May 2011

Do it Right: Best Examples of Social Media Implementation

May 28, 2011

Nowadays you already can’t ignore social media: social media sites influence people’s buying behavior (according to Viral Blog, over 50% of Facebook fans and Twitter followers say they are more likely to buy, recommend than before they were engaged), education choice, even travel plans (according to Timeshare Secrets, one in three people are influenced by social media when planning traveling and two-thirds of the travelers use social media for contact with family). With so many social .....

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Blogworld party in New York by Adrants eBay and Trancos

May 20, 2011

Blogworld party in New York by Adrants eBay and Trancos Adrants, along with eBay and Trancos will host a cocktail gathering Wednesday, May 25 from 6PM to 8PM at Stitch in New York. Stitch is located at 247 West 37th Street. The bar will be open (thanks to eBay and Trancos) and there will be some food as well. So stop by, grab a drink, have a bite, meet Ivka Adam from eBay, me, Murray .....

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3 Easy, Yet Effective Ways to Create a Linkable Asset (and Examples)

May 19, 2011

I love it how link building topics have transformed from discussing where to submit your link for free to how make links flow in on their own. This is the evolution I’ve been watching for year and one I am really proud of (not for myself but for the industry). A “linkable asset” is anything that provides an incentive for publishers to link and promote your page or business. Analyzing your (and creating new) linkable .....

The Affiliate People by Ian Elwes and team

May 13, 2011

Ian Elwes long time industry expert and good guy launched The Affiliate People. I have known Ian for years and am happy to recommend him to you. https://www.theaffiliatepeople.com   Here are some of the benefits: -Purpose-built affiliate and client reporting designed with your needs in mind -Very simple, smooth interface that is easy to use -Easy navigation so you can find what you need quickly -XML and web service functionality so that you can call your .....

Successful Content Monetization – please vote for my Affiliate Summit session

May 6, 2011

Successful Content Monetization – please vote for my Affiliate Summit session I submitted a session of the up coming Affiliate Summit conference in New York. They have a voting system to chose which sessions should be given. You can vote here http://www.affiliatesummit.info/vote/successful-content-monetization I have given this talk only twice before, once at VigLink here is what they had to say Murray did a great job boiling it down to the bare essentials. A few of the .....

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Bees Awards 2011 Winners announced last night

May 4, 2011

Last year I was lucky enough to be a judge at The Bees Awards.  This years winners have just been announced as 1. Best 140 Characters Message (SMS, Tweet) (Nominees)   Unfortunately, we did not receive entries that met the requirements for this category.   2. Best Use of Micro-Blogging Platform (Nominees)   The Chinese Forest Gump: Canon’s 2010 Beijing International Marathon Weber Shandwick (China)Canon’s partnership with the real-life Chinese version of Forest Gump took .....

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