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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I wasn’t able to record the Affiliate Thing show this week, so my trusty co-host Lisa Picarille soldiered on with guest co-host Scott Jangro, super affiliate and president of MechMedia.
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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins was solo and he talked about the return of the advertising tax in the California budget bill, a LinkShare Symposium preview, and MD affiliates getting together over crabs to learn more about the advertising tax.
Also, affiliate Jonathan Volk purchased a new house with his AzoogleAds earnings, [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the Facebook username rush, the launch of the Affiliate Summit AffStat Report, and a lawn full of pink flamingos.

Lastly, the finalists were announced for the LinkShare Golden Link Awards.
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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the Inbound Marketing Summit in Dallas last week, Internet Week in NYC, LinkShare’s Bento Box, and a change to Google AdSense Link Units.
Also, they got into how Mayor Cory Booker is emerging as a big force on Twitter and in Silicon [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins pulls a solo shift on Memorial Day before heading out for the Inbound Marketing Summit in Dallas.
Topics covered this week include how the majority of affiliate marketers, based on a totally unscientific study, were in fraternities and sororities in college.
Also, a new series of how-to videos [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille discuss Shawn’s chat with Jeremiah Owyang of Forrester Research after the last Affiliate Thing, Gmail tips, and an early sell-out for Affiliate Summit booths.
Also, they talked about Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume and how easy it is to have a voice [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille discuss the role of Twitter in affiliate networks, former Affiliate Summit keynote Cory Booker getting real in social media, and a lecture on affiliate marketing at NYU.
Also, they talked about books for Internet marketers, Jeremiah Owyang’s affiliate rules and giant suggested hashtag, and [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille update the California advertising tax, talk about using a billboard to get a job, and CouponCabin.com advertising.
Also, they chatted about impressive affiliate stats from the UK, whether to include pricing on affiliate sites, and the ShareASale roadshow.

Last, but not least, a new service [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille recapped ad:tech keynotes from Jimmy Wales and Kevin Rose, the Affiliate Summit Beer Garden, crying on airplanes, and their infamous live show from high heat of San Franicsco.
Also, they covered announcements from eBay, rebranding the advertising tax, annoying spammers ruining Twitter, a new [...]

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille teamed up in person to record the show live on audio and a history making videocast from ad:tech San Francisco 2009.
During the show, we were under siege by a group of wild children, a lost cab, and a dive-bombing bird.

Topics covered included the [...]