Affiliate Tip Blog by Shawn Collins

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 [...] ...»

10 Most Influential Affiliate Marketers on Twitter

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:04:03 PDT

I noticed that I am listed as the most influential affiliate marketer on Twitter, according to WeFollow.com, though I have no idea how they determine influence. Anyhow, I thought I’d share the current list of the top 10, so you can find some affiliate marketers to follow on Twitter. affiliatetip MissyWard matthewwood AffWin a4uexpo mediatrustpete [...] ...»

Jim Kukral Keynote Video from Affiliate Summit on YouTube

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:47:21 PDT

Jim Kukral, author of the bestselling book, Attention! This Book Will Make You Money, delivered the keynote address at Affiliate Summit East 2010 on Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Jim gave a really inspirational talk that focuses on building a business around a lifestyle. During Affiliate Summit East 2010, we posted the live feed video of [...] ...»

Booth Babes, the Best Smartphone, and the New Digg

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:07:41 PDT

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille discuss the latest on the advertising tax in California, the best smartphone ever, and booth babes. Also, the upcoming Affiliate Summit unConference, trying to figure out Facebook Places, and the new Digg. Show Links California Advertising Tax Update PMA Board of Directors Election [...] ...»

Most Popular WordPress Themes for Affiliate Marketers

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:19:21 PDT

Affiliates were asked “If you are currently using WordPress to build out affiliate sites, what is your preferred WordPress theme?” for the latest Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. Thesis for WordPress and Affiliate Theme were the most popular with 26.5% each of the vote. Other WordPress themes being used by affiliate marketers include StudioPress, Woo Themes, [...] ...»