August 2007
Affiliate Summit Audio from WebmasterRadio.FM
WebmasterRadio.FM has updated the Affiliate Summit area to include their coverage of Affiliate Summit 2007 East. Lots of stuff to listen to here, so download, block out some time, and listen up for what matters right now in affiliate marketing. Below are lots of interviews, plus the Tuesday keynote where Lisa Riolo moderates a discussion with Google Product Manager Rob Kniaz and Mark Papia, the...
Shawn Collins: @loxly There is now a blog going with Missy and Connie’s walk - http://www.affiliatesagainstcancer.com (via Twitter / Shawn Collins)
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Facebook...
Facebook can seriously be used as a spying tool. I think that most corporate recruiters (many being in their mid 20’s) are using facebook to see if new hires have anything perverse or innapropriate on their profiles.
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
July 2007
Comment on Affiliate Summit Redux by Shawn Collins
Hi Maya -
Yes, that’s the same Jay. He’s got a new podcast that has quickly become one of my favorites: http://podcast.tengoldenrules.com/
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on Affiliate Summit Redux by Maya Solburnz
Is that Jay Berkowitz (Ten Golden Rules) from Boca Raton, FL?
If so, we worked together some time ago. Great guy and very knowledgable. SEO, Viral Marketing, all that stuff.
Maybe he will write a book, and I can put it in my library next to yours, Shawn!
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Payless.com July Deals and Offers
Check out the latest deals and happenings at Payless.com New Payless.com Affiliate Offer <LI>Additional Payless.com Offers <LI>Time for Back to School Shopping <LI>Affiliate Tip - Pay-Per-Click Success <LI>Affiliate Summit East - Great Meeting You http://www.affiliatetip.com/paylessblog/ar…and_offers.html (via Affiliate Program Announcements)
Comment on Team Affiliate Marketing Fights Breast...
Thank you so much Missy and Connie for doing this walk. My mom is a 2 year breast cancer survivor so this hits home for me. She battled and won stage 3 (of 4). Because of people like you and with God’s healing, my mom is here today.
Thank you again for your love for others.
Melissa Salas
Buy.com
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Shawn Collins: What did people think of Affiliate Summit in Miami? - see http://tinyurl.com/23ryne (via Twitter / Shawn Collins)
Affiliate Summit Redux
Our camera crew went around on the exhibit hall floor and spoke to attendees at Affiliate Summit 2007 East to get their opinions on the affiliate conference. Hear what the following folks had to say… Jay Berkowitz, Ten Golden Rules
Brian Littleton, ShareASale
Brandy Shapiro-Babin, WebmasterRadio.FM
Audrey Berheney, AzoogleAds
John Engler, UnsubCentral
Todd Crawford, oneNetworkDirect
Victor...
Why go to Affiliate Summit?
Hear what sponsors and attendees have to say about the Affiliate Summit conference.
(via Affiliate Summit Blog)
Historic Newspaper anniversary folder special
Historic Newspapers are offering 10% off their Best Selling Anniversary Folder. Normal Price £99.99 This special offer is available for the whole of August 2007. Customers just enter the code AF04 at the checkout. View the full article (via Affiliate Program Announcements)
Comment on Submitting Affiliate Links to Search...
Hi Carsten - It was my impression from the question that the person wanted to intentionally get their affiliate links included in the organic results. I’ve had some links that go through .htaccess get indexed high myself and change them out when I discover them. Several months ago, I was contacted by a company where I was an affiliate - my affiliate link (affiliatetip.com/company) that was...
Comment on Cynical Manipulation of AGLOCO Sheep by...
Like AllAdvantage, I think Agloco is also flawed because when (if) they release shares then a huge number of people will want to cash them in, thus crashing the price. The likes of John Chow will do well as he has managed to sign up huge numbers of direct and indirect referrals. However, the guy at the bottom will make next to nothing and then walk away. When the base of the pyramid is removed the...
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Bret
Great post. I just signed up for a Facebook account. I didn’t know much about it other than the basics. I’m not certain I’ll do much with my account but I did want to see first what all the “hype” was about. I thought the embedded video was fantastic and your closing line made me chuckle.
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Historic Newspapers special offer
Historic Newspapers are offering customers 10% discount on their Best Selling Anniversary Folder. Simply enter AF04 at the checkout to receive the discount. View the full article (via Affiliate Program Announcements)
Comment on Submitting Affiliate Links to Search...
I am not sure if the question was describing something like what happened to Andy. There are other ways “to add” links to search engines. Keep in mind that Google results, for example, are today more than just 10 organic results of websites surrounded by 2 PPC ads on top and a bunch of more PPC ads to the right. Think about Google Coop for example and Google Base where you have things like...
Comment on Decline of the Booth Babe by Sandra
Heather,
Quote
“It assumes that a male, no matter how intelligent and successful, will make a major business decision based only on being horny.”
You hit a nerve with me as to what men deem business as usual; I can hear your acceptance but offense at this type of business practice.
