Apogee Live will be back in two weeks. Our last video conference call with affiliates was on June 9th and after a summer break we’re rarin’ to go! Our special guest on the September 13th Apogee Live call will be ShareASale CEO Brian Littleton.

The discussion was Finding the Right Merchants on Apogee Live this week, as Greg walked us through his method of window shopping affiliate programs from an affiliate’s perspective. What should an affiliate look for in a merchant partner? What are the red flags? We looked at programs in the ShareASale network.

Our last three blog posts have been about our ongoing series of video conference calls with affiliates and merchants. Here’s another one. On June 7th, we are hosting our first open, public conference call. Our theme is Finding the Right Merchants. We are going to be talking with affiliates and interested bloggers about window shopping for new programs to promote.

This week we invited Gerri Becker from The California Wine Club to participate in our Apogee Live conference call. Want to learn all about The California Wine Club, how to promote them, and the benefits of being their affiliate? Check out our recording of the conference call up on our YouTube channel or right here on our blog.

Our conference call this week was about datafeeds: how to get them, manipulate them, and make use of them. The call clocked in at about 45 minutes, and you can view the recording here or on our YouTube channel. If you’d like to participate in our next conference call, March 8th, join our Facebook group!

This week on Apogee Live, we discussed attribution in the affiliate channel. It’s a hot topic and reflects my recent article in Practical Ecommerce. The call was a tight 37 minutes, with lots of great information. We might be getting the hang of this.