5 Star Affiliate Blogs

Almost 4 years ago Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger wrote a blog with 10 tips for affiliate marketing. Today he summarizes those 10 tips and adds 6 new ones.

Lisa says… I value real relationships and if you’re questioning my intentions then we’ve already failed as a couple. Stop wasting your time

The Federal Trade Commission plans to begin regulating blogs and social media. A large percentage of the people who review or endorse products on social platforms, are of course, affiliates. The FTC is planning to get tougher on

Theres a new and FREE eBay Wordpress Plugin called Affomatic that can help you embed eBay listings right into your Wordpress posts. Some Bans sites have lost ranking and may be thin affiliate sites.

According to Shoemoney the Trigget ads dont suck like Kontera. No double underline, no page load problems. Once the code is placed, Triggit will automatically create highly relevant text link ads in your site or blog and you get paid per click.

I know lots of affiliates and pro bloggers use Brian Gardners Revolution Themes for Wordpress. The bad news is, all the current Revolution Themes will not be available for sale after 10/31. The GREAT news is

The real affiliate marketing potential of your blog, after all, lies with the influence you have over the community of your readers,. Don’t Abuse the Trust – If your potential as an affiliate marketer lies in the trust you have with your readership, it’s imperative that you don’t ever do anything to compromise that trust.

Well BlogWorld has come and gone and I barely even had time to notice it was on. There were a couple good panel discussions dealing with affiliate marketing, so I thought I’d gather some links to blogs that covered those 2 sessions. Dig in to find some real gems.

Hey all you green affiliates out there. Just wanted to be sure you know about the new Green Associates program Amazon just announced

Adotas recently interviewed David Fortino, VP at NetLine about the unique benefits the RevResponse model offers. Has some good insights, astute RevResponse affiliates can pick up on

But when they start stealing your rankings and traffic so they can make a few extra Adsense pennies, it may be time to fight back. As I researched the different options about how to handle this, I found a great post about how to deal with scrapers and get them in trouble.

I’ve been twitfollowing with interest as Wendy Piersall from eMomsatHome.com took her very popular blog through a complete metamorphosis. She not only rebranded the blog with a new name and redesign, but completely repositioned the site from a Mom blog into a resource for a diverse group of people who use the internet and technology to create flexible work for themselves – both parents and non parents.

Just discovered a nice little resource for affiliates and bloggers. Free SEO optimized WordPress themes. Also a dateless theme for sites that don’t look like blogs or sites where the date isn’t important and you just want to post and archive lots of articles.

The New York Times story line suggests bloggers blogged till they dropped. (Literally died). Now I don’t think blogging or Internet stress killed these guys or gave Om Malik his recent heart attack. After all Michael Arrington and Darren Rowse…

Think this program sounds too B2B for your site? Think again! You get paid for every FREE subscription you give away. The RevResponse Marketing Widget makes it easy to add a huge variety of offers to your site or blog in minutes.

I’m happy that the event organizers recognize affiliate marketing as part of the Web 2.0 mix, so I wanted to be sure to share the info with 5 Star readers. Sam, Lisa, Stephanie… will be discussing responsible affiliate marketing strategies in a web2.0 world.

The most self-limiting thing I see about bloggers trying to make money is a self-defeating approach… many bloggers seem pensive or apologetic about making money. That doesn’t work.
People buy from people who are confident, likable and unquestionably enthusiastic about what they’re selling.

If you are more focused on blogging and writing content than dealing with coding and affiliate links, this solution may be of interest. Trigget provides a super fast easy way to drop affiliate links, videos and ads into blog posts. WATCH VIDEO to see how fast and easy it is.

ThinkHost Web Hosting Affiliate Program pays a hefty $100 commission per sale – even on the $7.95 hosting plan! 10 year cookies + IP tracking. Pro support from a cool affiliate manager that gets it!

She writes one of my favorite affiliate blogs. She wrote an EXCELLENT tutorial about how to build an affiliate site with WordPress. This is an entry I’ve been wanting to share for awhile.