Affiliate Manager Guide

The Affiliate Manager site is geared towards those just getting started with affiliate programs, as well as affiliate marketing veterans.

Shawn Collins has assembled free affiliate manager videos to help you set up and manage your affiliate program.

The videos cover each chapter of Shawn's book, Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.

Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins
Affiliate marketing news and opinion from Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997, co-founder of Affiliate Summit and author of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.

Want Me to Sponsor You for the Affiliate Triathlon?
Affiliate Summit West 2009 is going to wind up with a new event this year, the Affiliate Triathlon. The Affiliate Triathlon is a 3-event contest of skill, determination and dexterity open to all attendees at Affiliate Summit West 2009. Athletes and non-athletes are encouraged to participate. The winning athlete (highest cumulative score across t...

Affiliate Summit West 2009 is Sold Out
Affiliate Summit West 2009, starting on January 11 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, has sold out. In the past, some folks thought they were registered by their assistant, boss, colleague, etc. and they were wrong. We will be sending confirmation e-mails to everybody who is registered for Affiliate Summit West [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Affiliate Summit Streaming Live on Ustream.TV
The keynote address at Affiliate Summit West 2009 from Gary Vaynerchuk, star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ, will be streamed live on Ustream.TV. Gary Vaynerchuk is the star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ, as well as the [...]

Defining a Super Affiliate
ShoeMoney made a post last week where he included opinions from many folks in the industry on their definitions of a super affiliate. Interesting insight from the likes of NickyCakes (”Super Affiliate is a stupid buzzword”), Zac Johnson (”I personally consider ?super affiliate? status to be anyone making six figures a month consistently”), Neil ...

Affiliate Marketers Should Focus on Demographic Targeting
I received lots of useful affiliate tips in response to my post about sharing tips for a chance to win an iPod Nano or Flip Mino HD. The winning comment was from AffiliateHottie: My tip to beginning affiliate marketers is to focus more on demographic targeting than keyword targeting and destroy the content network. Here is an [...]

Guide to Networking at Affiliate Summit West 2009
I’ve put together a presentation and video with tips and resources on networking at Affiliate Summit West 2009. Have a quick look for ideas regarding business cards, advance work to optimize networking returns, who to meet, using Twitter to find people, and more. Guide To Networking at Affiliate Summit West 2009 View SlideShare presentation or U...

Hiring an In-House Affiliate Manager
Q: I am looking for an in-house affiliate manager - where can I find one? A: I would say that one of the best qualifications of an affiliate manager is that they were previously an affiliate, because they have a 360 degree understanding of the industry, rather than just somebody how knows about the management side. I [...]

Affiliate Resolutions for 2009
I rang in 2009 in laid back style with my wife and kids. A little champagne, Wii playing and throwing shredded documents in the air as makeshift confetti were the action for the night. After all, it’s almost time for Affiliate Summit West 2009, so no time to get crazy and sleep in like the old [...]