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The May 28, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing opened with talk about the efforts to form a new affiliate marketing trade association.

Then Lisa Picarille and I discussed the impact of the New York affiliate tax, a robot with no name at Magnify.net, and Melissa Salas of Buy.com becoming a national TV star.

Also, we chatted about a chance to win cash money by designing a new Affiliate Summit site, third party ads on Google AdSense, and what’s happening in the affiliate porn business.

Show Links

• New York Affiliate Tax
• Name the Magnify.net Robot - Get a Flip Camera
• BuyTV is Going to National Television
• “So You Think You Can Design” Contest
• Third-Party Ads on Google AdSense
• Naughty Affiliates

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The April 24, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing was a solo turn for me, as Lisa Picarille was busy at the Web 2.0 conference.

I covered all of the nuts and bolts involved in launching a new affiliate video blog, including the costs, resources, vendors and services I used to launch the site in a day.

The site is a video blog called AskTheMama.com where my wife is answering questions and talking about products related to pregnancy, babies, nursing, etc.

Show Links

• AWeber
• Camtasia Studio V 5.1/SnagIt V 8.2 Bundle
• Disqus
• FeedBurner
• Flip camera and tripod
• Freedback
• Go Daddy
• Google Trends
• LivingDot
• Revolution blog theme
• Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8 Platinum Edition
• TubeMogul
• Twitter
• TwitterFeed
• WordTracker

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The April 3, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing features the triumphant return of Lisa Picarille after a week off.

Shawn and Lisa talk about AzoogleAds rebranding as Epic Advertising, new eBay affiliate program, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV, and April Fools Day.

Also, they cover continued growth of mobile marketing and a new WordPress search plugin.

Show Links

• AzoogleAds Re-Branding as Epic Advertising
• New Social Network for Internet Marketers
• eBay Partner Network Accepting Applications
• Affiliate Mobile Marketing Growth
• Gary Vaynerchuk to Keynote Affiliate Summit 2009 West
• Enhance and Monetize Your Search

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The March 26, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing features guest co-host Sam Harrelson, since Lisa Picarille was under the weather.

Sam and Shawn were joined by Will Martin-Gill, senior manager of Internet marketing for eBay, to discuss eBay migrating their affiliate program from Commission Junction to in-house.

Also, they cover a new CAN-SPAM ruling, death of Facebook, Sam’s reality show of building an affiliate site, and affiliate link disclosure.

Show Links

• How the Affiliate Spammers Beat the FTC
• eBay Leaving Commission Junction
• Sam Harrelson’s SciFiTales.com
• Affiliate Link Disclosure

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The March 12, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing covers the use of Twitter at conferences, Pepperjam and CJ, whether Google should sell Performics, Jason Calacanis becoming an affiliate, Can-Spam, affiliate manager salaries, and Eliot Spitzer.

Show Links

• Affiliate Summit Group Twitter
• Kris Jones on the Pepperjam and Commission Junction Situation
• Google DoubleClick Performics is Official
• Porn, Can Spam, and Affiliate Marketing
• Affiliate Manager Salary Data
• Revised Pricing on ScratchBack
• Oops!… Spitzer Did It Again

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The March 5, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing covers the keynote at Affiliate Summit by Jason Calacanis and the conversation it has started, recap of Affiliate Summit, Florida AG still going after ringtone scammers, eComXpo acquired, and Performics enhancements.

Show Links

• Jason Calacanis Keynote at Affiliate Summit
• Affiliate Summit Recaps: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3
• Great Affiliate Road Rally at Affiliate Summit
• Segway at Affiliate Summit
• Florida AG Makes a Collect Call to AT&T
• eComXpo Acquired by eTail Parent
• Performics Launches Non-Joined Advertiser Opportunities

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The February 20, 2008 episode of Affiliate Thing features news on Affiliate Summit selling out, Group Twitter, the big WebmasterRadio.FM Affiliate Bash, as well as Affiliate Window charging to apply to the network, and AffStat affiliate marketing benchmarks.

Show Links

• Affiliate Summit Sold Out - Passes on eBay
• Affiliate Summit Group Twitter
• WebmasterRadio.FM’s Affiliate Bash
• Paying to Apply to an Affiliate Program
• AffStat 2008 Report Now Available

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