5 Star Affiliate Programs Expands to Meet Growing Affiliate Marketing Demand Before Holidays

Company expands affiliate and search engine marketing blog network and adds affiliate marketing forum and more new top ecommerce online retailer clients.

Costa Mesa, California (PRWEB) October 5, 2005 -- Due to the growing need by online retailers and webmasters alike for well managed affiliate programs, 5 Star Affiliate Programs at: http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com is pleased to debut the expansion of its leading industry website and services. 5 Star Affiliate Programs, a premiere affiliate directory of carefully selected, high integrity, top paying affiliate programs, now features even more great affiliate programs, a new and improved website, an expanded network of the top affiliate marketing and SEO blogs and a supportive positive affiliate marketing forum.

The new 5 Star Affiliate Forum, located at http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com, is a supportive affiliate marketing discussion board with informative sections on affiliate marketing, blog marketing, SEO issues and the latest news on all the topics of interest to Internet marketers.

In addition to the new site design and forum, 5 Star is proud to announce a relationship with AMWSO, one of the leading outsourced management companies. AMWSO pro-actively manages 20 affiliate programs from top brands like Forzieri, Mondera, GoodTimes Entertainment, Vegas Experts, Panda Software & Western Union.

AMWSOs programs (http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/amwso-affiliate-programs.html) are managed by Chris Sanderson, an active and respected member of the affiliate marketing community. We are excited to be a part of 5 Star Affiliate Programs, an online destination with a reputation synonymous with quality affiliate programs and resources," said Mr. Sanderson.

5 Star also represents PartnerCentric (http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/partnercentric.html) another leading outsourced management company that manages over forty of the top affiliate programs including National Geographic, ClubMom, FootSmart, SnapFish, Brian Tracy, RegNow and 21st Century Insurance as well as numerous other affiliate programs.

Additional 5 Star Affiliate Programs include top merchants such as: Dental Plans,

zZounds Musical Instruments, NetQuote Insurance, TextLinkBrokers and BentGear, a new Outdoor Gear Retailer. The most recent addition to the 5 Star line-up of programs is the Affiliate Classroom (http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/affiliate-training.html) a high integrity step-by-step affiliate training program which also offers an industry leading affiliate marketing magazine.

All of the 5 Star programs have one thing in common -- pro-active management that supports affiliates. 5 Star is dedicated to continued growth and new affiliates programs and site features are added on a regular basis. Learn more at http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com.

About 5 Star Affiliate Programs

5 Star Affiliate Programs http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com, is a premiere affiliate directory of carefully selected, high integrity, top paying affiliate programs that are pro-actively managed. The 5 Star website also offers affiliate marketing news, affiliate blogs, affiliate forums and articles to help both affiliates and merchants be more successful and achieve greater conversion rates and ROI from their online marketing efforts.

5 Star Affiliate Programs is owned by Linda Buquet, a prominent affiliate promotions and management consultant, who also owns Catalyst eMarketing: http://www.catalystemarketing.com an affiliate marketing consulting company.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Linda Buquet

5 Star Affiliate Programs

(714) 754-1280

http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com

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