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.I just came across a teleseminar that looks to be a no-brainer to attend for any affiliates doing lots of e-mail activity.
On Tuesday, June 13th at 7:00 Eastern, ISIPP CEO Anne [...]

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I recently had a chat with Daniel Hall, host of The Secret Information Revealed Show, about affiliate marketing.
We discussed both the affiliate and merchant sides of the industry, and how each can be leveraged to grow your business.
Some of the topics covered include:

Which affiliate networks are best to find products related to your niche
Which products [...]

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The Da Vinci Code - it’s a fictional bestseller and the new movie starring Tom Hanks was the #1 movie in every country where it was released last weekend. But the Code is all make believe.
Joel Comm is a real-life Internet success story who has cracked The AdSense Code. And Joel tells how anyone can [...]

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Calling all affiliates - if you want to go to Affiliate Summit for free, you’d better read on.
Affiliate Summit 2006 East is taking place July 9-11 at the Disney World Resort Hilton. And there is an opportunity for affiliates to get a free pass to the conference.
There is an essay contest running from May 22 [...]

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The Yahoo! Publisher Network now offers a Direct Deposit option for all publisher accounts.
The direct deposit option requires $100 in earnings before payment is made, just like their pay by check option.
However, if you’re signed up for direct deposit, they will credit your bank account on the 26th of each month, rather than [...]

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I just started an affiliate program for a local service that I run but I am not sure how to go about getting affiliates since I am catering to a specific local market. I know which sites would be a nice fit to display my banner or link but I am not sure how to [...]

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The Marketing Playbook is a collection of 102 marketing strategies to meet sales goals. It’s done up in the style of a football playbook, but the plays here are all business.
Much of the content is applicable to affiliates and affiliate managers. The Marketing Playbook features tips, tricks and techniques for marketers, including basics like [...]

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AuctionBytes reports that the owners of an eBay drop-off store has created an offline affiliate program to build up their business.
We Sell It 4U accepts items that will sell for a value estimated over $30.00 on eBay and they charge a $10.00 minimum commission per item. Their transaction fee is $0.30 plus 2.5% of the [...]

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The series of Affiliate Summit preview calls, conducted by Marty M. Fahncke, Founder of Conference Call University, has wrapped up.
The final Affiliate Summit preview call featured Alan Lewis, a technical evangelist with the eBay Developers Program.
Alan and Marty discussed issues regarding Web Services and eBay, as well as answering questions submitted by the [...]

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I’m planning to launch an online social community based around a specific industry. This community will allow users to participate in pre-approved affiliate programs within the industry. Basically, we will function as the affiliate and the users will function as sub-affiliates — we will split commissions. Is there an existing third party provider that has [...]

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