Cribbed Content for March 6th
I haven’t had the chance to do very many of these during February… the month was filled with birthday celebrations, a vacation, and a lot of Wii in the evening since I’ve been strangely obsessed with Guitar Hero and Animal Crossing: City Folk. But since I’ve been back from vacation I’ve seen some great stuff, so I want to share.
Forgive me, some of it will be a bit out of date.
- Geno Prussakov put together a great list of affiliate marketing events in 2009.
- California is looking into a tax for online sales. Scott Jangro has written an open letter to the California outlining why it’s a bad idea. I am going to take his advice and grab the letter to send myself as a resident of California.
- Read the full California Assembly Bill 178 and contact your representatives to explain why this is a bad idea for affiliate marketers in California!
- 20/20 contacted the Performance Marketing Alliance for some background on affiliate marketing for a series they’re doing on the proliferation of work-at-home schemes. It’s good to see that they’re able to do some positive PR for the industry already… very promising since they’re off to a slow start.
- I wrote another guest post for Marketing Pilgrim, this time on The Search Engine Known as Twitter.
- If you’re at all interested in reading about my rambles about my Caribbean cruise vacation, check out my Posterous blog.
Jon Stewart Rips CNBC
I just had to share this as it’s somewhat on topic in terms of being business and economy related, but still appeals to my skewed sense of humor. Thanks to Dave Winer for posting this gem.
Read MoreCharity Bowl-a-Thon March 31st
Affiliate Marketers DO give back!
MarketLeverage is sponsoring a Charity Bowl-a-Thon on March 31st at 7pm in Sanford, FL. The proceeds of the event are going to be donated to the Niemann-Pick Children’s Fund in honor of Parker and Brisan Stults, the children of a MarketLeverage publisher. It’s being held at Airport Lanes in Sanford and costs $25 per bowler to participate. There are also a wide variety of sponsorship opportunities available if, like me, you don’t live in the area. Sponsorship opportunities are:
- Players: Donate 10 cents/pin for each pin knocked down by your chosen player!
- Teams: Donate 10 cents/pin for each pin knocked down by your chosen team!
- Pins: Donate 10 cents/pin for each pin knocked down for the night!
- Team Shirts: Support your favorite team and a great cause for $100- they’ll wear your logo on
their shirt! Max. of 10 logos per shirt + 1/10 shirt cost. - Team Shirts (Solo): Support your favorite team and they’ll wear only your brand/product or logo on
their shirt for $1000 + shirt cost. Max. 10 sponsors (1 per team). - Lanes: Pick your favorite team and they’ll play in your lane. Provide us with a banner to
display on your team’s lane for $250. Max. 10 sponsors (1 per lane). - Registration Area: Sponsor the area where our players sign in. Display your signage, and give away
swag for $500. Max. 2 sponsors. - Power Alley: Throughout the event, each team will have the chance to play in our power alley
twice! The power alley sponsor will donate $2/pin for each pin knocked down in
the power alley for the night. The Power Alley Sponsor will be a sole sponsor,
and can decorate with their banners around the lane. - Restaurant: The bowlers are going to be hungry coming from a long day at work to support
Parker and Brisan. If you have a restaurant or would like to pick up dinner from
the in-alley restaurant, they’d appreciate it. Table tents with your logo and
signage will be set up in the food area. - Door Prizes: Provide our teams and supporters with some great swag and a lasting
impression when they display your logo long after the event!
Niemann-Pick Disease is classified as a terminal illness, with approximately 1,200 cases worldwide. Niemann-Pick disease refers to a group of diseases passed down through families (inherited) in which fatty substances called lipids collect in the cells of the spleen, liver, and brain. Hospital costs for Parker and Brisan exceed $100,000 per month, which is why MarketLeverage is sponsoring this Bowl-a-Thon to help raise funds to help their cause.
For information on how to sponsor or participate, contact Dina at (407) 268-7667 or Dina@MarketLeverage.com. You can also make a donation directly at http://www.bripardun.com/. Do your part and give back!
Read MoreThey Say It’s MY Birthday!
Yes, I’m stepping closer and closer to the abyss.
Right now – at this VERY MOMENT OF 12:32pm PST – I just turned 28.
