Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Social Media Optimizer Tool from KnowEm”. Collins Says, “KnowEm, a service that provides a username search for social media, domains, and trademarks, has released a new tool to help companies optimize their sites for social media. There are lots of ways you can optimize your content and control how people share and interact with your content on social media, but the important thing is that you do it. In order to optimize your content for social media optimization (SMO), you have to use a bunch of tags”. Social Media Optimizer Tool from KnowEm ... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Big Mobile Growth in Affiliate Marketing, SEPA Bank Transfers, and Free Passes to Affiliate Summit East 2013”. Collins Says, “On the July 8, 2013 episode of 7 Minutes in Affiliate Heaven podcast (listen to 7 Minutes in Affiliate Heaven), I talked about the latest affiliate marketing mobile stats, apps on iPhone and Android for Affiliate Summit East 2013, and my temporary beard. I also mentioned how people can get a free pass to Affiliate Summit, and Tipalti expanding bank transfers to 32 European countries. Please review 7 Minutes in Affiliate... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “How to Get a Free Pass to Affiliate Summit East 2013”. Collins Says, “We are expecting over 4,000 affiliate marketers at Affiliate Summit East 2013, taking place August 18-20, 2013 in Philadelphia, and a whole bunch of those people will be going for free. There are a variety of ways to get a complimentary pass to Affiliate Summit, and since you’re surely a loyal reader of theAffiliate Summit blog, you already know about them. But I’ll list them all here anyway. Race to Affiliate Summit East 2013: ten people will get free passes for exercising”. ... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “M-Commerce: The Complete Picture, Third Edition”. Collins Says, “Affiliate Window has released the third edition of their m-commerce white paper, M-Commerce: The Complete Picture. Back in 2011, Affiliate Window started a project to better understand the opportunities in mobile withing affiliate marketing. At the time, just over one percent of their sales were through mobile. In June 2012, the network reported that nearly 8% of sales for their clients came through mobile. Currently, 18% of sales via Affiliate Window are now delivered through... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Submit Your Affiliate Summit West 2014 Speaking Proposal”. Collins Says, “Speaking proposals for Affiliate Summit West 2014, taking place January 12-14, 2014 in Las Vegas, are now being accepted. The submission deadline is August 30, 2013. Any submissions after this date will not be considered. Accepted speakers will be notified no later than September 20, 2013. If you have not been contacted by September 20, 2013, your proposal was not accepted”. Submit Your Affiliate Summit West 2014 Speaking Proposal Shawn Collins’ Blog  [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “The Importance of Relationships in Affiliate Marketing”. Collins Says, “This was a conference session titled The Importance of Relationships in Affiliate Marketing fromAffiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City. Session speakers: David Gonzalez, Founder, Internet Marketing Party (Moderator) Louis Cohen, SVP — Search & Affiliate Marketing, Citibank Michael Lovitch, Founder, The Hypnosis Network Paul Moss, Owner, Moss Affiliate Marketing Session description: Trust is built with great relationship... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Turn Your Content into a Kindle Book”. Collins Says, “I went through the steps to get a Kindle book published with your new or existing content at theAffiliate Summit Meetup in Austin, TX on June 24, 2013. I explained how I outsourced the editing via oDesk, and formatting and cover at Fiverr for a total of $110 and published my best-selling book, Extra Money Answer, quickly and easily. Plus, I shared my accidental discovery of how later publishing a paperback edition of Extra Money Answerled to a big surge in sales for the Kindle version”. Turn... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “IPO for RetailMeNot, @wired Likes to Run My Photo, and Google AdSense Turns 10”. Collins Says, “On the June 24, 2013 episode of 7 Minutes in Affiliate Heaven podcast (listen to 7 Minutes in Affiliate Heaven), I talked about avoiding scammy book publishers, Google AdSense at 10 years old, and some data from Rakuten LinkShare on overseas expansion”. IPO for RetailMeNot, @wired Likes to Run My Photo, and Google AdSense Turns 10 Shawn Collins’ Blog  [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Rakuten LinkShare Study: Online Advertisers Expanding Overseas”. Collins Says, “Rakuten LinkShare has shared the results from a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on selling globally through the affiliate channel. The study, “Key Trends and Best Practices Selling Globally Via the Affiliate Channel,” is based on surveys of 2,574 online shoppers across eight countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States Forrester also conducted interviews with advertisers and publishers... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “New Link Optimizer Technology from VigLink”. Collins Says, “VigLink has unveiled a link optimization technology that is an optional feature of VigLink Convert. The VigLink optimizer technology modifies organic product links to point to a different retailer when there is higher earning potential with an alternative advertiser. Affiliates can opt-in to the optimizer by signing into their account and enabling link optimization under their account settings”. New Link Optimizer Technology from VigLink Shawn Collins’ Blog  [...]