Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins

Thanks for visiting the Affiliate Tip blog. Subscribe to my RSS feed or enter your e-mail on the top right to get updates by e-mail.I want to join a CPA network for CPS transactions. However several are now charging high fees (like $1000 plus) or specialize in leads. Shareasale still appears to be $150. Do [...]

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The following is what Karen Stairs of USADATA had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
Introducing an affiliate program within a company with no existing marketing infrastructure is not easily accomplished.
USADATA is a successful company and has been for years, however there [...]

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We’re working on plans for the next Affiliate Summit and we want to know what you want and do not want.
Tell us what you think at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=634821155050

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By Heather Paulson
The Affiliate Summit was an incredible show for those of us in the affiliate marketing industry that are interested in learning, growing and sharing with other industry professionals. The Affiliate Summit 2005 took place June 13-14, 2005 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The X10 Penthouse party on the evening [...]

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There have been lots of reviews written on Affiliate Summit 2005 in the past week.
But for those of you who weren’t there, words don’t tell the whole story. You’ve got to see 550 affiliate marketers in action to get a full grasp of the event.
Now available is a photo album of Affiliate Summit that covers [...]

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Why is there no U.S. National or International Affiliate Marketing Association? It seems clear that affiliate marketers need to speak with one voice about issues such as commission theft, improved reporting and tracking, and a wide-range of other common issues. An Affiliate Marketing Association could easily charge a reasonable annual membership fee, which [...]

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Quick question, we are just launching our affiliate program. Our goal is to work with our partners to increase awareness of a certain product, and to incentivize we’re paying 40% per unit sold (avg. units per order is roughly 1.72/units). My question, we feel this is a generous program, with a simple product, lots [...]

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–June 16, 2005–ValueClick, Inc.’s (Nasdaq:VCLK) Commission Junction, a provider of advanced online performance-marketing solutions, powers half of the “Fastest Growing e-retailers” who reported having affiliate marketing programs, as surveyed by Internet Retailer Magazine. Commission Junction contributed to the stellar online growth of well-known e-retailers such as Zappos.com, Backcountry.com, eBags(R) and Northern Tool(TM).
“Commission [...]

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The second day of Affiliate Summit 2005 kicked off with a session of speed networking (see video below).
During this session, the attendees participated in a series of five minute meetings with other folks at the conference.

This was followed by a period of informal networking where everybody had a chance to build on the meetings they [...]

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The following is what David Holmes had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
The number 1 problem I have with major affiliate organizations (Commission Junction, Link Share, etc), is that their sites are impossible to navigate without adjusting Windows default settings.
They are [...]

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