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.The latest JangroCast from Scott Jangro touches on sites by seemingly anonymous people who lash out with personal attacks.
There was a guy earlier this week going by the name Marky Zarc, [...]

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Anne Kadet, Senior Writer at SmartMoney magazine, wrote an article in the May 2008 issue where she lambasted affiliate marketing.
The article, “A Penny For Your Clicks? Affiliate marketing: So easy, even our dog could do it,” sets the stage by quoting Jason Calacanis when he delivered the keynote at Affiliate Summit 2008 West.
As reported [...]

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Lisa Picarille was unable to make it on this week, so without the voice of reason, we ended up with a NSFW-cast with the chatter of Todd Crawford, Sam Harrelson, Scott Jangro, Jim Kukral, and myself.
We tackled lots of topics, including the Affiliate Summit Awards sans Wayne Porter, disappointment in the Web2.0Expo, and whether conferences [...]

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The latest issue of the Commission Junctions newsletter for affiliates had an interesting bit in there from Kerri Pollard, General Manager of CJ, about going green in our business lives.
This is something that has been on my mind lately, since myself and so many affiliate marketers work from home and have control over their work [...]

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Affiliate Summit will be launching a new magazine, called FeedFront, in June 2008 and we’d like to feature you.
The initial issue will have 5000 copies printed and will be sent to past Affiliate Summit attendees.
There are a few questions to choose from - you can answer one or more, and we will review your submission [...]

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Joel Comm launched AdSense Secrets 4.0 last week to fanfare and a subsequent firestorm.
The day after the release of AdSense Secrets 4.0, Mark Wielgus posted a video at 45n5.com, Adsense Secrets Scam Alert, where he took Comm to task for a tactic in the sales process where buyers were also opting in for a subscription [...]

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There is a lot of buzz lately about New York’s “Amazon Tax,” and how it will impact affiliates, but one facet has been overlooked in the coverage I’ve read.
Retailers doing less than $10,000 a year through affiliate sales are exempt from the law, according to Internet Retailer.
So, I guess that establishes the point where a [...]

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I just returned from doing some business in San Antonio. While I was there, I dropped by the Alamo and the Battle of the Alamo resonated with me.
It reminded me of some battles going on lately in the affiliate marketing space regarding Twitter Me This.
Some folks wonder why I would criticize a popular game on [...]

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I was just checking out some press releases from affiliate programs I promote, and noticed a provocative press release from StickerGiant (they have an affiliate program on CJ).
According to John Fischer, owner and founder of StickerGiant.com, stickers for Barack Obama are outselling Hillary Clinton stickers by a factor of 2 to 1.
State by state analysis [...]

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I wondered aloud the other day, Is Jim Kukral Killing Twitter?, and he had a strong chorus of defenders (who all seemed to have won money from the TwitterMeThis scheme).
So, I did a little research and came up with some very telling remarks Mr. Kukral previously posted on his blog. I submit them into evidence [...]

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