Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins

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.There is neat, new service from Jim Kukral called ScratchBack, which features the TopSpot widget.
It’s basically an online tip jar where friends and fans of a blog or site can make [...]

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When it comes to social networks, everybody is head over heals about Facebook these days, but you don’t want to forget about MySpace.
According to Hitwise, MySpace was still the most popular site, based on US Internet usage, for September 2007.
Facebook comes in at #10 (see the list below).

www.myspace.com
www.google.com
mail.yahoo.com
www.yahoo.com
www.ebay.com
mail.live.com
search.yahoo.com
www.msn.com
www.hotmail.com
www.facebook.com

Anyhow, back in the spring of 2006, I [...]

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When an affiliate company stops paying commissions and owes you hundreds of dollars, how can you make them pay what is owed? I have had several contacts with the CEO of the company, and he promises to pay from August 2007 to the present.
I have gone so far as to post my troubles to two [...]

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Hitwise has published a list of the top shopping websites, based on US Internet usage for the week ending October 20, 2007, and affiliate marketing leaves a big imprint on the list.
Since this is where the consumers are going to shop, I’d say affiliates would be well advised to use this as a target list [...]

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It’s official - Affiliate Summit is going to Boston next summer from August 10-12, 2008.
Affiliate Summit 2008 East is taking place at the Boston Seaport Hotel.
The independently owned Seaport distinguishes itself as a deluxe hotel, meeting, exhibition, and function facility located amongst historical seaside attractions.
With swift access to Logan Airport and Boston’s downtown, they [...]

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I mentioned an announcement from the FTC on the use of consumer information by affiliate marketers the other day, and admittedly the language was a bit confusing.
Fortunately, I received the following from Mark Meckler, General Counsel / Chief Operating Officer at Unique Leads, who clarified the situation.
I saw your blog post yesterday on the FTC’s [...]

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The tenth episode of the Next Internet Millionaire reality show, hosted by Joel Comm, is now online.
This episode kicked off with the members of the losing team from last week (Alisande, Jason and Thor) blaming and backbiting. Meow!
Dave Taylor, famed blogger and Web 2.0 expert, was the guest speaker this episode. If you’re not familiar [...]

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This week on the Affiliate Thing, we discussed podcasting, strategies for affiliate marketing, and recommended reading with Jay Berkowitz, CEO of Ten Golden Rules.
We also touched on a new affiliate marketing rule from the FTC, ways affiliates are cheating, Melissa Salas of the Buy.com affiliate programs becoming a TV star, AdSense in Facebook, and [...]

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I was checking out the natural search results for Affiliate Summit on Google, as I do regularly, and I was surprised at one of the paid ads that was triggered.
There was an ad for the upcoming Search Engine Strategies conference in Chicago.
I thought maybe it was a mistake, so I tried searching on the exact [...]

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Microsoft will buy a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook and agreed to sell ads for Facebook overseas, according to Bloomberg.com.
“The company will pay $240 million for the stake, valuing Palo Alto, California-based Facebook at $15 billion, said Adam Sohn, a director in Microsoft’s online services group.
Microsoft, the biggest software maker, is seeking to [...]

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