Mentoring at Affiliate Summit

Tagged: Affiliate Summit, mentor program, Shawn Collins and Teresa Caldwell

I like to use events as milestones to get things. Lots of times I’ll just pick a show or conference and decided that I must have X,Y, and Z all finished before, say, Affiliate Summit in Boston. When I initially make the plan, the event always seems so far off – giving me plenty of time to plow through the long list of must-do’s. But along the way other things crop up, I get sidetracked, or I find some other ... More

Videoblogging: Is it a Man’s World?

Tagged: Amanda Congdon, Gary Vaynerchuk, iJustine, jim Kukral, Missy Ward, Sam Harrelson, Shawn Collins, Stephanie Agresta, Veronica Belmont and Video blogging

Revenue has published many articles on the merits of using video as an online marketing tool. There are lots of people pushing the video blogging envelope in the online marketing space - Sam Harrelson, Mark Wielgus, Jim Kukral, Shawn Collins and many others. What you should note about this list is not that most of these folks are well known in the online marketing industry (they are) but that they are men. I don’t like to go ... More

Joining the Asus Army

Tagged: Affiliate Summit, Asus eee PC, Dell Vostro, Missy Ward, Sam Harrelson and Shawn Collins

Today is Good Friday and so far the day has lived up to its name. If for nothing else than I'm only hours away from it being the weekend. Truthfully, the reason that it's been such a good day for me is that I'm spending lots of time playing with my new ASUS eee PC. Shawn Collins may be touting the value of his Vostro but I love, love, love my new tiny little laptop. I first heard of the ... More

Revenue Spreads the Love

Tagged: Affiliate Thing, GeekCast, jim Kukral, Sam Harrelson and Shawn Collins

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. I hope you already got some gifts for your sweetie. If not, what the heck are you waiting for? So, once that very important task is out of the way you can move on to sharing your love and appreciation with others. Here are some simple ideas for spreading the love. And each should take you only about 10 minutes. That’s not much time to make someone feel special. For Affiliates: *Take 10 minutes out of your day to ... More

I’m on GeekCast 3 (Sort Of)

Tagged: GeekCast.fm, jim Kukral, Sam Harrelson and Shawn Collins

I had a family emergency and had to leave work unexpectedly today, so I didn’t make it on the GeekCast podcast this week. It was all the boys. However, if I was able to participate in episode 3 of GeekCast here’s what I would have said. Listen to the show and insert my comments wherever you choose. *I miss one show and now I’m out and you’re looking to rotate guests. Well, boys, excuse me for having an emergency. *Big Kahuna ... More

A Heaping Helping of Online Marketing

Tagged: Affiliate Thing, affilite auctions, GeekCast.fm, jim Kukral, LinkShare Summit, Podcasting, Revenue newsletter, Sam Harrelson, Shawn Collins, Steve Denton and WebMasterRadio.FM

I have a full plate this week, so let’s get right to it. The LinkShare Summit is being held later this week in San Francisco. I love when the performance marketing folks converge on my home turf. Too bad, the weather is not cooperating. Oh well, I still expect the event to be packed with good information, have the chance to strengthen old relationships, make some great new connections and have lots of dinner and drinks with a great ... More

Tagged: Affiliate Thing, affilite auctions, GeekCast.fm, jim Kukral, LinkShare Summit, Podcasting, Revenue newsletter, Sam Harrelson, Shawn Collins, Steve Denton and WebMasterRadio.FM

I have a full plate this week, so let’s get right to it. The LinkShare Summit is being held later this week in San Francisco. I love when the performance marketing folks converge on my home turf. Too bad, the weather is not cooperating. Oh well, I still expect the event to be packed with good information, have the chance to strengthen old relationships, make some great new connections and have lots of dinner and drinks with a great ... More

Affiliate Auction at Affiliate Summit

Tagged: affiliate recruiting, Affiliate Summit, Merchants, Missy Ward, Shawn Collins and Starlight Starbright foundation

One of the most challenging issues facing online merchants is recruiting new affiliates. In fact, we have a feature article on that very topic in the latest issue (January/February) of Revenue. And while Senior Writer Alexandra Wharton talks to a wide array of publishers and merchants about the complex and often frustrating issue of affiliate recruiting, the show promoters of Affiliate Summit have come up with a unique approach to give merchants unprecedented direct access to top earning affiliates. Keeping with ... More

Get Your Geek On!

Tagged: GeekCast.fm, jim Kukral, Podcasting, Sam Harrelson and Shawn Collins

If you’re not checking out GeekCast.fm you are totally missing out on some very interesting audio content. The site just launched this week as a podcast aggregator. It is the brainchild of Shawn Collins, Jim Kukral and Sam Harrelson – three of the online marketing world’s heavy hitters. I love the concept and the t-shirts. GeekCast.fm has made it so easy for me to get all my online marketing podcasts in a single place. I’m hoping ... More

Pepperjam Launches Network

Tagged: AdSense, Affiliate Summit, OpenAds, PepperJam, Revenue newsletter and Shawn Collins

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast my fabulous co-host Shawn Collins and I talked about the new MacBook Air at announced MacWorld, a hosted version of OpenAds, why relying solely on Google AdSense is not a good idea, Shawn’s continued fatblogging efforts, the Great Affiliate Road Rally charity event at Affiliate Summit West, and Pepperjam’s launch of new affiliate network. Listen to the show. If you’re looking for more info on the launch of the Pepperjam Network here’s ... More