Shawn Collins

Internet Marketing from the Real Experts, a book on affiliate marketing, social media, search marketing and more, is now available on Kindle. The print book can be purchased for around $15, but the Kindle edition is available for just $2.99. You can borrow Internet Marketing From the Real Experts for free, with no due dates, [...]

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Jeremy Schoemaker delivered a keynote address at Affiliate Summit West 2012 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. More about Jeremy Schoemaker: Jeremy’s skills have led him on a wild ride swinging from unemployment to an 8 figure income in only a few years. Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker is one of the most successful internet marketers of our [...]

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Growth Trends at Skimlinks

by on January 22, 2012

Skimlinks‘ 18,000+ merchants generated roughly $30 million dollars of e-commerce sales in December 2011, and the company has stated they are seeing tremendous growth in text monetization. Skimlinks has shared some e-commerce trends from data in their network that they expect to see continue in 2012. Discovery Sites driving e-Commerce Rewarding Intent Generation will become [...]

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Eric Thomas, Author of The Secret to Success, delivered a keynote address at Affiliate Summit West 2012 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. More about Eric Thomas: YouTube sensation Eric Thomas has taken the attention of students, athletes, educators and corporate execs of all ages, interests, and backgrounds hostage with his energetic and heartfelt messages of [...]

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Jon Spoelstra, Author of Marketing Outrageously Redux, delivered a keynote address at Affiliate Summit West 2012 on Monday, January 9, 2012. More about Jon Spoelstra: Jon Spoelstra’s reputation as one of the most innovative and successful sports marketers is well earned. He has demonstrated this at every stop in his career: Mandalay Baseball Properties. As [...]

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I noticed a Tweet a couple days ago that touted: “Deal Ends Today! Affiliate Summit – Save 10% on all orders using this Affiliate Summit Coupon Code: Save 10% on …” But there was a problem with the Tweet – there was no deal ending and no coupon code from Affiliate Summit. I remembered the [...]

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Affiliates were asked “What is your preferred method of commission payment?” for the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. It looks like affiliates are not so keen on getting their commissions issued by check anymore, as only 25% cited this as their preferred deliver of funds. Direct deposit is favored by 41% and 30% like PayPal. [...]

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ShareASale ThinkTank 2012 will be held in Austin, TX from May 16 to May 18, immediately following Affiliate Summit Central 2012, which is also taking place in Austin. ShareASale ThinkTank is an annual event from ShareASale that brings together their top clients, as well as new, up-and-coming affiliate and merchants. I’ve been to the last [...]

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talk about Affiliate Summit West 2012, which took place August 8-10 in Las Vegas, Eric “ET the Hip Hop Preacher” Thomas, and meeting Kate Gosselin at a CouponCabin get together. We also talked about affiliate marketing industry awards, LinkShare Symposium West, Zappos customer [...]

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