Affiliate News

I’ve gotten questions from lots of folks in the past day who have donated or are thinking about donating to support me in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. They were all wondering whether the Avon Foundation for Women is affiliated with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The answer is no, according to a [...]

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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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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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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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I am hoping for just one Christmas gift this year, and it involves you. You see, I am going to be walking with Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back for 39.3 miles around New York City next October for the 10th Anniversary of the Avon Walk For Breast Cancer. The Avon Walk For Breast Cancer in [...]

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Online marketing pioneer Bryan Eisenberg has run into a renters nightmare with a new landlord, who also happens to be a New York Police Department Officer. Bryan has turned to the Internet by detailing his plight with landlord and NYPD Officer Mehtab Malhi at 2842brigham.com. This sort of story (too many details to list here [...]

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The vBulletin affiliate program sent out a “you’re fired” email to lots of affiliates yesterday. Hello, After very carefully evaluating all of our Commission Junction publishers who generate affiliate revenue for the vBulletin Affiliate Program, we have come to a decision to deactivate some of our accounts as they are generating traffic, referrals etc. that [...]

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ClickBank announced they have paid out $2 billion to affiliate marketers and product vendors since 1998. Payouts doubled from $1 billion to $2 billion over the three-year period from 2008-2011, despite the global recession over this time. Back in January 2008, I wrote about affiliate marketing as a recession proof channel, and this just lends [...]

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The IAB Affiliate Advertiser survey indicates there will be growth over the next 12 months. The survey was answered by 140 advertisers in the UK. According to the survey, 77% of respondents said marketing spend for affiliates had grown, and 71% expect it to grow further in 2012. Some other interesting items from the survey: [...]

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