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Affiliate network buy.at has launched ShopCentral, a store builder tool that enables affiliates to quickly create and install a shopping platform on their site. These shops can be customized to suit an affiliate’s needs with some pre-built templates, including a Christmas theme. Some features of ShopCentral: Maintained using the Management Area (no need to r […]

Download audio file (affiliatething-113009.mp3) This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the overall season of the affiliate. Also, the top ten affiliate marketing moments of the decade, upgrading to Windows 7, a new study from Econsultancy, and Affiliate Convention in LA. Show Lin […]

Which verticals would you like to see at the Vertical Exchange during Affiliate Summit West 2010? The Vertical Exchange will be an opportunity for affiliates, merchants and networks to find one another by vertical to network and work out deals. We’ll have tables set up for the verticals that are most popular. Vote for the verticals you’d like [...]This post […]

E-commerce solution 2Checkout.com is limiting what affiliates (suppliers in their lexicon) can do to promote them to no more than placing a link on their site, based on language in their agreement. According to the 2Checkout.com Supplier Agreement (bold added by me)… 3 F. Limitations on Solicitations. Supplier may refer customers to the 2CO website for […]

I put together a video a couple years back about Cyber Monday for affiliate marketers. My Cyber Monday video was a weirdly edited music video where I sang a modified version of Manic Monday from the Bangles. Best of luck to affiliates for all of the manic Cyber Mondays this year. Video: Cyber Monday This post originally appeared [...]This post originally app […]

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A primary and essential tool is the marketing calendar. A marketing calendar assists you in launching your marketing vehicles in a way that can drive you to your goal in a structured and thought-out manner. In the article titled Marketing Tool : Creating and Using a Marketing Calendar you learned how to create and use a marketing calendar. Below is the downl […]

Are you interested in a career in marketing? Use the Marketing Career Profiles to learn more about a career as a Market Research Director. Each profile will contain a job description, expected salary, education requirements and personality synopsis that will let you know if you are a good fit for that particular job. […]

Sponsorship is the fastest growing form of marketing in the U.S. Learn how it can be a powerful key to your marketing plan. […]

Are you interested in a career in marketing? Use the Marketing Career Profiles here at About to learn more about career opportunities in marketing. Each profile will contain a job description, expected salary, education requirements and personality synopsis that will let you know if you are a good fit for that particular job. […]

Learn how to break the fear of cold calling in this guest article written by Ari Galper of Unlock the Game. […]

Want to make more money online? Increase your conversions? Build your opt-in list? Get more leads? Well have you tried pop-ups? The Marketing Experiments research laboratory recently revealed dramatic test results for a lead-generation opt-in form on a credit counselling site. The pop-up… […]

The entire team here at the Internet Marketing Center wishes our American customers and clients (and everyone else celebrating today, of course) a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are very thankful for you and your support. In fact,  the best part of doing… […]

Thanks to everyone who entered our site review contest. We were so impressed with the level of entries that we chose not one, but THREE winners. We’ll review these three websites and recommend improvements that will increase their  traffic and bring better conversions.… […]

"Do this bit of work for me for free. It's a huge opportunity! You'll get rich! I swear!" Uh-huh. David Thorne wrote this hilarious piece about an alleged exchange with someone who wanted some free design work. While it may be an utter fabrication, it got me thinking: In 15 years, I've never - never had a 'great opportunity […]

OMG I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT TO WRITE!!!!!! We all say it. Truth is, it's not that you can't think of what to write - you don't want to think of what to write. Every day you're bombarded by potential ideas for articles and blog posts. Here are a few I've used time and again: Answer the common question. What question do you hear the […]