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Getting Your Share Of Microsoft’s $44 Billion »

Whenever something big happens in the world of online advertising, I’m left scratching my head and wondering what it means for me.
It doesn’t get much bigger than Microsoft offering tens of billions of dollars for Yahoo!.
So what does that mean for me… and for you too?
At the moment, nothing. Yahoo! has rejected Microsoft’s bid and […]

One in Seventy-One Million »

Do you ever go to Google to search for your name?
A search for David results in 719,000,000 web pages. Zoiks!
A search for Brenda presents 31,500,000 results.
And search for Fred will get you 120,000,000 results, including a stock chart for Fred’s, Inc, whoever that is.
Last year, I Googled my name to see where I came […]

How NOT to Propose a Joint Venture »

I regularly receive joint venture proposals from people.
A small percentage of them have some really good ideas and products, but the majority of them are not good at all.
Today I received an email from a couple gentlemen in Australia. I hope the email and my response will be instructive for the recipients […]

The Top Affiliate Challenge »

If you saw The Next Internet Millionaire, you will remember our third runner-up, Thor Schrock.
Thor is an impressive guy with a natural ability to speak and a strong desire to succeed. He is very creative and he’s about to demonstrate that creativity to the world.
Thor is taking on the task of creating his own […]

Riding a Segway Scooter »

On Sunday at Affiliate Summit, I bumped into Shawn Collins in the hallway. He had rented a Segway scooter for the day and I had an opportunity to take it for a test drive.
It’s really an amazing device!
It takes just a few seconds to find your balance the first time and then to get […]

Web Traffic Machines »

You can have a great idea for a web site.
And developing the site can be a very rewarding experience.
But without one thing, it doesn’t matter how nice your site is…
That thing is traffic.
Traffic is really the “life blood” of our business.
Without traffic you can’t make sales, you can’t generate affiliate commissions, you can’t build a […]