For example:

A publisher launches a site about dogs. The publisher invites freelance writers to contribute stories about certain dog types. Instead of paying the writers for the stories up front, the publisher pays the writers a percentage of the revenue that their stories generate. Revenue is generated by pay-per-click (PPC) ads such as Google Adsense, cost per thousand (CPM) ads such as banner ads, and affiliate programs, such as the one offered by Amazon. Are there services that facilitate this arrangement?

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Affiliate marketing as a performance-oriented form of online advertising has been known on the Internet for several years. Most of the papers describing this concept focused on merchants that implemented affiliate marketing into their marketing mix and very little attention was paid to content providers (aka publishers or affiliates) that use affiliate marketing at their websites. This work depicts how content providers perceive advantages and disadvantages… More >>

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