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.

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Epic Beard Man, advertising tax updates, LinkShare coupon finder, and the winners of the ABestWeb Awards.

Also, the keynotes for Affiliate Summit East 2010, QR-Codes, mobile affiliate marketing, and the difference in writing headlines for newspapers [...]

Attention authors of business and Internet marketing books: we’d like to promote your book for you at Affiliate Summit East 2010.

The conference is taking place August 15-17, 2010 in New York City, and we are planning to feature a bookstore for attendees to purchase relevant books.
If you will be attending the conference and you’ve authored [...]

I wrote last week about how Gartner Research estimates consumers will spend $6.2 billion in mobile application stores in 2010, so it’s a good time to stake your claim with an app or many to expand your market to iPhones, iPods, and iPads.
That got me thinking about some ideas for apps. You can get a [...]

Videos from Affiliate Summit West 2010 are now available for conference attendees that registered with Gold or Platinum passes.
If you had a Gold or Platinum pass for Affiliate Summit West 2010, you should have received an email on February 17, 2010 with the following subject: Affiliate Summit West 2010 Session Videos are [...]

I am honored and excited to announce Jim Kukral as the keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit East 2010 on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the Hilton New York in New York City.
For almost 15-years, Jim Kukral has helped small businesses and large companies like Fedex, Sherwin Williams, Ernst & Young and Progressive Auto Insurance understand [...]

I am very excited to announce Frank Luntz as the keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit East 2010 on Monday, August 16, 2010 at the Hilton New York in New York City.
Frank Luntz is one of the most honored communication professionals in America today. Time magazine named him one of “50 of America’s most promising leaders [...]

Affiliate Summit has created a Nike+ Challenge where we will donate $1 to the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade for each mile run (up to $5,000).
In order to participate in Nike+ activities, you will need to follow these simple steps:

Get Nike+ Tracking

Register for Nike+

Join the Affiliate Summit East 2010 Challenge

Start Running and Sync Your Runs

The Nike+ [...]

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the latest states considering advertising tax legislation, affiliates and NASCAR, and podcast interview tips from Susan Bratton.

Also, a tip to optimize the tweetmeme plugin, Sarah Silverman vs. TED, Google Buzz, and funny business at the [...]

The Audience Conference, taking place August 14, 2010 at Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City, is now open.
This is the day before Affiliate Summit East 2010 kicks off down the street at the Hilton New York.

This is the second Audience Conference, and if you didn’t hear about the first Audience Conference, it’s a [...]

The early bird rates for booths and Meet Market tables at Affiliate Summit East 2010, taking place August 15-17, 2010 in New York City, are ending on February 19, 2010.

There are still lots of good spots left – don’t miss the best locations and low price.

Book a booth or table now at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/10e-exhibitors/.