Quote of the Day

Posted on Feb 22, 2008 in Quote of the Day |

The mind stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.

-E.C. McKenzie

Take some time out of your weekend to learn something new! I’ll be going to Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit 2008 West this weekend, so I know I will.

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Getting ready for Affiliate Summit West 08

Posted on Feb 22, 2008 in Affiliate Marketing, Conferences & Networking | 1 comment

Twitter is alive with activity. The summit has set up a group twitter that tracks whenever someone uses the keyword asw08 in their twits. This is very cool, especially considering I didn’t know Twitter had this capability!

Everyone seems to be in a rush to get things done. Jim Kukral from ScratchBack.com is MCing the keynote on Monday. He’s twittered several times tonight about the video he’s working on for the presentation. At ASE07 in Miami the keynote was Ze Frank, a hilarious individual, so I’m hoping for no less at ASW08.

Stephanie Agresta from Stephanie Agresta Consulting is also a speaker and author of the Internet Geek Girl blog. She’s twittered off and on today about her flight information and getting ready for the trip from out east. Sam Harrelson from Affiliate Fortune Cookies has been twittering as well and he’s even had to change his flight because of inclement Northeastern weather.

Of course myself, I’m twittering here and there about getting ready. I’m not lucky enough to have a nice new company supplied laptop, so I’m on my own personal laptop this weekend. I do have a press pass, so I be working on keeping the interweb updated from the blogger’s room through this blog and Twitter. I’m committed despite my chunky clunky Dell Latitude laptop :p.

As a final note while I’m getting my laptop set up tonight, I encourage everyone associated with affiliate marketing in any way to check out this month’s issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine. Besides there being a keen write up of the PsPrint Affiliate Program, there’s a lot of great affiliate manager tips. I’ll be attending the whopping 10 hour Affiliate Classroom LIVE affiliate manager training on Saturday in Las Vegas before the summit. I’m eager to get in there and take notes… is it too much to hope for actual desks? :p I know that it’s at the Rio and from all the conference space I’ve seen at hotels in the last year, I’m sure there won’t be surfaces to write on readily available, so I’ll be taking my clipboard with me.

Hope to see you there! I’m considering bringing my camcorder with me to the exhibit hall, so if you’ve used PsPrint in the past, come on by for an impromptu video plug!

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Quote of the Day

Posted on Feb 21, 2008 in Quote of the Day |

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

-Abraham Lincoln



Okay I probably should have used this quote for President’s Day, but it’s better late than never. I’m a master at procrastination, myself. What are you putting off until tomorrow?

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Analytics Glossary: KPI – Key Performance Indicators

Posted on Feb 21, 2008 in Affiliate Marketing |

KPI or Key Performance Indicators:

  • Typically available in dashboards and provides an overall understanding of how the site is performing. Some KPIs include conversions, clicks and page views but are defined by the analytics user.

In my experience most dashboards can get pretty cluttered. My recommendation is to give yourself a comfortable period of time in using the program (a week, a month, whatever you’re satisfied with) and then review the content on your dashboard to remove anything you haven’t determined is a KPI and you don’t need to review on a daily basis.

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Glossary Definition From
Website Magazine, February 2008.

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Quote of the Day

Posted on Feb 20, 2008 in Quote of the Day |

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.

-George Elliot



But remember to speak up when you DO have something to say!

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Quote of the Day

Posted on Feb 19, 2008 in Quote of the Day |

I personally think we develop language because of our deep inner need to complain.

– Jane Wagner

After a long weekend and a blogging break, I can’t say that I have anything to complain about. But go ahead and vent to me… I’ll listen 🙂

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