Sharing unbelievable information is not my style.

But I look at the headline above and realize how unbelievable our two affiliate programs are....and in this issue, I'm showing how we get it done. What better way to advance this training system than to share what I've learned on the front lines.

What I have learned from my own experience, and others in this growing industry, is that the best affiliate is not necessarily the one with the most traffic. Often it is the one with the most highly targeted traffic...

• ActiveAffiliates: Small Capitalists, Big Profits...The Complete Story

• The Fine Line Between Advertorial and Editorial Space
  The Best Form of Affiliate Advertising Does Not Appear to Be Advertising

  The next time you read an article, is it endorsing the product it is writing about? Like it or not, this trend is dramatically impacting affiliate programs.

• What Does Cooperation Mean to Your Affiliate Program?
  "Winning the Affiliate Game" Announces a New, Co-Op Advertising Plan
  Sometimes what worked off-line, works online...

• The Ideal Affiliate Profile --
  Passion Marketing: Your Best Affiliate Is Someone Who Would Buy Your Product
  Next time you count traffic and branding, look at what really works...the answers may surprise you.

• The Single Most Overlooked Affiliate Resource is Training!
  Why most affiliate networks are wasting their resources, and how to stop this from happening to you.

• AssociatePrograms Interviews Declan Dunn
  Allan Gardyne interview reviewing our two-tier program and marketing approach to Winning the Affiliate Game.

• Affiliate Programs Explained in Plain, Simple English

• Linking for Conversion
  Brian Clark of ReveNews shares this insightful article on the truth about affiliate conversions and the impact this may have on editorial content on the Internet.

• Affiliate Success Story
  An Interview With Jeff Ostroff
  We are researching the most successful affiliates and how they do it. Please feel free to share your affiliate network's success stories; we will be printing these to show affiliates how to perform better. Jeff's story is must reading.

• Help Affiliates Help Themselves
  Making Online Ad Copy Believable For Your Affiliate Program
  Finally, we share an email ad copy development to show how the usual message, honed to a more personal tone, generates results.