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Basically, this includes all of your gift card offers as well. Another point on how this could change the industry:
With FTC investigations into Ringtones and now lead generation, the affiliate marketing landscape is going to change, folks. Get it while the gettin's good.
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Indeed, what the FTC seems most concerned with in regards to lead generation services are what Gordon referred to as, "generally deceptive misleading online campaigns that start with 'win a free iPod' [or other promises of free giveaways]… that can sometimes give online lead generation and online marketing a bad name."
Basically, this includes all of your gift card offers as well. Another point on how this could change the industry:
If, as a result of potential litigation or regulatory penalties, lead generation companies can no longer collect money from incentive-based lead generation e-mails or PII data sales, Rohan estimated they could lose 40 percent of their revenues. Because he believes such firms' profit margins are around 40 percent, "removal can render them profitless," he continued.
With FTC investigations into Ringtones and now lead generation, the affiliate marketing landscape is going to change, folks. Get it while the gettin's good.
Full Article: ClickZ: ValueClick Has Company in Lead Gen Scrutiny ValueClick Has Company in Lead Gen Scrutiny
http://clickz.com/3627118