As a reminder, the 10th annual AffStat survey of affiliate marketing statistics is now open through May 31, 2012.

We’d like to encourage all affiliates to take part in the survey by rewarding three lucky respondents with a VIP Pass ($879 value) to Affiliate Summit East 2012.*

AffStat Affiliate Marketing BenchmarksThis AffStat survey is focused on affiliates, so please do not complete the survey unless you are an affiliate.

Data from the AffStat survey will be published in future editions of FeedFront Magazine (get a free subscription), and the full report will be available for free.

Take the survey now.

Affiliate managers and networks – please encourage your affiliates to take the AffStat survey.

If you’re interested in the 2011 edition of the AffStat report, it is available to download or read online.

*Three winners will be chosen randomly and will be contacted by email provided after the survey has closed.

Affiliate Summit East 2012 Early Bird Ends Today, May 11th

by Missy Ward Affiliate Summit News

Early bird pricing for Affiliate Summit East 2012, taking place August 12-14, 2012 in New York City, ends May 11, 2012.

The keynote speakers will be Sara Levinson, Ntiedo (NT) Etuk, and Dave Cupples. The Early Bird registration rates for the Networking Pass ($99), Networking Plus Pass ($279), VIP Pass ($879), [...]

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3 Ways To Find Products to Promote Via Affiliate Marketing

by Missy Ward Affiliate Marketing

One of the most common questions that I receive from new affiliates pertains to their indecision over the products and services they plan on promoting using affiliate marketing. While there are numerous methods of selecting affiliate offers to promote, I’ve stuck to a three-pronged approach, which has done me proud over the years. Promote Products [...]

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20 WordPress Plugins that Marketers Can’t Live Without

by Missy Ward Affiliate Marketing

A few months ago, I started Women Online Marketers United (joinWOMU.com) so that women could get the peer based education and the networking opportunities that they need to help them become successful online marketers and entrepreneurs. We’ve since added a few brave men to the mix, who have been wonderful contributors to our community. Recently, [...]

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Join the Affiliate Summit Team for the Runyon 5K

by Shawn_Collins Affiliate Summit News

Affiliate Summit is sponsoring a team of runners for the Runyon 5k, which is taking place Sunday, August 12 at Yankee Stadium. This is the first day of Affiliate Summit East 2012. I ran the Runyon 5k a few years ago, and it was a fantastic experience. The Runyon 5k is a unique cancer research [...]

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Illinois Affiliate Marketers Get a Reprieve from Affiliate Nexus Tax Law

by Missy Ward Affiliate Marketing

Back in February 2011, I wrote about an Illinois “anti-affiliate” Bill that if enacted would force out-of-state retailers to collect Illinois state sales tax for Internet sales, based on the premise that affiliate marketers create nexus in Illinois. In the following month, Illinois Govern Quinn misguidedly signed into law HB 3659, which essentially abolished Affiliate [...]

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OneLoad (Powered by TubeMogul) Updates TOS Regarding Affiliate Marketers

by Missy Ward Affiliate Marketing

Back in February, TubeMogul moved its video syndication and analytics service to its own site, OneLoad.com.  If you’re not familiar with OneLoad, its a tool that gives folks the opportunity to upload their videos to multiple sites (like YouTube, Vimeo, MetaCafe, Facebook, Twitter, Blip.tv and more) at one time and track the results from all [...]

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WAHMspiration for Work At Home Moms

by Missy Ward For the Entrepreneur

Back in October 2011, when Rae Hoffman and I launched itsaWAHMthing.com our mission was to help work at home moms create better lives for themselves, their families and communities by providing them with networking opportunities and business tips from other successful WAHMs. Our goals were simple: We wanted to create a site that featured tips [...]

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Join the Affiliate Summit Central 2012 Virtual Community

by Shawn_Collins Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Summit has partnered with Vivastream to provide a platform for Affiliate Summit Central 2012 attendees to network before, during, and after the conference. If you’re registered for Affiliate Summit Central 2012, take advantage of the agenda planner and networking site. Once your account is set, you will have a customized, interactive guide to help [...]

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Affiliate Marketing Glossary

by Missy Ward Affiliate Marketing

I was recently asked for definitions of some common affiliate marketing terms.  Affiliate marketing definitely has a language all its own. Below is a collection of some of the frequently used affiliate marketing terms which we’ve included in previous AffStat reports through 2010. If you think of other terms you’d like to include in this [...]

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