A New Adventure in my Career
Since 2008, I’ve been fortunate enough to work in Performance Marketing at a variety of positions, and to work at home for most of those. I’ve been an affiliate manager and, for a time with FMTC, I was running all the sales, marketing, customer service, and social media. It’s been an exciting adventure, that’s for sure. For the last 18 months or so, I have been working on starting my own marketing agency, Blinkstar Media. The time has come, however, to put that on hold for awhile and start a new adventure working in direct marketing, going back to commuting to an office every day.
Read More#EntrepreneurLife Ain’t Easy
Just like pimpin’, that #EntrepreneurLife ain’t easy. While I’ve been in the market for a new “opportunity” for a year now, I think it took about 4 months for me to come to the realization that I needed to just do this on my own and stop relying on another outsourced program management agency to hire me. Over the last 8 months I’ve been able to really dial in on my pitch, my merchant recruitment methods, and work on how I want to structure my own brand of affiliate program management, without the confines of someone else’s work styles or resource limits.
Read MoreMIA in 2016: An Update
I know, I’ve been missing in action on this blog. I have not really been in a mood to talk, kinda. But I will share my latest manicures with you, cause, they’re pretty great. This is going to be a long post to catch up, so get ready to dig in!
Read MoreManaging Blogger Expectations: Conversions vs. Impressions
If you’re reading this because you’re attending our session at Affiliate Summit West 2016, thank you! This is a companion resource list to go along with the panel “Managing Blogger Expectations: Conversions vs. Impressions” from ASW16.
Read MoreDear Merchants I Don’t Manage
I was told I should post these somewhere other than 3:00 AM rants on Facebook. So here’s some Black Friday week funny from a very frazzled Affiliate Manager! I’ve even added some that aren’t on Facebook, so enjoy!
Read MoreContest: Free Networking Plus Pass for Affiliate Summit West 2015!
My absolute favorite conference of all time is Affiliate Summit! I have the privilege of being a speaker once again at the upcoming Affiliate Summit West 2015 in Las Vegas January 18-20, 2015 with Christen Moynihan from Broke-Ass Bride! Our session, Maximizing the Benefits of An Affiliate/Manager Relationship, will be on Tuesday, January 20th at 2:00 PM! To celebrate this, my 16th Affiliate Summit (and my 7th time as a speaker), I’m giving away 3 Free Networking Plus Passes for Affiliate Summit West 2015!
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