I just returned from Las Vegas and the Affiliate Summit West (which was phenomenal again – thanks to the founders Shawn and Missy and all of their staff!) – and actually was able to take a couple days vacation directly following in order to wind down and reflect on all the business that occurred during […]
Pinnacle Award Finalists
I want to take a second to congratulate everyone who was named as a finalist this week for the Pinnacle Awards which are given out at the Affiliate Summit coming up in February… The finalist list is located at http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/affiliate-summit-pinnacle-award-finalists/ I am sending a special “congrats” out to Carolyn Tang, our Director of Client Services […]
Ahh the little things.
This post will probably only make sense to the group of us who has been using Twitter and Facebook in the last year or so in order to communicate our little miniature “status updates” to each other… but it reminded me of a greater issue of making sure to take care of the little things […]
The Monday Foursome
All this talk about Cyber Monday … I’m here to hopefully provide some insight into real data on how the holiday shopping season is shaping up. Starting on the Friday following Thanksgiving, ShareASale noted a pretty steep incline in transactions taking place. How steep? Taking usual transaction volume averages for the previous few months – […]
I love Facebook
I’m not normally one for just interjecting my personal feelings into this blog… but there ya have it. Ignoring all the fun/games/etc… that are one there, let me give you a few things to think about with regards specifically to Affiliate Marketing… 1. It is like a brand new web. Since opening up the platform […]
I got blog tagged.
I got blog tagged by Shawn Collins at Affiliate Summit in order to share my “One thing I learned at Affiliate Summit”… So here goes. I learned that despite a hefty year in terms of development on our network platform, we have a long way to go to be where I want to be. I […]
Affiliate Summit reflections…
Well, we are all back from Affiliate Summit East 2007 (Miami) – and speaking for myself I am quite tired. A friend of mine summed it up best when he described his emotions as equally happy (seeing everyone), sad (leaving everyone), content (great conference) and exhausted (thank you south beach). Our “Twitter experiment” from this […]
Earth Day 2007 – How you can help
Earth Day is a celebration, but also a recognition that we all must be part of the solution involving global environmental problems. ShareASale, in recognition of Earth Day 2007, has pledged $5,000 to the CarbonFund.org to help offset carbon emmissions from our business activities. You can increase the size of our pledge by participating in […]
Who wants to learn? Special “Session” at the Affiliate Summit
One of my favourite aspects of my position is the ability to help affiliates learn and grow their businesses. I am constantly presented with questions regarding a range of topics starting with “How to become an affiliate”, up to how to integrate “advanced” methods. On that note, I would like to announce an upcoming special […]
A sampling on “Best Practices”
I was recently asked a question on what I considered three top “Best Practices” to follow in managing an affiliate program… so I wanted to share my answers… What do you consider the top three best practices to be in managing an affiliate program? 1. Listening 2. Knowing where you are going 3. Awareness to […]