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.FeedFront, the official magazine of Affiliate Summit, is now accepting applications for free subscriptions. Subscribe by this Friday to get the premiere issue.
We’ve wrapped up the first issue of FeedFront magazine [...]

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The Orange County Register recently published an affiliate marketing overview, “Online bargain sites fueled by retailers.”
Affiliate programs, in Internet time, have been around forever – dating back to the mid-1990s when I had to define the word ‘Internet’ in my stories. Back then, ordinary people could make a living off affiliate programs. And with a [...]

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Cory Booker, who will be the keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit 2008 East, recently gave a speech at a Google AdSense Conference.
Booker is the mayor of Newark, NJ, as well as having been the subject of an Academy Award nominated documentary, Rhodes Scholar, tight end at Standford University, and a graduate of the Yale University [...]

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Wade Tonkin of Christian Affiliate Marketers had me on to his podcast recently to chat about what’s happening in affiliate marketing.
It’s a quick show of about 25 minutes, and we ran through a number of topics, including a recap of Affiliate Summit West and a look ahead to Affiliate Summit East in Boston on August [...]

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“Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines” book went on sale today, and there has been a flurry of marketing activity from Gary to promote the book.
Last night, he was on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and he was featured on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch last week.
Tonight, he goes on Mad Money with Jim Cramer on [...]

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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 13.
This networking bus is being organized by Stephanie Agresta (aka Internet Geek Girl) at a rate of $150 for the round-trip ride.
Affiliate Summit is [...]

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The closing keynote address of Affiliate Summit 2008 West was an un-keynote, where any Affiliate Summit attendees had the opportunity to step up to the microphone and speak.
A parade of attendees got up on the soapbox to share their perspectives, ideas, criticisms, and solutions for the affiliate marketing industry.
Watch the Affiliate Summit 2008 [...]

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One of the missions of Affiliate Summit is to bring together the industry to support worthy causes, and Affiliate Summit 2008 East will continue this mission as we raise funds for The LEAGUE through a variety of efforts leading up to the conference.
What is The LEAGUE?
Students are often recognized for their achievements on the field [...]

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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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Affiliate Summit will be giving away a free, full conference pass to Affiliate Summit 2008 East, taking place August 10-12 in Boston, every Monday through June 30, 2008.
All you have to do to enter is to follow Affiliate Summit on Twitter and submit a 120 character essay to the Affiliate Summit Twitter account on why [...]

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