We are just over two months away from Affiliate Summit East 2011 and this year they have stepped their game up even more. Of course there will be the regular sessions available being led by some of the most knowledgeable people in the affiliate industry. Of course there will be the exhibit hall and meet […]
Baby Sousa is on the way!
Posted on 6:21 pm · 4 Comments
Well, you may have heard the news by now but my wife Kate and I will be having our first child in December! The due date is Dec. 22nd so it is looking like we will be having a kid sometime around Christmas. We found out we were pregnant back in the middle of April […]
Missing ThinkTank Is Breaking My Heart!
Posted on 9:11 pm · 2 Comments
For the first time in a long time I will have to miss a Shareasale ThinkTank. My heart aches, my tears are streaming down my face. I know after reading this you are probably just as sad as I am and if you email me I will send you a box of Kleenex to dry […]
Changing Agreements Mid-Stream
Posted on 6:16 pm · 12 Comments
Yesterday I got an email from one of the merchants I work with that said in order for the affiliate program to remain profitable they needed to cut the commissions. They were paying 6% with some performance tiers (commission bumps at $750, $3500, and $6000). Now they are at 5% with commission bumps at $6000, […]
The Power of Affiliate Marketing
Posted on 9:57 pm · Leave a Comment
Have you ever talked to a merchant who questions the power and effectiveness of affiliate marketing? Do you know bloggers who don’t think affiliate marketing is a good way to make money? Is there anyone you know who has wondered if money can actually be made with affiliate marketing? Well, here is a quick case […]
Affiliate Summit Meetup – Spokane
Posted on 4:32 pm · 4 Comments
Last night was the inaugural round of Affiliate Summit Meetups where people all around the country gathered with other affiliate marketers or people who were interested in affiliate marketing. All in all there were around 380 people who got together in 49 different cities. Some of those cities only ended up with 1 person attending but […]
Are we really independent?
Posted on 9:54 pm · 2 Comments
One of the best things about working for myself is the “independence”. I get to work from home, I can work whenever I want, I can build whatever sites I want. Pretty much all the day to day decisions regarding my business are made by me. But am I really independent? I was thinking today […]
Affiliate Link Cloaking with CloakPIG
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For years I always knew I should be cloaking my affiliate links somehow but usually it takes me years to get around to doing something like this. Until a year or so ago nearly all the sites I built were standard HTML sites and I know there are pretty easy ways to do some PHP […]
Niche Website Challenge Update #1
Posted on 12:55 am · 4 Comments
We are 9 days into our Niche Website Challenge. James Seligman posted his update earlier today so I figured I should post mine. So far I have created 5 sites. I kinda hoped to have a couple more up by now but some of these took a bit longer than I wanted. Overall I am […]
The Niche Website Challenge begins!
Posted on 4:50 pm · 9 Comments
Today marks the beginning of the Niche Website Challenge. So excited to get going on this! A couple weeks ago Logan Thompson contacted me and asked if I wanted to be in a contest with Chris Guthrie and himself to see who could start some sites from scratch and build them into some money makers. […]
