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Want a glimpse into the new year? Do you like reading marketing predictions? Well, look no further – I’ve compiled some of the best online marketing predictions out there, for your reading enjoyment.

Google Affiliate Network has several more new Affiliate Programs for your linking pleasure. Lots of great niches to target. Check them all out here.

Now that the Christmas holiday is over and we are 3 days away from welcoming in the New Year, it’s time to take a quick look back at the best (and worst) of online marketing in 2009.

On behalf of all the 5 Star Merchants and Affiliate Managers, we’d like to wish you the happiest of holidays. Thanks for your partnership and support over the past year. We wish you all a very profitable and successful 2010!

Google Affiliate Network has several more new Affiliate Programs for your linking pleasure. Lots of great niches to target. Check them all out here.

You are the president, CEO, manager, and employee of your business. If you’re sick, depressed, have low energy levels, can’t focus and easily get distracted, you are costing your online business money. Yet if you make simple changes to embrace home office fitness and incorporate it into your workday you can expect to see the same positive impact that

Everyone can be a micro affiliate now. This boom has been further propelled as social media has moved into the mainstream. See announcements about new tools that make it easy below.

Google Affiliate Network has 10 more new Affiliate Programs for your linking pleasure. Lots of great niches to target. Check them all out here.

ShareASale just announced the winners of their 2009 Performance Awards. The Performance Awards recognize achievement in categories such as: Exceptional Affiliate, Merchant, Affiliate Manager and more. ShareASale Performance Awards 2009 Congrats to all the lucky and deserving winners!

WordStream today launched a pair of tools designed to help businesses identify and optimize highly profitable keyword niches. With our two new free tools, we’ve armed marketers and business owners with the power to instantly receive well-organized, prioritized lists of the most profitable keyword opportunities in their niche.

Affiliate marketing can be an exceptionally low-risk and cost-effective way to bolster your online acquisition strategy. Just because it’s performance-based model keeps risks at a minimum and lets you pay only for results, it doesn’t mean that you should treat the program lightly.

Today is predicted to be the top online sales day of the season, so I’m wishing you your fair share of what COULD be a $900 Million dollar shopping day. According to the most recent eCommerce stats from

We just launched an exciting new program for Microsoft and we have some other great 5 Star niche programs for you. Be sure to catch the latest 5 Star merchant news below too.

5 Star Affiliate Programs is proud to announce the new Microsoft Zune Affiliate Program. This is your opportunity to join an affiliate program from one of the most recognizable brands in the world! Affiliates benefit from recurring payouts, high commissions, customer incentives like a free trial and sweepstakes offers, and full support from Microsoft Affiliate Services.

Google Affiliate Network has 12 more new Affiliate Programs for your linking pleasure. Lots of great niches to target just in time for the Holidays. Check them all out here.

Time to start working on your campaigns for next year. Here are a couple unique ways of doing keyword research. The 1st deals with determining the commercial intent of a new niche or keyword set. The 2nd talks about utilizing your relatives for niche and keyword research. Plus below that are recent reviews of 2 keyword tools.

The RevenueWire network is delighted to announce some new products which offer great value to end users and up to 75% commission to affiliates.

Here are some FTC disclosures that are light-hearted and fun. These FTC disclosure pics are a hoot! And these snarky written disclosures are funny too.

I feel bad for all the affiliates that have gotten the ban hammer. Tied into the issue of the Adwords bans, there has also been much speculation about whether Google is trying to become the world’s largest affiliate.

Honored and surprised to find my name on the list, especially because the list seems weighted more toward big name traditional marketers and SEO gurus. Thank you to those of you that nominated me. I sincerely appreciate it!