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In some cases the lack of using affiliate programs is intentional. I knew one blogger who didn’t want his real identity known by anyone. And in other cases they have the mistaken impression that stealing content is legal if you don’t make money off it.
But yeah, some just need education. There’s one blog I follow that I love but he always says “see link in sidebar”. He’s an affiliate, but doesn’t understand that he needs to make the link simpler than typing the name of the site into Google.
Well, I would probably tell them that without the links even copping stuff that’s clearly promo material is copyright infringement. I’d be nice about it and clue them into the fact that they could be doing the same thing and getting money to pay off their student loan or whathaveyou.
If I wasn’t in a nice mood, and they weren’t ripping my members’ area, I might also be tempted to keep my mouth shut and enjoy some free type-in traffic.
I see quite a few blogs come through on my directories that don’t have affiliate codes. Of all the things I DO tell guys about fixing – that isn’t one of them.
My best affiliate on my site (when I worked there… I no longer do…) was a guy who had a blogspot blog he did for free. He loved the site and wrote about it incessantly. I gave him free memberships, DVDs… whatever he wanted.
I FINALLY got him to sign up to the affiliate program about a year afterward. He made about 2 grand the first two weeks.
That’s when he got it.
I think we paid for that guy’s house.
