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’m back now from Affiliate Summit in London, and I’d like to extend a big thanks to all of the attendees, speakers, and sponsors that came out to the Olympia Conference [...]

There’s a battle going on in New Jersey among a couple wine sellers who have an Internet presence.
On one hand, there is Gary Vaynerchuk, the star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ.
Gary Vaynerchuk is something of an Internet celebrity with his popular wine vlog, which has garnered [...]

The September 2007 issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is now available and the focus this month is on promoting high ticket back end offers.
The cover story delves into understanding the price variations for high-ticket backend products vs. low ticket products, plus six of the most successful ways to promote your backend products.
In the article, “Why [...]

Are you planning on writing a follow-up edition to Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants, and are there recent releases regarding affiliate marketing that you would recommend?
I don’t have any plans to update the book itself. One of the reasons there is that it becomes out of date so quick. By the time the book is [...]

How can I manage the ROI of affiliate marketing?
Basically, there are three cost centers for a merchant running an affiliate program.
You’ve got the commissions to affiliates, affiliate manager or team, as well as the cost for the technology or affiliate network you are using.
Add all of those components up and subtract them from the [...]

I am a newbie to Internet marketing. I want to get a quick, easy Web site set up and running with Google AdSense. What is the best software to use, and is it safe to use templates?
One of the quickest and easiest ways to get set up is to go with a blog. My personal [...]

The Affiliate Marketing – Merchants Survey Report 2007, produced by E-consultancy in association with buy.at, was published today.
The report is based on an online survey of 239 UK merchants, which was conducted during August and September 2007.
The merchants surveyed for the report represent a range of sectors, the largest groups being financial services, retail, [...]

Lisa Picarille and myself had a rare, guest-free show, so we were able to cover tons of topics in tiny chunks.
Topics discussed included Affiliate Summit London selling out, TechCrunch40 winner, radio silence from CJ, the Affiliate Fit Club, a new WordPress widget from PopShops, and the latest character to be unceremoniously booted from the Next [...]

Fraser Edwards interviewed affiliate marketing legend Todd Crawford on his latest podcast, which provides a preview of Affiliate Summit London 2007, taking place September 28, 2007 at the Olympia Conference Centre.
In the chat with Fraser, Todd provides a background on Digital River and One Network Direct (he’s the VP Sales & Business Development of Digital [...]

LinkShare has announced a new payment plan for affiliates where they will be paid commissions weekly. This payment schedule is effective immediately.
This ought to make affiliates with big cash investments in their affiliate promotions, like PPC players, very happy.
The new, weekly payment schedule from LinkShare will reduce the time for affiliates to receive commissions, and [...]