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Happy New Year! May all your resolutions stick and may all your wishes for 2006 come true!

Before we ring in the new year lets pat ourselves on the back for all we have accomplished in 2005. I just quit smoking… click the link and discover 7 fun and wonderful ways you can reward yourself for a job well done in 2005.

Hope you all got a nice little piece of the Holiday 2005 eCommerce pie! Record breakers include: Amazon gets a record 3.6 million orders in one day. Visa holiday 2005 online shopping purchases up 48% over last year - to a total of $2.7 billion!

Make a resolution now to take a critical look at YOUR buy buttons before Dec 31st 2005 and you just may be able to give your CTR, ROI and sales a nice new years boost.

My new 4 month old grand daughter (Allie) kidnapped me for an extra day. This reflects a lot of my feelings about affiliates and this industry of ours, so I wanted to share with you in case you missed it on Christmas day.

Thought I would share with you some of the Internet Marketing Predictions I have been reading. So interesting to see what industry leaders think will happen in the coming year. Decided to mix it up with a little bit SEO and little Internet Marketing and a little bit Affiliate Marketing predictions.

When Seth Godin launched Squidoo, people realized it would grow to be very popular and claimed their ‘Lens’. One of my clients, an Industry Leader - Chris Sanderson from AMWSO has developed a GREAT affiliate marketing lens

One thing affiliates hate is LEAKS, especially 800# leaks. 1st to market move - now 150 Affiliate Networks can now offer “Pay Per Call” affiliate tracking

I was talking online to Nick from Performancing about his new FireFox plug-in for blogging yesterday… I know there are better ways, I’m just an old dog that sometimes does not get around to trying new tricks.

Jeremy Palmer owns Quit Your Day Job and is the winner of the CJ Horizon Award for Innovation… He covers some of the hottest product categories for affiliates to feature in Q1.

This marks the end of another great year and we have Holiday wishes for you, a contest update,
a 2005 wrap-up and news about some exciting things coming your way in the New Year.

Well we are at the homestretch… Certainly hope lots of shoppers visited your site and continue to buy over the next few days. Here’s an overview about this year’s online shopping growth

2005 was a year of big changes in our industry. If you’re concerned about how all those changes will impact your bottom line in 2006 - and beyond then read on… Top Issues and Trends for 2006

This is a GREAT article and I love the way it’s written. It really has important points for affiliates that want to excel in this industry and surpass the level of achievement that have already reached. Reading and implementing these 10 tips will be a great way to prepare for the coming year.

but many merchants have gotten upset because these affiliate link anomalies can replace their own top rankings serps… his affiliate ID was suddenly stripped…Did the merchant do it or did Google

I am often asked about UK affiliate networks… I typically just refer people to Buy.at because… Here is a BIG list of others with some commententary

How do you spell disillusionment? Chitika! When Chitika first came on the scene and started generating big buzz, I thought it may turn into the hottest thing since Adsense. I still think the app is VERY cool, but earnings and other issues

With Holiday shopping in full swing, lets be sure your sites are up to the heavy load and able to give holiday shoppers what they want. Here are some good tips

Online marketing to the Hispanic population… I know many affiliates, merchants and SEO’s just have not focused on this “niche” market as much as they should.

Adventures in Net Marketing is one of my favorite blogs written by an affiliate. BJ just wrote a good blog about Goal Setting which includes a revenue generating tip I had not heard of before

AMWSO has partnered with MyDataFeedScripts to offer affiliates FREE datafeed template sites that require no programming… even protects affiliate links from Norton.

There is no question that utilizing this mega networking portal can significantly increase your exposure. Myspace has roughly 40 million users worldwide and is growing at an exponential rate. Although it’s not the perfect advertising and marketing medium it offers an exceptional platform for you to be heard and get noticed

The Top Affiliate Directory is owned by my 5 Star Forum mod, Stephen Ralph. He just added the ability for merchants to syndicate their blogs within his directory for even more SEO visibility and exposure to affiliates.

I’d hate to be a network. Always so many compaints. Here are some recent ones about Linkshare that include missing payments and lack of support. But of course like with any

I’m sure most affiliates have felt “stuck” or demotivated at times. Some may be afraid of success, while others may just need some inspiration or a boost to get to the next level

If I could wave a Magic Wand and give you ANYTHING you wanted that would make Affiliate Marketing better or easier, what would it be???