Geno Prussakov

CEO & Founder of AM Navigator – an award-winning OPM agency. Founder & Chair of Affiliate Management Days conference. Author of numerous books including "Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day" (2011) and "Quick Start Guide to Affiliate Marketing" (2013), international speaker, marketing consultant, affiliate and influencer marketing evangelist.

Affiliate Cookie Stuffing is Wire Fraud (Criminal Offense)

The day before yesterday an affiliate (who runs a review website) posted the following comment under my 2009 What Is Cookie Stuffing post: Coincidentally, also the day before yesterday the industry’s famous fraud detective Kellie Stevens wrote up an article that has, undoubtedly, become a sobering one for many. Two

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Affiliate Contests: How to Make Extrinsic Motivators Work

A new client has asked us what they can do to improve performance of their affiliates. Having analyzed their affiliate base, we’ve found out that the majority of their affiliates are inactive (isn’t this always the case?) and out of those that are actively sending traffic only about 9% yield

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Geno Prussakov Nominated for Affiliate Manager of the Year Award

A few minutes ago Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit has Tweeted: Pinnacle Awards Finalists at Affiliate Summit West 2013 – Affiliate Summit affiliatesummit.com/pinnacle-award… #asw13 — Shawn Collins (@affiliatetip) December 28, 2012 It is humbling to see that I have been nominated, and ended up being one of the three finalists

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Affiliate Managers, Beware of Impersonators!

Earlier this morning, as I was going through affiliate applications into one of our clients’ affiliate programs, this one really made me raise an eyebrow: I’ve known Anita Campbell for years, and have personally been active on her BizSugar.com website/aggregator. And what affiliate manager wouldn’t be happy should a resource

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2013 Affiliate Marketing Conferences and Trade Shows to Attend

Every year, since 2009 I am publishing a list of upcoming affiliate marketing conferences (here are links to the other three: 2010, 2011, 2012), and 2013 is not going to be an exception. Below you may find a compilation of all 2013 affiliate marketing conferences, trade shows, and conventions that

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Affiliate Perspective / Interview: Lessons for Affiliate Managers

The day before yesterday, I posted the first part of my talk with a well-known affiliate, Nancy Ocasio. Today I would like to bring you the rest of the interview, where Nancy shares her thoughts on affiliate management-related questions: Geno: In a comment earlier this year you wrote that “the

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Affiliate Perspective: 5 Criteria for Choosing an Affiliate Program

I love speaking with smart affiliates. There is so much one can learn that these talks are always invaluable. I’ve interviewed a couple of affiliates in my blog in the past; and this week I’d like to resume the tradition. I have recently interviewed Nancy Ocasio, an affiliate I’ve known

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