February 5 Star Affiliate Blogs Archives

Evolution of Affiliate Marketing – Time to Focus on Quality

Compensation in the affiliate channel needs to continue to evolve to reward and encourage the best affiliate models and to create a win-win situation for advertisers and affiliates… the larger the investments in commissions

Warning – California “Affiliate” Online Sales Tax Proposed

Watch out California affiliates! There is a proposed bill modeled closely after the infamous New York “Amazon” tax. If it goes through not only will it hurt lots of California affiliates, but it is much more likely other states will follow suit.

Lunarpages – Special High Paying Offer for Web Hosting Affiliates

The Lunarpages Affiliate Program has paid out over $5 million since 2000 and boasts monthly paychecks of upwards of $20,000! Special high commission rate for 5 Star Affiliates.

Peter Bordes on Affiliate Marketing Insider – WebmasterRadio

where the Performance Marketing industry came from and where he thinks it’s going. How is the economy affecting our industry? How important is it for Performance Marketing to have a trade association?

Landing Page Design and Optimization Tutorial and Video

Many fail to grasp how big of a factor landing pages play in determining how profitable a campaign will be. One of the biggest mistakes I find when they are talking to me about their unprofitable campaign is

European Affiliates – 4 Free Networking Events, Paris and More

a4uexpo is coming up in Amsterdam on April 28th & 29th. To lead up to the main event, a4uexpo is having mini networking events, they call their Europe roadshows, that are designed to create even more networking opportunities for a4uexpo attendees.
Paris & Madrid are coming up next week, Feb. 24th & 25th respectively.
Amsterdam and Munich [...]

New Advertisers on the Google Affiliate Network

New affiliate programs available through Google Affiliate Network this week include – SunglassHut, DriveTime and TextbookLink.com

Offline Affiliate Marketing and Tracking – Video

I’ve been intrigued by RevTrax model for offline affiliate marketing for awhile now. Just discovered a good video interview of the CEO explaining their model and some of the offline tracking methods they use

7 Deadly Sins of Affiliate Marketing – For Merchants

I was reading Website Magazine this week and found a good article by Geno Prussakov. He calls this plateau, the Limited Potential Syndrome and suggests 7 key areas to evaluate and offers suggestions for improving your affiliate program.

New Pay-per-Call and Video Tracking at CJ – AMI Podcast

This is great news for merchants and their affiliates because they now can use video in a way that’s trackable. PLUS No longer will merchants be asked to remove 1-800 numbers from creative being promoted by affiliate partners.

Free Affiliate Classroom Magazine – February Issue is Ready

Affiliate marketers at all levels can benefit greatly from the information provided in this issue of Affiliate Classroom magazine. Best of all, it’s all free; not even an email address is required. So what are you waiting for? Download your copy today.

Dating Affiliates See Business Bloom in Bad Economy

It appears the dating business is getting better as the economy gets worse and some dating affiliate programs are reporting major increases in sales. Call it misery loves company or call it cost-cutting via having a partner.

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Google Affiliate Network – Newest Affiliate Programs

New programs available through Google Affiliate Network include Delivery.com, Swoopo.com, DrSinatra.com, DrDavidWilliams.com, BunnyBuryBaby.com and BBQGuys.com

FTC – Big Crack Down on Free Trial Diet Offers

The FTC has been hitting diet marketers with multi million dollar judgements. All the people pushing free trial diet offers like acai berries and hoodia, better read up on this and then check your offers for compliance.

Performance Marketing Fundamentals to Consider

If you are a merchant, advertiser or retailer considering performance marketing in the broad sense or affiliate marketing specifically

New Offers on the Advaliant Affiliate Network

The Offers available through Advaliant performance marketing platform

RealArcade Game Pass
Casual gaming is the fastest growing segment of the PC market and RealArcade is the highest paying casual games affiliate program on the web! This fantastic offer has custom deep linking available for many games. Get a FREE game every month! ($20 Value!) and keep these [...]

Bottom Feeders Using Obama for Bogus CPA Offers

QUOTE: Is affiliate marketing the cancer of the online advertising world? Do we look for any opportunity, push it to the natural extreme… SEE SCREENSHOTS of the bogus ads.

Google Affiliate Network – New Affiliate Programs

GotVMail, My Own Labels, Andy’s Auto Sport, Teachers’ School Supply, Supercomfort.com

Affiliate Marketing Q&A with Rae Hoffman

I think it’s better to dedicate yourself to creating a site with longevity… I’ve laid out my affiliate business plan and it’s all about building an affiliate brand and then monetizing the hell out of it. Dedicating yourself to one affiliate program