Shawn Collins wrote the book,
'Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants' which is the best
selling book in the space, and it is considered to be required reading
by affiliate managers. Shawn is a Co-founder of the Affiliate Summit,
the premier affiliate marketing conference. He is also the Co-Publisher
and Co-Editor-in-Chief of FeedFront Magazine. Shawn writes a daily
blog on affiliate marketing news and opinion at his Affiliate Tip
site.
Official Website Links,
Social Network Links, Interview, News, More below...
Would you consider yourself an internet
guru? Shawn:
I don’t care for that title, as it is often misused by con
artists. I think I’d classify myself more as an experience
leader in Internet marketing.
What is your most valuable tool(s)? Shawn:
My Blackberry is essential to me, because I’m frequently
away from my office, and the Blackberry enables me to leave the
office without leaving my access.
What is the wackiest thing you’ve
seen online? Shawn: I’m surprised every
day about the trends in what people are searching via http://www.google.com/trends
.
Do you regularly shop online? Shawn: It’s very irregular
for me to shop offline. I’d say 90% of my shopping is online.
My life changed in a big way twenty years ago today. It was the first Affiliate Summit that I organized with Missy Ward and it took place at Baruch College in New York City on November 3, 2003. Pulling the whole thing together happened pretty fast. We chatted on the phone about trying to start […]
I dreaded graduating college. After a rough start where I got a 1.0 GPA and landed on academic probation, I straightened things out. It took five years and one summer session (a Spanish class in a room with no A/C in the hot Maryland summer), but I finished what I started on May 20, 1993. […]