Shawn Collins is an affiliate marketing legend.  He managed a successful program for Club Mom, wrote a best selling book advising merchants on how to run a successful program, and is the co-founder of Affiliate Summit.

Shawn’s affiliate marketing blog is filled with useful insights into affiliate marketing from this industry veteran. He also often does video posts and sneeks in the occasional song which makes it extra entertaining. Shawn will often put up blog posts and videos in response to questions he has received from newbies etc.

Shawn Collins’ affiliate blog is a great resource, and also check out his YouTube channel.

Affiliate Future is a London based affiliate network. They are particularly well suited to the travel affiliates, with lots of travel merchants available. Compared to some other networks, they are short on recognisable brands but do have lots of merchants available in all the usual sectors.

I don’t enjoy using the interface at all. It’s clunkly, not intuitive and makes basic tasks difficult. Even finding a merchant to join can be an arduous process. On the plus side, they do some useful stuff like video interviews with merchants to help you understand their proposition.

Our verdict is: if you’re a travel affiliate, sign up. If not, have a look at their merchant list before deciding if it’s worth bothering. Visit Affiliate Future for more information.

Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog is a really useful series of blog postings and podcasts from a well respected figure on the UK affiliate scene. Fraser’s podcasts have seen him interview lots of influential affiliates like John Lamerton and Kieron Donoghue, merchants like Prezzybox, and representatives from networks such as Todd Crawford (OneNetwork) and David Hall (Affiliate Window).

Both informative and entertaining, the podcasts are well worth a listen. Visit Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog

This useful aggregator of UK marketing blogs creates a master feed which contains entries from loads of great affiliates. Put together by respected affiliate Keith Bond, it provides a simple way to keep track of great content either through the site or the feed.

InternetMarketingBlogs.co.uk is a useful affiliate resource!