig Keplinger of Dealer Specialties. “We wanted a proven platform which provided scale and speed given the sheer size and volume of the inventory that we distribute and vzaar provided this combination.”
When asked how this integration would benefit Dealer Specialties, Adrian Sevitz, CTO of vzaar commented, “The vzaar integration enables Dealer Specialties not only to focus on core business but gives them scope to scale video distribution to dealer’s websites and other markets where inventories are distributed.”
**About Dealer Specialties**
Dealer Specialties, a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions, the US’s leading provider of vehicle data collection, image generation, window labeling services and inventory management and marketing. Providing both full-serve and self-serve solutions, Dealer Specialties has the industry’s largest Internet distribution channel including GetAuto.com, Cars.com, eBay Motors, Overstock.com, Craigslist, Vast.com, YouTube and more. Dealerships across the country rely on Dealer Specialties to help manage and market their vehicle inventory. Dealer Specialties is a designated supplier of certified window stickers for General Motors, Acura, Honda, Toyota and Lexus; is a Value Added Reseller for the National Automotive Dealers Association; and has built a vast network of the most knowledgeable and responsive service consultants in the USA. For more information, visit www.dealerspecialties.com
Google Searches for: Youtube + Revenue
Even Google, the King of the internet Jungle, in their quest cannot find what it’s looking for.
Back in the news is YouTube’s woe’s and shortcomings as a business. According to the Wall Street Journal [article,](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121557163349038289.html?mod=2_1571_leftbox) pressure is back on as Eric Schmidt, Google CEO voices his dissatisfaction with the lack of cash being generated. As a result plans to begin accepting “pre-roll and “post-roll” ads are rumoured which will run before and after on Youtube video’s.
If this plan does go ahead the viewers reaction will be no different, as I suspect, to the reaction received when they tried this a few years back. Youtube was founded on free & ad free content. That’s why we watch it. For me, as soon as I see an ad I’m a gone. I have a very low tolerance for ads on internet video, and this is a cultural thing most of us share. It simply boils down to the precedent of ,free content with no ad’s, originally set when YouTube opened up in 2005. The vzaar founding principle is that the [video](http://vzaar.com/videos) is the ad and this is why we don’t offer pre roll and post roll ads.
Google recognise that their UGC content is not monetise-able as advertisers won’t touch it with a barge poll. Therefore, according to the Wall Street article, Google will only sell ads against YouTube clips approved by media companies and other partners. Interestingly, this represents about 4% of the total content on their site . Earlier this month, Youtube [announced ](http://digg.com/tech_news/YouTube_hits_one_billion_views_a_day)that is serving more than 1 billion page views a day. What they have not disclosed is of that “safe” 4% how much activity or views are they getting in relation to the “unsafe” UGC content. Whatever it is I am sure it will decline once ads are served.
I do find their predicament interesting and I am sure one day they will figure out a solution as they cannot just keep losing money forever….or can they?
Got any bright ideas or comments on how they can or should look to generate revenue?
I’d love to hear your views.
[contact me](http://vzaar.com/contact)
Scott from Apigee
The UI is very clean (calming is the word i’d use, if that isn’t too strange, which is a nice contrast) and especially the speed of upload and the prompts through the process.
Butter smooth.
A very fast conversion – appreciated the ‘% complete’ updates. Will definitely be using this product again!
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