Go To The Affiliate Summit For Free!
Yep, all you have to do is head on over to Ian’s blog to find out how you can attend the show on him by entering his contest. If you are an internet marketer and have never attended an Affiliate Summit, you are missing out! Simply put, Affiliate Summit is the most attended and largest affiliate marketing event of the year. It’s where top affiliate and internet marketers go to learn from one another. More importantly, it’s also a place to make initial... Read More »
5 Questions For Jason Calacanis: Affiliate Summit Keynote Speaker
I’m proud to be the emcee of the Affiliate Summit West event at the Rio in Las Vegas in Feb, 2008. It’s my first time in this role and I’m really looking forward to it. Perhaps though, I’m even more excited to be able to introduce the keynote speaker for the event, none other than Mr. Internet Geek controversy himself… Jason Calacanis. I know the event is months away, but when Shawn told me he booked Jason, I thought to myself, “what are... Read More »
I Need To Lose Some Weight - Watch Me Do It
I am not a dieter, in fact, I have never been on a diet per say. Sure, I’ve cut back on things to try to be healthier, like fast food, and soda pop, but I’ve never done the South Beach Diet, or Atkins. I always figured that a diet is just a wrong way to effectively be healthier. In my opinion, and what do I know really, if you’re going to lose weight, you need to do it the hard way, with exercise and hard work… you know… a lifestyle change.... Read More »
What I Learned At The Affiliate Summit
Let’s try to keep this short because I’m not a tag meme kinda guy. Sam tagged me, so I gotta do it. So what did I learn besides don’t tell Shmuly at 11am that I have a bottle of scotch? Well, for me, I spent the majority of my time in the blogging room. I didn’t get to even walk through the show except to grab lunch one day. But, I think I can say that I learned that there are a lot more (than I thought) new people coming into the Affiliate industry.... Read More »
Live Blogging The Affiliate Summit Event
I’m here in Miami live blogging the Affiliate Summit event for Shawn & Missy, the co-founders. Check out the blog for updates. Blog.affiliatesummit.com Read More →
I’ve Taken Over The Affiliate Summit Blog
Two-days to go until the Affiliate Summit kicks off down in Miami. If you’re going to be there, great, I’ll see you then. But if you’re not, maybe you want to keep up on the event? You do? Well that’s great news, because I’ve hijacked the official Affiliate Summit blog, and for the next 5-days or so, I’m going to be posting as much as I possibly can about the event, live from the blogging/media room I’m hosting. Heck, I may even throw... Read More »
Going To The Affiliate Summit? Here’s Some Things You Need To Know
I’ve only missed one Affiliate Summit. It was the one on the cruise to Nova Scotia. As I said a few days ago, the Affiliate Summit East in July is sold out. So are you going? First time? Not sure what to expect? I’ve gotten a bunch of emails from people I know who are going for the first time, so here’s some reading. It just so happens that I wrote a series of posts back on ReveNews before the last show (Jan 2007) explaining all about the Summit. Here you... Read More »
Affiliate Summit Is Sold Out - See You In The Bloghaus
Yep, it sold out, again. Congrats to Shawn and Missy for producing yet another sell-out and sure to be great show. They keep rolling and rolling. Why? Because the shows are that good. You think people keep coming back because they stink? Nope. If you didn’t get your ticket this time; that’s a shame because I was looking forward to meeting you. If you did get a ticket, I’ll be seeing you around. Please stop and say hello to me if you’re near the media/blogging... Read More »
Bloggers As The Next Super Affiliates - Video
Here’s a snippet of me talking about bloggers as the next super-affiliates at the last Affiliate Summit. Yeah, I could have been a bit more dynamic. I wasn’t feeling well that morning. I’m usually way more upbeat. I make the argument that the webmasters of 10-years ago are now the ones who are reaping the benefits of online riches. They learned how to be online marketers and capitalized on their knowledge. The same is true for bloggers today. In time they... Read More »
Hugs For Charity - Socially Conscious Marketing
Sam pointed me to AffiliateHug.com. This is great stuff. Who doesn’t want a hug? Now if I could get him to give me One good thought in return… In conjunction with Affiliate Summit, Scott “Uncle Scooter†Hazard, President of Brightside Media and inventor of the ScooterSqueezeâ„¢ will be on hand to dole out his world-famous hugs during Affiliate Summit’s Affiliate Meet Market on Sunday, July 8th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami. For... Read More »
Do You Qualify For A Free Press Pass To The Affiliate Summit? You Just Might, Apply Today.
