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Get a FREE Networking Pass to Affiliate Summit East 2012 from Flat Missy or Flat Shawn #ASE12

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:20 PM

Missy Ward : So you want to go to Affiliate Summit East 2012, taking place August 1214, 2012 in New York City, but you're a little light on funds? No problem, I've got an easy way for you to get a free Networking pass. The Networking pass provides admission to the Meet Market and Exhibit Hall, as well

Do Good Affiliate Marketing Blogs Go to Heaven?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:44 PM

ppc.bz : So it's been a month or so since I last posted. I need a change of pace from writing Javascript to writing some words and sentences that don't end with a semicolon or curly bracket. This post from Shoemoney was brought to my attention earlier today. Basically, some fool wants to know why good affiliate

What is JEBCommerce Reading February 8, 2012?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:02 PM

JEBCommerce : The team is back from our off site meeting held in snowy Sandpoint, ID. We spend two days at the beautiful Western Pleasure Guest Ranch! If you have not had the chance to visit, Western Pleasure Guest Ranch, we encourage you to stop in! The team enjoyed amazing meals, breathtaking scenes and an invigorating night

Revolutionize Your Makeup Routine with blincInc!

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:25 PM

Paulson Management Group : We've all seen the beauty of our favorite red carpet celebrities – Rachael McAdams, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez and Brooke Shields.As What sets these women apart from the standard Hollywood facades, however, is their personal choice in makeup and accessories.blincInc.com is proud to be featured on the visages of these celebrities and others,

14 Tips for Blogging and Personal Success

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30 PM

John Chow : Here are 14 tips that helped me greatly in my blogging and personal life. I share them with you in the hope that they'll help you as well. Let me know if anything jumps out at you. Blog consistently. This

Submit Your Affiliate Summit East 2012 Speaking Proposal

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:06 PM

Shawn Collins : Speaking proposals for Affiliate Summit East 2012, taking place August 1214, 2012 in New York City, are now being accepted. The submission deadline is April 20, 2012. Any submissions after this date will not be considered. Accepted speakers will be notified no later than May 11, 2012. If you have not been contacted by May

LeadsCon Las Vegas 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:59 PM

Murray Newlands : Share this on Facebook Share this on FriendFeed Share this on LinkedIn Email this to a friend? Add this to Google Bookmarks Get Shareaholic I am a big fan of LeadsCon Las Vegas and it is coming up soon. This years LeadsCon is February 2829, 2012 at The Mirage Hotel & Casino If you do not know already LeadsCon is the preeminent conference dedica

What Do Dieting and Social Media Marketing Have in Common?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:08 PM

Jeff Molander : What Do Dieting and Social Media Marketing Have in Common?Stop the Insanity!Its official. Its now impossible to keep up with the irrelevant data, false claims, illogical conclusions, and plain bad journalism associated with positive claims about social…

What Do Dieting and Social Media Marketing Have in Common?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:08 PM

ReveNews : What Do Dieting and Social Media Marketing Have in Common?Stop the Insanity!Its official. Its now impossible to keep up with the irrelevant data, false claims, illogical conclusions, and plain bad journalism associated with positive claims about social…

Runways to Revenue:LinkShares Fashion Publishers Broke Girls Guide

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:58 AM

LinkShare Blog : Runway to Revenue is an ongoing series of posts that provide LinkShares Fashion Publishersthe opportunityto share the latest information about their business! This feature is dubbed Runways to Revenue LinkShares Fashion Publishers.' Our Runways to Revenue Mercedes – Benz New York Fashion Week special features LinkShare Publisher , Broke Girl

Frys Electronic Is Ripping Copyrighted Content from My Site

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:22 AM

John Chow : I have been running ThinkComputers since 2002 and over the years we have found many instances of people stealing or copying my articles. Most of the time it is content farm type sites that just rip entire articles, or they

Affiliate Branding and Newsletters Webinar

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:13 AM

LinkShare Blog : Presenting Your Brand in the Affiliate Space: Newsletter Best Practices & HTML Resources Featuring LinkShare experts from our Marketing Communications and Analytics team Please join LinkShare on February 15 1:30pm EST for a webinar on industry news, newsletter best practices and HTML resources to best position your brand within t

