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.

Every year around this time there are a deluge of studies and reports about the biggest shopping days for Christmas. The correct, big shopping dates are key for affiliates to maximize their revenue potential this time of year.

I turned off the comment feature some time ago on this blog, because I was getting a large volume of spam. But I’m giving it another shot here.

Performics and the e-tailing group have released ten tips for affiliates to maximize commissions during the holiday season.

Black Friday is almost upon us - the day after Thanksgiving and one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year.

Brainstorming has been going on for different ideas to enhance the Affiliate Summit experience, and one big area of focus is the networking.

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.The November 2006 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is out and this month’s issue takes a look at viral marketing.
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I see many companies in my industry that I want to promote, but they don’t have an affiliate mechanism in place. What is the best way to interface with them? In other words, what mechanism can I suggest to them to allow me to promote their product and make a commission, short of them actually signing up with an affiliate management company like ShareASale or CJ?

There is a tinder box of controversy over at Sam Harrelson’s Cost Per News. The debate is around whether CPA Networks are a threat to affiliate networks.

There will be an Affiliate Manager Boot Camp on January 24, 2007 - the day after Affiliate Summit - at Bally’s Las Vegas.

The NAI (Network Advertising Initiative), a cooperative of online marketing, analytics, advertising and email companies who are committed to addressing important privacy and consumer protection issues in emerging media, has scheduled an event on affiliate marketing.