The Trump Network and Donald Trump are familiar icons to most of us. But with The Trump Network getting into the affiliate marketing game, the domain of affiliate marketing has leaped beyond recognition. And since a name like Donald Trump backs a practice, there aren’t many arguments about the viability of the profession. However, recent observations beg to differ.
With Donald Trump himself promising millions of dollars by adopting his affiliate marketing campaigns, it is no surprise that anyone and everyone will almost definitely at least try to get a piece of the action.
But with such promises comes a reality kick – given the past performance of affiliate marketers, it may not be surprising at all if The Trump Network gets pulled into the vices that have tarnished the profession. And as mentioned earlier, a few observations is all it takes to know whether this too can crawl it’s way into the dreaded nuisance of cheap affiliate marketing tactics due to a lack, or rather a misunderstanding of the medium. And although Mr. Trump himself, or his network, may not be behind the whole saga (as witnessed on Twitter), one does wonder if there are any control mechanisms in place to regulate automated feeds from the network.
Someone from The Trump Network has obviously been busy creating links through fascinating and attractive avatars (bio pics), as first glance on common Tweets reflect some very strange but very attractive folks re-Tweeting social media topics and including apparent links to those posts.
Upon digging a bit deeper, ne can find that those links n the Tweets all lead to The Trump Network homepage.
Whether there are genuine people behind these tactics is not of relevance here. However, how they come across is another matter. And the first impressions vote for possibilities of spam.
While setting up multiple or automated streams to promote your content is hardly a crime (We auto tweet new blog posts ourselves), it’s important that any business clearly brands these and doesn’t attempt to ‘fake it’.
As somewhat stated earlier, social media and it’s discussions and conversations can not be controlled, but having a decent regulation system with some basic training on best practices will go a long way in legitimizing those affiliate marketing efforts.
As platforms like Twitter thrive on posting links, much care should be practiced to comply with trust and transparency of the community, which cannot be replaced by bikini clad babes or semi-naked studs in Stetsons.
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