You may want to read: When God Was A Woman by Merlin Stone
Hope it empowers you
(via Comments for Affiliate...
Comment on Decline of the Booth Babe by Heather
Well, I am just starting out in this industry so I am nowhere near anyone caring for my opinion, but I would just like to point out a few things if you will allow me, even though I am a noob.
1. Yes, sex does sell.
2. If an organization is trying to convince me that it is the “real deal” and they are the only ones on the planet with any integrity and honesty, and then they man their booth with...
Affiliate Summit Helps Fight Breast Cancer
Missy Ward, Co-founder of Affiliate Summit, and Connie Berg of Flamingo World are participating in the Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3-Day, taking place August 24-26, 2007, under the team name, Team Affiliate Marketing.
The 3-day, 60-mile charity walk benefits the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.
Visit 60-milewalk.com to sponsor Team Affiliate...
New Radio Show - Video Ninjas
Jim Kukral and Steve Rosenbaum have launched a new show on WebmasterRadio.fm to tackle news related to everything video. From MetaCafe to YouTube, these guys know it all and they’re not shy about spilling the details. the show is broadcast live 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific on Tuesdays at WebmasterRadio.fm. Listen to the archives at http://www.webmasterradio.fm/episodes/index.php?showId=57 and visit...
Team Affiliate Marketing Fights Breast Cancer
Missy Ward (Affiliate Summit) and Connie Berg of (Flamingo World) have joined forces to fight breast cancer as Team Affiliate Marketing. Missy and Connie are going to be participating in the Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3-Day, taking place August 24-26, 2007. The Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3-Day is a 60-mile walk where teams are committing to raise a minimum of $2,200 to benefit the Susan G. Komen for...
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Maya...
Mr. Dahimover, That is a funny story. It is interesting that people display such personal information on such a public forum. Before I interview someone, I check their email address on Google, and their myspace page. Do not want someone who talks about Drinking and being a twink. Just not the kind of employee I want working my affiliate program. We all know its too much work for someone who...
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Ben...
I have to agree with JW, I got into out of the necessity of dating a younger friend. They are totally obsessed with it and now I am the running joke of the office because some of my coworkers take pleasure in publishing peoples profiles. The plus side is, I found it to be a place where I can express my indivduality and pride. I like playing the role of business man during the day, and a flamboyant...
Americans spend $41 billion on pets
This is a great article on consumer spending on pet related items from MSNBC. If you haven’t already focused on this area of retail, now is definitely the time. Some interesting statistics from the article: Annual spending on pets is seen to increase to $52 billion in the next two years. That is more than we spend on Movies - ($10.8 billion) Video Games ($11.6 billion) or Music ($10.6 billion)...
Comment on Affilipedia Dies a Wikid Death by 5...
Affiliate Wiki - Affiliate Marketing Q&A and More…
Shawn Collins launched an Affiliate Marketing Wiki in 2005, that died due to an underwhelming lack of interest by the affiliate marketing community and an overwhelming amount of interest by spammers. ……
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on Submitting Affiliate Links to Search...
I accidentally managed it on my main affiliate site - I use htaccess files in a hierarchy of ‘outlink’ subdirectories for redirects, so my messy affiliate links are shown as mysite.com/outlink/offers/merchantname03, and suchlike. Some of these, bouncing straight to a merchant’s site, started showing up on Google when I forgot to block the outlink subdirectory in my robots.txt file. Soon as I saw...
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Jim...
Well, I was dating a girl in her mid 20’s not too long ago (I’m mid 30’s) and found out quickly how centered MySpace and Facebook are to the lives of her generation. I ended up setting up a profile on both accounts and did get a bunch of grief from friends of my age group and even a girl more my age that saw my profile. She thought it was a place for me to hook up. As far as business goes, I’ve...
Comment on The Podcasts on My iPod by Internet...
[…] Editor-in-chief Lisa Picarille and Affliate Summit co-founder and affiliate marketing fixture Shawn Collins talked about the new podcast shows […]
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on Submitting Affiliate Links to Search...
The workaround for this is to construct a product/service review and contextually embed your aff links. Build a big enough ball of content this way and you’ll build a review site. -
I guess the BH way would be to get a content page indexed, then iframe or swap it for an aff link. But we’re all white hat, aren’t we? And we’d never do something like that…
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by...
Submitting Affiliate Links to Search Engines
Is it possible to submit affiliate links to search engines and have those links turn up in the search engine results? I guess anything is possible. But I don’t think the search engines or their users want these sorts of results coming up. In my opinion, it’s not a good practice, as you are not adding value anywhere. Since you wouldn’t actually be serving a role with this strategy, but rather just...
Submitting Affiliate Links to Search Engines
Is it possible to submit affiliate links to search engines and have those links turn up in the search engine results? I guess anything is possible. But I don’t think the search engines or their users want these sorts of results coming up. In my opinion, it’s not a good practice, as you are not adding value anywhere. Since you wouldn’t actually be serving a role with this strategy, but rather just...
