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The Future of Coupons in Affiliate Marketing at Affiliate Summit East 2011

March 31, 2013 by Shawn Collins

This was a conference session titled The Future of Coupons in Affiliate Marketing from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Affiliate Summit East 2011Session speakers:

  • Trisha Lyn Fawver, Client Services Manager, For Me To Coupon (Moderator)
  • Connie Arnold, Head Bird, FlamingoWorld.com LLC
  • Carolyn Kmet, Director of Affiliate Marketing, Groupon
  • Carrie Rocha, Owner, Pocket Your Dollars
  • Kim Rowley, Owner, Key Internet Marketing, Inc.

Session description:

With the introduction of mobile & local deals to affiliate marketing, coupon affiliates must evolve. Experts will discuss the future of affiliate coupons & what trends benefit coupon affiliates.

Experience level: Intermediate
Target audience: Affiliates/Publishers
Niche/vertical: Coupons

Session video:

The Future of Coupons in Affiliate Marketing video

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit. The session videos aren’t made public until a year or more after each conference.

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Advanced ROI Driven Internet Marketing Strategies at Affiliate Summit East 2011

March 30, 2013 by Shawn Collins

This was a conference session titled Advanced ROI Driven Internet Marketing Strategies from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Affiliate Summit East 2011Session speaker:

  • Joris Toonders, MD/Entrepreneur, Yonego Internet Marketing

Session description:

What’s next in the field of ROI Driven Internet Marketing? What are the latest trends and biggest challenges? What are upcoming channels which I can use to generate ROI / leads and sales?

Experience level: Advanced
Target audience: Merchants/Advertisers
Niche/vertical: ROI

Session video:

Advanced ROI Driven Internet Marketing Strategies video

Session slides:

Advanced ROI Driven Internet Marketing Strategies slides

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit. The session videos aren’t made public until a year or more after each conference.

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Free Access to Videos from Affiliate Summit East 2011

March 27, 2013 by Shawn Collins

Videos of educational sessions from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 at the Hilton New York, are now available to watch for free.

Standing Room Only for Marc Ostrofsky at Affiliate Summit East 2011

The full-length videos of the Marc Ostrofsky, Wil Reynolds, and Bryan Eisenberg keynotes, as well as 36 breakout sessions are now all available on YouTube.

Just go to the agenda from Affiliate Summit East 2011 and click on any of the session titles to watch the videos.

And while you’re enjoying these past Affiliate Summit moments, also have a look at the photos from Affiliate Summit East 2011 and issue 15 of FeedFront magazine, which was distributed at that conference.

Read recaps of each day of Affiliate Summit East 2011: Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3

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5 Ways I’ve Outsourced Work to Fiverr.com

March 27, 2013 by Shawn Collins

I recently presented on 5 Ways I’ve Outsourced Work to Fiverr at the Austin Internet Marketing Meetup.

FiverrThere were a few dozen folks that came out for the lunchtime meetup and we had a great conversation about using Fiverr as buyers and sellers.

The five ways I discussed outsourcing to Fiverr were for Kindle stuff, videos, voiceovers, music, and cartoons.

Kindle stuff

Extra Money AnswerI got my kindle book, Extra Money Answer, formatted from Word from a Fiverr gig, as well as the cover for the book.

There were some people willing to format for a flat $5, but I went with somebody who charged by the word count and ended up paying $20 for the formatting job.

I was very pleased with it, as it uploaded without an issue to Amazon.

I got the cover and all of the other projects I’ll mention below for $5.

Videos

I’ve gotten a lot of videos through Fiverr for a variety of events and sites. One that I got recently was to spread the word about the upcoming Affiliate Summit East 2013 in Philadelphia.

In addition to getting a video where I wanted to feature the homepage of the Affiliate Summit site, I also used Fiverr for the original music that plays.

Last year, I got a number of videos from Fiverr to promote Affiliate Summit East 2012, including one where a lady rants about why she won’t be going to the conference.

Voiceovers

There are lots of options for getting voiceovers created, too, and I’ve used these for podcast introductions, as well as to narrate short videos.

A recent voiceover I got was for a promo for my Extra Money Answer book. I created the video myself with Video Scribe software.

Music

I’ve purchased a variety of songs on Fiverr, such as the song used in the Affiliate Summit East 2013 video above, and intro music for podcasts.

You can hear a custom country song from Fiverr as the opening to a recent episode of the Affiliate Thing podcast.

Cartoons

Manga Shawn CollinsFiverr has tons of artists that can create cartoon avatars and all sorts of other items you could use for your company.

I got a Manga avatar recently – Manga is a Japanese genre of cartoons.

I’ve also gotten caricatures and other cartoon renderings.

In addition to being useful for avatars in social media, you could also use this sort of thing for branding on a site, business cards, etc.

One thing to bear in mind when ordering from Fiverr is that you should check out the seller’s ratings to be sure they’ve got satisfied customers.

