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Affiliate marketing and other stuff from Shawn Collins, co-founder of Affiliate Summit.

Archives for July 2016

Wade Tonkin on Rooting for Tottenham Hotspur, Riding Amtrak, and the Exorcist Steps

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Wade Tonkin, who is the Affiliate Manager at Fanatics.com, joined me to chat on my podcast, This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins.

Wade Tonkin

I wanted to learn more about the real Wade, so I asked him a variety of questions I figured he had not been asked in previous interviews.

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We discussed…

  • Cooking Korean BBQ
  • How he started following Tottenham Hotspur
  • Running vs. Yoga
  • Traveling on Amtrak
  • The Exorcist Steps in Washington, DC
  • Getting bad seats on airplanes

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This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins is focused on the people behind the affiliate management/OPM companies, advertisers/merchants, affiliates/publishers, and affiliate networks.

On each episode, Shawn interviews a new guest related to the industry, so you can learn more about the people of affiliate marketing.

After all, affiliate marketing is about the people; not the companies.

Earn a Free Pass to Affiliate Summit East 2017 by Exercising

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We just donated nearly $12,000 to fight breast cancer from the Race to Affiliate Summit East 2016, and now it’s time for affiliate marketers to start over again with battling breast cancer through exercise.

Exercise for an Affiliate Summit pass

Affiliate Summit has created a dailymile Challenge (Race to Affiliate Summit West 2017) where we will donate $1 to benefit the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in support of the Affiliate Marketers Give Back team for each mile exercised: cycling, fitness classes, running, swimming, or walking.

The ten participants with the most total miles at the end of the challenge will receive a VIP Pass to Affiliate Summit East 2017.

All other participants with 50 miles or more will each receive a Networking Pass to Affiliate Summit East 2017.

The challenge runs July 24, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Affiliate Summit West 2017 is taking place January 15-17, 2017 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.

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dailymile syncs with a number of iPhone and Android apps, and there is also a dailymile iPhone app.

This should go without saying, but please don’t fudge your numbers.

In order to participate in dailymile activities, you will need to friend me on dailymile and I will invite you to the challenge. If you participated in a past dailymile challenge with Affiliate Summit, I have invited you to this one.

Please note that all information you provide as part of the contest is public and may be used by Affiliate Summit in our marketing efforts for this event.

Rachel Honoway on Her First Job, Yoga, and Homemade Pet Deodorizer

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Rachel Honoway, who is CEO of FMTC, a premier affiliate data feed and tool provider, and President of the Performance Marketing Association Board of Directors, joined me to chat on my podcast, This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins.

Rachel Honoway

I wanted to learn more about the real Rachel, so I asked her a variety of questions I figured she had not been asked in previous interviews.

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We discussed…

  • Rachel’s first job
  • Yoga and her site, PrettyHardWork.com
  • Homemade pet deodorizer
  • Why she pins items about hearing loss on Pinterest
  • Her first Tweet
  • Marrying her college sweetheart

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This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins is focused on the people behind the affiliate management/OPM companies, advertisers/merchants, affiliates/publishers, and affiliate networks.

On each episode, Shawn interviews a new guest related to the industry, so you can learn more about the people of affiliate marketing.

After all, affiliate marketing is about the people; not the companies.

Affiliate Summit East 2016 Preview on Affiliate Buzz

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I was recently on the Affiliate Buzz podcast with James Martell to chat about Affiliate Summit East 2016.

James MartellAffiliate Summit East 2016 is taking place July 31 – August 2, 2016 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York, NY.

James Martell and I spoke about what attendees can expect at the conference.

We ran down the agenda of networking and educational sessions across the three days of the conference and tradeshow.

Also, we reminisced a bit about the early days of Affiliate Summit and discussed things to do in New York City.

Listen to the Affiliate Summit East 2016 episode of Affiliate Buzz.

Affiliate Summit East 2016 Donates $11,972 to Fight Breast Cancer

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The Race to Affiliate Summit East 2016, an exercise challenge where Affiliate Summit committed to donating $1 to benefit AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer in support of Affiliate Marketers Give Back for each mile in the challenge, has completed.

