June 2007
SEO as a Matchmaker
Wil Reynolds discusses how SEO should be used as a matchmaker at Affiliate Summit 2007 West. Wil Reynolds is an Associate at SEER Interactive. Wil Reynolds SEER Interactive SEO (via Affiliate Summit Blog)
May 2007
Donut Guy Gets the Affiliate Manager Job
I’ve gotten word that Greg “Donut Guy” Hoffman got the job. A couple weeks back, Greg posted on ABestWeb that he was trying to get an affiliate management job, and in an effort to stand out, he personally delivered a dozen Dunkin’ Donuts to the company.
He later shared that he got a first, then a second interview. And as of yesterday, he got the position of Affiliate Network Director at Think...
Affiliate Summit Newsletter - May 31, 2007
Hug It Out, Affiliate!
Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants
News Release Distribution from Affiliate Summit
Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
Intercontinental Hotel Miami is Sold Out
Affiliate hugs successful affiliate marketing for merchants Affiliate Summit
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Get a Freshly Squeezed Affiliate Hug for Charity…
Who’s the most famous affiliate hugger of all times? Many of you know hugs from Scott Hazard are called the ScooterSqueeze. Male as well as female affiliates stand in line for what many call the best huggaroo in the biz.
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Comment on Help Somebody in Affiliate Marketing by...
I’m absolutely interested. I kinda fell into my job as the affiliate manager of 5 shops and would love a mentor. I have been looking for something like this in the NYC area. Please keep me posted!
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I just came across your blog about Adware and Spywareand wanted to drop you a note telling you how impressed I was with the information you have posted here. I also have a website about Adware and Spyware so I know what I’m talking about when I say your site is top notch. Keep up the great work. You are proving a great resource on the internet.
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Wicked Fire Jon Loves eBooks
This week on Affiliate Thing we welcomed Jon, the Forum Fuhrer at WickedFire.com.
Topics discussed included Jon’s unhealthy love of e books, how he is helping to market the eBook community, and thoughts on good and bad networks.
Shawn and Lisa also touched on mobile phone affiliate stats, PopShops, MFA (Made for AdSense) sites going down the tubes, and AffiliateHug.com raising money for the...
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[…] eine sehr nette Idee habe ich grade bei Shawn Collins gelesen. Unter AffiliateHug.com kann man für 20 $ einen Hug (also eine Umarmung) von Affiliate […]
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Ideal Affiliate Manager
Dan Murray, Internet Marketing Strategist at Ravenwood Marketing, comments on the ideal attributes of an affiliate manager from his perspective as a super affiliate. Dan Murray affiliate manager super affiliate (via Affiliate Summit Blog)
Brand Yourself on YouTube
There are some powerful, yet underutilized features on YouTube that you ought to be using.
One of my favorites is the option to pick your own Channel URL within the Channel Settings.
If you haven’t already customized this area, your URL looks something like this: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=affiliatetip.
So go in there and set a short, customized URL for yourself. Mine is...
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Shawn Collins: Latest Affiliate Thing featuring Jon from Wicked Fire: http://media.webmasterradio.fm/episodes/audio/2007/THING053007.mp3 (via Twitter / Shawn Collins)
Hug It Out, Affiliate!
Affiliate Summit is once again working in tandem with a charity for the upcoming show in Miami. This past January in Las Vegas, affiliate marketers combined to donate nearly $25,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada.
We are working with the March of Dimes, a non-profit health organization that works to prevent premature birth and other serious threats to infant health, this time...
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This would effect the overall deal and not just Performics.
No doubt - I just bring up the affiliate marketing angle given the focus of my blog.
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Comment on Toys “R” Us Launches at LinkShare by...
Come on, Sam. Don’t clutter that affiliate marketing is dying argument with the truth!
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Affiliate Thing RSS Feed Moving
The RSS feed for Affiliate Thing has a new address - please point to http://feeds.affiliatetip.com/AffiliateThing for the future.
The latest show (and last one that will be posted to MySpace) is … (via Affiliate Thing - MySpace Blog)
Affiliate Managers that Affiliates Like
Dan Murray, of Ravenwood Marketing, comments on the ideal attributes of an affiliate manager from his perspective as a super affiliate.
Related Posts Affiliate Managers that Suck Help Somebody in Affiliate Marketing Affiliate Manager Salaries: 2002 vs. 2004
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Looks like the FTC investigation is just a formality and their main concern is how much data Google now has access to rather than any monopolistic issue. Sounds like this deal is 99% likely to get approved based on this article in businessweek.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2007/tc20070529_360181.htm
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This would effect the overall deal and not just Performics. I would have to believe that Google is smart enough to have researched this rather than spend money on a gamble.
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Jon from Wicked Fire on Affiliate Thing
This week on Affiliate Thing we welcome Jon from the Wicked Fire forum to talk about what’s going on in affiliate marketing.
Both Lisa Picarille and myself will be streaming video during the show. Mine is below and you can see Lisa at http://www.stickam.com/profile/revenuelisap.
Express Yourself LIVE
The Affiliate Thing show airs weekly on Wednesdays at noon EST. Tune in at...
Comment on Toys “R” Us Launches at LinkShare by...
Throws a kink in the argument of those who are saying that the affiliate channel is dying off because small programs are closing shop and doing it themselves, eh?
