Having some previous knowledge about the dynamics of any given business venture is always an advantage, but it is not a must. Many people migrate from a business model to another completely different one and achieve a level of success many could only dream of. Their secret is not super-intelligence ...

Google, Google, Google that is all you ever seem to see on the Internet these days and there is a reason why. It has the largest directory of just about any and every site that can be found. Try it, do a Google search engine and see if there is something you cannot find! That is a tongue twister, so...

ppckahuna is set to launch at 12 PM EST, March 5th. PPC Kahuna is the latest bundle from the individuals behind products such as traffickahuna, syndicatekahuna and portalfeeder. Based on the standard set by these products, PPC Kahuna has much to live up to. What you get with PPC Kahuna: PPCKahuna El...

The following is a transcript of the keynote address delivered by Gary Vaynerchuk, star of Wine Library TV and Director of Operations at Wine Library in Springfield, NJ, at Affiliate Summit West 2009 in Las Vegas, NV. The speech was delivered on Monday, January 12. Video is available at blip.tv and ...

Download audio file (geekcast52.mp3) Episode 52 of the Cast of Geeks was a complete failure. We had a rowdy 90 minutes of good content, and I realized at the end that I never started recording it. Then we recorded a quick 5 minute recap of the show that was never recorded. Fail, part deux. Only my v...

Welcome to Las Vegas to all of the folks that are here or still making their way to Affiliate Summit West 2009. We’re hammering out all of the last minute details for the conference, which kicks off tomorrow at noon with the Affiliate Meet Market and breakout sessions. I am very pleased to ann...

I rang in 2009 in laid back style with my wife and kids. A little champagne, Wii playing and throwing shredded documents in the air as makeshift confetti were the action for the night. After all, it’s almost time for Affiliate Summit West 2009, so no time to get crazy and sleep in like the old...

Download audio file (affiliatething-122308.mp3) This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the ShareASale awards, Best Buy putting the screws to affiliates, and ShoeMoney running a charity auction. The show also includes talk of the upcoming Affiliate Sum...

Download audio file (geekcast46.mp3) Episode 46 of the GeekCast show touched on all of the important issues of the day, such as the backlash against Matt Bacak, a smut ban on YouTube, and some cool apps for iPhones. Also, Jim Kukral has completed his conversion to a MacBook pro, some guy is spamming...

Vladimir Lenin is attributed as saying “A lie told often enough becomes truth.” I just came across a bizarre example of this sort of fallacy by the blogger known as the “Shoemoney.” He wrote a blog post about a recent settlement between MySpace and Media Breakaway with this c...