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Affiliate Summit West 2014 In The Books

Another great Affiliate Summit is in the books. I am on my way back to Jacksonville and am fired up for things to come this year. Affiliate Summit West in January is always a great chance to blow off steam after a crazy Q4 but it is also a great chance to think about the […]

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Sessions I Am Looking Forward to at Affiliate Summit West 2014

In a couple weeks affiliates, affiliate managers, and other industry professionals will descend on Las Vegas for another Affiliate Summit. This year along with the meet market, the exhibit hall, the parties, the networking, and the overall mirth and merriment there will be over 40 educational sessions available for affiliates, merchants, affiliate managers, bloggers, social […]

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Two good articles and one bad one about affiliate marketing

Over the past few days there have been a few articles in the mainstream media about affiliate marketing and another one someone shared with me from a small affiliate marketing company. Two of them were great and one of them were terrible. Surprisingly the articles from the mainstream media had some great information for merchants […]

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What Does Good Affiliate Management Cost?

I was reading a post from Greg Hoffman about Tips for Successful Affiliate Management today on Sugarrae.com and it got me thinking about merchants with poorly run affiliate programs and what it would cost them to hire a good affiliate manager, what they should pay, and what would qualify as “good”. Rather than say “you […]

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Yet Again The Shareasale ThinkTank Does Not Disappoint

Well, another Shareasale ThinkTank is in the books. I am back from Denver and yet again Shareasale knocked another ThinkTank out of the park. And this wasn’t just an altitude adjusted homerun that you normally see at Coors Field. This would have been on to Lansdowne Street. This one would have been on to Waveland. […]

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Why You Should Attend Shareasale ThinkTank 2013 In Denver, CO

In about a month affiliate marketers, merchants, and affiliate industry experts will descend on Denver, CO for the 2013 Shareasale ThinkTank.com. This event is always one of the highlights of the year for me and this will mark my 6th ThinkTank. There are very few events in this industry that can combine fun, knowledge, entertainment, […]

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Welcome to Jacksonville!

After 32 years in Spokane, WA and 15 years working for myself and working from home I decided to throw all that out of the window, take a real job, and move across the country. Just a quick history: From 1998-2012 I was a full time seo/affiliate guy. I started with some SEO clients and […]

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Do you really know your affiliate manager?

If you are a merchant looking to hire an affiliate manager you have many, many different options to choose from. The fact that you are looking for a qualified affiliate manager is a great first step. Too many merchants think affiliate management is something you can just have an unqualified intern do or pass off […]

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Time for a program reboot?

You have all probably heard by now that GAN (Google Affiliate Network) is closing down. Personally I am happy to see them go. I don’t really think they brought anything to the table for this industry that you couldn’t get elsewhere, I never really used them, and I have never heard anything good about them. […]

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Two Great Resources For Affiliates

It takes quite a bit to get my off my lazy butt and write a blog post nowadays but recently there are two resources that have been released for affiliates, particularly new affiliates, that I thought you might want to read about. These two resources are from some of the more respected and experienced people […]