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.Affiliate marketing industry doubles in size in the UK for the second consecutive year
London, 22 September 2005: Sales generated for e-commerce organisations by UK affiliates in 2005 are expected to double [...]

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Affiliate Summit has arranged for 250 complimentary passes to attend the upcoming eComXpo event. eComXpo, a virtual tradeshow, is taking place October 6-8.
These passes are good for exhibit hall access, as well as keynote (Seth Godin) and panel presentations.
Click here to register for eComXpo.
These passes are courtesy of Affiliate Summit 2006, taking place at Bally’s [...]

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Affiliate Summit 2006 will include 2+ days of sessions, networking and event this year, plus optional workshops before and after the conference.
One of the optional workshops, which will cost an additional $399 to attend is Affiliate Manager Boot Camp, which will be run by reknowned affiliate marketing instructor, Anik Singal.
Below is a description of this [...]

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Affiliate Summit 2006 registrations are now open. The conference is taking place at Bally’s Las Vegas on January 8-10, 2006. Register now at http://www.affiliatesummit.com
Here are the pricing options:

Early Bird Registration: $949
Early Bird Registration with 3 Nights in the Hotel: $1,249
Early Bird Exhibit Hall Only Registration: $249
Early Bird Exhibit Hall Only Registration with 3 [...]

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There was an interesting session at CJU this past Monday. The session, ‘Online Persuasion: Increasing the Size of the Deal’ featured panelists Roshan Mendis (Travelocity), Dan Murray (Ravenwood Marketing), Jeremy Palmer (Quit Your Day Job), and Terrence Thomas (Citigroup).
It was a compelling panel that covered the perspectives of both affiliates and merchants, and what [...]

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The following is what Scott Dieken had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
All affilate programs should provide EPC data, instead of wasting our time promoting products that they have not optimized to sell themselves.
So they use affiliates to get a few sales. [...]

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We are in the beginning stage of managing an affiliate program, can you advise me where to start?
I don’t know what you have done so far, but I suspect that the affiliate program has launched if you are already managing it.
As far as where to start, if you haven’t done so, begin gathering competitive research [...]

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The following is what Nick Evevsky had to say in response the the question, What is wrong with affiliate marketing and how can it be improved?
I am an affiliate newbie and the only thing I can see wrong with affiliate marketing is that it has a big barrier to entry, not because you need alot [...]

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I wanted to know how do you manage internal affiliates? People working in house for your company can have the posibility of making more money with their work as an affiliate that what they do working in the company. How can you deal with this?
If I understand you correctly, I think you asking what sort [...]

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Affiliate Summit 2006 will include 2+ days of sessions, networking and event this year, plus optional workshops before and after the conference.
One of the optional workshops, which will cost an additional $399 to attend is Explode Your Business with Blogging!, which will be run by top-rated business blogger , Dave Taylor.
Below is a description of [...]

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