For a new affiliate, the opportunity to make money from home or working part time can definitely be appealing but there can be a lot of challenges as well.

If you’re looking for some great tips on how to get off on the right foot and succeed in the affiliate marketing industry, check out the following article:

“Many people are looking at affiliate marketing as a source of income now that the world financial situation is so dire. Affiliate marketing is not rocket science, but there are certain guidelines you need to follow….”

Another great way to learn about the industry is by attending conferences such as the Affiliate Summit which provides great opportunities for networking and learning from some of the best experts.

This is a clip of Loren Feldman and Chris Brogan talking shop at Affiliate Summit East. They make some interesting comments about how affiliate marketers differ from tech bloggers and social media types. Check it out…

So it’s official: Share Results is heading to New York City for Affiliate Summit East 2009. The conference takes place from August 9-11 at the Hilton New York in New York City, and the Share Results team will be there to network with partners, peers, affiliates and colleagues. We’ll also be sponsoring one of the events.

Two members of the Share Results team will be on hand to meet with existing and prospective affiliates and merchants. The first is our very own CEO, Nicky Senyard. And the other is our long-time affiliate manager, Maranda Moses. To schedule an appointment with Nicky or Maranda during Affiliate Summit East, send an email to bizdev@shareresults.com.

The event that Share Results is sponsoring is the CAMA Gospel Brunch. The CAMA’s Gospel Brunch will be at the historic Cotton Club, is open to everyone, and will feature a delectable menu. And we want to see you there so badly that we’re offering Share Results affiliates enjoy a special rate of just $30. But seats are limited, so register now for your special rate!

Whether you make it to the brunch or are just going to be in the Big Apple for the conference itself, we’d love to meet up with you and discuss how we might be able to help you meet your business needs. So, please, feel free to drop us a line.

A little while back, we posted an interview with Wade Tonkin on affiliate trends in 2009. This is the second part of that time we caught up with Wade at Affiliate Summit West 2009.

In this interview, Wade discusses how he thinks the current economic climate is going to affect the affiliate marketing industry. Essentially, Wade sees a lot of opportunity for both merchants and affiliates in a downturn economy.

Wade is widely known for his work through GTO Management and the Christian Affiliate Marketing Association.

To watch this video in HD, just click on the HD button on the YouTube player once the video starts playing.

Another of the great guys that I was able to catch up with at Affiliate Summit West 2009 was Scott Jangro, affiliate marketing blogger who actually has a hockey feud with one of our affiliate managers. Well, Scott and I stopped to chat about upcoming trends in the new year (video and mobile) and how the economy might affect the industry, and this is the video that came out of it.

Of course, quite a few other videos came out of the Summit, so you might want to subscribe to the ShareResults YouTube Channel where we’ll be posting them for some time to come.

At Affiliate Summit 2009, I was lucky enough to catch up with Ian Fernando, an affiliate and avid blogger. Ian and I sat down for a few minutes to chat about affiliate marketing in the coming year, what the recession means for the industry and some verticals that he’s going to be watching very closely.

We also have a lot more video on it’s way, so you might want to subscribe to the ShareResults YouTube Channel.

For those of you who don’t know Jim Kukral, he’s kind of a big deal — not to mention one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met. In addition to being an award winning blogger, he’s also know for his work as the Biz Web Coach.

In any case, I finally got to meet Jim at Affiliate Summit 2009, and being the mensch that he is, he took a few minutes to chat with me about where he thinks affiliate marketing is headed in the coming year. Specifically, he sees a lot of potential is in mobile and social media tools.

And you can also expect a lot more video from our time at the Summit, so you might want to subscribe to the ShareResults YouTube Channel.

This a montage of the Share Results team’s journey to Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit 2009. We’ll be shooting quite a bit of video down here, so stay tuned for more action from our adventures.