This session took place at Affiliate Summit West 2007 in January 2007.

Optimizing Landing Pages

* Choots Humphries, Co-President, LinkConnector Corporation
* Mark Widawer, Author, Landing Page Cash Machine

Learn how merchants can raise conversion rates and can work together with affiliates to increase sales, and how affiliates can update their sites to meet Google’s new rules & lower their PPC costs.

Video: Affiliate Summit West 2007 – Optimizing Landing Pages

This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the lead up to Black Friday, Zhu Zhu pet fever, and the acquisition of Tracking202.

Also, Lisa’s blue toy on DailyBooth, the annoyance of Twitter’s new style of ReTweets, AWeber’s Web form generator, and enhancements to Link Connector’s Naked Link Technology.

Show Links

• Zhu Zhu Pets
• Tracking202 Acquired by Bloosky
• LinkConnector Makes Enhancements to Naked Link Technology
• Just Got the AWeber Web Form Generator
• Why Twitter’s New Retweet Feature Sucks
• DailyBooth is Social Media that is Truly Social
• Lisa’s Little Blue Toy / Lisa on DailyBooth
• Shawn on DailyBooth
• YC-Funded DailyBooth Raises $1 Million From Sequoia, Kevin Rose, Ron Conway Et Al.
• The Top 50 Marketing Blogs To Watch in 2010
• Contextual Product Links from LinkShare

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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about the money affiliate marketers donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, upcoming conferences, and how more women can get speaking slots at conferences.

Also, issue 8 of FeedFront Magazine is out, Jim Lillig put together a report on the State of CPA, and Lisa is on another affiliate marketing podcast called AffPlan.

Plus, the controversy around LinkConnector and their affiliate site, Sponsored Tweets, and the GrowSmart Biz conference.

Show Links

• Just Local Ads – a Charity Musical Tribute to Dennis Yu
• Affiliate Marketers Donate $23,509 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
• My Conference Schedule for Fall 2009
• GrowSmart Biz Conference Live Stream
• Women Speakers at Affiliate Summit
• FeedFront Magazine Issue 8 Now Available
• The State of CPA
• AffPlan Podcast
• LinkConnector and the Network as Affiliate Conflict
• Sponsored Tweet from Michael Buechele

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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, and IntenseDebate for blog comments.

Note: there was a weird technical quirk where we were recorded at different speeds, so it sounds like we were talking over each other. Sorry about that.

Show Links

• ShareASale Announces Inaugural Performance Awards
• GoldenCAN Integrates with LinkConnector
• Media Breakaway and Florida Attorney General Working on Industry Best Practices
• Best Buy Alienates Affiliates
• Don’t Forget to Enter the Affiliate Triathlon
• Affiliate Prom Night at Affiliate Summit
• ShoeMoney Wants to Wear Your Shirt for Charity at Affiliate Summit
• Affiliate Trust
• IntenseDebate
• Affiliate Summit West 2009 Party-a-Day Calendar
• Affiliate Marketing Hip Hop Battles Gettin’ A Lil Too Real, Yo

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