5 Star Affiliate Blogs

Introducing our newest 5 Star Advertiser – the RealTech Network. Earn 3 ways…

We all know how popular and powerful product placement selling is on TV. Well here are some creative affiliates that are using the concept very tastefully and effectively on Flickr.

This new data published by WebSideStory was intended to drive home the importance of building customer loyalty online. So what does this data mean for affiliates?

I figure anyone that’s working on a holiday (like I am) and is reading my blog, either needs a good swift kick in the pants or a little motivation. Do you find yourself running around continously building more sites, even though 1/2 the sites you already own are not getting traffic and have old outdated links?

CJ’s new Link Management Initiative has caused more conspiracy theories and noise than our industry has seen for a quite some time. Due to CJ’s lack of info, answers and unwillingness to participate in forum or blog discussions – CJ is NOT controlling the facts or the conversation – everyone else IS!

Internet Retailer 2006 promises to be the largest e-marketing and e-retailing show in history. One of the workshops is 100% affiliate marketing related. Here is the scoop…

In case you haven’t heard the news yet today or you got the CJ email but are having a hard time decifering what it means (as usual) I can help boil it down for you.

I started to pay attention to the Share Results network once I saw that Chris Sanderson from AMWSO had been partnering with them on some of the AMWSO programs

Found a little hidden gem this morning. I don’t know anything about this affiliate – but I like the way she writes plus loved the subject line. Here’s a great message for affiliate managers about how ALL affiliates, not just women want to be treated.

I know a ton of affiliates that would love to go to the Affiliate Summit which is being held at Disney World in June, but either can’t afford the $1,449 ticket price or don’t want to spring for it.

Advertiser warning. The baddies have a new game.

Hey all you Parasite and Spyware Warriors. Founders of a well known spyware – adware – parasite distributor are finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst & Young.

A big part of the recent change, especially due to Big Daddy, affects affiliate sites and the traditional link building strategies we have become accustomed to.

A few months ago before this blog got as popular as it is today, I turned blog comments off because… So by popular request blog comments are back again

Got caught up in a little detective work today as I was chasing a lead on a blog story. I don’t envy affiliate managers and network quality assurance people that have to research and approve new affiliate sites and investigate this crap.

The new improved version of the Super Affiliate Handbook was just released… you can get the updated version at no charge or at a steep discount depending on

Just discovered a new datafeed solution, similar to GoldenCan – they have interactive shopping banners, similar to Chitika – tons of merchants and networks are featured.

For all the mortgage affiliates in the house and merchants that drive mortgage leads – there is a free webinar to help you boost your lead revenue and conversion rates

Those of us ‘in the space’ often comment on the plethora of new sub-affiliate networks that are continuously popping up. Lisa Riolo, from CJ, Jeff Molander and some people who wish to remain anonymous weigh in on this story

Now this is what I would call a Web 2.0 affiliate program. Pretty cool idea. Both bloggers and videographers can profit. They even give affiliates a hint of a pretty cool idea for building new sites and monetizing them.