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Video from Matt Cutts – post by Scott Jangro. Over the years, we’ve had a lot of successes and failures using product datafeeds. As such, we learned a lot about what works and doesn’t work with using retail product data, and being successful comes down to a few simple rules.

In times of an uncertain economy, affiliate marketing is a way to make certain that you and your family will be able to maintain the lifestyle you love. Why would you not want to give yourself that lifestyle if you can spend

If you are doing PPC without keyword level conversion tracking these days, when there are so many good options, you are missing a big opportunity to optimize your profits.

Google trademarks in Adwords. SearchEngineLand has a good write up about how this change could impact affiliates, merchants and other advertisers.

VIDEO – Skimlinks is a fairly new affiliate marketing aggregator that promises to revolutionize the way bloggers and publishers earn revenue online.

Affiliate marketing has had some major ups and downs in its relationship with search but theres room for someone to revitalize the space and help return the profitability, while also making things easier for the entry of Fortune 500 vendors.

19 new advertisers including 4checks, Carlos, DrScholls Shoes, FergieShoes.com, LifeStride, One Week Slim Down, Select A Ticket, NotebookParts.com, Richard Solo, MJTrim.com, UnbeatableSale.com, C & C California, James Perse, Scientificsonline.com, SK Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories, Ward’s Natural Science, Sargent-Welch,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers and Spoofcard.com

WebmasterRadio.fm CEO Daron Babin is one of the founding organizers of the upcoming Affiliate Convention. They will discuss goals of the new conference and what the organizers hope to achieve.

Revenue Allies is now the Saveology Network and has a nice bonus opportunity for new ADT Home Security affiliates. Here is the contest announcement

If you do marketing via email, or have thought about doing so, this issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine is for you.

Lisa says… I value real relationships and if you’re questioning my intentions then we’ve already failed as a couple. Stop wasting your time

New offers include Belisi RX, Smart Organic Products – Top Hair Loss Offer, Force Factor, IQ Quiz and we have a BIG new contest.

How does affiliate marketing differ in the US verses the UK? Below are 10 of the differences worth noting.

New programs at Google Affiliate Network include Ryder Fleet Products, Spencers Gifts, OMB Police Supply and FlyJane.net

Add another can of worms to the debate: the potentially treacherous combination of social media and affiliate marketing.

He’s in good company alongside people like Virgin Group’s Richard Branson, Zappos.com’s Tony Hsieh, Alltop’s Guy Kawasaki, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore

In the special live podcast Itay and Linda will discuss the origins of Affilicon, the opportunities for affiliates that exist overseas and the future as seen from one of the industry’s leading entrepreneurs.

New programs available through Google Affiliate Network include: Billion Dollar Babes, Elliott Lucca, The Sak, RVCA Official Store, ZipZoomfly.com, HealthyLiving Network.com, Poolcenter.com, PastryKicks.com and Precious Moments

Free landing page templates aren’t easy to come by, so I wanted to share all the templates with you that the Affiliate Marketer blog has rounded up. I’ve seen Zac’s and a couple of the others, but some new collections I didn’t know about are pretty good, especially the one’s from Revvenue.
70 Free Landing [...]

Affiliate marketing accounts for around 25% of their overall sales and they have 3,200 affiliates. Nice sized program! The article also alludes to the channel conflict that often arises