And the Winner Is… Sunshine Rewards!
I’m pleased to announce the winner of our custom sticker run contest. Huge thanks to all who took the time to enter! If any one would like one of my nifty Blinkstar Media stickers, feel free to ask. The contest winner was selected by the team at Sticker Giant, the sponsor of the contest and provider of the free set of custom stickers.
One of my favorite people, the “other Tricia” as I we call each other, Tricia Meyer leads a loyal community of savers at Sunshine Rewards and blogs about her experiences in affiliate marketing at Tricia.me. Tricia’s entry caught the judges eye and she is the winner of the contest! Tricia has an infectiously positive personality, and it’s always my pleasure to chat with her at various affiliate events.
Congratulations Tricia! We’ll be contacting you soon for instructions on how to redeem your custom run of stickers, courtesy of StickerGiant.com! Be sure to pop one in the mail for me when you get them!
Read MoreAffiliate Marketing Fanatics 43: Interviewing Marty Fahncke, Jim Kukral, & Barbara Rozgonyi
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Affiliate Marketing Fanatics – A couple of hyper-caffeinated affiliate marketers (Mike Buechele) and (Trisha Lyn Fawver) talk about all things Affiliate Marketing. From blogging to branding, social media to search, video and more!
We’re continuing our series of interviews with some speakers at Affiliate Summit West 2011, being held at the Wynn in Las Vegas, NV this January. Today we have a full house, chatting with Marty Fahncke, Jim Kukral, & Barbara Rozgonyi about their panel “Leverage Your Personal Brand for Affiliate Success”. We get a little background about Marty & Barbara, and dive right into their branding secrets! In in this episode we discuss:
- Their 4th panelist, Geno Prussakov of AM Navigator LLC, who couldn’t make it to our chat.
- Jim’s still going to MC the show and will be sharing some tips from his book Attention! This Book Will Make You Money
- Barbara’s also been included in a book called Success Secrets of Social Media Marketing Superstars
, where she wrote the chapter on LinkedIn.
- Find Marty, as always, at Fawnkey.com.
- Attend their panel during Affiliate Summit on Monday at 2pm.
Want to catch up with us & ask questions for the next show? Find us on Twitter: @AMF_Podcast, @MikeBuechele & @TrishaLyn. Like us on Facebook! You can also ask Trisha questions through FormSpring.me. Or leave us a comment!
Special thanks to GeekCast.fm for hosting Affiliate Marketing Fanatics.
Read MoreA Thorn in My Side
By all accounts, I was certain that moving my blog over to WordPress and onto my own domain was the right thing to do. Many (if not all) online marketers lately are preaching the personal branding… so what better than to move it over, right?
I’ve noticed since the move that my RSS subscriber numbers have dramatically dropped. At first I thought that this was just FeedBurner asleep at the wheel again, but now I’m not so sure. Google Analytics shows a pretty significant drop in visitors as well, but I see today that it’s actually picking back up a bit. My Entrecard point price for an ad has gone from in the 50s range down to 18 today.
In the words of Grant Wilson, what the frig? I’m still writing the same content, if not better with the random addition of videos. Is this just a curve that will pick back up again once people get acclimated to the new site? I can’t imagine that the design is affecting subscribers since they never have to see the design, or visitors since they don’t see the design until they get here. The average time visitors spend on the site is slowing moving up, so I don’t think the design is a factor.
Am I missing the obvious? I’ve received good feedback from some people in the industry that I really respect. I respect their opinions based on my interactions with them via social media and also based on their reputations and the collection of work they’ve amassed in the blogosphere and online marketing. So what gives?
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