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Common advice for those with writer's block is to "write about what you know." That's what Rexanne Mancini did when she started out on the Internet back in 1998. With two young children at home, she persuaded her then-husband to buy her a computer, and with AOL's free software, created a "my page" about something she was passionate about - raising ... More BY ALEXANDRA WHARTON
His speech is peppered with "awesome" and "ready to rock and roll," as if he were fresh out of high school. He's only 32 but he feels luck has a lot to do with his good fortune. He took what was basically an idea to sell jam and turned it into a successful online marketing company.
But we're jumping ahead. Jones is a small-town fellow. He grew u ... More BY ERIC REYES
Kim Rowley once dreamt of living in a big city. She's currently a single
mom living in a
small Nebraska town, but don't let that fool you - she's still
living out her dreams.
Rowley is a successful affiliate marketer who runs 50 websites and also has
her hands full raising
four kids. Still, she found time to design her own hous ... More BY ERIC REYES
Harrison Gevirtz surfs his Treo during his
morning commute, tries to fit in emails
with affiliate managers during the day
and takes phone calls during dinnertime, much to
the chagrin of his family.
This sounds like any hard worker in the performance
marketing space, you think. The only
difference is that Gevirtz is a freshman. No, ... More BY ALEXANDRA WHARTON
If you asked 100 people on ABestWeb what
kind of experiences they have had interacting
with B. Knoblach, they probably wouldn't
have a clue as to who you are talking about. But if
you say the name Billy Kay, you're likely to get a
huge reaction.
Billy Kay is not just a screen name on ABestWeb; it's the business identity of a man who has a
... More BY LISA PICARILLE
Judi Moore is not a super-affiliate.
She's not even sure what that is. She
doesn't see this as a detriment. Being
an affiliate is also not her first career.
In fact, at 52 years old, she's had a lifetime
of work in the corporate world - in about
three industries, she says - only to land
back in her home state of Illinois, with ... More BY ERIC REYES
This past summer, super-affiliate Colin McDougall traveled around British Columbia with his family in his newly purchased travel trailer. From mid-July through Labor Day weekend McDougall worked a grand total of about 10 hours from the road. The rest of the time he spent paddling his kids around in an inflatable kayak, feeding the ducks, building s ... More BY ALEXANDRA WHARTON
The old adage that necessity is the mother of invention is certainly true when it comes to this mother.
More than a decade ago Anne Fognano, then a new mom, needed a way to earn additional income while being able to work from home.
She had just completed her master's degree in clinical psychology when her son Austen was a year old. And while ... More BY LISA PICARILLE
Pedro Sostre is all about art and good design. And he's not afraid to voice his opinions on either subject.
"Most websites suck in terms of design," he says, though he also admits there are many design-oriented sites that are extremely well-done and that he'd be hard-pressed to single out just a handful of them.
When it comes to art, he's fond of ... More BY LISA PICARILLE
Richard Kohl may be 70, but he sure knows how to party. As the head of a big family - he's got four children and six grandchildren, while his second wife has four children, 15 grandchildren and two great grandkids - Kohl has hosted and attended lots of family functions in his day, and now he's on a mission to make it an exciting, fun and pleasurabl ... More BY LISA PICARILLE
Kimathi Marangu likes to do well by doing good. It's a concept he finds very appealing. He also describes himself as very passionate about performance marketing.
It's not easy to combine all those passions but Marangu has managed to strike a good balance.
Marangu is the co-founder of Mall Networks, an affiliate that builds shopping portals tailor ... More BY LISA PICARILLE
Vinny Lingham's career as a marketer started early. In kindergarten, he made money buying Thundercat stickers and selling the popular ones. In his early teens, he switched to cricket cards and then Magic The Gathering cards. In college, he partially financed his undergraduate studies by playing pool and managing and booking bands.
So it's not diff ... More BY MARIA SAMPLE
Scott Hazard is a performer at heart. Not only does he have a background in theater and can currently be found fronting an aspiring rock band, he's one of Commission Junction's top-performing affiliates.
Despite having many talents that often thrust him to the forefront, Hazard is a modest man who typically shuns the spotlight.
For more than thr ... More BY LISA PICARILLE
Jeremy Palmer knew he had the entrepreneurial spirit. He just hadn't found the right thing to let it soar.
He knew there was more to life than his mid-level job at a small financial services company. As a Web developer, in 2002 he launched website MeetYourMatch.com in hopes that it could generate a little extra cash for his wife and two kids in U ... More BY ERIC REYES
