Recent Headlines from the 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs
How Affiliates can do Media Buys like the Big Boys
I see lots of affiliate ads on the big sites like MSNBC and Fox news. So how do affiliates play in a space usually reserved for Fortune 500 companies and big ad agencies?
Great News re CA and Hawaii Advertising Tax (Amazon Tax)
Schwarzenegger just committed - NO advertising tax in CA. Therefore Overstock overturned their decision to terminate affiliates! So that means Amazon and other companies won't have to cancel their affiliate agreements in the state either!
Google Affiliate Network - New Affiliate Programs
New advertisers launched this week: HockeyMonkey, Ebaby.com, Namco Games, Temple St. Clair and Acronis.
Leverage the Power of the MarketLeverage Affiliate Network
MarketLeverage provides Publishers access to hundreds of top-notch advertisements designed to maximize their online profits. We offer the industry’s highest paying rewards program, the industry’s best paying lifetime referral program, weekly payments sent via FedEx, and the industry's first affiliate Internet TV Program, MLTV.
Easy Way to Embed Affiliate Links in YouTube Videos
Just discovered a slick, free and easy way to embed overlay ads with live links onto YouTube videos. Let's say for instance one of your merchants has a video demo on YouTube. You can embed the YouTube video on your site and have a small ad with a link to the merchant right on top of the video.
Google Traffic Drops, Affiliate Links and Duplicate Content
When an affiliate has reduced search traffic or loses ranking, two of the 1st things they think of are that either duplicate content penalties or affiliate links are responsible. Official Google blog.
Amazon Drops North Carolina and Hawaii Affiliates
This morning North Carolina and Hawaii affiliates awoke to some really bad news. Ahead of pending advertising tax legislation Amazon took a preemptive strike by dropping affiliates effective immediately.
Surefire Tips for getting the Thumbs Up on Affiliate Applications
If you've ever had your affiliate application declined for a merchant you were raring to partner with… if you've ever had a great plan to promote a certain product and got turned down by the network - you know how very frustrating it can be.

