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Affiliate Nerd Out

Hosted by Dustin Howes · business · EN-US

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Partnership marketing enthusiasts and affiliate marketing gurus are sharing their best strategies for affiliate program growth. New guests every week will come to discuss hot topics in the industry and what latest growth hacks working right now.

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What is Affiliate Nerd Out about?

Partnership marketing enthusiasts and affiliate marketing gurus are sharing their best strategies for affiliate program growth. New guests every week will come to discuss hot topics in the industry and what latest growth hacks working right now.

Who hosts Affiliate Nerd Out?

Affiliate Nerd Out is hosted by Dustin Howes. The show has published 194 episodes to date.

What has Affiliate Nerd Out covered recently?

Recent episodes include "The Great Blogging Collapse: Why Affiliate Websites Are Losing Traffic with Daniel Stanica" (28 October 2026, 32 minutes), "Cashback Hijacking: The Affiliate Fraud Hiding in Plain Sight with Ben Eldenman" (25 October 2026, 15 minutes), and "WeCanTrack Live Demo: From Zero to Affiliate Tracking in 15 Minutes with Jorge Barbosa" (22 October 2026, 16 minutes).

How often does Affiliate Nerd Out publish?

Affiliate Nerd Out publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 20 minutes across 194 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Affiliate Nerd Out?

Booking probability for Affiliate Nerd Out is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Affiliate Nerd Out requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Affiliate Nerd Out's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Affiliate Nerd Out?

The strongest fits for Affiliate Nerd Out are Marketing, Advertising & PR. Affiliate Nerd Out has a business audience.

About the host

Dustin Howes hosts Affiliate Nerd Out, a business podcast with 194 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    The Great Blogging Collapse: Why Affiliate Websites Are Losing Traffic with Daniel Stanica

    Oct 28, 202632 min

    Four years ago, Daniel Stanica of Competico started tracking 100 successful blogs. Today, the median blog has lost 85% of its traffic. On this episode of Affiliate Nerd Out, Daniel breaks down what happened and what...

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    Cashback Hijacking: The Affiliate Fraud Hiding in Plain Sight with Ben Eldenman

    Oct 25, 202615 min

    Alfie: https://dustinhowes.com/alfie and use code DUSTIN30 for 30% off your first month For more tips on how to scale your affiliate program, check out https://performancemarketingmanager.com

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    WeCanTrack Live Demo: From Zero to Affiliate Tracking in 15 Minutes with Jorge Barbosa

    Oct 22, 202616 min

    I signed up for an affiliate tracking tool live on camera. Never touched it before. 15 minutes later, it was tracking every click on my site. If you’re an affiliate, you know the routine: log into Impact, then CJ, then...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    When a Network Makes You Look Bad in Front of Your Biggest Client

    Oct 16, 202615 min

    Have you ever recommended someone to a client, then watched them drop the ball right in front of that client? That’s what happened to Christen Evans (she/her) It was an enterprise brand with millions on the table, and...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    The Truth About “Unlimited” Affiliate Software with Martin Demiger

    Oct 15, 202616 min

    I have been burned by the word "unlimited" more times than I can count. Most pricing pages promise the moon, right until a surprise bill hits your inbox. So I put Martin Demiger , the founder of Trackdesk , on the hot...

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    How Brands Can Reach 3 Million Asian Shoppers With Buy&Ship - Jeff Unze

    Oct 6, 202611 min

    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...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    CJU 2026 Review: The Good, The Bad & The Rankings

    Sep 29, 202625 min

    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...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    Affiliate News: Conference Secrets, Q4 Prep & Webinar Takeaways

    Sep 22, 202614 min

    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...

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    Alfie Just Found 50 Perfect Affiliate Partners in 10 Minutes

    Sep 18, 202614 min

    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...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    Affiliate Marketing Is Changing: Honey, ShopMy & the AI Revolution

    Sep 10, 202613 min

    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...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    How FirstPromoter's New AI Assistant Automates Your Affiliate Program with Tautvydas Vasiliauskas

    Sep 8, 202615 min

    Ever set a commission rate for your affiliate program, only to watch a partner send you customers who buy the cheapest plan, cancel after one payment, and pocket the payout? You're not alone. I've been there myself, and...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    Navigating change: Reflections on career growth and role transition

    Sep 2, 202614 min

    "Letting go of a role that gave me anxiety every day took longer than it should have." But when it finally happens, you feel the pressure drop in real time. In today's episode, Christen Evans (she/her) and I talked...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    From Affiliate Manager to CMO: How She got $4 million a month and Helped Build a $500M Company

    Sep 2, 202615 min

    "Here's $4 million a month. Go figure out what you wanna do with it." That's the only brief Colleen Butterfield got. No roadmap. No strategy doc. Just a number and a deadline. She went from affiliate coordinator to CMO...

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    Stop Playing Small: How Affiliate Managers Can Become Industry Leaders with Lee Ann

    Aug 25, 202614 min

    Waited until her mid-40s to start her own business. Now she's telling every affiliate manager to stop waiting. Lee-Ann Johnstone built KonverJ from 22 years in affiliate, starting back when it wasn't even called...

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    The Affiliate Fraud Scandal Everyone Is Talking About

    Aug 21, 202613 min

    The networks know who the bad actors are. They make money off of them. Christen Evans (she/her) is back for Real Talk Friday. She's a rule follower, and she wants to know why the industry keeps gatekeeping in 2026...

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    The AI Ranking Strategy Brands Are Using to Dominate with Farzad Rashidi

    Aug 11, 202613 min

    ChatGPT is scraping sources to build its answers. The question is whether your brand is one of them. Sat down with Farzad Rashidi , CEO of Respona , to break down how brands are getting cited by LLMs like ChatGPT...

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    DEEP DIVE: Affiliate Management 2.0: The Innovations Winning in 2026

    Aug 10, 202653 min

    Want to know what is actually working in the affiliate industry right now? I hosted a live panel with Fred Jean-Barrel from Performance Partners, Mark Goco from All Inclusive Marketing, and Josh Kennedy from Imagine...

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    The Secret Marketing Skill That Takes You From AM to CMO with David Vogelpohl

    Aug 6, 202616 min

    My all-time favorite boss told me something once that changed my entire career. "Dustin, you're the best network marketer I've ever met." That's David Vogelpohl . He started by cold-calling computer shops in the late...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    The Future of AI Search: How Brands Can Dominate ChatGPT & Reddit with Ewen Finser

    Aug 3, 202616 min

    Someone sees your ad on Meta. They Google your brand. They find a Reddit post from Joey323 saying your brand sucks. That's your entire paid spend strategy gone. Ewen Finser , CEO of ScaleVisible , calls this the villain...

  • Affiliate Nerd Out

    How to Build a B2B Affiliate Program from Scratch

    Jul 30, 20261h 1m

    Dustin Howes hosts a panel with Nancy Harnett (Instantly.ai, ex-HubSpot), Victor Moen (Affilial.com), and Ed Ceballos (EverFlow) on scaling B2B SaaS affiliate programs. Nancy emphasizes auditing existing partners and...

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