5 Star Affiliate Blogs

It’s filled with FREE insight and information smart affiliates, affiliate managers and merchants don’t want to miss. Here’s a list of whats inside.

Google Affiliate Network just announced the launch of their new Help Center which offers support and help articles for both publishers and affiliates.

His title, not mine. However, the information below could have you building landing pages with Zen-like focus and mastery in no time. I just discovered this 10 part guide to landing page design and optimization

The real affiliate marketing potential of your blog, after all, lies with the influence you have over the community of your readers,. Don’t Abuse the Trust – If your potential as an affiliate marketer lies in the trust you have with your readership, it’s imperative that you don’t ever do anything to compromise that trust.

RU Addicted to Social Media? I’m not as bad as some of the AM peeps I follow on Twitter. I only scored a 32%, so I’m not hopelessly addicted yet! How about U? Take the quiz then come back and tell us how you scored! Betting Sam, Jim and Peter score BIG!

HEY PMA – They just released a comprehensive code of conduct for it’s global affiliate network as an industry measure toward establishing a rigorous benchmark for affiliate marketing worldwide. We feel that we’re in a position of special responsibility for the affiliate marketing sector

Linkshare publisher tools ethics in affiliate marketing and how todays economic problems could affect affiliate marketing are a just few of the topics you can listen today while you work. Linda talks with Jonathan Levine Co-President of Linkshare

How do you define a super affiliate? What are the main types of super affiliates? What do all super affiliates have in common that helps be successful? There is some good info here for those that want to see different viewpoints and answers to the questions above.

VIDEO – Watch and Listen as industry leaders like Lisa Riolo, Brad Waller, Steve Schaffer and association founding organizer Rebecca Madigan weigh in on the importance of the Performance Marketing Alliance AKA PMA. A rising tide, raises all boats.

Well BlogWorld has come and gone and I barely even had time to notice it was on. There were a couple good panel discussions dealing with affiliate marketing, so I thought I’d gather some links to blogs that covered those 2 sessions. Dig in to find some real gems.

Affiliate marketers often talk about how we need to clean up the industry and self regulate before the government does it for us. Well according to the FTC impending government intervention could be

The blogophere has sure been quiet about this CJU. So far Lisa from Revenue is the only CJU goer I’ve found that has shared who the Award Winners are this year. From Lisa’s tweets… and the winners are…

Last year I was disappointed by the lack of affiliate marketing related sessions. There were only 2 that I could find. This year it looks like there are 4, so that’s double the affiliate-focused content, which is good to see. Register now. Show normally sells out.

LIVE from CJU… This week Linda will interview surprise guests live from CJU. Next weeks guest is Jonathan Levine Vice President at Linkshare. They will discuss new link technology and LinkShares plans for the future.

VIDEO – One of the Affiliate Summit sessions I’ve really been looking forward to watching on video is the New York Affiliate Tax Laws panel. Since I’ve blogged so much about the NY tax problem, I wanted to share the video with you.

She wrote a great post about what it really takes to be a successful affiliate. She found her pair of balls – a combination of belief in herself and a lack of fear of failing and then went after what she wanted.

The topic of frequency has been debated in affiliate marketing circles for years. There are a lot of things to consider before you decide how often to send mailings. Also, when you’re deciding on the goals for your opt-in list, there are basically three universal truths to consider.

Buy.com just announced new Buy TV Video Widgets for affiliates. The widgets use the popular QOOF video platform and allow affiliates to feature videos of the hottest products in a very small space. The video widgets self-update daily with top sellers. Here’s a sample video

A couple months ago I blogged about 5 Copywriting Tactics for Affiliate Marketing. Yesterday Rae a cool very outspoken SEO blogger and veteran affiliate added an interesting spin. She took Brian’s 5 tactics and spelled out exactly how she used them to earn a four figure check in 10 days just selling a Wordpress theme.

Who is America’s Best Young Entrepreneur of 2008 according to Business Week? This year it could be someone in the affiliate marketing industry we all know. I love it when people in our business get this kind of recognition and I think it’s good publicity for our industry as well, especially if he wins. VOTE!