I’m often asked by people “Why don’t you make a network?” and “Why don’t you be an affiliate and promote your own clients more?” and certainly we have considered it, but it always comes down to a key issue : conflict of interest. And I’m sure we could boost our revenue rather nicely if […]

As the web grows in new directions, affiliate marketing will grow with it. Advertisers and publishers are looking to affiliate networks to innovate in useful ways that help them drive sales. Here are three themes that we’re starting to see take shape at LinkShare.
Social apps
Web Services allow that developers to integrate affiliate links with their […]

Newspapers Take a Shot at Google and Yahoo
The World Association of Newspapers filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice and the European Commission to block an advertising deal between Google and Yahoo concerning newspaper ad placements. WAN’s main concern centers around the deal essentially devaluing the their advertising due to the market power […]

Traditionally, successful jewelers have served as both fashion counselor and gem educator to their loyal customers who come searching for just the right gift. As one of the largest, most respected online jewelers, ICE.com attributes its growth and success to carrying on this tradition with its’ online customers. Recently ICE.com won the 2008 Publisher’s Choice […]

The internet represents the largest research tool in history with millions of information sources available. But how do you know the validity of the sources you come across? Beyond the realm of academic research, this challenge also impacts consumers when it comes to finding unbiased reviews of a product. It is often difficult to […]

For some people shopping is an obsession. Award winning personal shopping engine StyleFeeder, is out to help facilitate that obsession.
StyleFeeder provides consumers with the ability to create feeds of products they are interested in as well as receive personalized product recommendations. Their flexibility as a destination shopping site as well social shopping platform has won […]

Changes happen fast in the affiliate industry. It is the nature of being online. So when Rakuten snapped up LinkShare back in September 2005 many expected the acquisitions of other affiliate networks to soon follow. Perhaps the only surprise is how long it took.
A brief history of how the Google Affiliate Network began
On Monday, […]

I was honored to have won last year’s LinkShare Golden Links Performance Marketing Most Vocal Advocate Award.  It’s that time of year again and LinkShare has just announced this years nominee’s for the Golden Links Awards.
This year the nominees for Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocate (whew that is a mouthful!)  are InternetGeekGirl (Stephanie Agresta), Revenue […]

John J-H Kim, who is presently Interim President in addition to being Chairman of the Board, has announced the appointment of LinkShare co-presidents:

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I am pleased to announce that beginning today, LinkShare will be lead by Jonathan Levine, who you may know is our CTO, and Yasuhisa “Yaz” Iida from Rakuten. They will be co-presidents.
Jonathan brings […]

This was quiet. I haven’t seen much on it today. It came in a discreet e-mail.
Jonathan Levine and Yasuhisa (”Yaz” ) Iida have been named co-presidents of Linkshare. It looks like it takes two people to fill Steve Denton’s shoes. The man must have big feet.
I’ve worked with Jonathan in the past in his different […]

Forzieri.Com UK, is the globally recognized pure Italian fashion merchant with a United Kingdom market focus running on the Linkshare.com/UK network. During the month of May 2008, all new affiliates that join Forzieri on the Linkshare UK network will enjoy a 14% commission for 90 days. Looking for affiliate sales tips and support […]

The soft retail climate doesn?t appear to be affecting e-commerce in the U.S., as one company is finding out. LinkShare recruited 52 new advertisers in the first-quarter, up significantly from 30 in 4Q 2007. The company?s lead generation service was a key driver, as LinkShare explains in a news release out today.
Analysts estimate […]