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Affiliate Video – The Dreaded Google Slap (And How To Avoid It)
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3909/affiliate-video-google-slap.html
The Dreaded Google Slap. No affiliate ever wants to hear that oh-so infamous term. Unfortunately, if you don’t protect yourself against it, you won’t have a choice. Google’s increasingly stringent policies are forcing affiliates to change the way they do things right across the board. Is there a silver lining in these slap-happy times? Of course

Jounce – Hot! Search and Compare 12 Million Affiliate Offers
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3908/jounce.html
This is a VERY cool way to search and compare numerous offers across the major networks and you can even pull your affiliate link from within the platform. Jounce is a BIG time saver and should increase productivity and revenue for affiliates several ways.

Avoiding Affiliate Fraud- Risks and Precautions
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3904/avoiding-affiliate-fraud-risks-and-precautions.html
Affiliate marketing has so many facet and techniques, that often times it’s easy to find yourself involved with a scam or being taken advantage of. Everyone can be at risk, including the consumer, merchant and affiliates. So how can we truly prevent wide-spread fraud that tricky people think they can get away with? Easy. First off, [...]

The Next Generation In Affiliate Marketing
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3906/next-generation-affiliate-marketing.html
Affiliate marketing is in significant transition, and the gap between the two phases is where the crux of the matter lays. Collective revenues are growing, but the industry itself is plagued by a lack of broader, intellectual leadership. There is limited energy being invested in new theoretical visions that will provide long term direction. Part of the problem comes from the inherently myopic, "fast money" mentality espoused by many affiliate programs, but it certainly isn't the only cause.

One Missing Ingredient That Can Liberate You As An Affiliate…
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3902/missing-ingredient-affiliate.html
This is not meant to discourage you from starting or continuing to build your own affiliate empire. Instead, I hope to shift your mindset to developing the skills that, in the end, will help you to really process one thought...

Breaking News – FTC Press Conference re Action Against Acai Berry Internet Marketers
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3900/ftc-press-conference-for-acai-berry-internet-marketers.html
Acai slinging affiliates that have been promoting "Free Trial" scams may want to stay tuned for more information regarding the outcome of a Press Conference the FTC is holding Monday AM in Chicago. I wonder which company the FTC has set their sites on? I'm assume it's one that has a pretty big affiliate program. Things like this just give the entire industry a bad name.

Does your Income Suffer Due to Affiliate Hyperactive Disorder?
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3899/affiliate-hyperactive-disorder.html
When AffHD kicks in, your creativity center in the brain turns off. You become a monkey copying and pasting links from one place into the other, and when all is said and done you really haven’t added to much value to the process. No wonder those campaigns aren’t converting, there was no real effort put into their creation!

Affiliates – What Are You Using Forums For?
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3897/affiliates-what-are-you-using-forums-for.html
If you don't have a plan or a purpose for visiting a discussion forum, then aren't you on leisure time? The same could be said about using Facebook (business), or Twitter (if you use Twitter for business). Without a clearly defined plan of attack and a goal, how will you know when you're done?

Earn More Now! Join the Hover Domain Names Affiliate Program – a Divison of Tucows
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3896/hover-domain-names-affiliate-program-tucows.html
Hover Affiliates enjoy high payouts, high commissions and full support from Hover’s Affiliate team. Hover’s progressive approach to domain registration and management make it an easy referral every time.

Affiliate Cookie Stuffers Face 20 Years in Jail and Millions in Fines if Found Guilty
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3895/affiliate-cookie-stuffers-jail-and-millions-in-fines-if-found-guilty.html
For the blackhatters out there that say cookie stuffing isn’t illegal and all is fair in love and affiliate marketing – I say you better take a very close look at this case! FBI investigates. CRIMINAL charges filed, in addition to the civil suit I reported on 2 years ago which is still pending.

Me, My Tomato Garden and Affiliate Marketing
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3894/tomato-affiliate-marketing.html
My friends (and 5 Star clients) over at ShareResults craft the best blog titles and write the best affiliate marketing analogies. So I wanted to share another one with you. This one was penned by Janice Scrim. Me, My Tomato Sandwich and Affiliate Marketing Waiting as patiently as I, was a family of racoons, who throughout the [...]

Affiliate Marketing is like Working Out – Analogy Makes Sense
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3893/affiliate-marketing-working-out.html
Whether you just joined the gym, having never really worked out before, or if you just started your first affiliate marketing business, you face a lot of hard work to generate concrete results. Beyond hard work, you also need a plan if you really want give yourself the best chance for success. The guy who hits the gym seven days a week and

Google MayDay Update and Your Affiliate Site – What To Do
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3892/google-may-day-update.html
A drop in traffic to your bigger terms probably is not a May Day effect, but drops in search referrals could be. We will discuss what improvements can be made and what you can do to minimize the impact of this algorithm change.

Story of the Ultimate Traveling Affiliate Lifestyle
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3891/traveling-affiliate-lifestyle.html
I’m sitting in a small van, cross-legged next to seven slightly smelly hippies as we navigate through the desert landscape of Namibia, Africa. Nothing is around for hundreds of miles except a tribal village

What a Three-Year Old Can Teach You About Affiliate Marketing
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3890/three-year-old-affiliate-marketing.html
But most of the time, in her purity, in her determination to do things her way, she reminds me of the little things in life that I apply to my daily routine, and in turn, to my adventures in affiliate marketing. Here then, are four tips from my daughter, which bring me back to basics, and make for great affiliate marketing lessons.

New FeedFront Magazine for Affiliates – Boosting Traffic and More
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3889/feedfront-magazine-affiliates.html
This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes an interview with nerdcore rapper YTCracker, Boosting Your Traffic and Credibility with PR by Ali Croft, Evaluating Your Merchant’s E-Commerce Website by George Hansen, the Affiliate Summit East 2010 agenda, and Social Media’s Rules of Engagement by Brian Solis.

Affiliate Marketing Lessons Learned from Lady Gaga
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3888/affiliate-marketing-lady-gaga.html
Love her or hate her, there is no doubt that Lady Gaga is one of the most successfully marketed celebrities of the last decade and affiliate marketers could take a lesson from her and her team of PR people. So, here are our five affiliate marketing lessons from Lady Gaga.

Keeping It Clean in Affiliate Marketing – Where to Draw the Line
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3887/clean-affiliate-marketing.html
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying don’t be creative. I’m not saying you can’t ride that line and market on the edge. Just avoid outright deceiving people or spending your time thinking about how to cheat the system. There is plenty of money to be made in this industry legitimately.

VIDEO: Affiliate Insider and 11 Year Veteran Chuck Hamrick on State of the Industry
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3885/video-affiliate-insider-chuck-hamrick.html
My Friends over at MediaTrust filmed another great edition of Relevantly Speaking starring 11 year affiliate marketing vet Chuck Hamrick. Chuck shares lots of great insights about various aspects of the business and the video is well worth a watch.

Freedom and Independence – Happy 4th of July
source: http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/3886/freedom-and-independence-happy-4th-of-july.html
Are you thankful for your affiliate independence? Think about it! We work in the most "free" country in the world. Plus affiliates and outsourced affiliate managers have the freedom to work from home and the independence to largely create their own destiny.