Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins Affiliate marketing news and opinion from Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997, co-founder of Affiliate Summit and author of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.

Thanks for visiting the Affiliate Tip blog. Subscribe to my RSS feed or enter your e-mail on the top left to get updates by e-mail.I am guilty of buying domains on a frequent basis, and never doing anything with 95% of them.
I’ve heard about various services that would enable me to monetize the majority of [...]

I was talking to somebody today who asked why I hadn’t gotten back to them, and I explained that I get back to everybody pretty fast.
But my quick turnaround relies on actually getting the emails, and in this case I wasn’t getting them.
So, I went to see if I could find the messages in my [...]

I saw a Tweet earlier from respected marketer Tim Carter about how a site called Twitter Instant Cash that is falsely claiming that Carter is endorsing their service and making big money with them.

Not only is Twitter Instant Cash using Tim Carter’s image on the site, but his name, and the name of his site, [...]

I used to love when it snowed as a kid, because it meant money. I’d hustle all over my neighborhood to knock on doors and clear away snow.

I wasn’t the only one. Pretty much every other kid was going for the same gig. It was some heavy lifting, for sure, but a great source of [...]

There was great news earlier this week that an amended version of HB 1193 in Colorado had removed the portion on affiliates establishing nexus in the state.
A nice victory for all of the affiliate marketers who mobilized and made sure their voices were heard by Colorado lawmakers.
But there is more legislation coming in multiple states, [...]

Q: Why would anyone go to an affiliate site when they can just go to the actual company site directly?
A: I’d say the answer there is relatively simple… it’s all about the affiliate site adding value to the equation.
There are plenty of affiliate sites that don’t add any value, and it’s a shame any of [...]

My gym was packed yesterday, and it will be today, too.

People have their resolutions about getting fit in 2010. By January 10, I should have no problem getting my favorite treadmill each day.
All is quiet on New Year’s Day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing [...]

I’ve been noticing something disturbing when I go to my gym. No, not that it’s a place that sends me home in pain.
Yes, that happens, but I am thinking more about how they are my competitor.
They have a rewards program that features lots of companies that have popular affiliate programs.

Now, I don’t run a [...]

Affiliate marketing is dead… to people who can’t figure it out, consultants desperate for business, journalists with an elementary understanding of the space, and bloggers trying to create linkbait.
But the claim floats around each year anyhow.
Some guy named Aristotle theorized about the death of affiliate marketing long ago. Ok, it was actually a writer named [...]

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I was just listening to a useful podcast on the value of networking at conferences.
The show was part of Deborah Carney’s Affiliate ABCs series, and it centered about a blog post on ReveNews.com by Billy Kay, “Importance of Networking to Your Bottom Line.”

It was an illustration of how [...]