It’s that time of year again! 2010 sure has gone fast.

It’s been busy at Affilorama over the past 12 months – we’ve welcomed many new members to our community, launched AffiloJetpack, and taken pleasure in helping our members over the hurdles and towards success with their affiliate marketing businesses.

Here are some highlights of the last 12 months from the Affilorama blog…

January

Chris talks about the changing demands of marketing brought on by the ‘global age’, in his post “

Hi everyone,

I was talking to my friend Ben Shaffer last week about website conversion rates and he recommended that I check out a blog post by Rich Schefren which was all about ‘Billy May’s Marketing Magic’

Billy Mays was one of the greatest TV pitchmen ever, he was really good at taking a product that you didn’t know about and in a short 2 minute mini-informercial he’d get you picking up the phone and ordering it. He was amazing.

Unfortunately, died recently, so Rich Schefren decided...

Last Christmas online sales grew a whopping 15.5% over the previous year. Compare that with a 3.6% increase for retail sales over the same period and it is undeniable that the online marketplace is red hot for Christmas. So just how much of this pie do affiliate marketer’s get a share of?

Well, the short answer is – it depends. It depends on many things, but specifically – how much effort you put into marketing to the Christmas demand, and the products you’re currently promoting......