{"id":1785,"date":"2018-03-20T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clickdealer.com\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:54:03","slug":"top-7-affiliate-marketing-influencers-follow-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickdealer.com\/blog\/top-7-affiliate-marketing-influencers-follow-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 Affiliate Marketing Influencers to Follow in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If life is a lesson then learning is the key to it. This holds true for professional growth, too. If you want to make a leap from novice to expert in any craft \u2013 then your first priority should be to read, listen and by all means possible \u2013 to <strong>grow knowledge<\/strong> of the subject. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one starts as a top performer, of course, but in the ever-changing environment of affiliate industry it is especially difficult to differentiate and tell what\u2019s top versus what\u2019s not. And while reading professional literature is still a must, the truth is a lot of it becomes outdated quite fast, stripping the content off virtually any credibility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily for digital marketers, they don\u2019t have to run through piles of printed materials in search for the answer to their problem \u2013 online influencers already have their focus on the most important topics and urgent dilemmas! Keeping an eye on these gurus can help you stay in the know about the industry\u2019s current trends, notable business cases and relevant upcoming events! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below is a list of 7 <strong>affiliate marketing influencers<\/strong> you should follow today to deepen your knowledge and learn about current practices in the field. Let\u2019s begin! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliatetip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>SHAWN COLLINS<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you heard of <strong>Affiliate Summit<\/strong>? Probably so. Shawn Collins co-founded the world-known company holding conferences and trade shows back in 2003, together with Missy Ward. He has been working in affiliate marketing since 1997 and is known to be one of the most reputable experts in the field. If you want to keep a close watch on the latest news and trends in the industry, you should definitely check out <strong>Shawn\u2019s Affiliate Marketing Blog<\/strong><\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More so, it contains a myriad of insightful podcasts, interviews and speeches from the luminaries of the affiliate marketing world. If video content is your thing, Shawn\u2019s blog is your choice! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewwoodward.co.uk\/start-a-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>MATTHEW WOODWARD<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew Woodward believes affiliate marketing should go hand in hand with <strong>SEO<\/strong>. This is why he covers a whole array of topics like SEO case studies, tips on how to improve your website ranking, content optimization hacks and much more in his blog. The posts are extensive and well-structured, with lots of hand-on screenshots and funny pics to soothe the reading. Mattew\u2019s blog has been nominated in the HubSpot Top 5 Internet Marketing Blogs ranking in March 2015, won the Affiliate Summit Best Affiliate Blog award in 2013, found itself in the middle of Technorati Top 100 Business Blog listing July 2013, and received The Best Of Search Engine Journal award in 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patflynn.com\/category\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>PAT FLYNN<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there are prolific authors, Pat Flynn is surely among them. Over the past few years, he has launched several projects on affiliate marketing craft:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenexamacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Smart Passive Income Podcast, GreenExamAcademy.com<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartpassiveincome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Smart Passive Income Blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and others<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Pat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartpassiveincome.com\/affiliate-marketing-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">believes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cthe beauty of affiliate marketing is that you don\u2019t have to invest the time and effort to create a product to sell. You can begin selling something as an affiliate as soon as you have a platform to sell it on.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He puts trust and transparency first, which is why he recommends only those products he actually enjoys. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/missyward.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>MISSY WARD<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned above, Missy Ward is the other co-founder of Affiliate Summit. She is a successful entrepreneur and \u201cpretty much the queen bee of affiliate marketing,\u201d in her own words. For almost 20 years Missy has been helping various companies advance their businesses using the <strong>performance marketing<\/strong> model. She mainly focuses on networking events and trade shows for affiliate marketers, and is used to dwell on keynote speakers, strategic sessions, and product presentations. If you believe that networking is the best strategy to set up new partnerships \u2013 go check out the blog right away!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnchow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>JOHN CHOW<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Chow is known to be the best-selling author on Amazon. He started his first blog covering a wide range of topics like cars, business, technology, etc. in 2005. John is the one who has revolutionized the art of blog monetization and took it to a brand new level. As of today, his blog\u2019s monthly audience numbers over <strong>400,000<\/strong> people eager to follow John\u2019s path. Each week, he dedicates about 2 hours to blogging and updates his blog on a regular basis. If you want to learn how to manage, scale and grow your blog\u2019s potential \u2013 look no further. John Chow knows better how to turn a blog into a profitable business! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/charlesngo.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">CHARLES NGO<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an old saying goes, only those who do nothing make no mistakes. After <strong>14<\/strong> unsuccessful attempts, Charles Ngo managed to beat the odds and become one of the most influential affiliate marketing experts of our age. His blog is a treasure trove of hands-on tips and tricks on how to succeed in the affiliate marketing industry. Among other topics, in his blog you can learn how to make money by blocking fake traffic or fine-tune your campaigns. Also, Charles\u2019 example can guide you through the pitfalls on your own career path and teach you not to be afraid of mistakes, as they are the best teachers! \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shoemoney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>JEREMY SCHOEMAKER<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least, keep a close watch on Jeremy Schoemaker \u2013 a serial entrepreneur, founder of ShoeMoney Media, NextPimp.com, PAR Program and co-founder of AuctionAds \u2013 the eBay affiliate service. He launched his blog on affiliate marketing back in 2003 and turned it into a profitable passive income source. Nowadays <strong>ShoeMoney<\/strong> is consistently ranked in the Technorati\u2019s Top 50 Blogs chart. What makes it stand out? The blog covers all topics related to digital marketing along with the latest trends and tendencies in the field. Also, in this blog you can find regular updates on arbitrage and monetization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What influencers are you into right now that help you enhance your expertise in affiliate marketing? Share your <strong>favourite blogs<\/strong> in the comments below and keep yourself tuned in for more industry insights and updates! <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"emojics-root\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn from the affiliate marketing aces to enhance your expertise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9,132,3,134,135,131,133],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","tag-affiliate-marketing","tag-blog","tag-clickdealer","tag-expert","tag-growth","tag-influencer","tag-learning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top 7 Affiliate Marketing Influencers to Follow in 2018 - ClickDealer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/clickdealer.com\/blog\/top-7-affiliate-marketing-influencers-follow-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 7 Affiliate Marketing Influencers to Follow in 2018 - 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