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Comment on Copyright Protection for Affiliate...
[…] Copyright Protection for Affiliate Content More often than not, they are appropriating my content for SEO purposes and AdSense revenue […]
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Comment on Affiliate Shop Builder 2.0 by Affiliate...
[…] Collins also blogs about the service here, and that’s worth a read to get the full picture as well. Popshops is a cool new solution […]
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Comment on What is Affiliate Marketing? by majeske
Good analogy Shawn with the Avon stuff, I plan to borrow that comparison! You are right about the CDNow program, as I recall, they even had a number of advanced features that we take for granted now.
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What is Affiliate Marketing?
This is chapter 1, “What is Affiliate Marketing?,” of the video edition of my book, Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.
In brief, I usually describe affiliate marketing as the online equivalent of Avon.
Back when I was growing up, we had the Avon lady in the neighborhood. She would sell cosmetics door to door, and if she made a sale, she earned a commission.
It’s as simple as that...
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[…] filter down to affiliate marketing? Just a couple weeks ago, Microsoft announced the beta of their Microsoft Affiliate Network, and to the surprise of nobody but my dog, it’s not being powered by DoubleClick […]
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Google DoubleClick Performics in Peril?
The Federal Trade Commission has opened a preliminary antitrust investigation into Google’s planned $3.1 billion purchase of the online advertising company DoubleClick, according to a report in the New York Times.
The inquiry began at the end of last week, after it was decided that the Federal Trade Commission instead of the Justice Department would conduct the review, said the executive, who...
Intercontinental Hotel Miami is Sold Out
With nearly 85% of the hotel taken up by Affiliate Summit attendees, the Intercontinental is now officially sold out on July 8th and 9th. There are a handful of rooms remaining on the 10th.
If you would like to be placed on the waitlist for the Intercontinental, please email us your name, arrival date and departure date to realdeal@affiliatesummit.com We will be doing our best to clear some...
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Hot Datafeed Store Builder - FREE & Easy…
They used to call me the datafeed Queen. I’ve been meaning to blog about PopShops, a new easy datafeed solution, but forgot - so they are taking my title away!
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[…] blogged about it today reminding me that I wanted to let you guys know about this. Here’s his review if you want additional info. Thanks […]
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Comment on Affiliate Shop Builder 2.0 by David
There’s also Zlio (www.zlio.com). Amazon commissions on-hold at the moment though.
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Affiliate Shop Builder 2.0
Shop builders and showcases have been around affiliate marketing for years, and the concept continually evolves. Lately, I’ve been playing with PopShops, which bills itself as “a new generation of affiliate tools.”
Features of PopShops include the ability to search for products across multiple networks and merchants; personalized product recommendations with ease; customized showcases with...
Shawn Collins: Posted the first of 14 video chapters of my book - http://www.affiliatemanager.net/videos.shtml - stay tuned for more. (via Twitter / Shawn Collins)
Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants...
I’m starting off the video edition of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants with an introduction to the book.
This will be followed in the near future by a thirteen part video series on each of the chapters of the book.
The book is a little outdated at this point. I wrote it at the end of 2000, and it was published in April 2001. So basically, I wanted to recap Successful Affiliate...
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Comment on Finding Affiliate Programs by Ideas For...
The attractive and exciting idea about joining affiliate programs is that they give you everything you need to start generating internet income right away. Well that is how it seems anyway. You get your own custom affiliate website, banners and pre-written ad, a list of online advertising hot spots, etc. They say all you need to do is plug in and profit. Does it really happen that way? Not...
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You’ll prolly say test: but how far/what are the parameters will you have for your test?
Absolutely. You’re not going to find a list of performing affiliate programs anywhere.
Also, an affiliate program that performs well is in the eye of the beholder.
I use the EPC and eCPM of the other programs i am promoting as a benchmark.
After a test, if a given affiliate program doesn’t equal or...
Comment on Finding Affiliate Programs by David
A better question (something you can consider for a future post) - how can you find a performing program?
You’ll prolly say test: but how far/what are the parameters will you have for your test?
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Comment on Vote for Shawn, Save the Babies by Cara
Being that I have a preemie baby and I am vey active in supporting the March of Dimes myself - KUDOS to you! And thank you for helping support the March of Dimes!
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Finding Affiliate Programs
How do I find companies that have affiliate programs?
One thing you could do is just go into Google and search for “affiliate directory.” You’ll then see a list of the leading affiliate directories, which you can use to find companies by name and category that offer affiliate programs.
Also, you could go to the bigger affiliate networks, such as Commission Junction, Kolimbo, LinkShare,...
Affiliate Coupon Sites
How do you keep the coupons current on an affiliate coupon directory?
It’s a pretty simple procedure, though a little bit laborious. Just keep on top of all of the affiliate newsletters and RSS feeds for the affiliate programs you promote.
Make the updates to your site as you receive them from the advertisers.
I would urge you to refrain from “borrowing” coupon codes from the affiliate sites of...
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Yeah - just saw that on ABW that he got the job and will be announcing it next week.
Congrats, Greg!
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Shows he read the same article I did. I think this angle was in the WSJ a couple of years ago, in a column about careers (forgot what they called it) that used to run.
Hopefully he’ll have picked up lots of great ideas for actually doing the job, now that he’s got it!
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