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.There was much ado last year when The Affiliate List was published, and it included detailed information on affiliates.
The list included publicly available information such as meta page data (title and [...]

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There have been lots of suggestions about how Affiliate Summit can enrich the conference experience for the attendees. One thing requested repeatedly has been a social network.
After a month of working on specs and looking at potential vendors, the Affiliate Summit Social Network is open for business.
The purpose of this social network is to [...]

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The deadline for submitting speaker proposals for Affiliate Summit 2006 East is February 28.
If you are interested in speaking, please read through the information below to increase your odds on being selected. Please note - there are a limited number of speaking slots, so you may be offered a space in a session other that [...]

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I was chatting with some affiliate managers recently, and they asked if there were any sort of mentor programs to help out new affiliate managers.
I was stumped. It seemed like a natural enough idea, but there isn’t really anything organized to help the newbies. Sure, they can lurk and participate in forums with other affiliate [...]

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There will be a series of free conference calls beginning Wednesday, March 8th at 3pm Eastern Time that will allow you to get to know the guest speakers for the upcoming Affiliate Summit 2006 Conference.
These calls will be hosted by Marty Fahncke, Founder of Conference Call University.
The first call will be with [...]

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I have been running a couple of PPC campaigns via Google Adwords with mixed success. I do not own a Web site and hence I have been trying my luck as an affiliate via Google Adwords. Having read some advice on clixGalore, I am aware that it is more profitable to own a Web site [...]

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Anti-spyware crusader Ben Edelman recently posted a report that documented how he “received a nonconsensual installation of 180solutions Zango software through a security exploit.”
Edelman cited a press release from 180 Solutions stating that “Since September, all new affiliates have been required to distribute only the S3-enabled search assistants, while existing affiliates have been given until [...]

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Google has launched a new project in Beta that should be a hit with HTML challenged affiliates - the Google Page Creator.
According to the Google Page Creator site at http://pages.google.com/, “Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes. [...]

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Last year, there was much drama in affiliate marketing world as Primary Ads filed suit against Direct Response Technologies.
But on February 21, 2006, both parties settled the lawsuit on terms they have chosen to keep confidential.
The lawsuit came out of a suddenly contentious relationship between Primary Ads and Direct Response Technologies after Primary Ads [...]

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Orlando, FL — February 21, 2006 — The Affiliate Summit Convention will be held July 9-11 in Orlando, Florida. The 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 Affiliate Summit 2006 Keynote Speaker, [...]

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