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Affiliate Convention, Joan Rivers, Michael Jackson, and the Advertising Tax
Posted by Shawn Collins on July 1st, 2009 | 1 CommentThanks for visiting the Affiliate Tip blog. Subscribe to my RSS feed or enter your e-mail on the top left to get updates by e-mail.
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I wasn’t able to record the Affiliate Thing show this week, so my trusty co-host Lisa Picarille soldiered on with guest co-host Scott Jangro, super affiliate and president of MechMedia.
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Help Affiliate Marketers Give Back Fight Breast Cancer
Posted by Shawn Collins on June 30th, 2009 | 1 CommentMy Affiliate Summit partner, Missy Ward, is back at it again with another fundraising effort to battle breast cancer.
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For the third year in a row, she has organized a team under the Affiliate Marketers Give Back banner to participate in a walk – this time Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back will be doing the 40-mile [...] -
Marketing the Death of Michael Jackson
Posted by Shawn Collins on June 26th, 2009 | 8 CommentsThere are three groups of people that have emerged since the announcement of the death of Michael Jackson yesterday: devastated fans, haters, and marketers.
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Well, if we drew up a Venn diagram, most marketers probably also belong to one of the first two camps, too.
Anyhow, it didn’t take long for fans to express their despair with [...] -
Performance Marketing: How To Build An Effective Affiliate Program
Posted by Shawn Collins on June 26th, 2009 | 1 CommentForrester Research published a report, “Performance Marketing: How To Build An Effective Affiliate Program” earlier this month that provides an optimistic outlook for affiliate marketing.
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Interactive marketers are in a performance mood during this recession with 60% planning to increase their budget for interactive this year by shifting money away from traditional advertising, according to respondents [...]
Affiliate Fatblogging: Building Stamina and Battling Plateaus
Now that I’m working on building my stamina to run the 4th Annual Amber Pizzo Memorial 5K on July 12, I needed to calibrate my Nike + iPod Sport Kit that I use with my iPod Touch – this is a neat tool on my Touch that tracks distance, speed, calories burned, etc.
I went to [...]
Last Call for the Tax Talk & Crab Feast in Baltimore
We are just about at capacity for the Tax Talk & Crab Feast, which is being hosted by Affiliate Summit and buy.at next Thursday (July 9) in Baltimore, MD at the buy.at office.
We’ll be getting together starting at 4pm for a discussion on the advertising tax legislation, the impact on affiliate marketers, and how to [...]
Governor Schwarzenegger Terminates Advertising Tax in California
I just came across some good news for affiliates in California, Advertising Tax Vetoed from the CA Budget, in a post on Jangro.com.
Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the advertising tax in California, and Overstock.com announced that they will not be dropping California afiliates.
California lawmakers proposed a tax on affiliate advertising and sent legislation to the Governor, but [...]
Overstock Terminates California Affiliates
The media is making the state advertising tax issue out to be all about Amazon, but there are many thousands of other affiliate programs out there that may well fire affiliates in proactive or reactive measures against the legislation.
Yesterday, Overstock served walking papers to affiliates in California.
Dear Affiliate:
We regret to inform you that the North [...]
Affiliate Convention, Joan Rivers, Michael Jackson, and the Advertising Tax
I wasn’t able to record the Affiliate Thing show this week, so my trusty co-host Lisa Picarille soldiered on with guest co-host Scott Jangro, super affiliate and president of MechMedia.
The covered the latest in the advertising tax saga with media depicting Amazon vs. the states, as well as winners of the LinkShare Golden Link [...]
Shawn Collins on YouTube
After a couple failed attempts, I’ve become a YouTube Partner. This is something I’ve been interested in for a while for a couple reasons.
The YouTube Partner Program enables me to brand my channel on YouTube, as well having an option to activate revenue sharing in my videos.
And since I’m a YouTube Partner, my videos [...]
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About Shawn
Shawn Collins has been an affiliate marketer since 1997.
Shawn is a co-founder of the Affiliate Summit, the leading industry conference for affiliate marketing, which regularly sells out and features the biggest names in performance marketing.
He is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of FeedFront Magazine.
His book, 'Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants' is the best selling book in the space, and it is considered to be required reading by affiliate managers.