What? You didn’t hear anything? Well, just imagine muffled screams mixed with maniacal laughter and you’ll be close. I go back and forth between looking at some aspects of my life and wondering how I did so little by this age, but then I look at others and remember how hard I’ve worked to get that far so fast.
I’m takin’ the day off, so re-posting a meme type thing that Julie posted in her blog Julie’s Journal last month on her birthday.
Famous people who share my birthday
- Tom Brokaw, 1940 – Newscaster, NBC News
- Bob Marley, 1945 – Singer
- Babe Ruth, 1895 – Baseball Player, New York Yankees
- Axl Rose, 1962 – Singer, Guns N’ Roses
- Ronald Reagan, 1911 – Actor, 40th US President
- Rip Torn, 1933 – Actor
- Natalie Cole, 1950 – Singer, Daughter of Nat King Cole
Famous Events that happened on January 3rd:
- 1865- Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
- 1918- Britain grants women (30 & over) vote
- 1933- 20th Amendment goes into effect: Pres term begins in Jan not March
- 1935- “Monopoly” board game goes on sale for 1st time
- 1974- US House of Reps begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
- 1981- Beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon (OK, “Brady Brides” also debuted on TV the same day, but the tribute seemed more important)
Famous Capricorns
- Fredrico Fellini – Director
- Geena Davis – Actress
- John Belushi – Actor
- Wolfgang Mozart – Composer
- Opra Winfrey – TV Host
- Charles Lindbergh – Pilot
- Carl Berstein – Journalist
Affiliate Summit Mentor Program – Deadline is CLOSE!
For those of you who don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, at the last Affiliate Summit in Boston a great new tradition was started. The Affiliate Summit Mentor Program. This program, headed by the gracious Teresa Caldwell for Affiliate Summit East and now headed by awesome Jen Goode for Affiliate Summit West, is a way for first time conference attendees to learn the ropes.
I remember my first summit, not that long ago, in Miami in July 07. SO overwhelmed with information, especially considering that was my first trade show at ALL and I was relatively new to affiliate marketing and hadn’t been exposed to the industry at large. I’m not the only first time attendee to feel consumed by it all, hence why the mentor program was created. The program matches up volunteer mentors who have experience attending the shows and know generally what to expect and how to get the most out of your attendance, with newbie first timers who’ve asked for a bit of guidance.
At the last summit I agreed to be a mentor, having that be my 3rd show attending, and I felt the experience didn’t go all that well. I exchanged a few emails with my assigned newbie/”mentee” and after they didn’t respond to the last email, that was it – unfortunately I didn’t know if they even ended up attending the show or not.
Hence my reluctance to sign up this time around. I didn’t feel like I was that helpful, and I guess the person was less-than-impressed with who I was the first time, which made me think that perhaps I’m not the best person to be a mentor. But the ever wise Jen Goode convinced me to give it another shot, so I’m happy to say that once again I’m participating in the mentor program for Affiliate Summit West 09 in Las Vegas next month.
I just received the email with my newbie’s information, and I’m off to shot them a welcome – if you’re a veteran attendee of the Affiliate Summit, and haven’t signed up yet, DO IT! Go to http://blog.affiliatesummit.com/affiliate-summit-mentor-program and sign up today – the deadline is December 28th!
Also, watch this video that former mentee turned mentor Michael Buechele of 11|15 Media did if you need more convincing!
Geek Dads At Home Podcast
A few geeky stay at home dad’s I know decided to convene during their daddy day care days for a new podcast, aptly titled Geek Dads @ Home.
Happy Birthday Ian Clark | Geek Dads @Home: “The premise of our podcast revolves around three dads working from home while we provide day care for our kids. We will share our insights on the tools that allow us to function in this set up, but more importantly the podcast gives us a record in our own voices of the experiences of raising our children. The hope is that some time in the future, when they can best appreciate it, our kids will subscribe to this RSS feed and hear their dad’s perspectives on their lives growing up ….”
Joe did a guest post here last week, Tales of a Home Office Worker Dad, so I’m stoked to listen to this. I’m sure it will be good stuff! Take a listen if you’re interested in dad’s doteing on their daughters and talking marketing and working from home!
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