I had the pleasure of listening in to yesterday’s roundtable hosted by Brian and Carolyn of ShareASale.  The topic of the round table was affiliates’ use of downloadable toolbars and what was acceptable to operate within the ShareASale network and…

That was sort of a theme I have seen, and wanted to see more of, through various sessions and conferences over the years. It goes to all our marketing efforts. Build it right. If you are trying to game the system, get around the system or just make a quick buck, you aren’t building something substantial that will weather the search engines’ changes and evolutions. The top 5 ranking was harder to get and took longer, but it has stayed in those top rankings for much longer with very little work needed, Wil emphasized. It pays to do it right.

(Can you guess what music I’m listening to as I write this recap?)

The second day’s keynote at Blog World Expo 2008 was pretty unique and I was pretty excited to get a great seat to see Tim Ferriss, author of…

Wow, sorry about the long title…

The first day of Blog World was truly outstanding. The attendees were diverse, intelligent and engaged and the speakers were honest, authentic and they shared very detailed information. It didn’t seem like they held anything…

I was planning on going to one of the other sessions after the keynote, but decided to attend this one when I saw that Darren Rowse of ProBlogger was on the panel of the Making Money Online with a Blog…

I have the good fortune of attending Blog World this weekend as an official ReveNews writer. I’m really enjoying attending a conference from this perspective, it reminds me of running down stories for my high school and college papers. Good…

Angel Djambazov and myself will be hosting an affiliate dinner this Friday in Seattle. It starts at 5:30 at the Caffeine Cafe on Minor avenue. Come on out and join us if you are in the area.

Go to AffiliateDinner.com for more…

If you haven’t been living under a rock the last year or so, you’ve heard how video on the net is going to change the way we watch TV, shop, interact with our friends, market to our customers and so…

Last month I wrote about Twitter for affiliate management and put some ideas out there as to how affiliates can use this social media tool. I got some good responses both as comments to my blog and via email. Social…

I recently came across the Impact of Contextual Advertising Adware in Affiliate Marketing: A Case Study by my friends over at AffiliateFairPlay.com on contextual advertising and it’s effect in affiliate marketing, primarily the Zango (180Solutions) adware application. It is a…