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Affiliate Convention, Joan Rivers, Michael Jackson, and the Advertising Tax
Posted by Shawn Collins on July 1st, 2009 | 3 CommentsThanks 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 | 12 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 [...]
Will an Affiliate Program Work for My Business?
Q: I am the marketing manager for a software company and I am exploring ways affiliate marketing can help our business. I wondered if you could point me in the direction to see if affiliate marketing would be right for us?
A: I guess the easiest thing would be to take a look at your [...]
Meet the Problem Solvers at Affiliate Summit East 2009
There is going to be a new feature in the exhibit hall at Affiliate Summit East 2009 in New York City this summer – a booth dedicated to getting free advice from experts from various areas.
This new booth hybrid of speaking and networking will be called “Problem Solvers” and there is a schedule of 60 [...]
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 [...]
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.