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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SEO Training with Sugarrae

August 26, 2011

The Saturday before Affiliate Summit, I attended Sugarrae‘s SEO training, held at the Hilton. Rae Hoffman-Dolan, aka Sugarrae, is a well-known SEO and Affiliate Marketer. Her SEO training piggy-backed on Affiliate Summit, and was an additional registration fee ($800, when I booked). What was I hoping to get for $800?

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Affiliate Summit East 2011 Recap

August 25, 2011

I’m going to have session recaps up over the next few days, but I wanted to write a general recap of my recent trip to Affiliate Summit East 2011 held in New York City August 21-23. I attended as three roles: affiliate, speaker, and press (blogger)

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Rel Author Markup for Thesis

August 15, 2011

Inspired by a Tweet by Tom Critchlow Ok, time for me to feel smug. Managed to get rel author markup working and appearing in SERPs for my tumblr site:http://t.co/6jsVAwJ I decided to attempt to do the same thing with my own blog (EricNagel.com), which runs on Thesis.

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Feeding the Google Panda Keyword-Rich Subdomains

August 9, 2011

There’s been talk lately that the Google Panda loves keyword-rich subdomains, so I decided to test this on my coupon website. Aside from a WordPress blog, the pages on the coupon website are all driven from a coupon database. I use a system I wrote myself, although you can just as easily use a service [...]

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Whiteboarding at Affiliate Summit

August 8, 2011

Affiliate Summit East will be in full swing two weeks from now, and this time I’m leading a unique session, bright & early in the morning. Are you an early bird? Nothing to do before breakfast? Want free coffee? Bring your sites to this open session and get advice on usability, SEO, conversions and revenue [...]

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