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 AffiliateManager.net Forum, which has functioned as a closed community for affiliate managers over the years, has added a public discussion area for affiliates, networks, affiliate managers and anybody else to [...]

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I’ve got another affiliate marketing trivia question for you today.
The first correct response I receive by email will receive a free pass to Affiliate Summit 2005 - value of $1,495.
The affiliate marketing trivia question for today is this… which technology was used to power the Affiliate Summit affiliate program in 2003?
Email the answer to [...]

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I’ve got another affiliate marketing trivia question for you today.

The first correct response I receive by email will receive a free pass to Affiliate Summit 2005 - value of $1,495.
The affiliate marketing trivia question for today is this… years ago, there were a couple of guys named Joe and Marty that were top executives [...]

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I’ve got another affiliate marketing trivia question for you today.
The first correct response I receive by email will receive a free pass to Affiliate Summit 2005 - value of $1,295 (starting April 14, the price to attend Affiliate Summit 2005 will be $1,495).

The affiliate marketing trivia question for today is this… which Atlanta based [...]

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I’ve got an affiliate marketing trivia question for you today.
The first correct response I receive by email will receive a free pass to Affiliate Summit 2005 - value of $1,295 (starting April 14, the price to attend Affiliate Summit 2005 will be $1,495).

The affiliate marketing trivia question for today is this… back on March [...]

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Congratulations to Mark Southgate for getting the correct answer to the question, according to the Amazon.com Associate Program FAQ, how many Associates are in their program?
Mark wins a free pass to Affiliate Summit 2005 for his correct answer. Affiliate Summit 2005 is taking place June 13-14 in Las Vegas. Flights and hotel rooms are cheap, [...]

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I came across this funny tool called Google Fight, where you can compare the number of results for two competing keywords. So I figured I would stage some fights among the affiliate program solution providers to see who would come out on top.
Let’s get ready to rumble affiliate style!
After a bloody showdown where Commission Junction, [...]

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I’ve heard conflicting opinions on the significance of affiliate return day cookies. Some people maintain that the vast majority of transactions take place in the first few days after initially visiting a site. Others claim that it can be weeks before the consumer pulls the trigger.
This makes return day cookies a big issue among affiliates, [...]

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Blogads recently conducted a reader survey for blog advertising, and there is some really interesting stuff in there.
The data in the Blogads survey is based on responses from a whopping 30,079 blog readers.
Interestingly, the age of blog readers is increasing. Last year, 61% of responding blog readers were over 30 years old. This year, 75% [...]

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There’s a bit of a debate brewing on AffiliateBoards.com about the origins of affiliate marketing.
The topic was kicked off in a comment made by Stephen Messer, Chairman & CEO of LinkShare:
“When we created affiliate marketing, we really did not think about the dark side of the internet. It was a very different time and thus [...]

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