Bloggers, Product Reviews, and the FTC Regulations

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently released a report regarding new guidelines surrounding paid sponsorships and product reviews, recommendations and blogging.
The full report can be viewed here: http://ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005endorsementguidesfnnotice.pdf
It is important that all affiliates and merchants read this report and determine what, if any, action needs to be taken in order to comply.  The report [...]

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Fourth Quarter Tips for Merchants

The fourth quarter is here! Which means it’s the perfect time to get the most out of your affiliate program. As retailers, you certainly don’t need me to tell you the impact this quarter can potentially have on your annual bottom line. But I can offer some tips on strengthening your affiliate program to [...]

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Things We Need to Fix

Today we launched a new mini-site to allow everyone to drop us anonymous feedback … called “ShareASale Needs to Fix This“.

As part of our “Fix It” campaign - we will be posting some of the things we fix as suggested by everyone here as comments on this blog post…
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Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is approaching so I thought I would throw out this question…. What are you going to be for Halloween?

I have never been one to dress-up for Halloween but I am thinking that this may be a fun year to start with Halloween being on a Saturday and all.
I am pretty certain that we [...]

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The lesson from Chester…

Update: Shawn posted his response (Counterpoint) here: No room for wet cats in affiliate marketing/

Well I am trying something new here… at least new to me.  In this post, I am going to argue a certain side… and then reach out at the end of the post to a friend of mine who [...]

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The ShareAStar is Born

Always wanted to give the ShareASale star a makeover? Now is your chance…
Click on over to ShareAStar to design and share your star with your friends!!!
Stay tuned for an via twitter and facebook for announcements about upcoming holiday themed pieces!!!

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Maintenance Tonight - Interface Closed 9/5/2009

Greetings everyone, just a quick note to let you know of a maintenance window happening overnight.  Starting at around Midnight CST through 3AM CST the interface will be closed.
All tracking and link re-directs will remain functional.
Apologies for the short notice, but we felt with the combination of the holiday weekend (in the US) and the [...]

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ShareASale Fantasy Football

Our first annual ShareASale Fantasy Football draft was last night and it was a blast! We had a total of 10 teams draft and somehow Brian ended up with the 1st pick(*shenanigans*)
We had only one rule when naming our teams.. You had to use your first name and use a  movie characters last name.
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