January 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs Archives

Google AdSense Blogtimize Tips Help Boost Affiliate Revenue Too

I was just reading Google’s recommendations for placement of Adsense ads on blogs for the best click through and conversion rates. Everything they say applies to affiliate marketing

Affiliate Income Tax Questions

It’s that time of the year and affiliate tax questions are popping up all over… new ideas for dealing with business and tax issues…

Does Your Site Stink? Sniffing for Better Conversion Rates

“Every time customers initiate a search, they’re sniffing for scent. People hunting for data on the web behave remarkably like animals sniffing out prey. It’s the most effective means of finding a squirrel in a forest.

Sucks When you Cant Find a Good Domain Name - Saturday Nite Live!

Friday Funnies - This commercial skit from Saturday Nite Live cracked me up. It illustrates how terribly wrong branding can go if you miss out on getting the right domain for your company. Buckle up and get ready to laugh out loud!

Canada Affiliate Networking Meeting - Join Industry Leaders in Feb

Some of my clients and top affiliate marketers are getting together in Canada. Brian from Shareasale, Chris AMWSO, James Martell, Connie Flamingo World, Jeff Molander, Linda Woods

LinkShare Partnership Summit 2006

I don’t work at all with Linkshare these days and I wonder if anyone else does since I have not seen anyone in the affiliate blogoshere talk much about

Digital River to Acquire Direct Response Technologies - DirectTrack

If you know the players and behind the scenes info - this could be pretty big… I could make some hunches about other moves

Adware Spyware Abuse Site Backed by Google - StopBadware

Backed by Google and Sun Micro and lead by Harvard and Oxford, another adware watch dog type site launches. Based on the antics from 180 Solutions lately

Promote Your Blog - New Premium 5 Star Blog Search Directory

I purchased DevBlogs.org, a blog directory listed on Robin Good’s RSS Top55 List and re-launched the site as 5 Star Blogs.com. Promote your blog

Buzz Marketing and WOM Advertising Meet the Internet - You Ready?

Social networking, forums, consumer reviews, Web 2.o and the long tail. Add all these up and what do you get? Word of mouth advertising opportunities. There are lots of new opportunites opening up for smart marketers and I am researching several of them

Free Affiliate Magazine - Product of the Year Awards - Affiliate Summit

For affiliate marketing how-tos, views, and news with a practical bent and plenty of food for thought, don’t miss this issue!

Six Apart Moveable Type Launches New Blog Affiliate Program

I have been looking for a blogging affiliate program to help monetize my new blog directory - 5 Star Blogs.com. Plus affiliates on the forums are looking for blog affiliate programs to promote

Microsoft MSN Shopping to Launch Affiliate Program?

Microsoft recently attended the Affiliate Summit - rumour has it - for the purpose of researching options for a new affiliate program for MSN Shopping.

DMA Bans Use of Spyware and Adware

Any initiatives that help clean up the advertising industry will result in more long-term revenue for affiliate marketers. Restricting or eliminating Adware download apps

Monetize Those 404 Error Pages by Adding Affiliate Links

Monetize those 404 error pages by adding affiliate links. Also some good tips for monetizing unused domains.

WorldSpace Satellite Radio Affiliate Program Launches on Linkshare

I am pleased to announce the launch of the WorldSpace Satellite Radio Affiliate Program on the Linkshare Network. This program is pro-actively managed by AMWSO, a leading outsourced affiliate management company.

Wynn Las Vegas Launches 5 Star Hotel and Travel Affiliate Program

5 Star Affiliate Programs is proud to announce that Wynn Las Vegas - a globally recognized resort and entertainment brand and one of the most sought after luxury destinations in the world has launched a new affiliate program and is part of the 5 Star family of top rated affiliate programs.

eComXpo - Online Affiliate Marketing and SEO Tradeshow April 4-6

Enjoy three days of affiliate affiliate marketing, search engine optimization and interactive marketing education and networking from your desktop. I guarantee your feet will not hurt at this tradeshow but your hands might

The Internet is for Porn - Friday Funnies from Google Video

The Internet is for education - NO it’s for making money - NO it’s for porn! What a riot. Sit back, turn up your speakers, get ready to rock then hit play!

