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Rumors running rampant… Jeff Molander… 180 Solutions Shuts down… new tell-all affiliate book… lets you peek under his kimono… Google secrets…

Affiliates are up in arms about the pay cut calling it a De-incentive… only 2 days notice… contained messaging they felt was spin and insulted their intelligence.

Sneak peek at a possible new Google interface that is spreading some fear through the affiliatesphere and starting new “Google is taking over the world” consiracy theories.

Discover how the right type of persuasive copy writing can turn conversions around. Our bullshit meters are meticulously calibrated to ring…

When the proliference of Adsense type copy cats started to multiply, I wondered how long it would take consumers to start developing text ad blindness. This info is something affiliate marketers should note and will likely have impact on how blogs are monetized.

1st the bad news – The most recent version of SpyBot Search and Destroy (a very popular anti-spyware program) is reported to be blocking cookies for all the major networks: Commission Junction, LinkShare and Performics.

So instead of selling pixels, lets spice it up and sell body parts! See the pic.

I know this sounds harsh but think about it… CJ is not the affiliates friend. Here is an example of how the Advertisers screw the affiliates.

I have blogged about the need for an easy datafeed to RSS conversion tool for months. Here it is. Cheap, easy, fast!

Everyone is talking about the guy that makes $10K a day from Adsense with an ugly site, some of the principles are relevant to affiliate marketing.

Free affiliate magazine – March Issue Spring tune-up for affiliate sites, email marketing, clickstream analysis, the emerging Indian market, new affiliate programs,

Leading super affiliates like Rosalind Gardner and David Lewis are about to tell affiliate managers their biggest mistakes and hopefully will offer tips for program improvement.

You really need to hear Chris talk (love the accent) and learn what he has to say about affiliate marketing. An industry dynamo, that literally everyone in the industry loves. Now that’s a rare feat!

I had stopped listening to the Affiliate Marketing Today radio show. So excited Brian Caldwell and Kim Dalzell of Commission Junction are going to be the new hosts

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Good to see an affiliate marketing track back at WebMasterWorld Pubcon. The last one I went to in Vegas hardly had any affiliate content, so not many affiliates showed up.

I’m sure this problem does come up with large retailers, I just have not had to be the one that decides which channel gets credit for the sale.

Film Movement has announced that they are leaving CJ and moving to MPORT – plus PartnerCentric has 2 new programs

It’s interesting to watch the digital marketing world evolve based on new trends that come from Web2.0 applications like Myspace, Technorati and D.el.icio.us.

They recently improved and re-launched two affiliate programs and they have more on the way. Insurance and Mortgage you can promote on your consumer and/or financial related sites.