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.Internet Retailer has published some figures from my AffStat 2006 Report…
Affiliate marketing—using one site to drive traffic to another site—is becoming more complex, to judge by consultant Shawn Collins’ annual [...]

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Berkeley Heights, NJ - January 30, 2006 — The Affiliate Summit Convention will be held July 9-11, 2006 in Orlando, Florida. The Affiliate Summit is presented by Shawn Collins and Missy Ward and provides the unique opportunity for affiliate marketing professionals to gather and learn from one another in a cooperative environment.
The goal of [...]

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MarketingSherpa is carrying the AffStat 2006 Report, the fourth edition of this definitive study on the affiliate marketing industry. One hundred eighty-nine affiliate managers from a cross-section of merchants were surveyed on their overall statistics, as well as practical aspects of their affiliate marketing channels.
Areas covered in the 2006 report include: affiliate networks, staffing, affiliate [...]

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One of my merchants, which I sold over $6,000 of products, ignores my e-mails about paying my commissions. They owe me about over $1,400 of commissions. What recourse do I have toward this situation? Any bright idea or experience you may have yourself encounter which could help me?
One thing you should do, if you haven’t [...]

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LinkShare recently sent out an update regarding the ATHENA registration system. ATHENA, which launched in March 2005, is about to institute some improvements to the system based on feedback from affiliate marketers.
Below are the improvements being made to ATHENA per the announcement from LinkShare:
Legal Name based on Entity Type
We have changed the way we collect [...]

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I came across a problem I didn’t know existed on the CPAEmpire blog today.
Scott Richter, Chief Executive Officer of CPAEmpire, posted a message titled “An Open Letter to CPAEmpire Affiliates Regarding Stance on Affiliate Non-Compete Agreements,” where he stated…
It has come to our attention that some Affiliate Networks have recently began asking their Affiliates to [...]

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Joel “Dr. AdSense” Comm is at it again with another product for the AdSense hungry public. He’s going to run an AdSense telecourse series, “The AdSense Code”.
Retailing for $497, this 8-part series will feature live interviews with seven of the Internet’s leading marketers and experts, including:

Brad Fallon
Alex Mandossian
Tim Carter
Craig Perrine
Mark Widawer
Christopher Knight
Yours Truly
This offer will [...]

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Affiliates are rejoicing over a new group, the Stop Badware Coalition, whose stated goal is to “spotlight companies that make millions of dollars by tricking Web users into putting spyware, adware or other deceptive software on their machines.”
This war against badware is being financially backed by Google, as well as computer makers Lenovo Group and [...]

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MINNEAPOLIS — Jan. 25, 2006 — Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it has acquired Direct Response Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of affiliate technology and e-marketing solutions. The acquisition will offer the affiliates and clients of both companies a significantly expanded online sales network and more robust affiliate [...]

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I was just reading through the monthly royalty statement for my book, Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants, and thought it was interesting to see where the book is being purchased.
While the book came out in April 2001, and is admittedly outdated in a handful of areas, it’s still selling steadily
I’m wondering why nobody else [...]

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