August 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs Archives

Top 7 Reasons Your Affiliates Could be Inactive - Don’t Expire Them

Merchants discover 7 of the top reasons affiliates could be in-active and learn why you should not expire them.

Danny Sullivan Leaves SearchEngineWatch & SES

Back when I had my own SEO consulting business SEW was the bible and Danny was like the SEO god! Too bad that Incisive, the company that recently bought SEW from Jupiter does not realize Danny’s worth.

Ultimate Affiliate Activation Email from zZounds Affiliate Manager

Before you push that nasty de-activation button, try a great strategy that will build relationships with affiliates and empower them for success

Embed Amazon aStore into Your Site - Tips for Optimizing Revenue

When visitors order they never leave your site and it appears as though the shopping cart is right on your site. Tips for integration and optimization…

Listen and Learn Affiliate Marketing at Entrepreneur Magazine Radio

It’s good to have educational programs like podcasts and online radio talk shows playing in the background while you work. Even if you are not paying full attention your subconscious can pick up new ideas.

Affiliate Managers - New Web Trademark Protection Service

Catch cookie stuffers, adware capitalizing on your brand and more

Pepperjam, Stubhub, NetShops Make 2006 Inc. 500 List

3 companies that made the Alist are well known in the affiliate space. Some of the most innovative companies in America have graced the Inc. 500 list.

Brian from Shareasale Wins AffiliateFairPlay Fair Practice Award

The winner of the Fair Practice Award is Brian Littleton, Founder and CEO of ShareASale.com

Make Money Blogging - New Blogger Job Boards

New jobs for bloggers. Discover how much money some of the top bloggers are making. Some are grossing 1 MILLION

AzoogleAds Answers your Qs on ShoeMoney Radio Show TODAY

To learn how Shoe makes TONS of money with Azoogleads ( a 5 Star program) or to ask Azoogle related questions - be there or be square! ;-)

Adsense Got You Down? Here’s How to Profit with Text-Link-Ads

Sometimes the content we love to create doesn’t come with a high cost per click. By selling Text-Link-Ads, I’m officially earning more than what Adsense will ever bring in.

Free CJ Commission Stats Firefox Extension

Free Firefox Extension MADE for all you commission stats junkies. It shows you your CJ commission in your status bar and updates every 30 minutes.

Cookies Are Good - Web Analytics Association Spreads the Word

Its a continuing challenge to educate consumers that cookies are OK and are not spyware. Through the education we will separate fact from hype.

Another CJ VP Leaves Commission Junction - Lisa Riolo Resigns

Lisa, Todd Crawford’s replacement just announced her resignation from CJ and her last day will be the end of August.

CJ Completely Backs Down on LMI Just in Time for CJU

I’d give CJ kudos for listening but they put everyone through too much hell for too long with this badly thought out intitiative.

Rosalind Gardner to Speak at Casino Affiliate Convention in Vegas

Ros will be speaking at the CAC. Most people probably imagine the convention does not cover a lot of mainstream affiliate marketing content and only focuses on sessions about the gaming side of the industry.

Top 10 Reasons Geeks Fail at Internet Marketing

Everyone knows that buyers buy on emotion and we should sell benefits, not features. However, I still know lots of affiliates that are techies and don’t quite get the psychology of sales and marketing.

5 Star Forum Contest - Answer this Question to Win a Prize or Cash

These 48 amazing answers offer some of the best advice about avoiding common pitfalls and optimizing your chance for online marketing success.

Using Affiliate Software to Track PPC, Link Exchanges, Ad Campaigns

I’m so affiliate marketing focused that it never occurred to me to use affiliate tracking software to track other types of advertising.

ABCs of Writing Ads that Increase ROI, Optimize Clickthrough Rates

Affiliates often ask me how to build the highest converting landing pages, Brad’s lesson is very applicable to affiliate marketing and Adsense marketing as well.

Net Neutrality - Funny Music Video plus Google CEO Eric Schmidt Comments at SES

1st a FUN music video with an important message, then comments from Google’s CEO from the recent SES show opposing the pending legislation..

Affiliate Comparison Shopping Sites Lead in Quality of Experience

In a recent survey on behalf of Performics, comparison shopping sites score high compared to other types of affiliate marketing sites ranked across a range of criteria…

$100,000 Ebay Contest for Best Blogs and Product Reviews

Ebay is really offering some big incentives to generate more and better user generated content through their blogs, product reviews and guides.

Powerful Site Research and SEO Tools for Affiliates and Managers

WOW, I love this Swiss Army Knife for marketers and am sure affiliate managers, SEO’s and affiliates that have a need to investigate sites will find it a big time saver. It features numerous great SEO and traffic tools all in one place.

Jeremy Palmer The Million Dollar Affiliate - Q&A Success Tips

Jeremy Palmer made 1.1 MILLION in commissions last year and 1 Million of that came from Commission Junction. This interview with Jeremy provides…

Crackvertising - Are You an Internet Marketing Addict?

What do online advertisers and crack users have in common? Both are locked in a disastrous end game, a downward spiral leading to certain doom. I admit I’m an addict.

Niches to Riches - Hot FREE High Profit Niche Finding Tools

Finding the riches in niches. Tons of niche finding tools and tips.

Life is All About Ass - Glad you don’t work with one? Friday Funny

Most affiliates are their own boss because they hate working for someone else. Since I haven’t done a Friday Funny for awhile I thought I would revive a cartoon I did a year ago.

James Martell - Next Weeks Free Live Q&A Conference Call

If you could ask James Martell your single most important question about making money with affiliate programs, what would it be? Submit your questions here…

Affiliate Summit 2007 Updates

Here’s some important info about the next 2 events: Affiliate Summit West- January 2007 in Las Vegas and Summer Summit 2007 on the East Coast.

CJ Grows 23% and LMI News Revealed in ValueClick Earnings Call

There was a lot of speculation over whether CJ was backing down on LMI. It appears the uproar from affiliates and Scott Jangro’s petition made a big impact after all

Computer Affiliate Program - Top Payouts and Trip to Cayman Islands

5 Star Affiliate Programs is proud to announce our newest advertiser and their big kickoff contest - a 7 Day Trip for 2 to the CAYMAN ISLANDS.

New Paypal Affiliate Program on CJ - Due to Google Checkout?

So is it coincidence that they just launched an affiliate program to boost market share? I think not. Especially since they are offering the highest incentive for NON Ebay merchants to use their ecommerce payment solution.