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 was on the Video Ninjas show today on WebmasterRadio to talk about a couple video projects and the latest video news.
The hosts, Jim Kukral and Steve Rosenbaum, took me off [...]

There has been some chatter on Twitter lately about affiliate marketers and videos. A common chorus seems to be that affiliates are waiting for merchants to provide them with video.
While some merchants, like Gaiam and Moosejaw, are producing quality video content for affiliates, I think it’s a mistake for affiliates to sit on their hands [...]

In January 2007 at Affiliate Summit, people were buzzing about MySpace filing a lawsuit against Scott Richter’s company, Optinrealbig.com, alleging that he sent out millions of unsolicited “bulletins” to MySpace members.
At the time, CNET News.com reported…
“According to MySpace, Richter gained access to MySpace user accounts via phishing schemes, or took control of accounts that had [...]

Tony Torres of MediaScope reports that LinkShare Japan has launched an affiliate news blog authored by Japanese LinkShare employees working in New York City.
Here I am, a New Yorker living in Japan writing about the Japanese affiliate marketing business, and somewhere in New York is a Japanese writing about The American affiliate marketing industry…did I [...]

The August issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is now available and the focus this month is forgotten methods of generating traffic.
This issue touches on how offline advertising has a hidden goldmine of traffic and eager buyers; where to find this type of advertising; how to set up your offline campaign; and how to [...]

I’m currently trying to sell a house, and I figured the seller and real estate agent relationship is somewhat parallel to the merchant and affiliate relationship.
However, in this partnership, the onus is on the real estate agent to provide the creative.
I’ve sold a couple houses in the past, and was a underwhelmed by the marketing [...]

The first episode of the Next Internet Millionaire was broadcast this week, and I’ve got to say I was impressed by the production value.
This episode served to introduce the contestants and give an idea about what they will be facing in their quest to win the $25,000 cash prize and a joint venture with host, [...]

This is chapter 11, Managing Your Program, of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.
There are a handful of issues you should address when managing your affiliate program.
One thing is your personnel requirements. With that you really have to focus on finding the right team members.
It’s pretty tough to find a seasoned veteran in [...]

The Amazon affiliate program has rolled out a new set of features for their aStore affiliate creative.
Here are the new aStore Features:

Access to every Amazon.com category and subcategory for automatically populating your product categories – If Amazon.com has created a group for it, such as Biographies of Frank Sinatra, you can create a category [...]

The Shopzilla Publisher Program allows website publishers to earn money by displaying sponsored shopping content on their site.
For a limited time, AffiliateTip.com readers that register for the Shopzilla Publisher Program will have $39.99 deposited into their account when approved for the affiliate program.
With the Shopzilla Publisher Program, affiliates have access to a growing suite [...]