Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins

Could Howard Stern be the Tipping Point for Podcasting?

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:58:31 PDT

I was just reading the last pages of my day old copy of the New York Daily News and was intrigued by a piece, “Shock jock Howard Stern may leave Sirius and go the way of the iPhone app.” Now, it’s nothing new that Howard Stern is threatening to walk during contract negotiations. He’s done [...] ...»

FatWallet is a Great Place to Work

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:28:50 PDT

Super affiliate FatWallet was just named as one of the 50 Best Small and Medium companies to work for in America in the 7th Annual Great Place to Work Rankings from Entrepreneur. FatWallet, based in Rockton, IL, came in at #20 of the best small companies (50-250 employees) to work for in America. FatWallet has [...] ...»

Last Call for Affiliate Summit West 2011 Speaker Proposals

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:50:47 PDT

The speaker proposal period for Affiliate Summit West 2011, taking place January 9-11 in Las Vegas, is about to end. The submission deadline is September 23, 2010. Accepted speakers will be notified no later than October 14, 2010. Due to the volume of submissions, we will not notify applicants if they have not been accepted. [...] ...»

I’m Moving the Important Sites to Liquid Web

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:43:38 PDT

I’ve used many different hosts over the years since I launched my first affiliate site back in 1998. For years, I went with shared servers, and then got to the point where I needed a dedicated server five or so years back. This past March, I thought I’d found the ideal solution with the Rackspace [...] ...»

No More Cloud Hosting, Top Affiliate Tweeters, and Top WordPress Themes

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:41:50 PDT

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille discuss moving from RackSpace to Liquid Web, frustrations with old school real estate agents, and the top ten affiliate marketers on Twitter. Also, finalists for the CJYou Awards, learning how to market from Google, and the advertising tax in Georgia. Show Links Liquid [...] ...»

Setting Up an Ebook Affiliate Program

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:13 PDT

Q: My name is Darrius. I am a former college men and women basketball coach that wrote a booklet called the “Scholarship Game”. I sold the booklet on my website for $5.00 to athletic camps, aau, and soical group example boy & girl clubs. But now I intersted in adding affiliates to my site. I [...] ...»

Getting Editorial Coverage: The Inside Scoop

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:26:17 PDT

Getting Editorial Coverage: The Inside Scoop presentation from Affiliate Summit West 2008, which took place February 24-26, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Lisa Picarille, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Revenue Magazine (Moderator) Jim Kukral, Owner, ScratchBack.com Anik Singal, CEO, Affiliate Classroom Valerie Stevens, Director, Sales and Marketing, Insight Magazine Online Andrew Wee, Principal Consultant, Nexus Concepts A [...] ...»

Affiliate Summit East 2010 Video Recap

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:45:45 PDT

Highlights from Affiliate Summit East 2010, where more than 3,500 affiliate marketers got together to network and learn in New York City on August 15-17, 2010. Video: Affiliate Summit East 2010 Recap ...»

Everything I Know About Marketing I Learned From Google

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:25:28 PDT

Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned From Google by Aaron Goldman was recently published, and I had a chance to sit down with him to ask some questions about the book. Shawn: Google can teach us a lot about how to market effectively, but are there any examples from Google where we can learn [...] ...»

Commission Junction Announces Finalists of CJYou Awards

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:54:49 PDT

Commission Junction has announced the finalists for their CJYou Awards, which will be presented Wednesday, September 22 at Commission Junction University (CJU) in Santa Barbara, CA. Here are the finalists for the 2010 CJYou Awards: Rookie of the Year, Advertiser: Awarded to a new advertiser who has achieved the highest total revenue: BodenUSA Discover Bank [...] ...»