June 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs Archives

Top Tell-Tale Signs You Were MADE to be an Affiliate

Here are a few of the points I got a chuckle from as I read this blog, swapping the word affiliates in place of entrepreneurs.

Performancing to Launch New Blog Ad Nework

CPA Element to it. I did some consulting for Nick Wilson several months ago when they 1st came up with the idea for the ad network, but was not able to discuss it while it was under development.

New Review Site will Dish the Dirt on Unethical Affiliate Programs

Rate, Review, Compliment, Expose, Complain, Recommend, Avoid, Berate, Shame and Share info on all the affiliate networks plus “individual affiliate merchants …. ALL affiliate programs that you’ve ever dealt with - any and every corporate, big-time, small-time, crooked, cheating, honest, good, bad, great, indifferent or any other type.”

$797 Per Sale Affiliate Program - Adsense Wealth Empire

I’ve heard of some high commissions but this one’s pretty big! A new affiliate program from Roy Oron just launched that pays almost $800 per sale with a reported 6% conversion rate.

Affiliate Manager Training Launch - HUGE Special Offer Today

This 15 pound affiliate manager training course really over-delivers and is a must have for new as well as experienced affiliate managers that want to take their program to the next level of growth!

Creating FAT Affiliate Sites - New FREE Course by Dr. Andy Williams

Dr. Andy Williams is an affiliate marketing guru and trainer similar to James Martell and has a loyal following of affiliates that swear by his software and training methods.

Affiliates: Customers Buy Without Leaving Your Site - MeCommerce

When people click a product, the product serving box lets them quickly purchase the product right there on the affiliate’s site. 50% Revshare. Beta test starts this week.

The ROTFLMAO Affiliate Marketing Humor Award Goes To…

Who’s the funniest man in Affiliate Marketing? Read some of the hilarious quotes below and try to guess.

TradePub - Give Away FREE Business & Trade Magazines - Earn Cash

Co-branding, XML and affiliate datafeeds available. One of their affiliates is Monster.com who has a beautiful co-branded page full of magazines up on their site. Monster is earning TradePub cash and so could you!

Affiliate and Ad Network Best Practices From DMA via FTC Request

In an effort designed largely to reign in Adware advertising, the DMA has just released a new “best practices” document after a formal request by the Federal Trade Commission was made.

Google Testing CPA Ads for New Affiliate Network

This is Google’s ValueClick (VCLK) killer, this spells the end of ValueClick’s Commission Junction business.

Hot Offline Branding - Innovative Laptop Skins Create Mobile Ads

Heads up especially to those of you going to Affiliate Summit and to affiliates that hang out at Starbucks surfing all day. Put your logo and your URL on your notebook or iPod.

Beware Affiliate Programs for Medical Patient Leads

Medical marketers are selling patients via pay per lead and the cost for California doctors could be a $50,000 fine, or prison time.

Vote for Your Favorite Affiliate Blog - MarketingSherpa Blog Awards

Guess who got nominated??? There are lots of great blogs in our industry and most of the best are syndicated right here at 5 Star so you can easily read excerpts of them all - all in one place.

Affiliate Marketing: A Mind Game PLUS New Super Affiliate Radio Show

Jon is a mid twenties SUPER affiliate who is most well known for flashing his $81K CJ check… Also be sure to TUNE IN to Jon’s new Internet Marketing Radio Show.

Launch of The Affiliate Manager Training Course - Coming June 27th

Affiliates, please let any clueless affiliate managers you run into know about a huge new AM training course that is about to launch.

Warning - Affiliate Casinos and Gambling Links Can Get you Busted

I often warn affiliates about promoting PPC - Pills, Porn and Casinos. Linking to online gambling in can now get you a cease-and-desist order and potentially a criminal charge.

Amazon Affiliate Sites Shut Down Due to Massive DCMA Threats

Numerous Amazon affiliates have had their sites shut down and have lost income. Why? For displaying product info on their sites that is provided to them by Amazon in the AWS datafeed. Big merchants like Sony and Crutchfield

Amazon Affiliates: BloggerKit Launches Easy Amazon Blog Link Tool

This new blog monetization solution for Amazon affiliates is not contextual. It’s keyword based, so according to the developers, it can work along side Adsense on your pages. The service is free, but like GoldenCan

Affilorama Launches: Get a free 6-part video mini-course

I just stumbled across an offer for a free 6 part video course on affiliate marketing. I don’t know Mark Ling, who states in the press release that he’s been making over $50K a year for 5 years.

HostLand Hosting Affiliate Program - Payouts to $125 + Free Hosting for Top Affiliates

You KNOW how hard it is to find a good web hosting affiliate program. Let us show you the difference a 5 Star web hosting affiliate program can make! Our newest advertiser, Hostland, offers several advantages over other web hosting affiliate programs.

Vinny the Affiliate Beggar Does the Affiliate Marketing Today Show

Vinny Lingham is a pretty cool guy! I met him at CJU and blogged about him last year when he released this very fun pic of himself begging for commissions on the street.

ShoeMoney Launches Net Income Radio Show - See His 132K Check

Want to learn to earn some shoe money, like ShoeMoney does? Here’s a pic of his $132K+ commission check. This dude knows how to rake in “Net Income!”

eBay AdContext - eBay Launching Contextual Ad Network

Well another big player is ready to jump into the contextual ad market. Ebay just announced the news at the eBay Developers Conference 2006 which is happening right now in Las Vegas.

PartnerCentric Has a Super Hero on the Team

f you are looking for an anti-cookie stuffing, parasite hunting Super Hero, look no further. Just click the link below for a good chuckle.

AffiliateCashCard New Service to Drive Affiliate Offline Sales

Now here’s an interesting new concept. This company combines off-line word of mouth marketing with affiliate tracking in a unique way that sounds like it can be adapted to work with any existing affiliate program, regardless of the network or software the merchant currently uses.

Lucky Winner of our $200 Forum Contest + June 5 Star Newsletter

Big Congrats to our New MVP and the lucky winner of our $200 Forum Posting Contest! Was it you? Also here’s our June Newsletter with new programs and more!

180solutions and Hotbar Merge To Form the New Zango

180solutions the company affiliate marketers love to hate, just pulled a ‘Gator’ and will soon change it’s name. They are merging with Hotbar another company that has a bad reputation and will be changing the name of the company to Zango.

Todd Crawford ex-CJ VP Snapped Up By Digital River OneNetwork

In January Digital River acquired Direct Response Technologies and DirectTrack one of the leading affiliate tracking solutions. Now rumor has it, they have snapped up Todd Crawford, previously, the “voice of CJ” as their new VP of Sales & Business Development for OneNetwork.

Catholic Match Dating Affiliate Program is on Fire - Payouts up to 75%

What popular dating site for Catholic singles has more traffic than the Vatican? Welcome to our newest 5 Star advertiser!

Uplifting Affiliate Marketing Success Story Makes TV News

Affiliate Marketing helps save baby’s life. Watch it on the TV news below. Sounds like an Enquirer headline but it’s true and an uplifting story.

Free Affiliate Marketing Podcasts Discuss Important Industry Issues

This week key players in the affiliate marketing space gathered for a RoundTable event to discuss the hottest issues and to look at trends that could shape our industry’s future.

324 Out Of Top 500 Retailers Have Affiliate Programs - CJ on Top

The performance-based affiliate marketing model continues to offer top ROI for major brand name retailers. 324 of Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Retail Sites have affiliate programs and it looks like CJ has the lion’s share