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.The following is what Amanda Moralis of the Eastwood Company had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
I think [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV, Jun 13, 2005 – Molander & Associates Inc. has released the first of its new information-based products, The Affiliate List. The list helps marketers meet the top 200 retail-focused Web affiliates and provides a standardized approach to measuring them. It also helps affiliate managers monitor affiliate activity like adware and download usage. [...]

Exhibitors, presenters and attendees in the dynamic world of ecommerce marketing will share fun, education, networking and new business opportunities, all from the comfort of their own home or office.
Bannockburn, IL - June 14, 2005 — After a successful debut this past February, eComXpo - the virtual tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers returns for an even [...]

The first day of Affiliate Summit was eventful with loads of education, networking, and reuniting with industry friends.
Declan Dunn kicked off day 1 with the keynote address. (video below is the crowd for Declan’s talk).

He started things off with a tribute to industry innovator, Corey Rudl and lauded the representative cross section of the industry [...]

The following is what Jonathan Miller of Team Affiliate had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
Merchant’s perceptions that an affiliate program is a quick fix. This is due in part to promises made by us as an industry.
I’ve seen material from [...]

The following is what Gary Gray of Coupon Chief had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
Along with having an innovative supply chain, there’s another reason Dell is the largest computer company in the world.
They always offer great coupon codes to online [...]

We’re settled in at the Riviera Hotel and everything is coming together for the kickoff of the show on Monday morning.
For a good part of Saturday, there was a big team of people stuffing the attendee bags with all sorts of good information and toys for the Affiliate Summit attendees.
Here is a shot of Missy [...]

The following is what Brian Chandler of Marketleverage.com had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
There is nothing wrong with affiliate marketing at all really.
Actually I’m quite impressed on how far we have come as a whole. What surprises me on a [...]

The following is what John Dalton of WeGiveCash.com had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
With the increase in high security browsing and cookie disabling, it seems that unless new methods are derived for the majority of the tracking software, publishers will become [...]

I am going to be starting an affiliate program for my site. I am in the early stages now, researching good programs, and one thing I noticed is that all programs have their own set of terms and conditions. Now, I am not a lawyer, and in any case, I would also like [...]