I’m here at ad:tech at the keynote by Jeff Hayzlett, CMO of Eastman Kodak where he related great stories about what he has been doing.  He is an entertaining speaker and does a good job of telling a story.  One…

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Being…

It is that time again…somehow I end up writing about “that time again”.

Often I forget to give thanks to those around me. The people who inspire in little and big ways. I decided I wanted to support “wholesome things”…

As part of the continuing consolidation of AOL’s “Platform-A” group, the current President of Advertising.com has been named as the new head of Platform-A. I had the pleasure to meet Lynda at the Affiliate Summit and she seemed very in…

Kris Jones of the Pepperjam Network joined me in a conversation about the recent controversy between Pepperjam and Commission Junction.

The podcast runs about 30 mins.

 

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Digging Deep into to the Summit & When the Sleeper Wakes

I have spent the last few days, off the grid, recuperating from the “controversial” Affiliate Summit” in Las Vegas. Ironically, I found no controversy over the issues. Overall I…

Twitter is so valuable for my own personal brand and business that it has become an essential part of my web presence since I started using it in Nov 2006.

Over 1,000 people follow me and I follow close to 1,000…

If you’re into reading long legal documents like a company’s 10-K filing (mandatory SEC paperwork for public companies), here are some fun highlights that I’ve pulled from ValueClick’s 10-K that was just filed…

SEC: ValueClick 10-K Filing On July 30, 2007, we…

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Gary Vaynerchuck of WineLibraryTV on the Monday of Affiliate Summit. Not only is he a great guy, but his enthusiasm for doing business online is black-plauge like contagious (although it doesn’t involve fleas……

I was wrong.

Initially after the Jason Calacanis keynote, I immediately started defending affiliate marketing in my own head and in my writings by invoking minutia details about the good things and people involved in affiliate marketing and the things…