Eric Nagel

Eric Nagel

CTO, PHP Programmer, Affiliate Marketer & IT Consultant

ASW11 Session Recap: SEO Site Review

It’s hard to write a session recap on the SEO Site Review/Clinic, because site owners submit their sites to the panel (Rae Hoffman-Dolan, Michael Gray, Kenny Hyder, and Michael Streko) and the critique is done on-the-fly with most of the content specific to the site owner. However, there are some useful tips you can get that can be applied to other sites.

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ASW11 Session Recap: Making Money With Affiliate Programs for Beginners

While not quite a beginner at affiliate marketing, I had never heard James Martell speak before, so while at Affiliate Summit West 2011 in Las Vegas, I attended his session, Making Money With Affiliate Programs for Beginners. Although it was a session targeted towards beginners, sometimes its great to hear what you already know to remind yourself that you know it 🙂

James did a great job with his presentation, and you could tell he’s a well-polished speaker. He outlined what was going to be covered, then told the audience about himself very quickly, which I appreciated.

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ASW11 Session Recap: Creating a Successful Mastermind Group

The first session I attended at Affiliate Summit West 2011 was Randy Cassingham‘s Creating a Successful Mastermind Group. I’ve been in a Mastermind Group in the past, and have organized one as well, which I didn’t feel worked as I had hoped it would. So I was looking forward to learning how to create a group that really worked for all involved.

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ShareASale Think Tank 2010 Recap

Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay
Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay
Earlier this week, I had the honor of attending ShareASale’s Think Tank at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California. Being my first Think Tank, I didn’t quite know what to expect, and looking back on the event, there are some things that as an affiliate, I should have done differently.

I left Buffalo on Sunday, and made my way to San Francisco via Boston (huh? Yeah, not quite direct) and arrived in the early afternoon. Upon landing I found Kristin Kinsey looking for a ride, so we shared the Mercedes I had hired to the resort. The car looked tiny when it pulled up, but had lots of room on the inside.

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