Daily Coupons Update July 30 to August 2
Baghaus.com - Daily Coupons Update July 30 - August 2 Here is the new set of Daily Deal coupons for Baghaus. These coupons are only activated on their specific day, and expire 4 days later. For example, Thursday’s deal activates on Thursday, and then expires on the following Sunday (4 days later) **Please note that for this week there is no deal for Friday** This Week’s deals as...
Shawn Collins: @loxly come on now - I won. (via Twitter / Shawn Collins)
Shawn Collins: Playing bar shuffleboard in a South Jersey honky tonk. (via Twitter / Shawn Collins)
Comment on The First Affiliate Marketing...
[…] Summit in London is approaching as Shawn Collins recalls the first ever Affiliate Marketing conference in […]
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Wendy...
I’m sorry, but I had to mention that this ‘20 year old’ forgets that many people of all ages go to college. Seriously. People from 15-100 can take college courses. One more thing to consider… if she was a fan of Bruce Willis (for example) and he was on Facebook, she would probably want to be his friend. What happens to the age difference feelings then?
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by...
Comment on The Podcasts on My iPod by andrew wee
Hi Shawn,
Wow, I’m honored that you’d download my friday podcast. For new affiliates, I’d also recommend “Affiliate Marketing Today” on WMR. Even though the show is now off the air, the eps from 2004-2005 with Haiko hosting are instructional, esp if you’re newer to aff/CPA marketing. And obviously, Affiliate Thang’ is something that I religiously download as well. You get a whole bunch of up to...
Comment on The Podcasts on My iPod by Dave Davis
I am subscribed to them all too Shawn, nice list.
Another one I think you might like is SEO101. It’s new and pretty basic but nice to hear different opinions and get a refresh every now and then.
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
The Podcasts on My iPod
I used to try to listen to Podcasts on my computer as I worked, but I realized that I wasn’t really paying attention with the phone ringing, e-mail flowing in, and a big inbox in front of me.
So I finally picked up an iPod a few months back, and made it a habit to get out of the office to get fresh air and listen to podcasts.
There are still some distractions, as my Blackberry tempts me into...
The Podcasts on My iPod
I used to try to listen to Podcasts on my computer as I worked, but I realized that I wasn’t really paying attention with the phone ringing, e-mail flowing in, and a big inbox in front of me. So I finally picked up an iPod a few months back, and made it a habit to get out of the office to get fresh air and listen to podcasts. There are still some distractions, as my Blackberry tempts me into some...
Comment on Am I Too Old for Facebook? by Sam...
I think the affiliate community really is coming into its own at Facebook. To me, it seems that we’ve carried over and transformed the buzz from the Summit into something that is really tangible. I’m sure there are some youngsters (I’m 28, so typing that feels weird) who resent the old folks joining, but as a former secondary school and college teacher, I daily get “friended” by former students...
Am I Too Old for Facebook?
I created my account on Facebook about a year ago. I joined because I had a curiosity as a marketer. I’m in there to play around and experience the environment, and to contrast it to the opportunities with MySpace. Lately, I’ve gotten more into testing the applications on Facebook with an eye towards conceiving some of my own, and with the avalanche of colleagues joining, it’s become a good place...
Comment on Affiliate Network TradeDoubler Acquires...
Please make your comments relevant to the blog post. Ask any questions at askshawncollins.com and I will answer them on the blog.
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on iPhone Affiliate Creative Unleashed by...
I think this phone will only become more and more popular as the years go by. The “Buzz” around it is outstanding, and I am sure it will be the hot item come Holiday season. I think Affiliate Marketers could make a pretty penny with proper and efficient links.
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on LinkShare Announces Showcase Offer...
Pretty original idea. (cough cough) Hello — Scott Kluth and Yahoo?
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on Affiliate Network TradeDoubler Acquires...
Hi Shawn - my partner and I are starting a pay-per-call marketing company (ValueLeads.com)and believe we can interest affiliate networks in displaying our landing pages, (sample at - valueleads.com/pages) and pay publishers for calls they generate. What do you think? Also, could you point us to some asffiliate chat forums that you like? Thanks, Michael Banks mbanks@valueleads.com
(via...
Comment on iPhone Affiliate Creative Unleashed by...
Yeah, my friend told me that it will be a good seller too, he has already made a pretty small fortune off of the links!
(via Comments for Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins)
Comment on The First Affiliate Marketing...
Over here in Germany my buddy the “Affiliateboy” (www.affiliateboy.de) is running the Affiliate Tactix Conference: http://tactix.explido-affiliate.de/index.html UK is a big market, but I think the German one is still the No. 1 market in Europe. Well, I know it is hard to follow for you guys, if you do not speak German, but just wanted to let you know that there is acutally quite a bit going on...
Funmum.com Summer Sale
Funmum.com currently have up to 50% off selected items in their summer sale. Sale stock includes items from the following lines: Funmum essentials Causal wear Work wear Party wear Petite & tall Night wear and underwear Sale on while stock last. View the full article (via Affiliate Program Announcements)
