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Those within the affiliate marketing industry are reminded with increased regularity these days that the Federal Trade Commission has increased compliance investigations and lawsuits pertaining to deceptive trade practices. As the landscape of the Internet advertising and marketing world continues to evolve, guidance from the FTC will

Affiliates are spreading themselves too thin, not communicating with their affiliate manager and forgetting to promote the offer! Increasing your revenue in affiliate marketing isn’t just about joining programs, hosting affiliate links and sitting back as the money rolls in to your account. It’s about knowing where to strategically direct your efforts.

During this time, I have learned a TON about making money online and have made money from so many methods – as an affiliate, an etailer, a coach, etc. Thankfully, I have been pretty successful at all of them. Each one has it’s upside and it’s downside. I wanted to take a minute to write about the pros and cons of being a full time affiliate as it compares to the other avenues of making money online.

Being an affiliate and starting a small affiliate marketing business is a great thing. Even in this economy? Yes, absolutely. While there are always going to be conflicting (and frightening) reports about unemployment rates, one thing is certain, affiliate marketing can only grow in popularity.

Google, eBay, Groupon and other major Internet companies are grabbing a piece of the local online marketing pie. Savvy affiliates that have been searching for new revenue streams can now earn from LOCAL too! Partner with us and capitalize on local shopping with an affiliate model that makes sense!

You might not appreciate the scale yet, but there is an escalating battle for legitimacy in the world of affiliate marketing. The discovery of enormous riches in what we do, coupled with a complete disregard for how we get them, has lead to an industry-wide division. There are affiliates, and then there are cowboys. They both chase the same firing of a pixel, but with very different ways in achieving it. Recently, as you’ve probably read on this site, the FTC has started cracking the whip