April 2014 - Affiliate Marketing with Missy Ward, Affiliate Summit Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Last Chance To Register for Performance Marketing Summit Denver

by Missy Ward

Performance Marketing Summit Denver (#PMSD14) is a 1-day event taking place in Denver Colorado at the History Colorado Center on Tuesday, June 17, 2014.

About Performance Marketing Summit Denver

This event is different from Affiliate Summit in that it is limited to 100 people. We will all be in one room, with a focus on education and making new contacts. All of the sessions are just 18-minutes long and the networking opportunities are plentiful.

Registration and coffee service begin at 8:00am. Sessions start at 10:00am and end at 4:30pm. The Performance Marketing Summit Denver agenda can be found here. Lunch is included along with a networking cocktail hour immediately following the conclusion of the event. The cost for all of this is just $99.00.

Limited spaces remain. For more information and to lock in your spot for this landmark event, visit PerformanceMarketingSummit.com.

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FeedFront Magazine Issue 26 is Now Available

by Shawn_Collins

The 26th issue of FeedFront is headed to the printer and copies will be going out to nearly 42,000 subscribers in May.

Issue 26 of FeedFront will also be distributed at Performance Marketing Summit Denver 2014.

What's Inside FeedFront Issue 26?

This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes Don’t Make Your Spouse an Entrepreneur Widow by Shawn Collins, Can Search & Affiliate Play Nicely Together? by Lori Weiman, and Four Pillars of Building a Membership Site by Zac Johnson.

Also Five Keys for Successful Pay-Per-Call Campaign, Four Strategies to Start Promoting Digital Goods, Four Steps to Optimal Performance for Affiliates, Your Affiliate Program Needs a Check-up!, Three Groups Affiliate Managers Must Keep Happy, and more.

How To Get FeedFront Magazine For Free

Issue 26 of FeedFront Magazine can now be viewed online, downloaded, and printed from issuu.com.

Get the FeedFront RSS if you’d like to get all of the articles as they are published to the feed.

If you haven’t subscribed, you can get the magazine for free at feedfront.com/free-subscription.

Also, become a fan of FeedFront on Facebook to see past issues, covers, etc.

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In Other Affiliate Marketing News feat. @rollerblader, @shareasale, @affiliatetip,…

by Missy Ward

In Other Affiliate Marketing News Here's this week's roundup of affiliate marketing news that I believe is worth sharing.

Did I Miss Something?

Did you or someone in your company post something relevant to affiliate marketers this week? Leave a quick summary and a link to it in the comments. {The post should have been published during April 18 – April 25, 2014.}

In Other Affiliate Marketing News (Week Ending 4/25/14)

10 Reasons Your Site Got Hit or Will Get Hit By Google

Adam Riemer provides a look into what he believes could have cause a site to get penalized by Google or could eventually get your site hit. […]

Hot off the presses – The ShareASale 2014 Summer Catalog

Each quarter ShareASale releases a new Merchant Catalog & Magazine featuring Merchants with relevant products for the upcoming season, as well as, noteworthy articles. Here is the 2014 ShareASale Summer Catalog. […]

Performance Marketing Summit Austin 2014 Recap –

The Performance Marketing Summit took place yesterday in Austin, TX, and it started out in a very Austin way with a couple of troubadours. It was an unconventional beginning to an unconventional event […]

Overcoming Affiliate Management Challenges

Affiliate program managers often face many challenges, including working with merchants that impose extremely stringent parameters about their programs that force affiliate managers get very creative in order to achieve success for the program. […]

Affiliate Marketing Turns 20: Myths, Milestones & Momentum

It was the year Forrest Gump sorted through a box of chocolates, the only strike happening in Major League Baseball was between the players and management, and Sheryl Crow declared, “All I wanna do is have some fun.” 1994 was also the year affiliate marketing officially burst on the scene. […]

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Shawn Collins Sets Record For Perfect Affiliate Summit Attendance

by Missy Ward

Shawn Collins Scores Perfect Attendance Shawn Collins, Co-Founder of Affiliate Summit is currently at the South Austin Trailer Park and Eatery for Performance Marketing Summit Austin 2014.

About Affiliate Summit, Inc.

In 2003, Shawn and I founded Affiliate Summit for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for affiliate marketers.

Since then, the Affiliate Summit Inc. brand has grown to include Performance Marketing Summit, FeedFront Magazine, GeekCast.fm, AffStat.com and ReveNews.com.

The Big “25”

I'm not sure if Shawn realizes this yet or not, but today is special for two reasons.

First, today marks Affiliate Summit Inc's 25th event. Don't believe me? See for yourself.

Additionally, although it pains me to say this, today I relinquish my “Affiliate Summit Inc. Event Perfect Attendance” crown to Shawn Collins. (Yep, I'm in Orlando right now while Shawn is managing the Performance Marketing Summit event.)

Affiliate Summit 20+'ers

Affiliate Summit 20+ Veterans Back at Affiliate Summit West 2013, we instituted the distribution of these buttons to the attendees that display the number of shows that they've attended.

We didn't realize at the time that if you accidentally give Affiliate Summit veterans the incorrect button, they would not be happy… and they will tell you so.

I could not have been more happy to talk to anyone at that show who cared enough to complain about it.

Many explained that these buttons were sort of a “badge of honor”. And today, I totally get that because I feel bummed that I blew up my perfect attendance record.

Luckily, I'm not alone in today's de-throning.

Brian Littleton, CEO of ShareASale has been to every Affiliate Summit Inc. event since 2003. Today he lost his reign as well.

Hats off to you, Shawn. Looks like we may need to get a “Perfect Attendance” button, specially made for you.

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