Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

Mike and I jump back into the saddle with this whole podcasting thing.  We talk briefly about how great Affiliate Summit West 2012 was, get off track in some places, and try to get the innocent kids in the Midwest hooked on some affiliate marketing conference goodness. In in this episode we discuss:

• Affiliate Summit Central – a gateway conference to bigger conferences.
• Speculation about the night life of Austin, TX.
• Anybody using Pinterest? Thread on the Affiliate Summit Forum
• The Story of Skimlinks and Pinterest by Shawn Collins
• Pinterest “Pin It” Button WordPress Plugin
• 0% of Affiliate Marketers are Female.  Say whaa?  The rebutted 10 Great Women of Affiliate Marketing
• Some chatter about the Affiliate Summit Meetups in NY and SF

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

Like the great prime time dramas of yore, we’ve done a crossover arc episode with the guys at Geek Dads Weekly, Daniel M. Clark and Drew Bennett.  Our fun started during Emo Wolverine Feels Nothing – Geek Dads Weekly 101 and continues here. In in this episode we discuss:

• Ad:tech NY & Mike’s experience there last week.  It seems more folks are more directed at building mobile networks instead of mobile content, necessarily.
• Using the broader point of reference of Internet Marketing instead of Affiliate or Performance Marketing.
• Some Affiliate Summit West 2012 info, talking about our Affiliate Improv! panel with Mike, Daniel, Eric Souza, and myself.  The panel will be at 3:30 Sunday January 8th in the Augustus V room.
• We’ll be manning a speaker booth Tuesday January 10th at 2:00 pm for any follow up!
• The discovery of Pinterest, the inundation of crafty folks there, and how it is divided a bit among gender lines between who “gets it” and who doesn’t.
• The Affiliate Summit Newcomer Program – Our code name for Caesar’s will be Castle Greyskull.
• Show our guests some love: Daniel M. Clark is a podcast production consultant at QAQN.com and Drew Bennett is a dad, photographer, and blogger at BenSpark.com.

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

It seems longing for a simpler time, back when we all religiously listened to Geek Cast, is a virus that’s going around.  Before the band got back together last week on Affiliate Thing, we had a similar idea to emulate that model for fun.  Mike is back, and we were also joined by Wade Tonkin of Fanatics and Drew Bennett of BenSpark.com. In in this episode we discuss:

• Our collective love of the original Geek Cast with Shawn Collins, Sam Harrelson, Jim Kukral, and Lisa Picarille.
• The passing of Steve Jobs… would the reaction be similar if Bill Gates had passed?
• CityCrashVille Hometown on iPad.
• Speculating on what Affiliate Summit Central will be.
• Upcoming Affiliate Summit West in January and how the session voting is going.
• Mike’s recap of the New York Comic Con

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

You’ve come to love it – our interviews!  This is one last interview with speakers at upcoming Affiliate Summit East 2011 at the New York Hilton in New York City.  Today we’re chatting with Greg Hoffman & Ian Fernando about their origins in affiliate marketing & their panel “Industry Clash: Balancing CPS & CPA Marketing”. They’ll give us a bit of insight into this peace-making panel. In in this episode we discuss:

• We chat a bit about Greg & Ian’s fellow panelists Jason Rubacky and Logan Thompson.
• The stereotypes CPS marketers have about CPA marketers.
• The vast differences between the way the “older” CPS marketers party and the way “younger” CPA marketers party.
• Bridging the gap and learning from the other side of the coin.
• Put Greg & Ian’s panel on your Affiliate Summit Schedule! Sunday, August 21st from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Gramercy Suite.
• Eric guarantees he’ll have a front row seat.  No heckling!
• Show some love to today’s co-host Eric Nagel! Blog: EricNagel.com & Twitter: @esnagel

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

You’ve come to love it – our interviews!  This go-round we’re interviewing speakers at the upcoming Affiliate Summit East at the New York Hilton in New York City.  Today we’re chatting with Erin Cigich about her origins in affiliate marketing & her presentation “Making Affiliate Marketing a Career”. In in this episode we discuss:

• Erin’s ascent to the top at Clickbooth, her origins in marketing , and SEO.
• Determining your strengths to maximize your longevity and stability in affiliate marketing.
• Clickbooth’s new CPC network & staying flexible with your niches and traffic sources.
• Follow Erin on Twitter: @ErinCigich
• Include Erin’s presentation on your calendar, Sunday August 21st at 3:30pm in Room 4
• Show some love to today’s co-host Eric Nagel! Blog: EricNagel.com & Twitter: @esnagel

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

You’ve come to love it – our interviews!  This go-round we’re interviewing speakers at the upcoming Affiliate Summit East 2011 at the New York Hilton in New York, NY.  Mike’s a busy beaver and needs a break, so my co-host for this episode is the awesome Eric Nagel!  Today we’re chatting with John Monarch about his origins in affiliate marketing & his “Ask the Expert” topic “High Risk Merchanting – Management and Risk Mitigation”. John is the President of Monarch Holdings LLC. In this episode we discuss:

• John’s origins in the Physics world and his transition into affiliate marketing.
• Some fellow former physicists Karen Garcia & Brad Waller.
• Merchants in certain niches need to be aware if their space is considered “high risk” by the banking industry (like smaller travel merchants).
• John’s ready to talk to merchants about their banking and how to avoid charge backs and keep their rates at a reasonable risk level.
• The difference between a charge back and a refund.  A charge back, whether won or lost, still counts against a merchant’s charge back number.
• Put John’s discussion on your Affiliate Summit Schedule! Monday August 22nd, 5:00 – 6:00 pm in the Networking Space.
• Follow John on Twitter: @papajohn56
• Show some love to today’s co-host Eric Nagel! Blog: EricNagel.com & Twitter: @esnagel

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

Shady’s back.  Tell your friends!  Mike’s back after a podcasting sabbatical to focus on his consulting business.  Today we’re keeping that chatter to a minimum and speaking with Naeem “Yanni” Kayani, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Adknowledge.  In in this episode we discuss:

• The relevant targeting with email marketing that AdKnowledge can help with.
• The fascinating stuff that Facebook and the other email service providers are doing these days to give users more control.
• Yanni will be speaking at The Power of eMarketing Conference in San Francisco April 19th & 20th.  The format will be less presentation, more conversation.
• His fellow panelists are Daniel Kuperman of Aprix Solutions and John Janetos of iPost.

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

Mike is taking a break from podcasting for awhile to focus on his business!  I’m going solo this week, still talking to conference speakers, this time chatting with Adam Riemer about his upcoming speaking gigs at PubCon South 2011 at the Norris Executive Conference Center in Austin, TX.  For a quick 15 minutes we discuss:

• How Adam got started online.
• How to Start a Successful Affiliate Program – Adam will be speaking along side Chuck Hamrick, Peter Hamilton of HasOffers, Brook Schaaf of Schaaf-PartnerCentric, and Paul Schroader of PS Web Solutions.
• Site Review – Focus on Affiliates – Fellow panelists are Shawn Collins of Affiliate Summit, Peter Hamilton of HasOffers, David Favor of David Favor & Associates, and Roger Montti of MartiniBuster.com.
• What Adam’s been up to lately – working in-house managing the JobFox Affiliate Program and blogging up a storm at AdamRiemer.me, ReveNews.com, and SearchEnginePeople.com.
• We didn’t mention it in this re-record, but Adam’s been training for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, which he’ll be walking with Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back – Jen Goode, Missy Ward, and Angel Djambazov in Denver, CO June 25th & 26th (donate to Adam today!)

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

You’ve come to love it – our interviews!  Once again, Skyping in for Mike is Jen Goode, Doodler-in-Charge at JGoode Designs.  This go-round we’re interviewing speakers at the upcoming PubCon South 2011 at the Norris Executive Conference Center in Austin, TX.  Today we’re chatting with Warren Whitlock about his origins in internet marketing & his panel.

You may have noticed a distinct lack of a 51st episode of AMF.  This is because, due to unforeseen recording difficulties caused by the recent updates to Skype, the episode wasn’t fully recorded, so we’re re-recording it with our guest later this week, so it’ll be posted out of order.  Deal with it!  Until then, for a juicy 29 minutes we like to call Episode 52, we discuss:

• Warren’s start in traditional advertising & stint in selling office equipment.
• Such a positive outlook on life, Warren has!
• Twitter Marketing : Customer Service and Loyalty Marketing – Warren will be speaking along side Michael Dorausch of Planet Chiropractic, Dan Zarrella of HubSpot.com, and Arnie Kuenn of Vertical Measures.
• You can listen to Warren’s podcasts on Blog Talk Radio.  Search for Warren Whitlock.
• Connect with Warren on Twitter: @WarrenWhitlock.
• Find my amazing co-host Jen Goode on Twitter and at JGoode Designs!

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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!

It’s been a couple of weeks since Affiliate Summit West 2011 was over & done with, and it’s taken us this long to recuperate, follow up with all our leads, jot our ideas for improvement down in notebooks and on whiteboards, and had the time to breathe and record our recap!  We had different experiences at this show than some of the others in the recent past, so we share it all with you in a super sized episode this week.  For 1 hour & 14 minutes we babble on about:

• Saturday pre-registration ease & the lightly sponsored conference tote bag.
• The short, but sweet, buy.at party and the drinks, view, and having to interact with the “public”.  And a brief insight into Trisha’s bath.
• The packed sessions, Mike’s session went well, and our Sunday in meetings and the insanity of the Meet Market.
• Elvis costumes, Marilyn Monroe impersonators, and legend Warren Moon.
• The lovely ShareASale 10 year anniversary party & the Strike Out Breast Cancer bowling party.
• Our quick review of the Drew Eric Whitman keynote, yet neither of us attended the Brian Solis presentation.
• Mike finally met Lewis Howes & they talked about Lewis’ book, LinkedWorking: Generating Success on LinkedIn the Worlds Largest Professional Networking Website.
• Affiliate Summit Forum is now live, so go sign up!

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