AffiliateBrand.com by Gene Kavner

Off to Affiliate Summit

Well, it's that time to get ready for Affiliate Summit.  I'm on a 6am flight to Las Vegas tomorrow and am looking forward to meeting many of you at the conference over the next few days.

If you are planning on being there and would like to connect, please drop me a line at:  Gene [at] AffiliateBrand.com.

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director, Amazon Associates Affiliate Program, 2005-2006.
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Heading to Ad-Tech in NY

I'm heading over to New York over the weekend for the Ad-Tech conference and would love to meet any of you in the affiliate marketing space.  Drop me an email if you are planning on being there:

Gene Kavner, Former World-Wide Director, Amazon Associates Affiliate Program, 2005-2006.

Introduction from Gene Kavner

Hello and welcome to AffiliateBrand.com and my blog.

I have recently left Amazon.com after having had an incredible opportunity to run the world-wide Associates Program that is the oldest and most successful affiliate program on the Internet.

Amazon Associates affiliate program operates in 6 countries and contributes significantly to the Amazon revenue stream, which was reported at $8.5 Billion in 2005. Between Associates, Sponsored Search, and a couple of other marketing initiatives, Amazon has spent $168 Million in 2005. Recognizing that the Associates program pays out between 4% and 8.5% of all revenues in fees to the hundreds of thousands of affiliates, you can easily calculate the amount of revenue Amazon’s affiliate program is generating per year.

The purpose of this blog is to share my vast expertise in this space with anyone interested in making money on the web. There is significant money made in the affiliate business. Whether you are:

• Already in business,
• Just thinking of creating your first site / blog,
• Making over $1 Million in annual eCommerce revenues,
• Just tinkering with AdSense and/or other affiliate programs,
• Interested in becoming an Affiliate and not sure where to start, or
• Have your own affiliate program --

-- you will benefit from having a subscription to AffiliateBrand.com.

AffiliateBrand.com, in conjunction with the web site I will be launching shortly, will offer comprehensive review of the affiliate trends, products, and technologies. I will go well beyond the Amazon Associates program and cover in depth areas such as:

•  Affiliate Marketing,
• Free Search Optimization,
• Advertising,
• Sponsored Links,
• Blogging,
• e-Commerce,
• Affiliate Tools,
• Web Services,
• Mashups, and
• Many more!

I will also create an easy way for any of you to participate in the discussion, to share your experience with and rate various commercial offerings. By participating on AffiliateBrand.com, you will also receive substantial page rank boost as I will link directly to your site. I welcome your participation.

I also intend to give you practical, unbiased advice on what you need to do to grow your online business. In order to give you the best advice possible, I will personally try many of the affiliate products and services available on the Internet today and evaluate them. I will even offer these products for you to try and let everyone know what you think.

It is also my goal to evaluate what it is like to interact with various vendors, how easy it is to get their help, how often they pay, and how compelling / effective their offer is. In an effort to be the best judge of their services, some of my links to these vendors will include my own affiliate id. I will also not shy away from suggesting vendors that do not already have their own affiliate program. Overall, I will help you decide whether you should or should not use their products and services to make money on the Internet.

If you have a substantial amount of experience in this space and have something valuable to say, please get in touch with me for a consideration to become a contributing author in this blog.

Lastly, I am available to discuss with you any opportunity for me to offer you direct consulting help. If you would like to reach me, please email me at:

Again, welcome to AffiliateBrand.com!

Gene Kavner