The Big Brown Box Logo Revealed

We’re almost done with BigBrownBox.com. Just wrapping up some final touches on content and rules. Here’s our logo. Will you be ready for the Big Brown Box? What’s in the Big Brown Box? Stay tuned.  Read More →

How Sick Do You Have To Be To Scam A Charity?

Some guy bought an entire row of spots over at Affiliate Marketing Friends, then canceled the payment after the ads went up and won’t return my emails. I should clarify, his Paypal payment was set to clear yesterday, so in good faith I put the ads up a day ahead of time. Then I see the payment set to “canceled”. The Internet and some of the people in it never cease to amaze me. It’s for charity people. Geez. You can see who it was by viewing the screenie... Read More »

Affiliate Marketing Friends Have Helped Raise Over $500 So Far

We’ve passed the $500 mark of donations raised for charity over at AffiliateMarketingFriends.com. I wanted to thank all of those who have participated so far. The page is starting to fill up and it looks great! There’s still plenty of time to get in and get your spot. Some banner spots up top available as well, very cheap. Update: I’ve decided that the money should go to an organization in my hometown that is doing some AMAZING things. This page should... 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 »

Donate $100k For Premium Ad Space On Jason Calacanis’s Blog

Super blog powers unite! Shape of… a big juicy charitable blog meme! I can feel something starting to happen. A meme you say Jim? Yes, Shawn, a meme! Earlier today I wrote about how bloggers like Jason Calacanis and others could/should be selling ads or sponsorships, or whatever they can, on their blogs for the simple sake of giving the money they don’t need to charity. I mean, why not? If you can help people with your blog super powers, why not, right? Well,... Read More »