Affiliate Networks

Many new affiliates have trouble finding products to promote. Believe me, I have been there and done that. When you are trying to find your feet in this business, you hear a lot of things from the gurus that don’t make sense. The problem is, a lot of these gurus have no idea how to [...]

One thing about the affiliate business is that you are never out of options as far as programs to promote and networks to join. Networks such as CJ, LinkShare, Clickbank, and Pepperjams provide you with everything you need to promote products online and make money. Personally, Clickbank and CJ have been the best networks to [...]

It seems like yesterday that Google bought Performics and made it into Google Affiliate Network. But till yesterday, Google Affiliate Network was completely separate from other products by Google (Analytics, Adwords, …). But the big network maintenance has made Google Affiliate Network a part of Google product family. Here is what Google is displaying on [...]

CPA offers are very attractive to most affiliates. You get all kinds of offers from these networks, and sometimes all you have to do is get people to enter their age and e-mail address to get your commission. Now there are simple CPA offers and complicated ones. The more complicated the action is, you can [...]

I am personally a big supporter of affiliates getting paid for their efforts. I don’t know about you but getting 5% conversion rate from some of these merchants on CJ or LinkShare has been difficult to achieve for me. I am talking about brick and mortar offers of course. Let’s say you promote Walmart deals. [...]

I know this is old news, but Amazon has officially reclaimed the title of most innovative affiliate program in the world. As someone who at one time considered working for Amazon, I can tell you that these guys have a vast pool of talent, and they have utilized their talent to the maximum by coming [...]

If you have used Commission Junction, you have probably seen the network EPC numbers that they show you to illustrate the effectiveness of their affiliate programs. For instance, the below program is getting a very high network earning grade from Commission Junction. Here is how the Network Earnings rating is calculated: Network Earnings: The advertiser’s [...]

That’s the question many ask in forums about affiliate marketing. Obviously, the big boys of affiliate marketing are CJ, LinkShare, Google, and Shareasale. But many smaller companies have their own affiliate programs with their own interface and a dedicated affiliate management team. Does that mean that these guys are not worth working with? Absolutely not! [...]

If you have promoted digital products before, you are probably familiar with both PayDotCom and ClickBank. Both of these networks are excellent in providing a selection of digital products that not only sell but also give out super high commissions. In fact, in the digital affiliate marketing world, 50% commission is very much the norm [...]

If you have been around the circles in the affiliate marketing community, you know by now that not many people make it in the affiliate marketing through CJ or LinkShare services only. The facts are that LinkShare and CJ have agreements with the top companies in the world across multiple verticals. So having access to [...]