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Affiliate Summit 2008 East - Day 2
Sunday was action packed, networking from 11:30 - 6:30 & PMA (performance marketing alliance) meeting till 9PM. After many conversations, had a great time learning about new vendors, offers and more. I took many pictures and videos so take a look below. You should attend Affiliate Summit if you don’t already!
View from the Boston Seaport [...]
Affiliate Summit - Saturday - Boston 2008
Arrived at Affiliate Summit East on Saturday into Boston and all set for a great conference. The event is at the World Trade Center and everyone is staying at the Boston Seaport Hotel. The location is great as it’s minutes from the airport and hotel has the things you need.
From my room [...]
Sharethis.com statistics on what people share online
Came across an interesting email from Sharethis.com who has an excellent tool for adding to web sites, e-commerce stores and blogs to aid in sharing information.
1. Email is king as a method of sharing - 35% (Just when you thought it was something else)
2. Facebook - 10% (Great rising popularity)
3. Digg - 7%Â (No wonder [...]
Second Life, Google Lively, Facebook, MySpace Google Trends - Who is most popular?
I was already in Google trends so decided to run the New Google Lively vs. Second Life than vs. Facebook and MySpace. The search requests for Second Life are definitely dropping and you can see an immediate spike when Google announced Lively on July 9, 2008. I prefer Second Life over Lively but curious about [...]
Facebook & MySpace in Japan Not Growing, US Facebook Adoption Booming
Caught an article on techcrunch about the failing adoption of Facebook and MySpace in Japan and wanted give my twist on it. You don’t hear things like that in US news so thought I would share. Sized at an estimated $5.6 billion in 2007, Japan boasts one of the biggest online advertising markets in the [...]
Google Toolbar Page Rank Revision Coming
Was just reading Matt Cutt’s blog concerning the page rank feature on the Google Toolbar. Page rank isn’t what it used to be these days for obvious reasons but wanted you to be aware of the change:
Hey folks, I wanted to let you know that new toolbar PageRank values should become visible over the next [...]
Twitter drops thousands of followers from users and blogger’s are upset
As a regular Twitter user (follow vastplanet), I use Twitter throughout the day and night to update on important issues in Internet marketing, e-commerce and fun updates. The concept of Twitter is that it’s a micro-blogging platform so you can have friends that follow what you write and they have friends and so on. You [...]
Web Celebrities - Who are Top 100 Emerging Names?
Came across TechCult’s Top 100 Web Celebrities List and was very impressed. In the article they outline 1 - 100 with a short bio and photo. They focused on impact on the web whether positive or negative and narrowed the list from 200 to just 100. I found it to be an excellent read and [...]
Performance Marketing Alliance Board Members Announced
Just in on the board members for the Performance Marketing Alliance. I had the ability to vote for these and wanted to send my congratulations to the winners. I noticed some political under currents in the nominees so was curious to see the winners.
From email I received:
Congratulations to the following industry leaders who have [...]
Have Affiliate Network Manage your Affiliate Program or an OPM - Outsourced Program Manager?
Looking to compare having an Affiliate Network or Outsourced Program Management firm manage your Affiliate Program? Watch this video from Donna McCarthy of SearchMarketingGurus.com
As an avid affiliate marketing professional since 1999 and Outsourced Affiliate Management firm (OPM) I know the differences but thought this video would be a great aid in helping merchants decide [...]