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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Every time there is some sort of phenomenon online, there are a bunch of angles affiliates can figure out to monetize it.
Earlier this week, the Internets were buzzing about the performance [...]

This session, Affiliate Videos: Where Do They Work Best?, took place Monday, January 12, 2009 at Affiliate Summit West 2009.
Session description:
How are videos being used by affiliates and merchants? A detailed look into how and where they are performing best with suggested hints and tips to drive better click through and conversions.

Marty M. Fahncke, President, [...]

I was excited back when AdSense video units rolled out in 2007, and had great expectations for the new ad option.
Truth be told, I never managed to make much money with it, and I guess I wasn’t alone, because the Google AdSense Blog announced today that they’re closing down AdSense video units at the end [...]

I met a couple of the DeaLoco guys (Steve Cospolich and Shawn Mayeux) at SXSW in Austin last week, and was intrigued by what they are doing with their affiliate deals site.
They are getting started with video and just put up “DeaLoco Weekly Recap Show – Episode #1“, a quick show that features the five [...]

Magnify.net, a site where affiliates and anybody else can create a video channel, is running a contest to celebrate the creation of their 50,000th video channel.
The “Big 50″ contest is already in progress and a winner is expected in the next eight days.
The 50,000th channel will receive a Magnify Pro Package valued at over [...]

I rang in 2009 in laid back style with my wife and kids. A little champagne, Wii playing and throwing shredded documents in the air as makeshift confetti were the action for the night.
After all, it’s almost time for Affiliate Summit West 2009, so no time to get crazy and sleep in like the old [...]

I continue to stand by my assertion that video is the next big thing for affiliates. Video has been leveraged well by a handful of network, merchants and affiliates, but I’m still not seeing it too much these days.
Anyhow, there are some relatively cheap tools of the trade that aspiring video affiliates can use to [...]

Magnify.net, the popular video community used by many affiliates to monetize video, has put out some new photo upload management and presentation features.
The beta release of Photo Gallery from Magnify.net is already enabled for most channels on the site, so if you’ve got an account there, you should be able to accept photo uploads from [...]

This session, Lessons Learned in Using Video for Affiliates, took place Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Affiliate Summit East 2008.
Session description:
A discussion of what we have learned in terms of using video to drive higher click through and conversion rates.
Presenter: Jonathan Stefansky, EVP Sales and Marketing, Qoof

Lessons Learned in Using Video for Affiliates
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Network Solutions is running an online conference on October, 29, 2008 from 1 p.m. until approximately 3:30 p.m. EST called the “Solutions Stars Video Conference.”
It is going to be a series of videos and live discussions featuring 32 of the world’s leading business and marketing experts.
The live video conference will coach small business [...]