5 Tips to Make the Most of Affiliate Summit East

I'm excited about Affiliate Summit East (July 8-10 in Miami) and am looking forward to being there with more than 1,000 others who understand affiliate marketing. So with that in mind, I have five tips that I'd like to share to help you get the most out of a full...

LinkShare Symposium 2007

The Fourth Annual LinkShare Golden Link Awards and the LinkShare Symposium 2007 was held June 19-20, 2007, respectively, in New York City. These sold-out events brought together more than 650 affiliate marketing leaders. The $350/person Golden Link Awards invitation-only event on June 19th featured formal attire and is the most...

FTC Investigating Google's DoubleClick Plans

According to this UPI article, the New York Times (NYT) is reporting that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun investigating Google's $3.1 billion plan to purchase DoubleClick Inc., the parent company of Performics. The NYT source claims that the inquiry was opened last week after a decision was...

Welcome to the Microsoft Affiliate Network

Today I received an invitation to join the new Microsoft Affiliate Network. This network, which "exclusively encompasses all the Microsoft premier affiliate opportunities," launched today and is built on a customized version of Kowabunga's MyAP v9 affiliate tracking and management technology. Many who work with Kowabunga programs will recognize the...

Monetize Your Pictures with BritePic Interactive Graphics

This week AdBrite launched a new product called BritePic that lets you add interactivity to your pictures. In addition to some nice tools including photo zooming, sharing and logo watermarking, translated into the bottom line this product means that standard web photos can now be monetized via optional advertising. Currently...

Common Design Elements of Web 2.0 Sites

Since I'm not an expert in web design or the Web 2.0 arena, I'm stepping out on a limb with this post. I'm trying to make sense of the hype surrounding everything Web 2.0. I think this term has become so overused and overrated that it's becoming meaningless buzz. But...

Five Thoughts on Google PPA

In my last post I expressed some concern about Google's recent Pay-Per-Action entry into affiliate marketing network space. Since that writing, I've had more time to think about things and consider other angles. Here's five thoughts on Google and affiliate marketing in general that help me put Google PPA into...

Google's Is Now an Affiliate Marketing Network

In my opinion, Google's new Pay-Per-Action (beta) signals an interesting mix of opportunities and problems for everyone involved in affiliate marketing. While not identified as such, Pay-Per-Action is really an affiliate program. This makes Google the newest and soon to be largest global affiliate marketing network. Google describes Pay-Per-Action as...

ShareASale Offers Multiple Levels of Account Access

Brian Littleton of ShareASale.com deserves credit for being the first of the major U.S. affiliate networks to offer multiple levels of account access. This is a very important feature that many site owners/administrators have been requesting of all networks for some time now. This new feature, which I first noticed...