Online Marketing Glossary: Eighty Twenty Rule

Posted on Oct 7, 2008 in Affiliate Marketing |

Eighty Twenty Rule:

  • A rule of thumb that dictates that typically 80% of the products sold in a category will be consumed by 20% of the customers.

glossary bookThis is also known as the Pareto Principal, and more generally is taken to mean that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.  Applied to affiliate marketing, that also generally means that 80% of your sales will come from 20% of your affiliates.

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Glossary Definition From
ABC’s of Online Marketing by Alexandra Wharton, Issue 22, Revenue Magazine