Lets Get Naked & Shape the OSM Newsletter

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00 AM

Outspoken Media : Heres the thing: We want to be more intimate you. Er, I mean, we want to be closer. It's just that we have all these THINGS we want to tell you and talk to you about. Things about Outspoken Media as a company, about SEO, social media, link building, branding, about a wide variety of

How to Succinctly Report a Blog Issue to Tech Support

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:07 AM

ProBlogger Blog Tips : This guest post is by Matthew Setter ofMalt Blue. How often do you find it happening to you? You discover an issue with your site, or one of your community members emails you to tell you about it, and soon you start to see tweets about it too. Maybe its as simple as an error Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBloggerHow to Succinctly Report a Blog Issu

Why Most Affiliate Bloggers Dont Last

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:55 AM

Shoemoney : Recently I got a interesting question: Shoe – How come you see all these affiliate bloggers startup, deliver awesome content, then dissapear into the woodwork? I am talking about sites like Nickycakes, bluehatseo, seoblackhat, ppc.bz and the like. That is a really good question. There are several reasons why people stop. I would say the

How do they know you're not a flake?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:43 AM

Seth's Blog : Before your link gets clicked or your proposal gets read, a busy person is going to triage it to find out if it's even worth glancing at. Since everyone is now connected, the new permeability has created a deluge of...

NonStop Pinterest, Affiliate Summit Meetups, Happy Birthday to lisap and The CWord

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00 PM

Shawn Collins : This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Lisa Picarille was joined by Todd Farmer and Vinny OHare, while I snuck away for a long weekend. They talked about Vinny and Todds respective sessions at Affiliate Summit West 2012, what Lisa learned from each of them, how Erik Hom was afraid to be on the podcast,

Questions About Affiliate Marketing

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:53 PM

Shoemoney : I leave this morning to head to Los Angeles for the Startups Uncensored Event The morning of the event I am filming a 30 video series which will part of a free iPad/iPhone application. My section of the application is on affiliate marketing. I have a pretty extensive list of questions that I think people

A 2012 Attempt at SEO Once More

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:11 PM

Failing at Success is a Great Hobby : The beginning of the new year and I have been very busy with multiple things. One is making money with SEO. My first attempt last year only generated me $100 a month and it slowly declined throughout the year. Coming from the paid lead gen space to organic cost per sale, is definitely a big Related posts:Affiliate Summit West 2012, Starting the Yea

Find Your Site's Biggest Technical Flaws in 60 Minutes

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by Dave SottimanoI've deliberately put myself in some hot water to demonstrate how I would do a technical SEO site audit in 1 hour to look for quick fixes, (and I've actually timed myself just to make it harder). For the pros out there, here's a look into a fellow SEO 's workflow; for the aspiring, here's a base set of ch

The Hidden Factors in Accomplishing Your Online Marketing Goals Whiteboard Friday

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by randfishIn this week's Whiteboard Friday, we go underneath the surface and bring to light some hidden factors in online marketing. These often overlooked details can have a huge impact in helping us accomplish our goals as online marketers. Please enjoy and don't forget to leave your comments below.Please note that we shot this we

Are Your Titles Irresistibly Click Worthy & Viral?!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by evolvingSEOThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.The 80/20 Value of TitlesRecently, Rand did one of the best Whiteboard Fridays I've seen in a while

The 10 Golden Rules to Attracting Authority Links

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by neilpatelThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.In the world of link building, getting an authority link to your site/blog has been one of the most import

Find New Keywords: Simplifying Keyword Research

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by Karen SemyanIn December, we rolled out branded keyword rules and metrics to campaigns to help you segment your branded traffic. Now, we’re excited to introduce a companion feature to make your keyword research easier: Find New Keywords. With this feature, you can view keywords sending you organic search traffic, filter on your brand

Building a Technical SEO Process

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by Stephanie ChangOne of the biggest challenges many of my clients face is building the right SEO processes in place, so that any problems are quickly accounted for before they lead to bigger issues. Below are three things you should consider when trying to create a more streamlined process for making sure the technical foundation of the si

How to Build an Advanced Keyword Analysis Report in Excel

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by Dan PeskinThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.Analyzing keyword performance, discovering new keyword opportunities, and determining which keywords to f

