Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins Affiliate marketing news and opinion from Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997, co-founder of Affiliate Summit and author of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.

Thanks 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.Back in the fall of 1997, I was fed up with working in the magazine circulation game. So I answered an NY Times Help Wanted ad for a company called Medsite. [...]

One of the most effective ways to display affiliate links is to incorporate them into relevant content. This sort of contextual affiliate content can come in many shapes and forms, such as testimonials, reviews, and articles targeting a certain demographic.
In the case of datafeeds, it’s essential that you build some sort of unique content [...]

Chris Sanderson is at it again - making the lives easier for affiliates. Below is information from his company, AMWSO, about their new, Free Data Cleaner Tool.

After rumors have floated around for weeks, the hammer has dropped in the announcement from Google (below) that was issued today.
My comments are in italics.
Hello from the Google AdWords Team:
In January 2005, Google will incorporate a new affiliate advertising policy that is designed to provide a better user and advertiser experience.
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What is changing: [...]

Here’s a special combination deal - anybody that registers for Affiliate Manager Boot Camp (taking place Feb 26-27 - Bushkill Falls, PA) will get 10% off the cost of registering for Affiliate Summit 2005 (June 13-14 - Las Vegas).
The second Affiliate Manager Boot Camp, sponsored by ReveNews.com and Shawn Collins Consulting, will be taking [...]

What is the going rate for an affiliate manager that works off site?
The rates and arrangements vary, depending on whom you bring on.
I’ve seen some outsourced affiliate managers working for as little as $2500 per month, but it seems that $5000 or more, plus a percentage of the transactions referred by affiliates is more common.
And [...]

Internet marketers donating their January revenues to the Tsunami relief effort.
NEW YORK, January 4, 2005 — BabyLounge.com joined ShareASale.com, ReliefSearch.org, ReliefShop.org and other Web sites in assisting the disaster relief mission for the tsunami-earthquake catastrophe with a death toll that is expected to exceed 155,000.
To help online shoppers contribute aid to the tsunami relief efforts, [...]

I was recently at creditcards.com where they list all types of cards MC, VISA, etc. When you click on a card, basically it takes you to their affiliate link. Now my question is how can I get affiliated with all the different credit card companies? I am familiar with CJ.com and how it works, however [...]

If you own your own domain, there are some common typos that can be stripping traffic from your site.
When people are typing in your domain(s), it’s common for them to only type two W’s or an extra W before the dot. And there are also plenty of folks that type the three W’s, but [...]

Below are the Top Ten Affiliate Programs for December 2004 as tracked by the AffiliateTip.com Affiliate Program Directory.
The Top Ten affiliate programs are calculated by the number of clickthroughs each program received on AffiliateTip.com.

Great Expectations
InstrumentPro
ClubMom
Lightspeed Research
GoodbyeSpam
Tiger Direct
CPAEmpire.com
AllPosters.com
MaxBounty.com
eHealthInsurance

Disclaimer: While we attempt to include only legitimate programs in this directory, no warranties are made. Please research each [...]