Cribbed Content for November 7th
Friday
Nov 7, 2008
Welcome to November! I can hardly believe we’re in November already… it seems like it was September just yesterday! Do me a favor and remember that there’s Thanksgiving to think about before Christmas and stall on decking everything out in red and green for a month, will ya?
- Recently I wrote an article for the New Edge Media blog, Top 14 Tips for Affiliate Success. Check it out and be sure to follow New Edge Media on Twitter!
- Scott Jangro wrote a good post on Affiliate Marketing Network Blog Scorecards. The comments are interesting as well, so be sure to read the whole thing.
- Affiliate Summit now has a Fan Page on Facebook. Join up for updates.
- 37Signals now offers an affiliate program for their super awesome products, one of which is Basecamp, a great project management system that we proudly use at New Edge Media. Sign up for their affiliate program at http://affiliate.37signals.com.
- There’s a great informative post on the PrintPlace.com Blog on Why and How to Advertise in a Tough Economy. Good stuff that should help a lot of small businesses.
- An interesting note about branding and your personal brand, Jim Kukral is going to re-brand himself next week. I’m very interested to see what he does and how this is executed, so stay tuned.
Saturday Shopper 10/25 – Blogger Boogie Edition
Saturday
Oct 25, 2008
This week’s shopping bonanza will focus on blogging and resources for eager minds who want to delve deep into the minds of bloggers. After using both Blogger and WordPress to power my blogs, I firmly believe in WordPress, which is why I’ve included the WordPress instructional books and not the Blogger books. Most professionals will advise that any serious blogger get started right away with a self-hosted platform – it might be a bit outside your range at first, but these books outline a lot of the super technical stuff really well. Beyond that, it will save you the hassle later of having to move everything over to another platform when you’re ready to make the jump (trust me, losing readers and traffic by switching URLs and losing some posts in import isn’t a walk in the park.
