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Originally Posted by BCyber
They're gonna get more typins from their watermarked images...
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yeah those 2-3 type ins a week from watermark images on his blog, that wouldn't have clicked the link anyway....
That is going to hurt their program not to get those couple type ins... vs they lose all of the traffic he is sending to them.
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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
You should see yourself how many of these sponsors see you. As a slave to provide them with free labor. I bet the chances are that the watermark in question has their url all over it, right? Gee, do you wonder why they don't want you to remove it? Ever read some threads here about sponsors submitting clips to tubes even though they don't even allow a single link back? That's one of the dirty little secrets. Many of the people who will buy will type it in directly. They won't click your banner. They won't click your link. Do not pass Go. You won't get a dime for it but their pockets get fat. Like I said. A slave. Free labor. You're not respected so it's no wonder they treat you like shit. Find sponsors who respect you and aren't looking to rip you off. Fuck the people who don't like me telling it as it is.
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people are lazy, if they like the picture and want to see more they going to click the image or link under it. That is 100x easier then opening up a new tab in your browser and typing in the url. In regards to traffic, watermarks server a little purpose in some situations but not his blog. The only thing the water mark is good for on his blog is "branding" for the program, if the customer sees the name over and over and over they may remember it and go back to it later. But even then that will be rare and only if they see it multiple times on different sites over time. Or, by some very rare chance, someone downloaded the image and saved it/ shared it. Which would be 1000x more likely with videos, not pictures. This isn't 1996.
99.999% of your traffic is going to click the link. The water mark is virtually irrelevant and totally stupid to lose an affiliate/traffic/sales over. I do understand what you are saying though, any branding we do as affiliates for those companies is free traffic/sales they get because of our efforts.