Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins

I’ve been down the shore (that’s a trip to the beach for non-NJ folk) the past few days and got to thinking about all the complaining by affiliates over Google changes.

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I’m trying to find out who the “Super Affiliates” are for Amazon.com (specifically for selling books). Any suggestions/ideas about who they are or where to find out who they are?

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Affiliate Classroom has published a guide on How to Survive the Google AdWords Update of July 2006.

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Do you have to have a different Web site for each affiliate relationship?

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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 was reading Linda Buquet’s 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blog yesterday and was shocked.
Linda’s post, “Who You Callin a Traffic Pimp?,” referenced coverage of an affiliate marketing panel at the Chicago [...]

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I have a list of 20,000 opt-in small business owners. How much do you think could be made each month with affiliate offers?
There are a lot of factors that will determine the affiliate commissions you can earn monthly from a given e-mail list: how often you mail to them, open rates, age of the list, [...]

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Affiliate Summit 2006 East is now available as downloadable audio. Sixteen sessions from the three educational tracks are available in MP3 format.
Topics covered include badware, benchmarking, blogging, coupon affiliates, data feeds, e-mail, legal issues, loyalty affiliates, outsourced affiliate program management, paid search, SEO, super affiliate strategies, and Web
services.
Visit http://www.affiliatesummit.com/audio.shtml for details on the Affiliate [...]

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Joe Raffetto, a Commission Junction Five-Bar performer and a big player for Digital River, recently had a chat with MarketingSherpa.
The MarketingSherpa interview covers some interesting perspectives from Mr. Raffetto, including how to recruit top affiliates, what should be in your e-mail newsletter to affiliates, and three Best-of-Breed merchants to emulate.
Affiliate managers - if you [...]

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It looks like Amazon is going hard into the contextual game with the beta release of their new Omakase Links program.
I just read about this release on Ask Dave Taylor, and Dave goes into detail about the new Amazon affiliate link option.
According to Dave, Amazon answers the big question in their FAQ: what does that [...]

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The photographs from Affiliate Summit 2006 East are now available to view and/or purchase at Snapfish.com.
Day 1 photos include the exhibit hall booth setup, the Affiliate Meet Market and Vendor Showcase, and the Ice Breakers Networking Event. 138 pictures in this set.
Day 2 starts with the keynote speaker, Jim Bouton, as well as Wayne Porter [...]

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