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.The Affiliate Marketing BBQ in New Jersey is taking place next Sunday at 2 PM.
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The following is what Ely Asher of the Sins of… or Achievements of a Corporate Stupidity blog had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
It’s amazing, but I just published an entry on this topic on “Sins of… or Achievements of a Corporate [...]

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We have several parts of our business we’d like to affiliatize… and we’d like to hire an external Affiliate Manager. He works on several projects, so this would be part-time for him (at least what he does for us). We have NO idea how to pay the guy. Any ideas? Fixed [...]

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Starting on August 1st, affiliates of CPAEmpire will be additionally compensated for the traffic they are sending to participating campaigns.
CPAEmpire has announced their Thank You Affiliates(sm) Rewards Program, which will provide affiliates with an opportunity to earn Visa Gift Cards in various denominations based on their revenue productivity.
As far as I know [...]

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There is no longer a Big 3 in affiliate marketing if KowaBunga Technologies has anything to say about it.
In the past, when discussions of affiliate networks took place, there was inevitably a reference to the Big 3 (CJ, LinkShare and Performics).
However, KowaBunga just made an announcement that is sure to have an impact on [...]

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The following is what Chris Sanderson of AMWSO had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
Firstly a lack of knowledge sharing, which is understandable, but ultimately holds people back.
If there were more affiliates sharing tips, ideas and ways to do things then [...]

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With the emergence of RSS Feeds, do you think that affiliate marketing will catch on to this? I do not see how affiliates would want to add additionally technology to their sites which would complicate tracking and compensation. What do you think? Is there great potential for RSS Feeds in the affiliate channel?
The early adopters [...]

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I was just looking through some things I wrote in the Affiliate Metrix report, which was a precursor to the AffStat Reports.
The Affiliate Metrix report was written in late 2000 and came out in early 2001. Below are five predictions I made way back when.
Shift of Power
The most popular model in affiliate marketing is the [...]

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The following is what Nate Dunn of CommuniKate had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
There isn’t anything wrong with affiliate marketing. People need to remember that the industry itself in its present form is extemely new!
Sure, affiliate marketing has existed for [...]

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We’re researching all over to secure a hotel for the next Affiliate Summit.
According to the feedback we’ve received, the majority of people want to return to Vegas and pay a range of $100 to $150 a night for the room.
Based on that information and what is available for the dates we’re targeting, the front runner [...]

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