From the monthly archives:

December 2008

A Very Special Affiliate Thing Christmas

by Shawn Collins on December 23, 2008

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 Summit West 2009 show, including the party schedule, Shawn’s Flock of Seagulls phase, affiliate rap wars, [...]

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GeekCast 48: Steve Jobs is Sick of MacWorld

by Shawn Collins on December 17, 2008

Episode 48 of the GeekCast show gets into Apple pulling out of MacWorld after this year, and what’s up with Steve Jobs. Also, Jason Calacanis being wrongheaded about affiliate marketing (again), WordPress 2.7, IntenseDebate vs. Disqus, Luke Skywalker and his old .com show, the Facebook app for Twitter, and the beauty of an iPod Touch. [...]

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The Year Affiliate Marketing Saved Christmas

by Shawn Collins on December 16, 2008

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the impressive showing by affiliate networks on Black Friday and Cyber Monday vs. the retail numbers reported by comScore. The show also includes news on Christmas shipping deadlines for affiliates, top WordPress plugins, annoying buzzwords, how to win a Dell Mini, [...]

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GeekCast 47: The Really Ugly Twitter Cage Match

by Shawn Collins on December 10, 2008

Episode 47 of the GeekCast show was heavy on Twitter mores, tools, and geek titans clashed on how Twitter should be used. Also, the Mac vs. PC battle rages on, Shmuly takes on Microsoft, the annoying Mac guy in the movie Waiting, editing green screen video, and Sam Harrelson is down on scheduled sex. Show [...]

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LinkShare Reports Big Success on Black Friday

by Shawn Collins on December 9, 2008

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the impressive numbers by LinkShare clients on Black Friday. The show also includes effective communications with affiliates, a breakout of affiliate networks used by retailers, contest from MarketLeverage, Merlin Mann’s affiliate site, the Tweet that resulted in a purchase on iTunes, [...]

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