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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:
- One Booth Left for Affiliate Summit London
- Affiliate Marketer Info Tithing
- Affiliate Rock Star
- Affiliate Program News
- Pick the Location for Affiliate Summit 2008 East
- PopShops WordPress Widget Euphoria
1. One Booth Left for Affiliate Summit London
We are a little more than a week out from Affiliate Summit London and just one booth remains.
It's first come, first serve for the final booth, so grab it now.
We'll have 500 affiliate marketers from around the word together on September 28 at the Olympia Conference Centre.
There are a limited number of passes left, and we expect to sell out in the coming week.
Register, reserve the booth, or get more details at http://www.affiliatesummit.co.uk.
2. Affiliate Marketer Info Tithing
I’ve been reading a lot lately in forums, blogs, etc. about problems affiliates, merchants, or networks have with one another.
Often, I think the issues come down to misunderstandings and poor communication.
An example of this is a discussion on ReveNews regarding a CJU recap from Sam Harrelson. Affiliates and affiliate managers are having an exchange about CJ, and CJ isn’t part of the conversation.
Why not?
There is a relatively small circle of folks in the industry that have a voice on blogs, podcasts, forums, Tweets, videos, etc.
I’d imagine that silent majority among networks, affiliates, and merchants has some great feedback and advice, but they’re all “too busy.”
Well listen here - if you care about the industry, invest in it with your insight. It doesn’t take so much time to contribute.
There are some folks that share a lot - they info tithe, meaning they spend a good 10% of their week helping, sharing, informing, correcting, and generally growing the industry.
Haiko de Poel Jr., Sam Harrelson, Jim Kukral, and Kellie Stevens come to mind.
That’s not for everybody, but how about 5% of your week… or 2%. Be a part of the conversation.
3. Affiliate Rock Star
It’s always fun to see the back stories of affiliate marketers. Lots of interesting folks out there that we don’t often see, because we’re stuck behind our monitors a lot of the time.
Back in July, I met affiliate Aden Mott at Affiliate Summit, and he mentioned he was in a band and was recording some music.
When he described his sound, I was anxious to hear his stuff. Good news - he has posted some acoustic versions over at his blog.
Also, he’s got a video from his recording session for the song, Back Together.
I’m digging the sound. Nice work, Aden. I look forward to hearing more.
Maybe we need to have another Affiliate Jam in Las Vegas next February during Affiliate Summit.
4. Affiliate Program News
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5. Pick the Location for Affiliate Summit 2008 East
We are getting started on plans for Affiliate Summit 2008 East, which will take place somewhere on the East Coast in the U.S. next summer.
This is where you come in. Tell us where you'd like this Affiliate Summit to take place, so we can start working our the details.
Vote for your preferred city at http://blog.affiliatesummit.com/2007/09/11/pick-the-location-for-affiliate-summit-2008-east/.
6. PopShops WordPress Widget Euphoria
I just got notice that PopShops has unleashed their WordPress Affiliate Plugin v.1 and I was excited to install and test it out.
If you’re not familiar with PopShops, it’s an easy to use affiliate showcase tool, where you can quickly generate code to feature products for affiliate sites.
The PopShops plugin for WordPress enables affiliates to add PopShops shops as widgets, as well as popping in products within blog posts.
For example, I’ve added the PopShops widget to the left sidebar for WeViews.tv.
I also added a link and image for the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster at the bottom of my review.
It was really easy to find products I wanted to feature - PopShops enables affiliates to search over 22 million products across Commission Junction, LinkShare, Performics, and ShareASale.
This makes it a whole lot easier for me to include affiliate links for individual products that I review, rather than having to login to the affiliate networks each time.
Plus, I like that I can feature best selling items on the sidebar, footer, and other spots on the blog.
Go to http://www.popshops.com/faq/wordpress for more details and to request the alpha plugin download.
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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