Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Preferred Methods of Communication to Affiliates in 2013”. Collins Says, “Affiliates were asked “What is your preferred method for finding out information from an affiliate manager?” for the 2013 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. The most popular response, with 56.3%, was email from an affiliate network. This was followed by mass email from the affiliate manager (17.1%), blog or company website (11.4%), Twitter (1.9%), Facebook (1.3%), and video (1.3%)”. Preferred Methods of Communication to Affiliates in 2013 Shawn Collins’ Blog  [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Steve Denton to Keynote Affiliate Summit West 2014”. Collins Says, “Steve Denton will be a keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit West 2014 on Monday, January 13, 2014 at Paris Las Vegas. Steve Denton is the vice president of Marketing Solutions for eBay Enterprise. Denton joined eBay Enterprise in 2010 as the president of eBay Enterprise Media and was most recently responsible for leading the company’s display, retargeting and performance marketing organizations. Denton has more than 13 years of digital media experience and has been successfully... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Want Better ROI When Getting a Booth at a Conference?”. Collins Says, “The new book, How to Get the Most from Exhibiting at Conferences, is available for free this week on Kindle. In the book, I share how you can make the most of your time at a conference, as well as pitfalls to avoid. The advice is based on my ten years as Co-Founder of Affiliate Summit, both from being a fly on the wall and talking to countless people over that time about what they like and dislike. Companies exhibit at conferences for a variety of reasons. Some look at... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “FedEx Projects Cyber Monday 2013 to be the Busiest Shipping Day”. Collins Says, “FedEx is projecting that Cyber Monday will be their busiest shipping day this holiday season,according to BloombergBusinessweek. Cyber Monday falls on December 2 this year, and FedEx expects online retailers to drive an 11 percent increase from 2012, which would result in the highest volume in the history of FedEx. FedEx forecasts that more than 22 million shipments will move through their global network on Cyber Monday 2013”. FedEx Projects Cyber Monday 2013... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “The Super Website Migration Checklist”. Collins Says, “Chris Canada shared a checklist of everything you need to do to make sure your website and your rankings make it to your new web host or web design when you perform a migration at the Affiliate Summit Meetup in Austin, TX on October 22, 2013. Chris has been engineering complex WordPress solutions for some of the top brands in Austin and beyond such as Pioneer, France.com and WP Engine. He is currently a Senior WordPress Engineer at We Move WP, a WordPress migration & development service... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Derek Flanzraich to Keynote Affiliate Summit West 2014”. Collins Says, “Derek Flanzraich will be a keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit West 2014 on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Paris Las Vegas. Derek Flanzraich is an entrepreneur on a mission to make everyone a “greatist,” someone who simply makes better choices for their fitness, health, and happiness. He is the founder & ceo of Greatist, a health & fitness media startup working to make healthy living cool. Greatist is currently the fastest-growing site in the space, with over... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “How to Get the Most from Exhibiting at Conferences”. Collins Says, “Affiliate Summit Press has published a new book, How to Get the Most from Exhibiting at Conferences, which I authored. The book also includes contributions from Robert Adler, Ad Hustler, Tricia Meyer, and Kim Rowley. Companies exhibit at conferences for a variety of reasons. Some look at the process as an expense as they seek to protect their market share. Others approach exhibiting as an investment in their business. Those are the companies that build and maintain real relationships... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Apply for a Scholarship to Affiliate Summit West 2014”. Collins Says, “Need help getting yourself to Affiliate Summit West 2014? We will be sponsoring up to fifty Affiliate Summit Pay it Forward Scholarships for affiliates to attend the conference for the first time. The goal of the scholarships is to make the education and networking experience of Affiliate Summit available to affiliates who might not otherwise be able to attend. Each recipient of the Affiliate Summit Pay It Forward Scholarships will be awarded one VIP Pass (a $1,249 value)... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Best Affiliate Marketing Blogs Nominations for 2013”. Collins Says, “Affiliate Summit wants to know which affiliate marketing blogs you think are the best. We will be compiling a list of the best affiliate marketing blogs through public nominations through October 31, 2013. After we’ve compiled the nominations, we’ll post those blogs and have a public vote to determine the winners over the month of November. We will then announce the results in December”. Best Affiliate Marketing Blogs Nominations for 2013 Shawn Collins’ Blog  [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “KissMyAds Introduces Mobile Traffic Switch to Segment Mobile Traffic”. Collins Says, “Mobile performance marketing network KissMyAds, based in Cologne, Germany, has announced the launch of their new technology called Mobile Traffic Switch. The new feature enables publishers to segment their mobile traffic, and it provides advertisers with a new degree of traffic targeting, according to KissMyAds. The switch filters mobile traffic, according to numerous criteria like country, operator, mobile device, operating system, 3G/WiFi, and also payouts”. ... [...]