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.

Cape Coral, FL – November 22, 2005 — GoldenCAN.com, online marketing’s best and brightest new program, is offering thousands of affiliate marketers the power and versatility of Overstock.com’s data feeds with a simple click of a mouse. At no cost to affiliates, thousands of Overstock.com® products are now available for use on affiliate Web sites [...]

Index analyzes actual search engine marketing programs; Q3 data suggests rising keyword prices and costs, more diverse goals, and other search trends
New York, November 22, 2005 – Performics, the performance-based marketing division of DoubleClick Digital Advertising Solutions, today announced the latest Search Trend Report, featuring the Performics 50 index, the only index of actively-managed, ongoing [...]

New York, NY – November 22, 2005 — This Friday, traditionally known as “Black Friday” for the high-sales expectations of the nation’s retailers, kicks off the Christmas shopping season. Not only are people flocking to shopping malls for their holiday gift ideas and Christmas shopping, they are also doing some or all of their holiday [...]

New York, November 16, 2005 – Performics, the performance-based marketing division of DoubleClick Digital Advertising Solutions, today announced that its affiliate marketing client, Sears.com earned recognition as the Best Affiliate Marketing Campaign at the Ninth Annual ad:tech Awards Ceremony Monday in New York City. Sears, Roebuck and Co. worked with Performics to develop new categories [...]

New York, October 24, 2005 – Performics, the performance-based marketing division of DoubleClick Digital Advertising Solutions, today announced the incorporation of the MSN adCenter API into its search engine marketing platform as well as the participation of more than 100 advertisers in the adCenter pilot, which began in the U.S. on Oct. 18, 2005.
The [...]

WESTLAND, Mich.–Oct. 14, 2005– KowaBunga! Marketing, Inc. (www.KowaBunga.com; “KowaBunga!”), a leader in the development of Internet marketing software technologies, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CGI Holding Corporation d/b/a Think Partnership Inc. (“THK”) (AMEX: THK – News; the Company) today announced the launch of MyCPAnet (www.MyCPAnet.com), the next generation in cost-per-action (CPA) affiliate network management software. [...]

Arvada, Colorado – Colorado Web Solutions launched their newest online tool this week, the Affiliadd. The Affiliadd (http://www.affiliadd.com) was designed to help merchants provide more robust and dynamic tools for affiliates and their marketing initiatives. The Affiliadd currently offers two major tools, one is the Advanced Product Generator (APG) and the second tool launched this [...]

Westminster, CO – October 6, 2005 – CPAEmpire.com, the nation’s fastest growing affiliate network with the #1 Affiliate Manager according to ADBumb Newsletter, today announced that it has launched their new exclusive campaign, RingAZA Ringtones and Horoscopes.
The RingAZA campaign will commence with an offer that will allow consumers to receive a Free Ringtone and Horoscope [...]

Berkeley Heights, NJ — September 28, 2005 — The Affiliate Summit Convention will be held January 9-10, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Summit is presented by Shawn Collins and Missy Ward and provides the unique opportunity for affiliate marketing professionals to gather and learn from one another in a cooperative environment.
The Affiliate Summit [...]

Affiliate marketing industry doubles in size in the UK for the second consecutive year
London, 22 September 2005: Sales generated for e-commerce organisations by UK affiliates in 2005 are expected to double compared with 2004, according to a new E-consultancy report, titled Affiliate Marketing Networks – A Buyer’s Guide.
UK affiliates are expected to account for between [...]