One of the biggest impediments to newer affiliates getting into the affiliate game is their lack of ability to get a niche website online fast and easy. Most savvy affiliates already know how to get a site online and start publishing articles and content. However, most newbie affiliates have a harde...

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...

Q: I am looking for an in-house affiliate manager - where can I find one? A: I would say that one of the best qualifications of an affiliate manager is that they were previously an affiliate, because they have a 360 degree understanding of the industry, rather than just somebody how knows about the ...

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...

Are You Affiliate Manager Material? (Learn more about working at home as an Affiliate Manager.) Creating an affiliate program isn’t easy. But creating a successful one is even more challenging.  It takes a lot of time, energy and effort. There are those that are cut out for it and those that ...

Instant Form Pro is a new, robust survey tool that is like Survey Monkey, plus all the features you wished they had there. This new software enables you to create simple questionnaires, complex surveys, contact forms, testimonial generators, feedback forms, file uploaders, tests and quizzes - pretty...

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