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Archive for July, 2006

Jeremy Palmer in Revenue Magazine

Monday, July 31st, 2006

This month’s Revenue Magazine (a magazine about affiliate marketing) has an article about Jeremy Palmer. It’s called: Jeremy Palmer, The Million Dollar Man.
Had I written the article, I would’ve talked more about Jeremy’s credentials and less about his history. He is a Google Adwords Professional and a Yahoo Search Ambassador. He’s been featured on the […]

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U|Tech Internet Marketing Conference - READY, SET, GO!

Friday, July 28th, 2006

I’ve been blogging about it for weeks…
U|Tech Internet Marketing Conference web site is up and taking registrations.
Reserve your spot soon because we have limited seating. Take advantage of special pricing before September 15.
Our keynote speaker is Paul Allen. He will speak about 21 Tactics you must be using to market your web site.
Expert speakers will […]

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My First Skype Conference Calls - FREE & Clear

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

I once used Skype to talk to people in other countries when I was bored (hard to remember being bored now!). I didn’t pick it up again until today. I had a 3-way conference call with 2 of us in Utah and a developer in Mexico. Then one from China with me and someone else […]

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Podcast: An Effective Communication Tool for Business

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Did you know people download 1-2 million podcasts every month? And they are listening to all sorts of content. Podcast advertising is beginning to displace radio ads.
The most popular podcasts are news, tech, and “how-to”. Ideally you work advertising into the content. But if you do paid advertising, keep it under 6 seconds. I also […]

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How to Improve your Affiliate Program

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

MarketingSherpa interviewed Joe Raffetto a top affiliate on how to improve your affiliate program. He said go to CJ and personally email affiliates who fit your product. Then follow up with a call. I get the idea there are too few phone calls in this industry. Affiliate managers want to talk to affiliates. Affiliates are […]

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Ted Talks Inspires

Monday, July 24th, 2006

I’m listening to Tony Robbins, David Pogue, and Sir Ken Robinson on Ted Talks. Amazing quality of production and great ideas.
David Pogue is a New York Times reviewer geek who plays the piano and. He sings hilarious songs like this one about Bill Gates: I Write the Code that Makes the Whole World Run […]

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Affiliate Flash Testimonial

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Note: every single day people search on “flash testimonial” and find this entry. I’m curious, are you looking for someone saying it’s a good idea to use flash to build a website? Or, is it that you’re looking for a way to make testimonials into flash files? Please comment. The curiousity is killing me.
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Affiliates: CONTENT is KING

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

Best paying sites: CONTENT sites
Worst paying sites: Blogs and free sites
This is one affiliate program but I bet it mirrors the whole industry. This stat is from an affiliate manager:

“Earning around 70% of all commissions paid, the top-earning category of affiliates is content sites, which are informational websites with useful resources and articles – and […]

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Creating Buzz with Press Releases

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

I love to create buzz. When I got Omniture to come to my work and talk to us about web analytics I created a lot of buzz first. People were talking about it. I had never heard people be excited for a meeting but they were. Here are some buzz tips.
Become a source of buzz. […]

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Organic and Paid Search SEO

Friday, July 21st, 2006

A MarketingSherpa study said top organic search results are clicked twice as often (20% of the time) as paid search results (10% of the time). If you have a top organic and a top paid position you get clicked on 60% of the time.
Another great tool is using press releases for higher search rankings. […]

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