Shawn Collins has been an affiliate marketer since 1997 with a number of active affiliate projects, and a decade of affiliate management under his belt. He is a Co-founder of Affiliate Summit, the leading global conference and tradeshow for the affiliate marketing industry and Co-Editor-in-Chief of FeedFront Magazine. He authored the book Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants and publishes the annual AffStat affiliate marketing benchmark reports. Shawn blogs daily on affiliate marketing at Affiliate Tip and co-hosts the weekly Affiliate Thing and Brandmouthing podcasts on GeekCast.fm. Additionally, Shawn has been quoted in numerous publications, including Entrepreneur Magazine, Internet Retailer, Inc. Magazine, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Missy Ward has been an affiliate marketer since 1999 with a number of active affiliate sites and nine years experience in affiliate management. She is the cofounder of Affiliate Summit, the leading global conference and tradeshow for the affiliate marketing industry and coeditor-in-chief of FeedFront Magazine, the affiliate marketing industry’s only print trade publication. Missy blogs about affiliate marketing and social media on MissyWard.com and is the host of two weekly podcasts on internet marketing; TheSpew and BigMouthStrikesAgain, available on GeekCast.fm. She is also the founder of AffiliateMarketersGiveBack.com which champions the fight against breast cancer. Missy also manages the ThesisAffiliates.com program on a performance basis, donating her earnings to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