Using blekko's SEO Data to Evaluate Web Directories

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by davidzimmThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.If you haven’t tried it out yet, blekko.com is a unique search engine. Along with allowing you to cu

Excellent Valentines Day Affiliate Promotions for Experience Advertising Managed Affiliate Programs!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:40 PM

Experience Advertising : Hey Affiliates and Publishers! I wanted to share with you all of the Valentine's Day coupon code promotions for the Advertisers we manage on CJ, Linkshare, Shareasale, Buy.at, and Google Network, you can view ourGoogle Doc here.(you can go File > Download As > to export all the link IDs). Also, I have been composing

F$%#, Thats Good Marketing

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:44 PM

Jim Kukral : If you haven't seen the highly debated Clint Eastwood/Chrysler Superbowl ad yet, watch it below. I just wanted to point out, politics aside, that it's a great ad with great copywriting. 'It's halftime in America' is an amazing line. I would swear Aaron Sorkin wrote this ad. I know Clint has denied any support of

Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger: Part 2

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:05 PM

ProBlogger Blog Tips : This guest post is by Devesh of WP Kube. A few months ago, I wrote a guest post here called How to Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger. Today, I'll go into some more detailed advice to help you speed up your site even more. If you're a blogger, you already know about the Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBloggerMake Your Blog Load Faster than P

Why Affiliate Managers Should Work Evenings and on the Weekends

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:33 AM

Experience Advertising : Affiliate managers reading this don't be mad…noooo. The question of whether affiliate managers should work on the weekends (and evenings) is deeper than just is it more effective. With a large percentage of affiliate marketers working on their sites/blogs/social media afterhours and on the weekends, it's very helpful to be able to respond to

Social Media Monitoring Future of Engagement Audi Ad

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:27 AM

Murray Newlands : Share this on Facebook Share this on FriendFeed Share this on LinkedIn Email this to a friend? Add this to Google Bookmarks Get Shareaholic This past weekend was the Super Bowl, which can be as much an advertising event as a football game. Audi ran a commercial for their new LED headlights, saying they were as close to daylight as you can get. They

Consumers and Retailers Buy Into Mobile in a Big Way

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:12 AM

ReveNews : Even as Facebook dominated the news last week with its longawaited IPO, below the surface was the lurking issue of the mobile market. In its filing, Facebook reported that 425 million active users (about half of their user base) visited…

Zurker The Social Network That You Can Own

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:09 AM

John Chow : Unless you've been hiding on the dark side of the moon, you know about Facebook‘s IPO filing on Wednesday last week. Facebook shares are expected to sell like dim sum, and the latest figures from Wall Street put the company's

7 Ways to Add 'WOW' Factor to Your Landing Pages

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:44 AM

PostClick Marketing Blog : Looking for a way to engage your visitors or present content in an interactive way?Consider adding rich, layered and interactive motion content to your pages to help you add the wow factor your competitors are lacking. Rather than spending exorbitant amounts of money on custom Flash or javascript, utilize a landing page platform that gives you soph

Creating Kickass Infographics On A Budget

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:50 AM

Outspoken Media : Every so often, I'm tempted to turn infographic sightings into some sort of drinking game. But then I realize the danger in consuming that much alcohol. Not to be too cynical. After all, infographics are not dead. Just because we're all tired of the buzzword doesn't mean that data visualization, as a whole, is a

Free Shipping Promotion on VISA Giftcards for Valentines Day for CJ Publishers!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:34 AM

Experience Advertising : Hey Affiliates and Publishers! Here is the latest affiliate program news for our client: GiftCards.com! Thanks for promoting the GiftCards.com affiliate program on Commission Junction! Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and GiftCards.com has some great deals and promotions your website visitors can fall in love with! GiftCards.com is offer

Ask an Affiliate Manager: Interview with Geno Prussakov and Promo Code

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:47 AM

Share Results Blogs : Our Ask an Affiliate Manager segment has generated a lot of interest from affiliates, and this time around, we decided to go outside of our typical singlequestionandanswer format. We decided to conduct an interview with Geno Prussakov. If youre an affiliate marketer in tune with what's going on in the affiliate marketing industry, Geno will

So you want to take over linkcontrol.com ?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:38 AM

Shoemoney : Since we announced we were going to look for a partner for LinkControl.comto take it open source. The main qualification is pretty simple. We are just looking for someone who has managed an opensoure project before. We have had a lot of people offer to do it but nobody has really maintained an opensource project.

