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.

Jessica Luthi has been a fixture in UK affiliate marketing since 1999. Recently, she sat down with Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog to discuss all sorts of affiliate marketing issues.

Co-Opetition, Comparison Sites and Conversion: Lessons Learned From The Adult Online Playbook, a session presented by Jim Lillig at Affiliate Summit 2006 East, is now available to watch on video.

We have traditionally put affiliate sales on the back burner, but as our market matures, and we try to squeeze more profit, we have started looking to attract more affiliates. We currently use Commission Junction to handle our sales, and that is where most of our affiliates have come from. I am working on attracting more affiliates, and have been just searching online for sites that would be a match for our affiliate program. However, the response has been pretty low. I was wondering if there is a more efficient way to get more affiliates?

The August 2006 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is out and this month’s issue focuses on affiliates and the hats they wear: black hat, white hat, or something in the middle.

Pepperjam, a company that acts as both an affiliate as well as managing affiliate programs, has been named to the 2006 Inc. 500 List.

I brought on a new prot̩g̩ to help with all of my affiliate marketing happenings Рa little guy named Jack Collins.

If a merchant has affiliates who don’t have Web sites, but they want to refer people to the merchant’s site via e-mail or offline methods, how can their referrals be tracked so they’re paid for sales?

I was on the Entrepreneur Magazine eBiz Show recently with hosts Chris Malta & Rob Cowie to discuss Internet video marketing.

Yes, you read that right – Affiliate Summit is Really Awesome. There is even a Web site to prove it.

AffiliateFairPlay.com presented it’s first Fair Practice Award to Brian Littleton, Founder and CEO of ShareASale.com.
According to the AffiliateFairPlay blog, the “Fair Practice Award is a unique award within Affiliate Marketing recognizing a company or individual who has consistently engaged in activities which embody the principles of fair trade and competitive practices in affiliate marketing.”
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