Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

I just finished Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Robert Cialdini, Noah Goldstein, and Steve Martin.
The reason I picked up the book is that Cialdini is my favorite author, and I’d say his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, is the best business boook out there – one that every marketer should [...]

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FeedFront Magazine Issue 9 Now Available

The ninth issue of FeedFront, the official magazine of Affiliate Summit, is at the printer and it will be hitting mailboxes in early January 2010.

Issue nine of FeedFront will also be distributed at Affiliate Summit West 2010.
This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes The Importance of Branding in Affiliate Marketing by Rae Hoffman, How to Recycle [...]

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Official Affiliate Summit West 2010 Party List

Missy Ward is compiling a list of the parties and special events taking place at Affiliate Summit West 2010 next month in Las Vegas.
The most busy night for parties at Affiliate Summit is typically the Monday. This time around, we’ll be counter-programming the Monday parties with an alternative.. the Affiliate Summit Trivia Tweetup.

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Affiliate Marketing is Dead Redux

Affiliate marketing is dead… to people who can’t figure it out, consultants desperate for business, journalists with an elementary understanding of the space, and bloggers trying to create linkbait.
But the claim floats around each year anyhow.
Some guy named Aristotle theorized about the death of affiliate marketing long ago. Ok, it was actually a writer named [...]

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First Timers Guide for Affiliate Summit West 2010

I’ve put together a presentation with advice for folks attending Affiliate Summit for the first time.
Have a quick look for guidance on when to arrive, the dress code, what to bring, following Affiliate Summit West 2010 on Twitter, and more.
Also, if you haven’t done so already, sign up for the Affiliate Summit Mentor Program where [...]

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Winners of the 2009 ShareASale Performance Awards

ShareASale has announced the winners of their second annual ShareASale Performance Awards.
The winners of 2009…

Exceptional Affiliate: Stylefeeder
Exceptional Merchant: Vann’s
Exceptional Affiliate Manager: Jared Saunders of JensonUSA
PowerRank Champion: Checks Unlimited
Emerging Technology: Spadout
Pay It Forward Award: Karen Garcia, Scott Jangro, and Michael Coley

More details on the awards at http://blog.shareasale.com/2009/12/15/shareasale-performance-awards-2009/.
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Just Got the AWeber Web Form Generator

AWeber teased their new Web Form Generator a couple weeks ago, but it was only available to certain accounts.
This feature enables users to create highly customizable signup forms directly in their accounts, instead of just taking the basic form HTML and editing it in another program, and I just noticed that it’s now available to [...]

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DailyBooth is Social Media that is Truly Social

I started noticing DailyBooth links on Twitter a month or so ago, and didn’t really get it at first. I would click through and just see pictures of people doing stuff.
I figured it was just another place to post pictures. So what?
But then I realized the photos on DailyBooth was the start of conversations, and [...]

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Pubcon 2009: Shawn Collins on Affiliate Marketing

CT Moore interviewed me at Pubcon in Las Vegas last week about trends in affiliate marketing for the NVI blog.
We chatted about the intersection of social media and affiliate marketing, pay per call, the impact of the economy on the industry, and whether Google will kill affiliate marketing.
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New Way to Get Free Passes to Affiliate Summit West 2010

There is a new way to get free Gold passes to Affiliate Summit West 2010, taking place January 17-19, 2010 in Las Vegas.
I’ve been posting codes daily for the last month or so, but it’s come to my attention that some people have supposedly figured out a way to cheat the system.
I haven’t been able [...]

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