5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs

I want to start featuring some affiliate tools and resources that have come highly recommended by people that I know and trust. GoldenPineCone can provide you with affiliate marketing web templates created specifically for affiliate sites…

This is pretty funny. Google has a great sense of humor…

Interesting that someone would sell a site making $1 million a year, in an auction for 379K. But the commission stats and Adsense stats look real. Looks like this guy had some type of unique angle to create this much revenue. May want to take a peak…

Many affiliates use Adsense along with affiliates links even though one ad source can hurt the revenue of the other. I see many affiliates sites, that simply don’t use Adsense as well as they could

I am often asked about the best way to get started with Blog and RSS Marketing. Here is a 7 step plan that should help you get started in the right direction. This is a tool-filled article with links…

Happily I report the media has virtually lynched Wall Street Journal tech columnist Walter Mossberg for his report that basically said all tracking cookies are bad and should be deleted - especially 3rd party cookies…

Woke up to find people discussing this security hole at CJ and how easy it would be to hack the info. They were posting internal files from one of CJ’s servers. I called CJ but they are closed for the weekend and left a voice mail. One of the guys that helped discover it said:

Nick just almost made me spew coffee all over my monitor. So even though I have already written a Friday Funny for today - need to share this one too. Gotta go read the whole thing over at…

Friday Funnies: Great old marketing joke I embellished to include all types of online marketing including: search engine marketing, affiliate marketing, branding, SPAMMING and blog marketing. Scroll down for the good stuff!

Help, I’m on the other end of Affiliate Fraud. Just got calls from XY7 and Neverblue Affiliate ad networks to verify that I signed up for their programs. Someone is signing up for programs using all my personal info and web sites…

As we all know merchants can be held accountable for the email practices of their affiliates. “The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged seven companies with violating anti-porn provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act as a result of activity by their marketing affiliates,

What were you doing before you got started doing affiliate marketing? Did you have a J.O.B. and quit to do this full-time? Do you still have a J.O.B? Here is my wild ride in the biz…

Looking to build your PR and traffic? I just found a gold mine! I have been researching directories to add my sites to but going one by one to check out the PR of each, Alexa rank and the cost for the good ones has been a royal pain

I’m curious to know what type of problems do you experience with even your favorite affiliate program…

Who has a crystal ball and can guess this one? Here is a lively 6 page thread discussion about the next big thing to revolutionize the Internet. Many of the guesses…

The new Adwords changes have some people going a little over the top! Check out the heated debate, then below some great tips for not losing your shirt with the new Adwords model.

I’m a Keyword tool collector but have not had time to try all of them. SEObook shares his reviews of some of the best, plus I have a couple to add…

Affiliate Programs Vs Adsense - always a hot topic. Everyone has a different answer. Google Adsense can be the safest…

All the pics and videos are up. See the finalists and Golden Link Award winners! Watch videos of the winners and nominees. Some of them are a hoot!

I will soon be reviewing some programs that can help datafeed affiliates create unique content around their feeds. In the meantime here is an article about duplicate…

2 totally unrelated but Fun Pics for you today. An affiliate begging in the streets + life summed up in one word, “ass!”

Interesting discussion going right now about whether affiliate links coming from a trusted blogger, diminish the editorial value or the blogger’s reputation with readers…

Well rumor has it this deal has gone south. I REALLY think my “Microsoft Gator Cartoon” was responsible for helping “Big Brother” see the light!

The issue of 800# phone leakage has always been a hot topic in our industry. I have been a strong proponent of phone tracking, because affiliates deserve to be paid for their traffic regardless of where…

I am proud to say I have been working pretty closely with the folks over at AffiliatePrograms.com for the past few months. We have a strategic alliance and…

CJU is coming in September and after several years in the biz, I think I may finally go to this one. After experiencing at Affiliate Summit, how important face-to face contact can be in our work-from-home, virtual world - I decided I need to get out more often!

For those who could not make this event, here’s some news. Tonight Commission Junction is hosting a party… Evidently sex still sells and sexy women are helping to create a draw at some of the advertiser’s booths…

I am regurgitating this article that just came out in today in eCommNewz, because I love the subject line and the way John wrote the 1st paragraph!

Hot off the press: CJ will have a new category for 200 of it’s top performers to make it easier for merchants to recruit them and to build more merchant loyalty.

Piper Jaffray offers securities advice in targeted sectors. See what they say in their recent report on the Affiliate Marketing industry…

On the net, it’s hard to know who your customers really are or what they are going through. (See Cartoon!) Regardless of the type of site you have or the products you sell, here’s hoping that lots of online shoppers find your site and BUY this weekend! Yuk it up!

Some of us have been discussing GoldenCan on the affiliate manager forum for awhile. I personally think many affiliates will be leary of a “Click Share” program where someone else controls the clicks. ..

Google’s new toolbar for FireFox will be available today at 12 EST, according to a Google official. You can download it here. I have been waiting for this to happen and can’t wait to try it…

Today I would like to acknowledge the MVP (most valuable poster) for the 1st week in the life of
the new 5 Star forums and share with you some of the great tips and articles he has written so far. Knowing Stephen like I do, there is lots more great info to come…

JenSense, one of my SearchEngineWatch co-mods that moderates the Google Adsense forum over there, has a Google exclusive on a new reporting tool designed to help stop click fraud…