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Topics in this issue:

1. What is the Affiliate Thing?
2. Debunking SEO Myths and Affiliate Marketing QA
3. Finalists for the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards
4. Affiliate Program News
5. Super Affiliate Strategies for Sustainable Businesses
6. Top 10 Affiliate Programs - November 2006

1. What is the Affiliate Thing?
I have teamed up with Lisa Picarille, editor-in-chief of Revenue, to create Affiliate Thing, a weekly podcast covering the state of affiliate marketing.

The 30-minute weekly program debuts on Wednesday, December 6, 2006. You can listen live at BlogTalkRadio.com every Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. EST or download the show from BlogTalkRadio.com after the fact for on-demand listening.

Affiliate Thing will provide commentary; analysis, industry insights and interviews with affiliate movers and shakers, as well as a humorous and irreverent take on the affiliate space.

We have set up an area on Google Groups where you can discuss topics from the show with us and suggest future items to cover. If you'd to get an automatic update whenever a new Affiliate Thing show is created, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed.

We'll be taking live phone calls during the show - call us Wednesdays at (646) 915-9599 between 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. EST.

More details at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/affiliate-thing.

2. Debunking SEO Myths and Affiliate Marketing QA
The Affiliate Summit preview conference call series will feature Wil Reynolds from SEER Interactive and Kellie Stevens from AffiliateFairPlay.com on Thursday, December 7th, 2006 at 3pm Eastern Time.

This is the third in a series of four preview calls in advance of Affiliate Summit 2007 West, taking place January 21-23, 2007 at Bally's Las Vegas.

The purpose of this series of free teleseminar calls is to allow you to get to know the guest speakers for the conference. Space is limited, so register now at
http://www.affiliatesummitpreview.com.

Wil Reynolds from SEER Interactive will touch on whether the conflicting advice you are getting on SEO is keeping you from success, and the SEO issues keeping you from the top of the search engines.

Kellie Stevens from AffiliateFairPlay.com will cover new quality assurance considerations with sub-affiliate transparency, cross-channel company layering in ad delivery and new behaviors by adware.

The calls are hosted by Marty M. Fahncke, Founder of Conference Call University. You can listen to the Affiliate Summit Preview call archives at http://www.cculearning.com/summitreplay2007.

For more information about Affiliate Summit, visit http://www.AffiliateSummit.com.

3. Finalists for the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards
The finalists have been determined for the first annual Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards.

The Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards Show is taking place from 10:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Monday, January 22, 2007 during the Pure Imagination Party, hosted by oneNetworkDirect and Wynn Las Vegas.

The Pure Imagination Party is taking place at TRYST the nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas.

Get your invitation at booth #116 or # 313 in the Affiliate Summit exhibit hall.

Here are the finalists for each category:

Affiliate of the Year

• Anne Fognano
• Michael Coley
• Scott Hazard

Affiliate Manager of the Year

• Jamie Birch
• Angel Djambazov
• Sam Osborn

Exceptional Merchant

• Amazon
• eBay
• OnlineShoes.com

Affiliate Marketing Advocate Award

• Linda Buquet
• Ben Edelman
• Brian Littleton

Best Blogger

• Scott Jangro
• Beth Kirsch
• Jim Kukral

Wayne Porter Affiliate Marketing Legend

• Todd Crawford
• Haiko de Poel, Jr.
• Brian Littleton

Congratulations to all who were nominated. We were excited to get such an abundance of nominations for these awards.

4. Affiliate Program News
Hydra Network - - the leading CPA source for affiliate publishers.
Over 1,000 campaigns and more than 300 exclusive offers available. Find all the right campaigns, market them to your site, email, path, pop or other audience, and get paid fast! Sign up today to begin maximizing your inventory profitability, while getting the attention you deserve from one of our Affiliate Managers. Call 310-659-5755 or visit: http://network.hydramedia.com/.

Join the Qwest Affiliate Program
Qwest sells DSL, telephone, and other services to consumers in all western states except CA and NV. We're offering a $50 Choose Your Own Gift card for consumers, a $1000 bonus for 50 qualified sales, a $43 payout per DSL signup, and free ppc landing pages. Visit telcoaffiliates.com or contact Brook Schaaf – brook@schaafco.com for more information.

Payless.com Affiliate Offer
Here's the latest offer: Save $6 off any order of $60 or more. Coupon: PSS6OFF60 - Dates: 11/1 - 11/20. Also, free standard ground shipping and handling with any order of $50 or more. No coupon required for the shipping deal. This is also running 11/1 - 11/20. Visit http://www.paylessaffiliates.com.

5. Super Affiliate Strategies for Sustainable Businesses
Super Affiliate Strategies for Sustainable Businesses, a presentation by Rosalind Gardner at Affiliate Summit 2006 East, is now available as a transcript.

Rosalind is the author of the best-selling affiliate training manual, The Super Affiliate Handbook: How I Made $436,797 in One Year Selling Other Peoples Stuff Online.

Recognized as a leading expert in the performance marketing industry, Rosalind publishes the weekly Net Profits Today newsletter, and is the Affiliates Corner columnist for Revenue magazine.

Rosalind covers the strategies she has employed to become a super affiliate and develop a sustainable business in this session.

Read the transcript from the Super Affiliate Strategies for Sustainable Businesses presentation.

The session is also available for download as an MP3.

Registrations are open for the next Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas on January 21-23, 2007.

6. Top 10 Affiliate Programs - November 2006
Below are the Top Ten Affiliate Programs for November 2006 as tracked by the AffiliateTip.com Affiliate Program Directory.

The Top Ten affiliate programs are calculated by the number of clickthroughs each program received in the affiliate program directory.

Disclaimer: While we attempt to include only legitimate programs in this directory, no warranties are made. Please research each company carefully to arrive at your own conclusions. If you experience difficulties with any of the programs listed, contact us, so that we may investigate them.

1. GameTap.com
2. Payless ShoeSource
3. Lillian Vernon
4. Orbitz
5. Advanta Bank Corp
6. Scholastic Inc.
7. eHealthInsurance
8. Hydra Network
9. Amazon.com
10. zZounds.com

CPA networks are treated as individual affiliate programs for the purposes of the Top 10 Affiliate Programs list.

Affiliate programs can be submitted to the directory at http://www.affiliatething.com/reg.php.

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Drop me a line and let me know if you have any suggestions or questions.

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Take care,
Shawn Collins

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