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.I got an e-mail this morning with the subject, “IMPORTANT Reminder: LinkShare not supporting SubID Reporting as of 2/23,” and my jaw dropped.
When I saw this, I thought LinkShare was [...]

Amazon is looking into launching a competing network to Google AdSense, according to Chris Beasley at SitePoint.
Apparently, Amazon has been contacting select Amazon Associates about being beta testers of this new contextual advertising network.
This could be interesting, as Amazon and Google announced a “multi-year agreement that will make Google’s search technology and targeted sponsored links [...]

It was just another Saturday morning. The kids roll out of bed around 7 AM, the dog needs to go out, and I pop open a can of Diet Dr. Pepper to start the day.
As general mayhem broke out, I took a peek at my inbox and saw the subject, Special Edition GoDaddy.com Newsletter.
I’d [...]

Below are the Top Ten Affiliate Programs for January 2006 as tracked by the AffiliateTip.com Affiliate Program Directory.
The Top Ten affiliate programs are calculated by the number of clickthroughs each program received on AffiliateTip.com.
Disclaimer: While we attempt to include only legitimate programs in this directory, no warranties are made. Please research each company carefully to [...]

Vancouver, B.C. - February 2, 2006 - Affiliate Marketers Alliance of Vancouver BC is pleased to announce and welcome the presence and support of some of the world’s Top Affiliate Marketers to their 3rd Annual Affiliate Marketers Networking Dinner taking place at Steamworks Restaurant on Saturday February 18, 2006 at 6:30 pm.
“It is always [...]

I’ve loaded up 550 photographs from Affiliate Summit 2006 West at Snapfish. Visit www.snapfish.com/affsummit to see the photo album and purchase any pictures you like.
There was a card in each attendee bag at Affiliate Summit good for 50 prints at Snapfish (plus another 3 free if you are a first-time Snapfish user). You can use [...]

Did you ever get one of those calls around election time from a “polling organization” that just wants to ask you a few questions? Sometimes, it’s a legitimate company trying to get the pulse of the electorate. Other times, it’s a tactic intended to influence or alter you opinion.
The latter method is known as push [...]

We wrote and are marketing a book using affiliates. We sell about 100 books a month, mostly through two or three affiliates. How does one broaden that base (i.e. where is the place where merchants go to meet affiliates)?
There is not one place where merchants go to meet affiliates. The trick is to go where [...]

MarketingSherpa has published a case study on Uniblue and the success of their affiliate program.
According to MarketingSherpa study data of 187 merchant-side marketers running affiliate programs, fewer than 5% of affiliates in the average program bring in more than 75% of revenues.
We suspect some merchants aren’t trying hard enough to help their affiliates perform. Want [...]