Everyone's an affiliate

Not satisfied with Alterpreneurs, Bloggers and Astroturfers, the digital marketing community now gives you, wait for it.... the 'Flickrpreneur'. Tedius name but brilliant possibilities.

Let us explain. The photo on the right is on Flickr and has the notes layer turned on. The notes layer then has a link to Amazon. The link then has a referral iD which will link any sale back to the originator of the photograph. Have a look at it [here].

In simple terms, everyone's an [affiliate] and can earn fees from directing consumers towards relevant goods & services.

Have a look at another example from a blogger that has tested the idea on a t-shirt design [here]. Nice.

The possibilities are endless but, as with all things brilliant on the web, its bound to be used & abused by spammers and less reputable web entrepreneurs. It's also another example of the blurring lines between innocent, consumer-led content and that content distributed by wolves in sheep's clothing....

Brilliant addition or annoying irritation? You decide.

Posted by: Brad at 4pm on Thursday, 1st June 2006