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St. Patty’s Day in Affiliate Land

Shawn Collins — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:11:32 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a recap of SXSW, the ABestWeb Awards, the official announcement of Overstock to CJ and a deep linking tool at LinkShare.

Also, a new issue of FeedFront magazine, some new shows on GeekCast.fm (the Spew and Brandmouthing), and a leprechaun sighting.

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Andrew Wee Behind the Scenes of Affiliate Summit

Shawn Collins — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:23:02 +0000

Andrew Wee of WhoIsAndrewWee.com interviewed Missy Ward and myself for his Friday Podcast about the nuts and bolts of Affiliate Summit, as well as plans for Geekcast.fm and FeedFront Magazine.

We also talked Missy’s new podcast, “The Spew,” that will debut on Geekcast.fm later this month, tips on getting started as a podcaster, and AffStat data in upcoming issues of FeedFront.

Plus, detail on Missy taking over the affiliate program for the Thesis WordPress theme, and a look at Affiliate Summit East 2009 in New York City.

Stream this episode of Andrew’s podcast and get more details at http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/podcasts/friday-podcast-affiliate-summit-missy-ward-shawn-collins/.

The Upside of the Proposed California Affiliate Tax

Shawn Collins — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:51:04 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talk about the proposed affiliate tax in California, a free affiliate recruiting tool, and some requisite Twitter stuff.

Also, how Gmail can help you lose weight, whether the Bachelor is relevant to affiliate marketing, Missy Ward managing the Thesis affiliate program, and a new site for Affiliate Summit.

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Affiliates in Snuggies at Beer Gardens

Shawn Collins — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:03:12 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talk about how Lisa has left Revenue Magazine, Snuggies, Overstock moving to Commission Junction, and the Affiliate Summit Beer Garden at ad:tech.

Also, leaving Outlook for Gmail, MarketLeverage bowling for a good cause, new shows on GeekCast.fm, and Lisa teaming up with Jim “Coach” Kukral to write a book.

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RFID Room Key and Debit Card

Shawn Collins — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:30:01 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talk about Shawn’s recent visit to the Great Wolf Lodge, where he mixed work and water slides, while he wore a Radio-frequency identification (RFID) bracelet as a room key and debit card.

Neat technology – maybe there should be an Affiliate Summit there for everybody to experience it.

This show also covers the UK affiliate census, the Azoogle/Playboy contest for affiliates, Valentine’s Day offers, the Twitter tariff for companies, ClickBank on Twitter, and offline affiliate marketing.

Also, there was talk of a new Commission Junction UK blog, the growing roster on GeekCast.fm, Missy Ward’s charitable efforts, the New York Yankees at Affiliate Summit and affiliates of the Weight Watchers affiliate program.

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Twitter, Chili and the Super Bowl

Shawn Collins — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:37:05 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille recount the Super Bowl mixed with chili and Twitter.

This show also covers the LinkShare Symposium in NYC, brick and mortar layoffs, stats on performance marketing, and the “recession shopper.”

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Twitter Unfollows and Fake Gurus

Shawn Collins — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:35:29 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille get into the latest in affiliate marketing and some random stuff.

This show touches on an opportunity for anybody to start their own podcast on GeekCast.fm, affiliate fatblogging, an affiliate use of Twitter, and jobs in affiliate marketing.

Also, there was some chatter on people that complain when they’re unfollowed on Twitter, a contest to go to a party at the Playboy Mansion, LinkShare Symposium West, the latest affiliate widgets from Amazon, and annoying guys that pretend to be gurus.

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Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote Audio from Affiliate Summit West 2009

Shawn Collins — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:26:14 +0000

Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV delivers the keynote address at Affiliate Summit West 2009.

Affiliate Summit East 2009 is taking place August 9-11, 2009 in New York City.

More Affiliate Summit audio available at http://geekcast.fm/archives/category/affiliate-summit/.

Who is Missy Ward?

Shawn Collins — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:25:40 +0000

Andrew Wee of WhoIsAndrewWee.com had Missy Ward, Co-founder of Affiliate Summit, on his podcast for an interview about her background in affiliate marketing, Affiliate Summit, and charitable efforts she has spearheaded.

If you’ve had a chance to talk to Missy during one of the trade shows, you’d find that she’s personable and knowledgable. During the course of our discussion, I got to know Missy better, including:

How she got involved in affiliate marketing
The formation of the Affiliate Summit and it’s goals and growth over the years
How she got involved with fundraising activities, concurrently growing her affiliate business
A preview of upcoming Affiliate Summit conferences and related events
The guerilla marketing strategies used to promote the summit (merchants and affiliate networks can take a leaf out of Missy and Shawn’s playbook)
Missy’s video blogging and promotion strategies
A number of inspirational moments from the recent Affiliate Summit
Key updates involving projects like Geekcast.fm, a new podcast in the making, Missy’s return to affiliate management and the revamped AffStat affiliate industry survey

If you have issue 4 of FeedFront Magazine handy, Andrew wrote an article that appears on page 60 titled, “How to Effectively Blog for Branding and Monetization.” The issue is also available to download.

Listen to the chat from Andrew and Missy at http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/podcasts/friday-podcast-building-your-affiliate-karma-with-missy-ward/.

Gary Vaynerchuk Brings the Thunder to Affiliate Summit

Shawn Collins — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:10:54 +0000

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille are back after a week off due to Affiliate Summit travel.

This show recaps Affiliate Summit West 2009, as well as the latest on the New York affiliate tax, cool business cards, a new WordPress plugin from LinkShare, CJ on implications of IE 8 on affiliate marketers, and testing out the Thesis WordPress theme.

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And the winners of the 2009 Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards…

Affiliate of the Year – Mike Allen
Affiliate Manager of the Year – Angel Djambazov
Exceptional Merchant – CelebrateExpress.com
Affiliate Marketing Advocate – Melanie Seery
Best Blogger – Scott Jangro
Affiliate Marketing Legend – Kellie Stevens

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