5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs

Like with every other product launch, my inbox keeps getting POUNDED with crappy hype and one-up bonuses. Lowly little old me without a laundry list of bonus incentives has simply turned people onto a product she believes in. I’m feeling good about that! Thanks to all of you that took advantage of my

Anik just let me know they are doing a Re-launch and calling it calling it Launch 2.0. Launch 1.0 was a little rocky with server overloads and even a server attack. Bonuses extended and easy 3 month payment plan.

Beehiving, a term that was 1st coined by Iconoculture s different from and goes beyond niche marketing. The reason niche affiliate marketers would want to key in and latch onto the beehive concept is obvious.

Since we sit around all day working online, some of us are piling on the poundage. If this sound like you, the Affiliate Fit Club may be just what the Dr. ordered! Their motto is: Fewer cookies - Higher Lifetime Value!

Here are a couple keyword tools that can help expand on your root key word in a variety of helpful ways for Adwords campaigns or can even be used for niche research.

So if you want to become a PPC super affiliate or want to stop losing PPC dollars and start generating PPC profits… Jeremy Palmer… Just launched today, but the servers aren’t handling the rush of traffic very well. So if you tried to get in, try again now, the site is back up.

Linkshare’s PR firm just sent me the following. LinkShare has announced an aggressive new payment plan for publishers in which it will pay publishers weekly, and from the first dollar earned, with no minimum… Most Publisher-Friendly Payment Plan Among Major Affiliate Networks

It’s not as tricky as it may appear! You will find ways to set up your profit funnel and what key components to include to get the highest conversions.

Gives an entertaining and enlightening overview of the challenges that come with trying to run PROFITABLE PPC affiliate campaigns. Plus find out which 135 affiliate programs that made him over 1.3 MILLION. I’ve told him I think he’s giving away too much info for free in these videos.

How do you become successful in this business? The same way you eat an elephant… one step (bite) at a time. Here is one affiliate’s journey, with a few good lessons thrown in.

On a regular basis, brilliant 5 Star members including people like James Martel and Andrew Wee share amazing advice in the 5 Star Forum. I was inspired to start a Hall of Fame. Decided it would be a great idea to share some of the tips here in the blog for those of you that read the blog but not the forum.

The Internet allows even companies run by neophyte entrepreneurs to compete, regardless of funding or experience -and she’s a reminder that ingenuity is ageless. This girl is LOL all the way to the bank.

Working on new logo and site re-design. One of the biggest companies on the planet will be launching with 5 Star in Oct and there will be lots of buzz about this major industry announcement. What do you think of new look?

From the horse’s mouth… Affiliates - wondering why your Adwords Quality Score is Low? Google has just come out with info about exactly what types of websites may merit a low landing page quality score. Lots of the info pertains to affiliates.

Interesting to note - there is not one single speaker listed for any of the affiliate tracks, while most other tracks have speakers lined up. Shawn or Shoe or the PepperJam guys should get a hold of Brett and line something up.

Wow, Amazon just launched a bunch of cool marketing widgets including a product tag cloud widget (pictured left), a slideshow widget, video previewer widget and … The quick linker widget lets you easily auto-link within your content a variety of ways.

This thing just launched yesterday, I added the widget today and am getting LOTS of additional targeted traffic and it’s coming from high quality blogs like ShoeMoney!

The figh against ad blockers heats up - some legal experts say blocking ads could end up in lawsuits. In today’s CNET article… I say we have no one to blame but ourselves.

I just saw the press release about their newly launched free turn-key affiliate stores and it sounds like an option worth checking into for newbie affiliates and bloggers that want to easily add shopping price comparison to their sites.

One day a farmer’s donkey (the affiliate) fell into a well. He lay quietly for hours until the farmer (the merchant) noticed him. At first, the donkey (the affiliate) cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement…

The award for People is presented to an advertiser and publisher who have shown an enthusiastic commitment to performance marketing, are market leaders, and are dedicated to building a strong community among online marketers.

FREE VIDEO will show you how Jeremy finds 6 figure niches, which networks and key word tools he uses and even shares one of his highly effective landing pages. Plus new software program which promises to revolutionize the way we play the PPC game…

This provides a great blueprint for other merchants that want to do offline affiliate promotion. If know any n00bs or technophobes that want to have a home-based affiliate business, but don’t what to learn to do the whole online thing, this is a good option to tell them about.

I’m in great company on Mark’s list and discovered some new blogs I’d not seen before. There were even a couple I’d never heard of in the top 10 above me. T fragmented my blog then accidentally deleted it so 5 Star was missing in action for a couple months.

2% used to be the average conversion rate. These numbers should raise everyone’s goals. Most of these companies have affiliate programs, so may give you ideas for merchants to add to your Holiday line-up.

In the video below the lawyer states one of the most significant liabilities for the small business is affiliate misconduct. His law firm is seeing that at a growing rate, merchants are getting sued for the misconduct by their affiliates and we aren’t just talking about affiliate spam either. Microsoft sued one merchant…

There are so many great people in our industry that deserve recognition for the work they do to support our cause and help affiliates. I was extremely humbled when I was a nominated and became a finalist for the 2007…

If you’ve been thinking about whipping up a last minute Halloween affiliate site or blog, here are a couple nice WordPress themes. These two are softer and more whimsical. They’d be great for a kids Halloween Costume blog.

This story is causing a big stir everywhere in the online marketing world, but I haven’t seen anyone in the affiliate space talking about all the press. Wait, before I say anything else, let me be clear. I am NOT saying the affiliate marketing is dying! Far from it, just alerting you to the situation.

Andy and others say this is FREE no-fluff, step-by-step program is better than most of the Web 2.0 traffic secret guru ebooks that you have to pay for and most say it’s well worth your time to read if you are invested in driving free social traffic.

I know some of you are busy multi-tasking so here are some of the best affiliate marketing tips you may have missed.

Fun Video! What dance step is most appropriate for the Google Dance? Jig? 2 Step? Fox Trot? Happy Dance? Chicken Dance? Can’t believe no one suggested the Twist!