Affiliate Nerd Out

3 million shoppers across Asia want to buy from US brands. Most can't, because those brands don't ship to them.

What if you could reach them without changing a single thing about your shipping?
I sat down with Jeff Unze, North American GM at Buy&Ship, to talk about how brands are doing exactly that. He also shares which product categories this audience goes after, and why it's not what you'd expect.

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#AffiliateMarketing #CrossBorderEcommerce #PartnerMarketing #PublisherHighlight #AffiliateNerdOut #BuyAndShip
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I sit down with Brian Blancho from TicketSmarter to break down everything that went down at CJU. We are talking about an honest, no-holds-barred review of the event, covering the good, the bad, and our official star rankings.
If you are trying to figure out where to invest your budget and how to recruit affiliates in the performance marketing space, you can't sleep on live events. But is CJU actually worth the heavy price tag? Tune in to hear our raw take on the experience, the ROI, and what you need to know before booking your ticket for next year.
We jump into all the major categories, including the networking quality, venue layout, expo booths, food, sessions, giveaways, and standout parties. We also pull back the curtain on some major pain points, like the absolute disaster of an event app and the brutal 15-minute meeting schedule that wrecks your whole day if you fall even five minutes behind.
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It's go time for Q4. 🚨
If your Q4 plans aren't locked in yet, consider this your sign to finalize them this week.
On this Real Talk Friday edition of Affiliate Nerd Out, Christen Evans (she/her) and I cover:
1/ Why I'm heading back to CJU after 10 years
2/ The question that made a 10-year industry vet walk away from me
3/ Affiliate leaderboards: motivating or discouraging?
4/ How a 30-minute webinar turned into 60 minutes and 1,000+ views
5/ The one person to follow if you want to know how many days are left until Black Friday
👉 Coming up: my Affiliate Recruitment Masterclass. It's built from interviews with hundreds of affiliate managers about what's working right now.
#AffiliateMarketing #PartnerMarketing #Q4 #BlackFriday #CJU #AffiliateNerdOut
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Not leads. Not "maybe" contacts. Full profiles: contact info, why Alfie thinks they're a fit, fit score, traffic type, reach, and even soft signals like age and gender skew. Stuff that used to take me hours of manual prospecting just... populated itself.

In this episode of Affiliate Nerd Out I gave a live look at Alfie's new Advanced Campaigns feature, built directly from user feedback.

You can now:
1/ Target by influencer type, traffic source, and category
2/ Adjust age/gender demographics
3/ Filter by country

I've been in affiliate marketing for a long time, and I genuinely don't know why it took the industry this long to build something like this. It's not just faster; it's finding the right partners, not just more partners.

Christen Evans (she/her) and I also dug into Q4 prep, the Rakuten → Impact migration chatter, and a fine jewelry program that's been an absolute rocket ship (30/60/90 numbers included).
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For more tips on how to scale your affiliate program, check out https://performancemarketingmanager.com

This week's episode got a little spicy.

We're talking about the newest MegaLag video calling out people in our own industry, the ShopMy drama nobody's fully unpacked yet, and why I ditched TikTok for an app that teaches me Claude instead.
Plus, I recorded something with one of the smartest AI guys I know, the same guy who helped build out my Claude agents, and it turned into a two-part series. Part one breaks down what AI tools actually matter right now. Part two, we're doing a live build so you can watch exactly how it's done.
If you're in affiliate or partner marketing, some of this is going to hit close to home.
#AffiliateMarketing #PartnerMarketing #AffiliateNerdOut #AI #Claude #MarketingPodcast
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For more tips on how to scale your affiliate program, check out https://performancemarketingmanager.com