Archives for February 2013

ShareASale now offers two factor authentication for all accounts.

Two factor authentication is a safeguard to help prevent unauthorized people from accessing your account.

I have been using it for Dropbox, Facebook, and Gmail, and now ShareASale.

ShareASale is using “soft tokens” for their second factor, which means you will receive your code to login via your mobile device.

Their setup is compatible with “Google Authenticator” (that’s the app I use on my iPhone for this) and “Amazon Virtual MFA”.

The apps display a 6 digit code that changes every 30 seconds.

Once you have activated two factor authentication for your ShareASale account, you will need to append this 6 digit code to the end of your password each time you log in.

I literally got it set up in a minute.

I’d encourage everybody using ShareASale to activate this feature to better protect their accounts.

A couple years back, I was in negotiations to write a book with a big publisher on affiliate marketing, and I was excited about it.

However, things fell apart when it came to the direction of the book.

I wanted to give a real and honest picture of the opportunities – how most people don’t make much at all, and that it requires lots of time, testing, and patience.

The big publisher wanted a “get rich quick” book. Since that premise is horseshit, I walked away.

But I had already written an outline for what I wanted to do, and I figured I would write it up anyway to combat the “get rich quick” propaganda.

I went through my own process of coming up with affiliate sites, creating content, driving traffic, and monetizing the content.

I blogged it step-by-step at ExtraMoneyAnswer.com, and now it’s available for just $1.99 on Amazon.

Get Extra Money Answer on Kindle.

If you have Amazon Prime, you can get it for free.

I’d love to hear what you think – please leave a review on Amazon if you read it.

I’ve been using HootSuite for a year or so, and it’s a vital tool for my social media monitoring.

It is so key that I have a dedicated monitor for HootSuite, so I can stay on top of Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and more.

But I was neglecting one of the most powerful aspects of tool until I chatted about it with Jaxon Lam, Affiliate & Search Specialist at HootSuite, during Affiliate Summit West 2013.

He encouraged me to set up some of the analytics reports, and I wish I’d been doing this long ago.

I’m mining some great data now, and it’s really helpful to have it all in one interface.

There are some pre-set reports on Facebook Insights, Google Analytics and more, as well as the ability to select a variety of data with custom reports.

I’d highly recommend the analytics from HootSuite for anybody who is managing social media accounts.

WhatRunsWhere, a service that enables advertisers and agencies to track competitors’ online and mobile ad campaigns, has partnered with Advertising Red Books, a source on advertiser and agency relationships, personnel and billing information.

The companies will share selected data for their respective users.

WhatRunsWhere users can now get a brand description from Red Books, as well as contact information, number of employees, revenue and the name and title of a marketing or sales executive.

And when Red Books users look up an advertiser, they will see examples of several of the brand’s current online display and text ads via WhatRunsWhere.

More details on WhatRunsWhere at WhatRunsWhere.com.

In January 2013, Mike Cojanu, CEO of WhatRunsWhere, spoke on a panel on affiliate success stories at Affiliate Summit West 2013.