5 Star Affiliate Blogs

One creative approach to learning more about an affiliate program is to think like an affiliate network. Here’s the inside scoop on what we look for when it comes to deciding whether or not to launch an affiliate program. Use these questions to evaluate which offer you want to promote.

This three-part blog series focuses on six resolutions targeted towards affiliate marketers in hoping to improve their affiliate business in 2012. These helpful tips are especially beneficial to affiliates looking for a little push in the right direction.

Winners get to drive a selection of exotic super cars at top speed down an airstrip in the Mojave Desert. Killer cars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Mercedes… Just imagine yourself at the wheel of one of these world class road machines!

If you are looking for top payouts, the best exclusive offers, personal attention to your unique needs and unparalleled affiliate support – then you need to be working with NDemand Affiliates! They can truly promise you top offers because

Nowadays, ranking is much harder, especially for an affiliate-oriented website. I’d imagine that if you could go back in time and explain to a 1998 affiliate marketer what goes into ranking in the 2011 SERPS, it would be the same kind of culture shock as showing Henry Ford a busy metropolitan freeway at rush hour.

2011 zipped by and 2012 is already here. It’s really true that the older you get the faster time flies. So I hope you make every minute count this year and that you reach new levels of success and prosperity in 2012. On behalf of all the 5 Star Merchants and Affiliate Managers Happy New [...]

Merry Christmas from 5 Star Affiliate Programs On behalf of all the 5 Star Merchants and Affiliate Managers, Merry Christmas. We hope you have the happiest holiday ever! Thanks for your partnership and support over the past year. We wish you all a very profitable and successful 2012!

Well if shopping is a good economic indicator, looks like the economy is doing pretty well. According to research from IBM CoreMetrics Cyber Monday 2011 online sales were up 33.0 percent over 2010 and Cyber Monday sales were up 29.3 percent over Black Friday. comScore just reported Cyber Monday reached $1.25 billion in online spending, [...]

Sing it with me now, then spin around 3 times, pull on your right ear and pray to the Google Gods. I absolutely guarantee that if you do this little ritual, your Monday Holiday sales will increase! NOTE: If funky eBooks promise you can make a billion $$ in your underwear, then I can make a crazy claim too!

A play on the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, the posts look at how online retailers can distinguish their brand and overall business to maximize profits. While these points are great for advertisers, there are some excellent lessons in here that are equally relevant for affiliate marketers, particularly those that are trying to looking for different strategies to increase sales for the holiday season.

Empyre Media is showing its appreciation to its affiliates and the affiliate marketing industry by offering a huge End of the Year bonus of 10% on all commissions. With traffic accepted from all offers, in all verticals and on all media types, affiliates are sure to dramatically increase their Q4 revenues through this unprecedented bonus.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are rapidly approaching. By now both affiliates and retail merchants should already have their plans laid out and ready to execute to generate revenue from one of the most popular shopping weekends of the holiday season. Share Results’ Kristina Andersen looks at what to consider when launching campaigns to get [...]

Halloween has just passed and it is a sign that tells affiliate marketers to be prepared for the holiday rush this season. Over on the Share Results blog, Janice Scrim advises on what key things affiliates (and merchants) need to be aware of in order to reach peak performance during the Q4 season. Reach Your [...]

Panda got ya down? Hitting other roadblocks in your affiliate business? I just read a post that had several inspiring insights, so wanted to share. Nichola Stott just returned from A4U London and has some really good take-aways from that event. This post is written with SEOs in mind but I think message for affiliates [...]

Somewhere in your 24-hour day and seven-day week, you want to make time for getting your affiliate marketing business off the ground, even if it is for only 10 to 15 hours a week. This is not an easy task and requires that new affiliates learn how to work smarter, not harder, in order to eventually make a profit and a full time career out of affiliate marketing. Here are a few suggestions for how you can better organize your time, narrow down your focus on the best campaigns for you, and hopefully earn more profit within your limited time.

Skimlinks just launched SkimWords 2.0, a totally automated and very cool way to monetize affiliate sites and blogs. Here’s a video and press release that shows you how it works.

This means that affiliates who use email as a means of doing business will need to take strategic measures to make sure they do not become classified as a spammer under this new law. Here are three simple, strategic ways to help you get started with protecting your affiliate business in light of the CASL.

It’s official. Penny auction sites are one of the hottest up-and-coming affiliate promotions. You may have seen the commercials on TV, heard them on the radio, or even read about this new craze in your local newspaper. Despite a few rotten apples that have given the industry a bad name, the barrel is far from spoiled – and there is plenty of fruit ripe for the picking. As with any type of business, before promoting a penny auction site, it is imperative that you ensure the site you are promoting is on the level, and, just as importantly, that you are using ethical, and effective marketing practices to promote that site.

Great news for California affiliates! The California Governor just signed AB155 which gives California affiliate marketers a one year reprieve. The PMA did amazing work to help force this much needed change. You can read the full story at their blog. California Repeals the Affiliate Nexus Tax Law Governor Signs Legislation That Will Help 25,000 [...]

I’m just madly playing catch-up from being gone on an unplugged vacation, being quoted in the NYTimes (and the other media interviews that followed as a result) and being part of the big SoCal power outage. So excuse me if I’m a little behind the times on this story. According to the PMA it’s not GREAT news but at least it’s a temporary reprieve.