7 New Affiliate Programs Launch In January - 5 Star Newsletter

This month, to start off the New Year right, we have several exciting new programs for you to earn revenue from, in fact there are 7 that I know if so far and more in the works that will be ready to announce soon.

Affiliate Commissions to Hit $6.5 billion - Search Ads $5.75 Billion

A report by Marketing Sherpa estimates affiliate commission payouts in 2006 will reach $6.5 billion. In the US advertisers spent $5.75 billion on search engine marketing

Google Launches Online Dating Service?

With all the talk about Google World Domination after the news about the new Google PC, Google Video Store and yesterdays story about a new Google online book store… well you just need to see the pics to understand

Click Here You Idiot - Fun Lessons from Ebook Affiliate Sites

I hate those funky ebook type affiliate sales pages with a passion. But you know what? They convert like crazy! If you take some of these tips and apply them to high integrity affiliate sales pages, you could end up increasing

Auto-Link Affiliate Links in Your Blog - Free Revenue Generating Tool

I’d like to turn you on to a FREE “blogging for dollars” tool. If you have a tech blog for instance, even if you are syndicating others content you could set it up so every instance of the word computer, digital camera, iPod, etc. goes to your Buy.com affiliate link.

New Travel Affiliate Program - Travel Intelligence Pays 50%

Become a Travel Intelligence affiliate and provide your users access to over 3,500 special hideaways in far away places!

Affiliate Summit Blogs, News - Podcast by Declan Dunn : Paul Colligan

Affiliate Summit Blogs, News and Updates: I will be covering all the news and adding it to the 5 Star forum as I find good reports on blogs. So reading the 5 star forum will be almost as good as being at the event.

Free eCommerce Storefront - Private Label Drop Shipping Program

Discover a new a private label retailer concept with guaranteed cookie-less, parasite resistant tracking. Exciting new concept - like a co-brand plus drop shipping combo is free for 5 Star Affiliates.

Firefox Extensions That Rob Affiliates and Webmasters of Revenue

Here are FF extensions that literally ROB affiliates and webmasters of revenue. One is just like Norton and blocks CJ and LinkShare. One Steals Amazon commission.

Affiliate Marketing and Internet Marketing TV Channel Launching

A new Internet Marketing TV channel is supposed to launch featuring on-demand video of interviews, workshops, seminars and webcasts from gurus like Declan Dunn, Alex Mandossian, Marlon Sanders, Johnathan Mizel and others.

Ben Edelman Audio Blog on Affiliates Using Spyware and Adware

Jeff Molander recently did a 5 Part Audio Series with Ben Edelman that covers almost every angle of the affiliate - adware - spyware issue.

Save Our Cookies - For Affiliates, PPC, SEO and All Online Marketers

YES I am still obsessed with cookies. Whether you do PPC or other types of advertising they are the foundation for tracking in the online marketing industry and I KNOW affiliates are missing out on lots of sales due to cookie issues. There has not been a big rash

Victorias Secret for Better Click-through and Landing Pages that SELL

Take a quick lesson about increasing CTR and better landing page design from Victoria’ Secret. This comes compliments of my favorite newsletter about increasing online conversion rates and marketing ROI

Highest Paying Google Adsense Keywords - Best CTR Keywords

I just found this great resource that shows the top paying Adsense keywords and highest click through key words. These lists could be helpful for affiliate marketing and SEO in a variety of ways so I would encourage you to check them out

Hot Lists to Help Your Target Niche Marketing Efforts for 2006

Looking at the hot holiday sellers for 2005 and top retail destinations could provide some clues about products affiliates may want to promote in 2006. Here are a couple hot lists I discovered that I thought may be helpful for affiliate marketers.