The document discusses the growth and opportunities in affiliate marketing, highlighting its significant contributions to online retail sales and providing insights for new affiliate marketers. It outlines essential steps for starting an affiliate site, including selecting topics, domain names, hosting, and effective content creation strategies. Additionally, it promotes the Affiliate Summit East 2009 as a key event for networking and learning within the affiliate marketing community.

1. Opportunities in Affiliate Marketing Shawn Collins, Co-Founder, Affiliate Summit

2. This could be you…

3. Or more likely…

4. Growth Industry JupiterResearch “US Online Affiliate Marketing Forecast, 2007 to 2012.”

5. E-Commerce Continues to Grow eMarketer “US Retail E-Commerce Set for Growth.”

6. Affiliate Marketing Numbers $6.5 Billion in Commissions (2005) Anne Holland, MarketingSherpa Affiliate Summit West 2006 Keynote Address

7. Affiliate Programs at 75% Retailers Internet Retailer “Hot 100 Retail Web Sites.”

8. Nearly 1/10 of Online Retail Econsultancy “Affiliate Marketing Buyer’s Guide 2009.” Affiliate marketers responsible for ~ 1/10 of all online sales in the UK (2008)

9. Promote the Trends?

10. Cemetery of Trend Sites

11. AskTheMama.com

12. BabyLounge.com

13. BallFourBook.com

14. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site 2-3 topics you care about Domain name Hosting Email service Patience Find your voice Where to find affiliate programs

15. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site 2-3 topics you care about Staying power Avoid flavor of the day

16. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site Domain name GoDaddy.com - $10/year Spend no more than 20 minutes Start with one year

17. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site Hosting LivingDot RackSpace

18. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site Email service AWeber RSS to email Newsletters Follow-up series

19. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site Patience Don’t monetize right away Build content Most relevant, not most lucrative Beyond the banner Test, test, test Don’t expect money for months

20. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site Find your voice Don’t be a journalist, be you Editorial calendar Ask the Expert

21. 7 Things for a New Affiliate Site Where to find affiliate programs

22. Who Wants to Start an Affiliate Site? Ideas Domain

23. Types of Affiliates Podcast Video Email Blog Mobile Deals Content Data feed Twitter Facebook PPC

24. Types of Affiliates: Podcast

25. Types of Affiliates: Video

26. Types of Affiliates: Email

27. Types of Affiliates: Blog

28. Types of Affiliates: Mobile

29. Types of Affiliates: Deals

30. Types of Affiliates: Content

31. Types of Affiliates: Data feed

32. Types of Affiliates: Twitter

33. Types of Affiliates: Facebook

34. Types of Affiliates: PPC

35. Contact Shawn Collins [email_address] Twitter: @affiliatetip AIM: affiliatetip Facebook: http://www.shawnonfacebook.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shawncollins

36. Affiliate Summit East 2009 Who : Thousands of affiliate marketers What : The premier affiliate marketing conference When : August 9-11 Where : Hilton New York Why : Learn and network Details at www.AffiliateSummit.com

37. Sources Growth Rate of Affiliate Marketing http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/growth-rate-of-affiliate-marketing/ Top 5 Affiliate Marketing Opportunities for 2006 http://www.slideshare.net/affsum/top-5-affiliate-marketing-opportunities-for-2006 Majority of Top Retailers Have Affiliate Programs http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/majority-of-top-retailers-have-affiliate-programs/ UK Affiliate Marketing to Generate £4 Billion in 2009 http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/uk-affiliate-marketing-to-generate-4-billion-in-2009/ US Retail E-Commerce Set for Growth http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1005963