LATEST AMWSO MERCHANT NEWS, BONUSES AND UPDATES

• Exotissimo Travel - Travel Affiliate Program - New Coupons - 21 Jan 2012 - more info
• Laptops For Less - Laptops for Less Contents - 20 Jan 2012 - more info
• Overstock Jeweler - Jewelry Affiliate Program - Valentine's Coupons - 18 Jan 2012 - more info
• Red Stores UK - UK Jewellery Affiliate Program - Valentine's Day Banners - 15 Jan 2012 - more info
• Red Stores US - Jewelry Affiliate Program - Valentine's Banners Live - 15 Jan 2012 - more info
• Exotissimo Travel - Travel Affiliate Program - New Coupons - 07 Jan 2012 - more info
• Overstock Jeweler - Jewelry Affiliate Program - Valentine's Coupons - 05 Jan 2012 - more info
• Red Stores UK - UK Jewellery Affiliate Program - More Christmas Banners Live - 02 Dec 2011 - more info
• Red Stores UK - UK Jewellery Affiliate Program - Christmas Banners Live - 29 Nov 2011 - more info
• Red Stores US - Jewelry Affiliate Program - Christmas Banners Live - 29 Nov 2011 - more info
• Cellular Country - Cell Phone Affiliate Program - Launches on Shareasale - 16 Nov 2011 - more info
• Red Stores US - Jewelry Affiliate Program - November coupons and Deals - 09 Nov 2011 - more info
• Red Stores UK - UK Jewellery Affiliate Program - November coupons and Deals - 09 Nov 2011 - more info
• South Beach Smoke - eCig Affiliate Program - Christmas Competition - 31 Oct 2011 - more info
• South Beach Smoke - eCig Affiliate Program - New Coupon - 04 Oct 2011 - more info

OTHER NEWS AND ARTICLES ON AFFILIATE MARKETING

• Huge Year Over Year Growth for LinkShare :: LinkShare has reported overall same store sales were up 41 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2011. This outpaces the overall growth of e-commerce, which is forecasted to be 10 percent through 2015.- Read the full article here
• Affiliate Nexus Tax and Illinois Unemployment Figures :: The US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics released a chart of unemployment figures for Illinois from January 2010 to July 2011. The chart shows a sharp decline in employment. - Read the full article here
• 7 Deadly Sins Of Performance Marketing :: While the affiliate industry demonstrates the ability to deliver incremental value, advertisers must get the basics right in order to gain the greatest benefit from this channel. - Read the full article here
• What California’s One Year Tax Reprieve Really Means For Affiliates and Amazon :: For the first time since June, California affiliates can breathe a sigh of relief. In a move that recognizes the massive pushback against its version of the Amazon tax - Read the full article here
• FCC’s net neutrality rules to take effect in November :: ast December, the FCC revised a new set of net neutrality rules to prevent internet service providers from blocking access to sites and applications, slowing or blocking web traffic, blocking competitive content, or charging for quicker connections. - Read the full article here
• The Case for Splitting Commissions :: The three key findings of the study show that in the vast majority of cases the majority of transactions have only one referrer; all transactions take place within 24 hours of the click; and where an affiliate does overwrite another affiliate's cookie to claim the sale, they are more likely to overwrite affiliates that use the same primary method of promotion. - Read the full article here
• Facebook Launches Three Suits Against Affiliate Marketing Scams :: Facebook filed three separate lawsuits all involving use of the Facebook platform to engage in what Facebook considered fraudulent activates which were monetized through CPA networks. - Read the full article here
• Performance Marketing Poised For Dramatic Growth :: Last week in Santa Barbara, CJU attendees breathed a communal, but skeptical, sigh of relief as the media reported an end to the Great Recession. Thankfully, the Affiliate Marketing channel has fared better than most other industries due to its focus on pay-for-performance pricing models - Read the full article here
• Business Centers Turn to Affiliate Marketing :: What does affiliate marketing have to do with business centers and virtual offices? What, for that matter, is affiliate marketing? - Read the full article here

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