Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Tip is a free resource to help affiliate marketers with affiliate programs. Affiliate marketing veteran Shawn Collins provides daily updates on the affiliate marketing industry, as well as answering your affiliate marketing questions in his blog.
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Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins
Affiliate marketing news and opinion from Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997, co-founder of Affiliate Summit and author of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.
Affiliate Thing Podcast - July 23, 2008
The July 23, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing featured Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talking about the latest on the New York affiliate tax, and how the issue is dividing politicians, as well as an opportunity with the Zappos affiliate program, and which conferences to attend this fall.
Shawn and Lisa also talked about networking, [...]
Affiliate Summit 2008 East is Sold Out
Affiliate Summit 2008 East, starting on August 10 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, has sold out.
In the past, some folks thought they were registered by their assistant, boss, colleague, etc. and they were wrong.
So we re-sent the confirmation e-mails yesterday to everybody who is registered for Affiliate Summit 2008 East. If you [...]
Charitable Affiliate Program from Advanta
The Advanta affiliate program adds a twist to the traditional affiliate relationship where affiliates earn commission and have charitable donations made in their name.
Advanta is working with microlending organization Kiva, and for every new Kiva BusinessCard customer acquired through the affiliate, Advanta will make a charitable donation to Kiva in the affiliate?s name.
This is [...]
GeekCast 28: Twitter as Customer Service Tool
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Jim Kukral is at the beach with mandals and guylights in tow, so it was up to Lisa Picarille, Sam Harrelson, and Shawn Collins to carry the GeekCast show this week.
Topics covered on GeekCast included…
Using Twitter for customer service
Gary Vaynerchuk on Ustream.TV
Gmail vs. Microsoft Outlook
Affiliate manager job at Zappos
Google ind...
Affiliate Summit News - Week of July 21, 2008
Some news on Affiliate Summit 2008 East, including a donation of$5,000 to The LEAGUE, official charity of Affiliate Summit 2008 East, being on the verge of a sell out, and a guide to networking a the conference.
Growth Rate of Affiliate Marketing
JupiterResearch published an affiliate marketing study in May 2008 titled, “US Online Affiliate Marketing Forecast, 2007 to 2012.”
The key finding in the report was that US online affiliate marketing spending will reach $3.3 billion in 2012.
This figure is based on the affiliate marketing industry growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13 [...]
Top Affiliate Challenge Redux
I took a preliminary look at the Top Affiliate Challenge show and reviewed it a couple of weeks back.
At the time, I’d watched the first two episodes, and I didn’t find much value in it.
Since then, I’ve watched episodes 3-9 to see if/how the show evolved.
The tips for affiliates did start turning up in episode [...]
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