- Every affiliate marketer can agree: Scammers are like cockroaches–for everyone you eliminate, another 100 are creeping around. Here’s a great way to spot them before they wreak havoc on your network and your offers. [Industry Pace]

- “Long hours, dedication and the ability to think outside the box.” – Bryan Shearer on what it takes to be an affiliate marketer. [Jonathan Volk]

- Yet another long-winded dissertation re: Is Facebook Places better than Foursquare? [MediaPost]

- 15 start-ups founded by employees after they left the Google Empire. [Mashable]

- And as affiliate marketers are always looking to minimize time for such activities as cooking, here is a fancy new stove-top that lets you cook a multitude of things. [Gizmodo]

- E-mail marketers face a new challenge as more people start bargain-hunting on mobile devices. [MediaPost]

- Ultraviolet light shined on ancient Greek statues reveals how tacky they used to look. [Gizmodo]

- In case you missed it, Amy Sheridan suggested one way to stand tall against rogue marketers. [PMExpo]

- Another way? A Verification Bill of Rights. [Adotas]

- After Facebook tried to rip it off yesterday, Foursquare experienced a record number of sign-ups yesterday. [Mashable]

- If you’re still feeling nostalgic for ASE, have a look at this video. [Affiliate Starting Line]

– Top story of the day: Cameron Diaz is the celebrity who’s most likely to give your computer a virus. [Gizmodo]

- The Affiliate Summit debriefings continue. [Super Affiliate Twins]

- Presenting Facesquare Facebook Places. Also worth pondering: Has Facebook intentionally placed a “4″ in the Facebook Places logo, left, to allude to their Foursquare competition? [AdAge]

- The most effective way to combine e-mail and social media strategies. [Adotas]

- And ten things to remember when putting together your social media plan. [iMedia Connection]

Affiliate Summit East is upon us! And here at Blue Phoenix Media, we’re pretty excited about it. Aside from the fact that it’s all going down in our own backyard here in NYC, we’re also excited to meet new and old faces alike. And we’re sure you are too. And when you do, you might be able to shake down many networkers working the expo floor into these five essential archetypes. Continue reading »

- A big victory for contextual advertising. [MediaPost]

- So that social networking website where some people share videos and other people share their triumphs in growing virtual vegetables is testing a new feature that would allow anyone to eliminate all trace of themselves from the website. [Gizmodo]

- As day two of LeadsCon rolls on, maybe there’s some sense that an impromptu dinner with close friends in the industry can be just as rewarding as a big panel. [AdAge]

- What’s “too much time” when it comes to optimizing your campaigns? [Super Affiliate Twins]

- The web’s next frontier? To get anonymous masses to help couples solve their disputes. [Mashable]

Summer is officially underway in NYC. The sun is shining, the humidity is overwhelming, and air conditioners are sold out everywhere. And where there’s an abundance of heat, there’s also a demand for air conditioners. The manufacturers, marketers, and contractors behind ACs and installing them now how to strike when the iron is hot. Because really, who buys an AC in December? Continue reading »

Another new offer we’re featuring is the Avon – Become a Sales Representative offer. A well-branded offer, Avon has most recently been in the public eye for their breast cancer awareness efforts. This offer, meanwhile, is a great fit for anyone looking to run campaigns targeted towards women or anyone looking to change careers. If you’re interested in running this or our other offers, sign up here.

The other day, we documented how Twitter did the same thing to BP which the oil giant did to the environment: Give it a big black-eye. But now that we’re well over a month removed from Day 1 of the catastrophe, is the internet mentally checking out too soon? An examination of Google Trends reveals (well, at least of 11:20 AM EST today) some startling patterns. Continue reading »

Between Internet Week and Apple’s WWDC, internet marketers–and anyone else whose idea of a good time involves Facebook privacy debates, the outmoding of Twitter, and the utility of a new iPhone–are spoiled this week. Presenting your AM Affiliate!

- Netflix will soon become available on the iPhone–just in time for the 4G’s big rollout, too. [Mashable]

- Is Twitter on its way out? [TECHi]

- How guerrilla marketing tactics have crossed over into the social media arena. [Adotas]

- Mashable has put together a growing playlist of all the tunes they’ve heard while at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Turns out the eggheads at Apple love everything from Radiohead to Ella Fitzgerald. [Mashable]

- A very successful affiliate marketer ruminates on moving back home. [Mr. Green]

- Meanwhile, other successful affiliate marketers join forces to raise over $70,000 to fight breast cancer. Well done! [Avon Foundation]

This morning on AM Affiliate, everyone seems to be picking fights with everyone else: Google vs. Microsoft! Panasonic vs. Affiliates! The internet vs. British Petroleum! Read on.

- Yesterday, we learned about Google’s companywide Microsoft ban. Today, Google steps up their fight to overtake Microsoft by announcing a fall launch of the Google Chrome OS. [Mashable]

- Meanwhile, Microsoft steps up its defense strategy. [Gizmodo]

- An Australian airline carrier is going to start allowing passengers to rent iPads to view movies, play games, and read e-books on longer flights. [The Australian]

- This Firefox plug-in creates the BP oil spill for internet users by literally “blacking out” all mentions of BP across the web. [Mashable]

- Seven useful and one not-useful ad copy tips for creating high-converting landing pages. [ClickBooth]

- SEO- and SEM-based landing pages can never be mutually exclusive. [akmg]

- And finally, Panasonic double-dog dares affiliates to outrank them on Lumex. Well, sort of. [Affiliate Tip]