The end of AVON 39 in NYC 2015

Participants cycled, ran, swam, walked, and did other workouts to add up miles for the charity competition.

There were 32 folks involved in the challenge, and overall, there were 11,972 miles tallied by the participants, so the total donation was $11,972.

Thank you so much to everybody who participated and helped to make this charity donation from Affiliate Summit.

The participant with the most total miles at the end of the challenge, Justin Ball with 3,760 miles, will receive a VIP Pass to Affiliate Summit West 2017.

The 2nd to 5th place finishers will each receive a Networking Plus Pass to Affiliate Summit West 2017, and 6th to 10th place finishers will each receive a Networking Pass to Affiliate Summit West 2017.

Affiliate Summit West 2017 is taking place January 15-17, 2017 at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.

If you would like to participate in the next Affiliate Summit exercise challenge, be sure to keep an eye on the Affiliate Summit blog for an announcement in the next month.

Melissa Salas on Driving in Australia, USC Football, and the AVON 39

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Melissa Salas, who is Senior Director of Marketing at Swiss Watch International, and was co-host for the TV show BuyTV from 2006-2013, as well as the Director of Marketing & Public Relations from 2000 to 2013 at Buy.com, joined me to chat on my podcast, This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins.

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I wanted to learn more about the real Melissa, so I asked her a variety of questions I figured she had not been asked in previous interviews.

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We discussed…

  • Her trip to Australia
  • How to pronounce her last name
  • Lakers chances against the Warriors
  • USC football
  • AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer
  • FLOC (Future Leaders of Our Community)
  • Living in southern California

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Subscribe to This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins on iTunes.

If you enjoyed this episode of This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins, please share it.

This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins is focused on the people behind the affiliate management/OPM companies, advertisers/merchants, affiliates/publishers, and affiliate networks.

On each episode, Shawn interviews a new guest related to the industry, so you can learn more about the people of affiliate marketing.

After all, affiliate marketing is about the people; not the companies.

Jim Kukral on Local Politics, Tucker Max, and Mandals

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Jim Kukral, who has published ten books and owns the Author Marketing Club, an online tools and training membership with over 27,000 members, joined me to chat on my podcast, This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins.

Jim Kukral

I wanted to learn more about the real Jim, so I asked him a variety of questions I figured he had not been asked in previous interviews.

We discussed…

  • Getting elected to his city council
  • Interviewing Tucker Max
  • Johnny Manziel and the Cleveland Browns
  • Progressive Field vs. Yankee Stadium
  • Mandals
  • Coaching his son in football

Links from this episode

Subscribe to This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins on iTunes.

If you enjoyed this episode of This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins, please share it.

This is Affiliate Marketing with Shawn Collins is focused on the people behind the affiliate management/OPM companies, advertisers/merchants, affiliates/publishers, and affiliate networks.

On each episode, Shawn interviews a new guest related to the industry, so you can learn more about the people of affiliate marketing.

After all, affiliate marketing is about the people; not the companies.

FeedFront Magazine Issue 35 (July 2016) is Now Available

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Issue 35 of FeedFront is headed to the printer and subscribers will be getting their copies in the coming weeks.

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Issue 35 of FeedFront will also be distributed at Affiliate Summit East 2016.

This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes Is Wanderlust in Your DNA? by Missy Ward, Affiliates: Track These Metrics to Increase Profits by Eric Nagel, Mentally Breaking Down Your Hustle by Priest Willis, Sr., and the agenda to Affiliate Summit East 2016.

Also, there is coverage on blogger recruitment, cross device tracking, fraud, LinkedIn, Facebook lead ads, B2B affiliate programs, producing content, getting a merchant’s attention, and more.

Issue 35 of FeedFront Magazine can now be viewed online, downloaded, and printed from issuu.com.

Get the FeedFront RSS if you’d like to get all of the articles as they are published to the feed.

If you haven’t subscribed, you can get the magazine for free in the U.S. (sorry to everybody else, but mailing outside of the U.S. is very expensive). Also, become a fan of FeedFront on Facebook to see past issues, covers, etc.