by Shawn Collins on November 16, 2011
I recently had a nice chat with Ken Evoy, founder of SiteSell and creator of SBI!, and we discussed the differences between blogging vs. building a theme-based content site. I’ve known Ken since the 90′s(!), when I read his book “Make Your Site SELL!” (MYSS!), and it was fun to catch up and talk about [...]
by Shawn Collins on March 26, 2010
The Affiliate Marketing 3.0 panel was part of the first ever SES Affiliate Marketing Forum in New York City on Thursday, March 25, 2010. The panel covered the future of affiliate marketing, as well as current issues, such as the advertising tax and innovations in affiliate marketing. The moderator was Kristopher Jones, President of the [...]
by Shawn Collins on February 18, 2010
There was an advertising tax roundtable run by Tax Analysts on Friday, February 5 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, and they’ve allowed us to share the audio on GeekCast.fm. Here is the description of the discussion: Please join us for a discussion about whether states should tax Internet or other kinds of [...]
by Shawn Collins on June 18, 2009
Back in the spring of 1999, Cindy Arko (then Aylward) hired me to join her and James Marciano to run Refer-it.com, the first affiliate program directory. Prior to my joining them, they ran the first Affiliate Solutions conference at the Harvard Club in early 1999. It was an exciting, explosive time in affiliate marketing back [...]
by Shawn Collins on May 29, 2009
Five Successful Strategies For Monetizing Blogs View more OpenOffice presentations from Shawn Collins. The “Five Successful Strategies for Monetizing Blogs” presentation was given by Affiliate Summit Co-founders Missy Ward and Shawn Collins at the Inbound Marketing Summit on May 27, 2009 in Dallas, TX. It’s not easy making money with affiliate programs. You’re a blogger, [...]