5 Star Affiliate Blogs

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.

Affiliate Managers are there to help YOU the affiliate be more successful. Are you using your AM to your full advantage? If not, then this article from one of our favorite affiliate networks, ShareResults, may help!

If your affiliate program is anemic, stagnant or stuck OR if you are considering launching a new affiliate program, read this sage advice from super affiliate Rae Hoffman AKA SugarRae. Also be sure to read the comments filled with more great advice from other pros. 13 Ways to Make Your Affiliate Program Suck Now, I [...]

See video. After years of operating a successful comparison shopping site in California, Nick Loper recently had to shut down his business and move to another state to start over. Why? Loper was one of the affiliate marketing victims of the online sales tax law that California passed earlier this summer.

For some time now, the Federal Trade Commission has been keeping an eye on payday lending and other financial services in order to protect financially distressed consumers. In 2009, the Commission charged

The Bevo For Networks platform is not a network tracking platform it’s an add-on solution for existing networks. The purpose of the interface is to accelerate growth, recruit publishers, increase branding efforts, broker offers across all network platforms (Cake, Linktrust, Hitpath, Hasoffers, etc), manage online reputation, search for and expose blacklisted advertisers and affiliates.

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The California bill that potentially requires Internet sites to allow users to opt-out of being tracked online is on hold for the rest of 2011 while the sponsor of the controversial bill attempts to find compromise between its supporters and opponents.

I have not done a niche finding post for awhile, so I think I’m long overdue. Just read a great one over the weekend that offers great advice and refers to some good tools, so thought I’d share. Niche Hunting If you’re the type of SEO who builds and markets a variety of sites, there’s [...]

Are you thankful for your affiliate independence? Think about it! We work in the most “free” country in the world. Plus affiliates and outsourced affiliate managers have the freedom to work from home and the independence to largely create their own destiny. I hope you all take time to celebrate: your freedom and independence, this [...]

Most affiliates are too busy to pull links anyway PLUS will be scrambling to deal with the domino effect that is sure to follow from this unjust California tax law that is about to effect their business. Amazon will just continue to profit UNJUSTLY from Affiliates that don’t have time to track down and remove all the links. for God’s sake – PULL ALL YOUR AMAZON LINKS! They should not profit from your efforts after they royally screw you. SCREW THEM!

Governor Brown of California has announced he has secured enough votes to pass his budget, including the Affiliate Nexus Tax and 2 related nexus bills. The law will go into effect immediately upon signing, and he must sign before July 1st, 2011. Here’s a pic of the Amazon California Associate Program termination notice and more info.