5 Star Affiliate Blogs

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.