Also, take a look at how many pending orders they have, because this can impact how quick your purchase will be delivered.

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Webinar Replay of Traffic Sources That Could Help Grow Your Business

March 25, 2013 by Shawn Collins

Traffic sourcesI presented a webinar called Traffic Sources That Could Help Grow Your Business last week, and now it’s ready to replay on video.

I shared how I found traffic sources that helped grow my business and how they could help grow your small business, too.

Traffic sources included Flickr, Paper.li, and Facebook Ads.

This is the latest in a series of webinars from Viewbix.

Video: Traffic Sources That Could Help Grow Your Business

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How to Produce 6 Figure Affiliate Webinars at Affiliate Summit East 2011

March 24, 2013 by Shawn Collins

This was a conference session titled How to Produce 6 Figure Affiliate Webinars from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Affiliate Summit East 2011Session speaker:

  • Lewis Howes, CEO, Inspired Marketing, LLC

Session description:

Webinars are one of the best ways to increase sales and new leads. This session will show the exact formula for running successful webinars that convert in 6 figure sales and attract big affiliates.

Session video:

How to Produce 6 Figure Affiliate Webinars video

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit. The session videos aren’t made public until a year or more after each conference.

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Making Money with Facebook, Twitter & Blogging at Affiliate Summit East 2011

March 23, 2013 by Shawn Collins

This was a conference session titled Making Money with Facebook, Twitter & Blogging from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Affiliate Summit East 2011Session speaker:

  • Dave Cupples, Chairman, FatCowBusiness.com

Session description:

Tips/tools to spy on & copy competitors, automatically syndicate content, optimize Facebook Ads, incentivize & supercharge Email Opt-Ins & FB Likes, secret traffic goldmines, amazing examples & more.

Experience level: Intermediate
Target audience: Affiliates/Publishers
Niche/vertical: Traffic Generation

Session video:

Making Money with Facebook, Twitter & Blogging video

Session slides:

Making Money with Facebook, Twitter & Blogging slides

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit. The session videos aren’t made public until a year or more after each conference.

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New Generation of Affiliate Marketers

March 21, 2013 by Shawn Collins

Affiliate marketing is a fairly young industry, but it already has a couple or three generations of people working in it since the origins on the adult side in the 90’s.

future-fest

I had a chance to chat with a bunch of the potential future affiliate marketers yesterday at a career event at my local middle school.

The kids came through for a couple hours to learn about a wide variety of careers, including medicine, journalism, computer engineering, aviation, banking, law enforcement, photography, education, science, military, and oil and gas exploration.

And then there was me to chat them up about affiliate marketing.

I showed them an example of a Dallas Cowboys fan site that promotes the Fanatics affiliate program, and they were wide-eyed at the opportunity of doing something like that at their age.

That’s where I had a leg up on the other people there. I was selling these kids on getting into this now – not in 8 or 10 or more years.

I shared with them how I wished this was around when I was a kid, so I could have worked from home, instead of washing dishes for minimum wage. They liked that, a lot.

Many of them grabbed a copy of the January 2013 issue of FeedFront magazine to learn more about this mythical stuff.

And I printed out the “How Affiliate Marketing Works” graphic chart from Rae Hoffman to help them get a better grasp of things.

affiliate-marketing-infographic

It was a really neat experience to see how excited these middle schoolers were about what I had to say.

So beware to all of you existing affiliate marketers. There are a bunch of new, hungry affiliates on the way.

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Traffic Sources That Could Help Grow Your Business

March 19, 2013 by Shawn Collins

I will be presenting a webinar called Traffic Sources That Could Help Grow Your Business on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT.

Traffic sources

I will share how I found traffic sources that helped grow my business and how they could help grow your small business, too.

This is the latest in a series of webinars from Viewbix.

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Don’t Pay More Than You Have to for Affiliate Summit East 2013

March 18, 2013 by Shawn Collins

The early bird pricing for Affiliate Summit East 2013, taking place August 18-20, 2013 in Philadelphia, will end on May 17, 2013.

Affiliate Summit East 2013After May 17, 2013, the registration rates for the Networking Pass ($99), Networking Plus Pass ($279), VIP Pass ($879), and All Access Pass ($1,879) are going up.

Starting May 18, 2013, the rates to register for Affiliate Summit will be Networking Pass ($249), Networking Plus Pass ($549), VIP Pass ($1,249), and All Access Pass ($2,249).

For a description of the available pass types see registration options for Affiliate Summit East 2013.

The early bird deadline is not flexible for anybody.

Limited Affiliate Summit East 2013 sponsorships and Meet Market tables are still available.

Rooms at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown are available at an Affiliate Summit group rate of $169/night until July 19, 2013 or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. After that, the hotel will charge the prevailing rate.

Register now at AffiliateSummit.com.

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