Yahoo! announces Affiliate Advisory Board

I’m very pleased to be able to be the first to announce that Yahoo! has established an Affiliate Advisory Board and has invited me to sit on this newly formed Board that will deal with issues related to affiliate marketing for Yahoo!, across the company. The Affiliate Advisory will be meeting in May, as per the invitation:

“The two days will consist of meeting the CJ/Yahoo! Affiliate Team plus top Y! Executives, product discussions from each property included in the Y! Affiliate Program, Panama roundtable session, Yahoo! Developer Network presentation and the future of the Yahoo! Affiliate Program.”

This is a hugely positive move by Yahoo! and kudos to them for driving affiliate marketing into the mainstream online marketing channel. This cements affiliate marketing as one of the key online marketing channels, and for a group the size of Yahoo! to embrace affiliate marketers so closely, it really does show both momentum in this space, as well as recognition of the value that affiliate marketers can offer to both large and small enterprises.

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Comments On This Post

  1. Tyler Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 6:57 pm

    Congrats Vinny. :)

  2. James Omdahl Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Very nice. I spent years telling our Yahoo reps that if Yahoo really wanted to make more money with their PPC, they were going to have to embrace affiliates. It sounds like I wasn’t the only one making noise about this, and Yahoo is finally listening.

    Great news for you and the affiliate world as a whole. :)

  3. Mer Fraktfritt Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    I feel confident that you will present a great arguement for affiliates worldwide – my congratulations go to Yahoo for making a wise choice for affiliate representation!

  4. Vinny Lingham Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    I will try my best! Thanks for the well wishes!

  5. Cavalcare Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 10:52 pm

    Good new. I hope it will mean a good opportunity for publishers.

  6. Tyler Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    Congrats Vinny. :)

  7. James Omdahl Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    Very nice. I spent years telling our Yahoo reps that if Yahoo really wanted to make more money with their PPC, they were going to have to embrace affiliates. It sounds like I wasn’t the only one making noise about this, and Yahoo is finally listening.

    Great news for you and the affiliate world as a whole. :)

  8. Rhianna Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 2:09 am

    Kudos Vinny! I think it’s great that you have been picked for the Affiliate Advisory Board.

  9. Mer Fraktfritt Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    I feel confident that you will present a great arguement for affiliates worldwide – my congratulations go to Yahoo for making a wise choice for affiliate representation!

  10. Vinny Lingham Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    I will try my best! Thanks for the well wishes!

  11. Cavalcare Says:
    April 11, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    Good new. I hope it will mean a good opportunity for publishers.

  12. Rhianna Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 12:09 am

    Kudos Vinny! I think it’s great that you have been picked for the Affiliate Advisory Board.

  13. Ramenos Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 11:35 am

    Congratulations Mr Vinny :) !

  14. Ramenos Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 9:35 am

    Congratulations Mr Vinny :) !

  15. Rafiq Phillips Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 4:52 pm

    Congrats Vinny! Keep on…

  16. Brett Webster Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    Nice Vinny! You seem to have alot of positive energy going at the moment – thats great! Keep up the good work.

  17. Andrew Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    Nice one Vin, I’m sure you’ll help them realise the importance of affiliates.

  18. Vinny Lingham Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 6:42 pm

    Thanks guys! I appreciate the words!

  19. Rafiq Phillips Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 2:52 pm

    Congrats Vinny! Keep on…

  20. Brett Webster Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Nice Vinny! You seem to have alot of positive energy going at the moment – thats great! Keep up the good work.

  21. Felix Leshno Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 10:47 pm

    Not so good.

    Vinny you dont have the time for it!!!
    You should get Synthasite out.
    We are all waiting for it here :)

    Good for Yahoo thouhg for inviting you.

    Felix.

  22. Andrew Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Nice one Vin, I’m sure you’ll help them realise the importance of affiliates.

  23. Vinny Lingham Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    Thanks guys! I appreciate the words!

  24. Felix Leshno Says:
    April 12, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    Not so good.

    Vinny you dont have the time for it!!!
    You should get Synthasite out.
    We are all waiting for it here :)

    Good for Yahoo thouhg for inviting you.

    Felix.

  25. Eric Edelstein Says:
    April 18, 2007 at 10:22 am

    Another Cape Town Success Story. SA Rocks take note…

    Way to Go Vin!!!!!

  26. Eric Edelstein Says:
    April 18, 2007 at 8:22 am

    Another Cape Town Success Story. SA Rocks take note…

    Way to Go Vin!!!!!

  27. Patrick Grady Says:
    May 1, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    Vinny, OUTSTANDING! They really need input from ppc affiliates that know what they’re doing. This is really good news!

  28. Patrick Grady Says:
    May 1, 2007 at 3:03 pm

    Vinny, OUTSTANDING! They really need input from ppc affiliates that know what they’re doing. This is really good news!

  29. [...] and then in SF Bay Area next week, and then London the following week. I’ll be attending the Yahoo Advisory Board meeting amongst other things. If I’m in your area at all and you want to meet up – drop me a [...]

  30. shawn Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 6:43 pm

    YaHoO! is always late to the game…lol

  31. shawn Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    YaHoO! is always late to the game…lol

  32. Lewis Says:
    January 9, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Thank you for sharing us this news. It's wonderful! I always was sure that Yahoo can make more money with their PPC, if it embraces affiliates. It sounds like I wasn't the only one making noise about this, and Yahoo is finally listening.

  33. ebookisdead Says:
    March 23, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    This is good news, right now yahoo know who is the boss in Pay Per Click….

  34. tasha Says:
    May 26, 2009 at 5:29 am

    Affiliate Program is an Internet-based marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's marketing efforts.

  35. Suzy Says:
    June 9, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    I was not aware that Yahoo had affiliate marketing programs? Could someone shed some light on this? i know this is an older dated thread, but i'm looking for affiliate programs to join alte this summer or early fall.

  36. jawatan kosong Says:
    July 2, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Hopefully its good opportunity for all of us to get some online job and earn some money.

  37. 7 Marketing School Says:
    July 7, 2009 at 5:53 am

    good news for yahoo affiliates. another great opportunity for new affiliates to discover yahoo services in affiliate program.

  38. robert Says:
    July 14, 2009 at 6:23 am

    Amazing to see how things have changed as we learn more about how to live. Neat story showing the results of to much interference by man.

  39. Link Degisimi Says:
    July 25, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Congrats Vinny. :)

  40. tuijko Says:
    August 6, 2009 at 6:19 am

    I read this a few months back. The guy who created the app was losing money like crazy on the hosting, and couldn't figure out how to make money off of it. So he just turns around and sells it for a few mill – nice! work at home.
    Regards,

  41. Blog Tips Says:
    August 16, 2009 at 11:46 pm

    thank you for sharing

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