I’m the “blogging captain” at the Affiliate Summit media room this summer in Miami. It’s going to be a great event, with ZEfrank keynoting. You do not want to miss this show. Not coming? What? How about coming as a member of the press? But, you’re asking yourself… Do I qualify as press? Can I get a press pass? Not sure? All good questions that needed to be answered. So I asked Shawn Collins and here’s what he said. Who’s qualified... Read More »
Shareasale Star Thingy Vs. MacGyver? No Contest!
As Shawn mentions, Shareasale is running a contest where they try to get their affiliates and merchants to submit videos explaining the purpose of their “ShareASale Star Thingys”. Those “thingys” are yellow spongey stars that they gave out at the last Affiliate Summit event. Great idea Brian and company. So I had to participate in my own way. But this is NOT my entry, rather, an introduction to my entry. Or view it at Youtube direct. Here’s... Read More »
What In The World Is Up With Jim Kukral?
It was a big day for me today. This morning it was announced that I am hosting the media and blog room at the next Affiliate Summit, then I spent my lunch speaking to 85 Cleveland professionals as I moderated a panel on social media. After that I did a video interview with my favorite Cheesehead blogger Joel Cheesman. As if that wasn’t enough, I resigned from ReveNews later in the day. Whew. At least I avoided having another panic attack. So, What’s Up With You... Read More »
All Phasers Set To… Blog! The Affiliate Summit Gets A Captain, Me!
Today Shawn announced that I’ll be hosting the Affiliate Summit media and blog room this summer in Miami. Apparantely, I’m the King of all Bloggers! Thanks to Shawn & Missy for this really cool opportunity. I wanted to do this because every good show needs to have a room like this where bloggers and media people can come to talk about the event. And frankly, the Affiliate Summit is now such a big draw, there is an expectation to have this type of media room. If... Read More »
Will Google Try To Own Affiliate Marketing Like Everything Else?
As I walking up to do my speech on blogging at the last Affiliate Summit event in Vegas, a gentleman got out of his chair and stopped me to say hello. He introduced himself as a product manager from Google, gave me his card, and told me he was looking forward to hearing this presentation in particular. How’s that for pressure? Turns out, we communicated after the show and he agreed with my ideas and like my presentation. Looking back at the moment, and seeing all the... Read More »
ZEfrank’s Last ‘The Show’ Today
I gotta tell you, I’m a bit weepy after watching his last show today. Why? Well, I’m a sucker for sappy music and slow-motion montages, plus, you know, ZE is THAT good. It sucks this run is over. You can watch ZE’s first show one year ago here. My only solace is that I can be sure of meeting ZE in person and seeing him speak at the Affiliate Summit this summer in Miami. Bring it ZE, I know you will. Thanks for the content and follow through, you have... Read More »
Pay Per Click (PPC) Marketing Tutorial
Jon from Wickedfire let’s loose with a very nice summary of how to make money as an affiliate using pay per click marketing, from start to finish. It’s a great read, and makes a lot of sense, especially for those who might be confused as to how to do this kind of thing. Frankly, you don’t need to read an entire ebook to learn this stuff, which is why I’m linking to this post. And I especially like and appreciate the last paragraph. :) So there you... Read More »
I Got My ‘Affiliate Thing’ On Today
Make sure to head on over to listen to the latest ‘Affiliate Thing’ radio show where I was a guest today. Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit and Lisa Picarelle, editor-in-chief of Revenue Today magazine interviewed me about the current state of happiness that has perpetuated the industry ranks these days. From Shawn’s blog… We chatted about Jim’s new project, Affiliate Marketing Friends, and the overall boom of creativity and friendliness that... Read More »
Become An Affiliate Marketing Friend!
Do you love affiliate marketing? I sure do. I’ve been working knee-deep in the trenches of it since 2000 or so, as an affiliate, a merchant and from the agency side of things. Affiliate marketing has been good to me. There are many positive things happening in the world of Affiliate marketing these days. Bumpzee from Scott Jangro has literally exploded the discussion. The Affiliate Summit event has blown away everyone with its growth and amazing success. And of course... Read More »
My Best Blogger Award From The Affiliate Summit
This is my blog, so I can be self-promotional, right? That’s still allowed here right? :) Ok, good. A few weeks ago I happened to win an award for “Best Blogger” from the Affiliate Summit event. You will notice the winning badge for it on the right of this blog. I also just got the actual award photo taken by my studio-mate and local Cleveland photographer Hal Stata. It’s a very nice award, and I’m grateful for it. Having been blogging since... Read More »
