In Other Affiliate Marketing News feat. @sugarrae, @sunshinetricia, @shareasale,…

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

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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 May 17 – May 23, 2014.}

In Other Affiliate Marketing News (Week Ending 5/23/14)

Affiliate Marketers Give Back Raises over $48,000 for the 2014 Boston Avon Walk for Breast Cancer | Affiliate Marketers Give Back At approximately 1:30pm ET on Sunday, May 18th, Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back crossed the 39.3 mile finish line of the 2014 Boston Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Our team raised $48,650.20 and […]

What the Mainstream Media Doesn't Get about Panda It seems the mainstream media has finally caught up – not everyone who gets screwed by Google is a spammer getting his just deserts. […]

Affiliate Marketing Mentioned on Shark Tank When asked by the Sharks how they were monetizing, they specifically said “affiliate marketing”. […]

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In Other Affiliate Marketing News feat. @pmassociation, @internetcodex, @amazon,…

Here's this week's edition of “In Other Affiliate Marketing News” — a 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 May 3 – May 9, 2014.}

In Other Affiliate Marketing News (Week Ending 5/9/14)

Enter for a Chance to Win a 1-Year PMA Corporate Membership Over 200,000 US-based businesses and individuals make their living in the performance marketing industry. The Performance Marketing Association (PMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the community of performance marketers and empowering them to grow their businesses responsibly. […]

The Internet Codex's Official Top Ten Cities for Affiliate Marketers – Internet Codex Start the Tour of the Top Ten Cities in the World for Affiliate Marketing As affiliate marketers many of us have been afforded the chance to live and work anywhere we choose, conversions truly know no boundaries. So here at the Codex we’ve decided to set out and discover the greatest cities in the world for Affiliate Marketers to live. […]

Affiliates Can Earn Commission from Amazon Through Twitter with #AmazonCart – Amazon has announced a new option to shop through them via Twitter with the hashtag #AmazonCart. Affiliates of Amazon are able to earn commission through this new variation of tracking from Amazon. […]

A 5-Point Inspection On Email Deliverability Deliverability is the name of the game when it comes to email marketing. It’s the first step to a successful email campaign. Without it, your emails are like a red hot Ferrari without the engine. […]

Notes From the Underworld: Black Hat Newsletters and the Japanese Mafia – ShoeMoney As fond of them as I may be, newsletters probably aren’t widely considered the most mysterious, exotic, secretive, dangerous, glamorous or romantic subject. It’s an understandable sentiment, they’re pretty straightforward. They also happen to be a tremendous tool for any business’s customer retention and the acquisition of new customers. […]

Marketers Want Attribution-Model Alternatives: Survey While many marketers still track conversions based on the last click, almost 54 percent of them are interested in implementing a different methodology, according to a just-released survey by Impact Radius of 146 high-ranking CMOs and company principals.[…]

Shawn Hogan Sentenced In eBay Affiliate Marketing Scam – Business Insider Shawn Hogan, the CEO of a successful online marketing company called Digital Point Solutions, was sentenced to five months in federal prison for his role in defrauding eBay of an alleged $28 million in online marketing fees. […]

The Affiliate Marketing Universe is Diverse Merchants new to the affiliate marketing space often categorize all affiliates in one bucket. But the range of specialization and types of affiliates are very diverse. Working with different types of affiliates presents both benefits and challenges and not all affiliate types will work for specific brands.[…]

Meet FAN: The Facebook Audience Network For Serving Up Mobile Ads Facebook has announced its long-anticipated mobile ad network. Formally called the Facebook Audience Network (FAN), it brings the full weight of Facebook’s ad targeting data to third party mobile apps — and becomes an immediate rival to the Google Display Network for mobile. […]

In Other Affiliate Marketing News feat. @amgb, @sunshinetricia, @storeyacom,…

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 26 – May 2, 2014.}

In Other Affiliate Marketing News – Week Ending 5/2

How to Build Your Email List: 25 Tips from the Pros If you own an eCommerce store then you know how important email lists are. If you don’t know, then let me educate you. According to Custora email marketing accounted for 16% of all eCommerce orders in 2013[..]

30 Affiliate Marketing Tips in 30 Days … I have a tendency to shout everything I know from the rooftops as soon as I know it. I tend to “overshare” what I know about affiliate marketing. I had a great idea to write a blog post about 30 of my favorite affiliate marketing tips.[..]

Team AMGB’s BoobySitters Are Ready for Boston | Affiliate Marketers Give Back This is an interesting year for AffiliateMarketersGiveBack with TWO walks taking place this year — Boston in May and New York in October. I'm heading up the Boston Walk and Shawn Collins is the Captain of the New York Walk. With less than 3 weeks until the Boston Walk, our team shirts have been ordered and we are super-busy training for the 40-mile walk and fundraising.[..]

IMGrind Forum Switched to Free on May 1  Ralph Ruckman and Ryan Gray have announced that their IMGrind forum is now free. These guys know their stuff, and there is a ton of valuable information in there. Previously, the IMGrind forum was private and required a paid subscription. Sections of the forum include How To’s & Tutorials; [..]

Affiliate Marketing: 5 Ways to Energize Affiliates » Practical Ecommerce Here’s the scenario. You’ve launched your affiliate program; it’s been live for about six months now, and you have about 200 affiliates. But no one is driving any traffic or sales. Before you write off the affiliate channel, invest a little elbow grease, [..]

F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic – NYTimes.com Planned new rules would allow an Internet provider to negotiate separately with content companies like Disney or Google and charge for priority service.[..]

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

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. […]