How I Beat my Best Month Ever by Doing Something Good, Better [Case Study]

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:04 AM

ProBlogger Blog Tips : MidDecember 2010: on my photography site, we launched a new campaignour first ever 12 Days of Christmas promotion. The result was my biggest month of earnings ever up to that point. The idea was simple: offer discounts on 12 products over the 12 days leading up to Christmas. I used a mix of my own Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBloggerHow I Beat my

Horizontal marketing isn't a new idea

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:09 AM

Seth's Blog : But it is the new reality for just about every organization. Vertical marketing means the marketer (the one with money) is in charge. Vertical marketing starts at the top and involves running ads, sending out direct mail and pushing hype...

10 Ways Paid Marketers Can Leverage Inbound Marketing

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00 PM

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog : Posted by JoannaLordIt happened friends. After years of Rand exposing me to the many benefits of inbound marketing I am ready to admit it...big gulp...today's marketer needs to be doing more than paid marketing. In fact, I'd go as far as to say, if you are only doing paid marketing you are failing yourself and your company. THERE I SAID IT.

Join the Los Angeles Blog Club featuring ArabicaDabra Coffee and speaker a from Whole Foods Market

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:55 PM

Murray Newlands : Share this on Facebook Share this on FriendFeed Share this on LinkedIn Email this to a friend? Add this to Google Bookmarks Get Shareaholic This is the first of the monthly LA Blog Club meetups and the topic of discussion is'How Bloggers Work With Major Chains' If you are an LA blogger then this is a chance both to be in on something at the start g

New and Notable Advertisers in the LinkShare Network

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:45 PM

LinkShare Blog : Every month approximately 20 new Advertisers join the LinkShare Network. Most of these advertisers have great Publisher incentives and consumer offers! Below is a list of some of the Advertisers that joined the LinkShare network in the last week. Catherine Hagan Marketing Specialist Site URL: http://www.yourhcg.com/ Abo

The Perfect Fit: Fashion and Affiliate Marketing

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:08 AM

ReveNews : We're now so used to clicking that 'buy' button that we only vaguely recall the days when people raised eyebrows if you said you bought something online. Few things raised eyebrows higher than buying fashionclothes, shoes, or accessoriesitems that in…

Small Business Book Awards 2012 Vote for Affiliate Marketing!

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:45 AM

Affiliate Marketing Blog : As you may have read elsewhere my recentlypublished Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day has been nominated for Small Business Book Awards 2012 — in the Marketing category. This is the fourth year that these awards are being run by Small Business Trends. Here's how they themselves describe the awards: …Reader's Choice 'Small Busi

Retention and Aquisition Email Sequences

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21 AM

Shoemoney : About 6 months ago we started a new division of ShoeMoney called Elite Internet Solutions. This is a full service internet marketing company for business in the 1 million to 100 million in gross revenue range. We don't solicit any business. Its all been word of mouth so far. One thing that amazes me is

How To Make Money Online with Joint Venture (JV) Marketing

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:06 AM

John Chow : I have recently been writing about some of the common marketing strategies used to increase traffic to blogs and websites. I thought I should now look at a comparatively less popular form of marketing called Joint Venture. If implemented correctly,

Some Great Performing Affiliate Niches and Affiliate Marketing Strategies for 2012

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:49 AM

Experience Advertising : Picking the right affiliate marketing niches to work on is so important to maximizing your online marketing effectiveness. Different times of year are better for promoting certain types of products and services, and most Advertisers and 'offers' have their seasonality, which means they have a higher demand and clicktosale ratio during certain times

The Marketers Guide to Pinterest

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00 AM

Quick Sprout : HGTV. Nordstrom. West Elm. ModCloth. Those are some of the big name retailers who are using Pinterest to drive significant traffic to their retail websites. In fact, Pinterest has become so popular it is driving more traffic than Google+ to retailers sites. I think it is safe to say that as marketers its time to