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The second episode of the Next Internet Millionaire reality show, hosted by Joel Comm, is now available to watch.
During episode two, Armand Morin spoke about the importance of branding, and there [...]

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Back in May 1993, I graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park. One of my fellow graduates was Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google.
I was just looking back at some old pictures of our college days, and have to wonder why Sergey’s days as a Terp are minimized in press coverage, in favor of [...]

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Magnify.net, the video community site that’s been increasingly popular with affiliate marketers, is inviting site owners to participate in a beta test of its new advertising program, the Magnify Ad Share Platform, according to TechCrunch.
The AdShare Network gives site owners the ability to earn directly from their video channels, both from the network itself and [...]

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This is chapter 12, Communicating with Your Affiliates, of Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants.
This is one of the most important chapters of the book, because as I mentioned before, it’s all about relationships.
I’m going to talk about some different ways to communicate with your affiliates.
It’s somewhat basic, but a lot of affiliate [...]

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Lisa Picarille and myself welcomed Kellie Stevens of AffiliateFairPlay.com to the latest Affiliate Thing show.
Topics discussed included an update on an update on a class action lawsuit against ValueClick, Commission Junction, and Be Free, as well as Revver allowing Zango to monetize their videos.
We also discussed a new affiliate play on Facebook by Chitika, recap [...]

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Kellie Stevens has reported over at AffiliateFairPlay.com that things are moving forward with the class action lawsuit against ValueClick, Commission Junction, and Be Free.
It looks like a ruling was handed down yesterday on ValueClick’s motions to dismiss. From the web site of the plaintiff’s attorneys:
“On August 27, 2007, the Honorable Florence-Marie Cooper issued two orders [...]

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I’ve completed short recap videos for all thirteen chapters of my book, Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants. The video chapters summarize the original chapters and include some updates.
Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants, dubbed the “bible of affiliate marketing” by Revenue magazine, was published in April 2001.
Back then, affiliate marketing expert Allan Gardyne stated, “If you [...]

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There is a big DMOZ (Open Directory) kerfuffle going on at Jeremy Schoemaker’s ShoeMoney blog over an alleged extortion attempt by a DMOZ editor.
A while back I got a email from a guy claiming to be a DMOZ editor saying that I had to pay him $5,000.00 or he would have my site: shoemoney.com removed [...]

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Chitika has launched a new application on Facebook called iBought.
iBought lets you show off the cool gadgets & items you’ve bought, and then friends can rate your purchases by giving you a thumbs up or down.
And you can tell your friends how you feel; give their purchases a thumbs up or thumbs down if [...]

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HydraMedia was identified by Inc. Magazine as the fastest-growing online advertising company in the country, and the tenth fastest-growing of all U.S. companies.
Posting three-year revenue growth of 6,030%, the CPA network surpassed the growth rates of 4,990 others to secure its top ten ranking.
The company also ranked second in the category of [...]

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