Welcome to the AffiliateTip.com Newsletter. Be sure to check out the AffiliateTip.com blog for the latest news and information at http://blog.affiliatetip.com

Topics in this issue:

1. Affiliate Summit Recap
2. ValueClick Buys Super Affiliate, MeziMedia
3. Affiliate Summit 2007 East Presentations
4. Affiliate Program News
5. Top 10 Affiliate Programs - June 2007
6. Affiliate Summit West 2008

1. Affiliate Summit Recap
I just flew back from Affiliate Summit 2007 East, and boy are my arms tired. [insert cricket noise]

But seriously folks. Thanks to all of the sponsors, speakers, attendees, and staff that came out to steamy Miami for the biggest affiliate marketing conference on the East Coast to date.

There were approximately 1,850 people registered (we had 1,250 last summer in Orlando), and the combination of this affiliate marketing melting pot made for a pretty magical time.

Check out tons of pictures from Miami at http://www.flickr.com/photos/affsum/.

Day One of Affiliate Summit in Miami

Posted to Affiliate Summit Videos by Shawn on July 08, 2007

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I put together a short video from the first day (Sunday) of Affiliate Summit, and I'll be adding more video coverage to the Affiliate Summit video channel.

Also some individual day recaps: July 8, July 9, and July 10.

Visit the Affiliate Summit blog at http://blog.affiliatesummit.com/ for lots of coverage provided live in Miami from Jim Kukral. Thanks a lot, Jim.

2. ValueClick Buys Super Affiliate, MeziMedia
ValueClick has announced that they have agreed to acquire super affiliate, MeziMedia, Inc., a leading operator of U.S. comparison shopping websites.

MeziMedia ranked fourth in the June 2007 comScore “Retail – Comparison Shopping” category with approximately 10.5 million U.S. unique visitors through its Smarter.com comparison shopping and CouponMountain.com online coupon websites.

ValueClick anticipates the acquisition will close in August 2007, at which time they will acquire MeziMedia for approximately $100 million in cash, plus an earn out.

The total transaction will range between $100 million and $352 million, depending on whether performance thresholds are met.

3. Affiliate Summit 2007 East Presentations
Affiliate Summit 2007 East included four tracks of sessions for a total of twenty breakouts.

Here are copies of the presentations (no slides for the panels):

• Over the Pond - UK Affiliate Marketing
• What You Don’t Know May Hurt You
• What SUPER Affiliates Want
• Contextual Advertising Options: Clicks Equal Cash
• SEO Site Critiques
• Web 2.0 - The Ten Critical Affiliate Strategies
• Long Tail Meets Retail in the Blogosphere
• Viral Marketing, the Plague
• Secrets of a PPC Super Affiliate
• Affiliate Marketing and Democratizing Platforms
• Leverage Web Analytics to Track Affiliate Programs
• The Long Tail of Affiliate Marketing
• The Confluence of Search and Affiliate Marketing
• Managing Internal Channel Rivalry: SEO, PPC, CPA
• Beyond Traditional Affiliate Creatives
• The Power Of Small Changes Tested

Keep on eye on the Affiliate Summit blog for details soon on videos from the conference.

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/.

Latest Affiliate Deal at Payless.com
Make sure your Payless ShoeSource links are up to date and posted throughout your site. New promos every month. For more information please see the affiliate offers landing page. Visit http://www.paylessaffiliates.com.

5. Top 10 Affiliate Programs - June 2007
Below are the Top Ten Affiliate Programs for June 2007 as tracked by the Affiliate Tip 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. Hydra Network
2. Payless ShoeSource
3. Orbitz
4. Advanta Bank Corp
5. eHealthInsurance
6. zZounds.com
7. Amazon.com
8. The Scholastic Store Online - Scholastic Inc.
9. Shopzilla
10. Skirt Spot

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.

6. Affiliate Summit West 2008
Affiliate Summit West 2008 is taking place February 24-26, 2008 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Register now.

Any registration questions? Send us an e-mail or call: 303-527-2971.

Get the Early Bird rate of $3,995 for a 10x10 booth - locations are first come, first serve. Book your booth online.

We will be accepting speaker proposals soon - stay tuned to the Affiliate Summit newsletter for more information.

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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