Marketing, affiliate management, affiliate programs, affiliates »

Starting your own affiliate program is a fairly straight forward process. There are plenty of third party services and self hosted software to choose from and once you understand how your affiliate system works, it’s easy to implement. You can even have someone else implement your affiliate program for you. But, from a strictly behavioral [...]

#ASW10, Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Summit West, networking events, psychology-of-persuasion, robert-cialdini »

Yesterday I spent a few hours researching Affiliate Summit West, getting to know more about the history behind the event, and planning the activities that I want to be a part of. Affiliate Summit in general has continued to grow in attendance and notoriety since 2003, so I’m very excited about going. It should be a [...]

Affiliate Marketing, google adwords »

Seth Godin mentioned it is easier to change with the market than it is to change the market:
Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean the market cares any longer.

It’s extremely difficult to repair the market.
It’s a lot easier to find a market that will respect and pay for the work you can do. [...]

Death, Social Media, Status Updates, facebook, youtube »

Okay, I know this is going to sound a little weird. Scratch that. This is going to sound a lot weird. But, if you died right now, what would your Facebook status (insert social network of choice) say about you?
See, I told you it was going to be weird. But, stop for 2 seconds and [...]

#ASW10, Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Summit West 2010, MissyWard, SkyVenture Arizona, Skydiving, Wind Tunnel »

If you’ve been thinking about going to Affiliate Summit West this year, you may have to wait for some cancellations to happen for spots to open up first. I saw a Twitter update this morning from @MissyWard that Affiliate Summit West 2010 is sold out.
According to the website, the ASW crew is busy processing cancellations [...]