Rel Author Markup For Google Pages

December 26, 2011

I’ve previously blogged about how to add Rel Author Markup on your Thesis-themed blog, which is great for blogs run by one (or more) people. But what if you have a site that isn’t run by a person, but rather a brand? You can get your brand’s page to be listed as the “author” of [...]

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Google Affiliate Network API PHP Script

December 21, 2011

I was excited when I read Google had released an API for their Affiliate Network, as I wanted to automate pulling sales data from GAN. But I quickly became disheartened when I realized how difficult it is to use. Since this was for myself, and not a web-based service that would be used by others, [...]

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Adding Microformatted Breadcrumbs to Thesis

December 19, 2011

I received an email the other day asking how I added my breadcrumbs to my Thesis site. On the site, they look like this: But in the search results, they appear like this: In the search results, the title is linked to the blog post, while the category is linked to the category page. Here’s [...]

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From New Merchant to List of Opportunities

October 13, 2011

I saw a new merchant come across ShareASale today: Online Amish Furniture. I probably only looked at them because I found it funny that the Amish are selling online… And yes, I know this site has leaks all over it. As an affiliate, part of your job is to educate the merchant (or point them [...]

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On-Site SEO

September 29, 2011

On September 27, I presented about On-Site SEO at the Affiliate Summit Toronto Meetup Group at Syndicate in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Liz Gazer of Growthspurt Media organized the event; Eric Schwarzer also spoke with this presentation, 16 random things you can do to improve your productivity, mindset and achieve bigger goals. Eric is full of [...]

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Buying & Selling Websites Affiliate Summit Session

September 16, 2011

Matt Mckiewicz, founder of flippa.com, presented a great session at Affiliate Summit titled, Buying & Selling Established Websites for Profit. If you read my review of Wil Reynolds’ Keynote, you may remember he talked about the power of one: the one person or one session that made all of the time and money you put [...]

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Merchant Basics Affiliate Summit Session

September 13, 2011

Deb Carney (aka Loxly) and Jeff Grill presented at Affiliate Summit in a session titled, Merchant Basics. So why did I, an affiliate, attend a session aimed at merchants? A few reasons: Deb and I have done podcasts together, educating merchants on how to run a successful affiliate program. She, from the merchant / OPM [...]

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Wil Reynolds’ Keynote at Affiliate Summit

September 12, 2011

Wil Reynolds gave Monday morning’s keynote at Affiliate Summit, titled No more ****ing Shortcuts. Wil was took the stage to some sort of Google theme song… too bad I didn’t Shazam it (is Shazam a verb? Now it is). He immediately brought up Panda, and how much he loves it because crap stopped showing up [...]

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Custom Tweet Text In Thesis

September 6, 2011

I’m a big fan of the custom stuff you can do with Thesis. I’ve added rel author markup, specified the image Facebook uses when a post is liked, added microformatted breadcrumbs, and have even customized the text that’s used when the Tweet button is pressed. First of all, why did I do this?

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The Future of Coupons in Affiliate Marketing

September 5, 2011

Wrapping up the Sunday sessions I attended at Affiliate Summit East was The Future of Coupons in Affiliate Marketing with Connie Arnold of Flamingo World, Carolyn Kmet of Groupon, Carrie Rocha (Pocket Your Dollars) and Kim Rowley (Key Internet Marketing). The session was moderated by Trisha Lyn Fawver of For Me to Coupon & host [...]

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