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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SEO Clinic – Affiliate Summit East 2011 Session

September 4, 2011

The SEO Clinic at Affiliate Summit East, lead by Rae Hoffman-Dolan with Kenny Hyder, Michael Gray and Jim Boykins, was the next session I attended on Sunday. It seems like there were a lot of SEO sessions at Affilaite Summit (SEO Clinic, SEO – Ask the Pros, SEO for Large Sites), but this is one [...]

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Seasonality in Affiliate Marketing

September 2, 2011

Tricia Meyer and Kristen Grace (of buycostumes.com) presented a session at Affiliate Summit East 2011, moderated by Todd Farmer, on Taking Advantage of Seasonality in Affiliate Marketing. I originally didn’t have this session marked as one for me to attend, because I didn’t think most of my sites were seasonal. However, I’m glad I went.

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Eric Thomas To Keynote Affiliate Summit West

September 1, 2011

Eric Thomas, The Hip Hop Preacher, has been scheduled to Keynote at Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas in January, 2012. I first recommended Eric to Shawn back in March, but Affiliate Summit already had the keynote speakers lined up for this summer’s show. Then Jon Spoelstra had to cancel, leaving an opening keynote to [...]

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Unique Perks in Affiliate Marketing

September 1, 2011

As an affiliate, I enjoy some perks that come with the job: I work from home I set my own hours I can create a passive income I get to travel to different cities to attend conferences, and often never have to pay for a meal Yet this past week, I experienced a perk like [...]

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Industry Clash: Balancing CPS & CPA Marketing

August 31, 2011

After the intro sessions at Affiliate Summit (First Timers Guide and How to Pitch Your Company), the first session I attended was Industry Clash: Balancing CPS & CPA Marketing featuring Ian Fernando (CPA), Jason Rubacky (CPS), Logan Thompson (both) and moderated by Greg Hoffman.

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