I recently read Clarke Duncan’s post entitled Jason Manford could be an Affiliate! (Jason Manford is on 9 out of 10 cats and is a comedian for those not in the know). In the post Clarke basically looks at Jason Manford’s online presence and quite rightly establishes that what he does is in a sense affiliate marketing as he (Jason) is selling a product, albeit his own.Clarke then points out (as only a time served affiliate could) that Jason was missing a trick – he was sending all his traffic to Amazon, HMV & Play for free and receiving no commission for the referrals or for his endorsement of their shops.
Having read this article i bounced the ideas around in my head for a number of days and established almost nothing except an early thinking process reminding me somewhat of the conversation you would have as a child, but this time it was not who would win in a fight between a shark & a polar bear? but who is the best celebrity affiliate? I have decided to put my early findings forward and beg you to ‘Top Trump’ me!
Everyone knows that Stephen Fry is a twitter freak and probably spends most of his life online, whether it be his i-pad, i-phone or any other means, so he seemed the obvious place to start, and guess what – he is an affiliate.
The New Adventures Of Mr Stephen Fry (his blog) not only contains advertisements served by Fox Networks, his store (which sells his products) is fully monetized with Amazon & Itunes affiliate links. Perhaps we may see Mr Stephen Fry at the A4U Expo yet (maybe an idea for a guest speaker).
Can you Top Trump Me? Do you know of any secret celebrity affiliates? Then get in touch with your stories!
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When I worked at DGM, we had footballer Marlon Harewood signed up to the network as an affiliate.
Hi Matt,
Aston Villa No Less! Don’t suppose you know of any sites he may have? No doubt football related!