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 going to be a round-trip “party bus” going from New York City to Boston for Affiliate Summit on Saturday, August 9 and then back to NYC on Wednesday, August [...]

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Jim Kukral has launched a free series on how to create video on the Internet.
The videos shot with a Flip video camera and they are displayed in the new video player from SmugMug. It’s impressive how sharp the quality is with such an affordable camera and video host.
But as Jim shares, it comes down to [...]

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Q: I was wondering if you know how to embed an affiliate link into a multimedia Flash movie presentation and offer the movie as a marketing tool for affiliates?
A: I am not familiar with the technical process of doing embedding affiliate links to a video, but I have worked with a vendor that can [...]

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The May 7, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing was packed with news and discussions on the latest in affiliate marketing.
We talked about Amazon’s new affiliate MP3 widget, the latest on the New York law that is impacting affiliates and merchants, Jeremy Palmer’s Black Ink Project, and Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book.
Also, we did some requisite [...]

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I just read Search Engine Optimization by Kris Jones, President & CEO of Pepperjam, and I really loved the format of the book.
It is not a typical business book that you would read from front to back. Instead, it covers a huge assortment of topics in an easy to understand, condensed format.
Topics covered include [...]

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Affiliate program EPC can be gamed to look deceptively good or unnaturally depressed by one high volume affiliate. But I still use it as an indicator of the health of an affiliate program before promoting a given company.
While the very recent numbers can be deceiving for various reasons, I think the trends are a lot [...]

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Lisa Picarille was back to join Sam Harrelson, Jim Kukral, and myself for what was probably the longest GeekCast at a geektastic 100+ minutes.
We chatted about the recent “anonymous” hate site that focused on the GeekCast crew, which was authored by “Marky Zarc.”
Hint for unhinged haters - have the sense to cover your tracks. [...]

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My Wedding Favors has launched a series of product videos for affiliates. The video widgets are powered by Qoof.
Each video features a product description voice-over and is clickable with an embedded affiliate link.
The initial launch includes 10 videos of top selling products from My Wedding Favors.
If you belong to the affiliate program for My [...]

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Q: I have a downloadable product that I want to market through affiliates. I’d like to run the affiliate software myself, instead of running through an affiliate network. What is the best software for tracking affiliate sales?
A: There isn’t a single answer there, as there are a number of variables, such as price-point, features you [...]

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Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit that challenges New York State’s new law mandating that online retailers collect sales tax on Internet purchases by NY to state residents, according to Saul Hansell in the New York Times.
Amazon filed a complaint in State Supreme Court in Manhattan objecting to the new law.
The new law is based [...]

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