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 Recruitment Letter: 7 Mistakes to Avoid (a Critique)

An affiliate manager, who has recently finished studying my latest book, has contacted me with a request to critique his freshly-baked 700-words-long affiliate recruitment letter. Having removed all sensitive information (and having received his approval to do this in public) today I’d like to post my recommendations in my blog

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Expanding Affiliate Program Internationally: 3 Markets to Consider

Continuing the series of my Google Affiliate Network Client Summit 2012 videos [video 1 in this post | video 2 here], today I’d like to bring you a video I shot in the heart of stunning St. Petersburg, Russia. Google asked me to express my thoughts on “affiliate marketing around

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Small Business Influencer 2012 Awards: Vote for Affiliate Marketers

It’s that time of the year when the small business community is voting for Small Business Influencers of the year. As some of you may remember, I was nominated last year, but didn’t quite make the final cut. However, even the “honorable mention” was a true honor (forgive the repetition).

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Affiliate Marketing Opportunities in the Evolving Online Landscape

Last Friday I posted the first of my videos shot for Google Affiliate Network Client Summit 2012, preceding it with a comment that “I have shot four videos” total for Google, and that they were shot “in three different countries.” To remind you, each of the videos answers one specific

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Where is Affiliate Marketing Headed?

Today I’m missing an event that I’ve always wanted to go to — Google Affiliate Network Client Summit, an invitation-only event which traditionally takes place in Chicago every summer. This year, unlike before, I received an invitation to speak at the event. However, numerous circumstances made it impossible for me to

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Affiliate Links on Social Media Platforms: My Opinion on Subject

A few hours ago Priest Willis who manages BuyCostumes.com affiliate program (yes, a direct competitor of our client, but he does deserve the mention for spotting it) tweeted: Wow! OPMs, affiliate mgrs, affiliates, what do you think about this? tcrn.ch/Md6zW1 — Priest Willis (@priestwillis) July 10, 2012   He has

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Affiliate Marketing Spend to Reach 4.5B in 2016 and Other Findings by Forrester Consulting

A week ago at LinkShare Symposium New York 2012 the affiliate network announced that “Forrester Consulting recently conducted a study on behalf of Rakuten LinkShare” and it was at the conference that the study findings were unveiled. Here are just three interesting observations from it: 1. Forrester has scaled down

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