Affiliate Summit East is now in full swing. If you’re not here in Boston (why aren’t you?), you can follow the conference Flickr stream on Tris’ account (Tris Hussey is one of the top geek photogs out there and does amazing work, so check it out):
Congrats to the Jangro Family
On the eve of Affiliate Summit, Scott Jangro reminds us all why we do what we do everyday with the arrival of his son Jason today…
Happy Birthday, Mom
New CostPerNews Logo
Now that the AffSpot logo is set, I’m launching the CostPerNews logo contest.
Why? It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. And with a new design coming for CPN, I want to make sure we make this place look as good as possible.
So, if your’e a designer (or if you know one) feel free to contribute!
New Wilco Song
I’m headed to Charleston, SC to see Wilco this Thursday.
Last night at Lollapalooza, they boys busted out a new song called One Wing, which sounds pretty sweet.
Here’s the vid:
You can listen to the mp3 via the link above.
Enjoy!
New AffSpot Logo!
BlackBerry Curve vs BlackBerry 8830
I’m really excited about my new BlackBerry Curve (mainly because I can now do pics and videos and send them to YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, etc).
Since I’m replacing my BlackBerry 8830 with the Curve, I figured I’d do a short comparison video:
There’s even some iPhone action in there for the mactards.
AffSpot Affiliate Forum
Wow. What a crazy week already.
Along with Aunesty Janssen, Billy Kay, Ron Bechdolt and Kellie Stevens, I helped launch a new affiliate marketing forum called AffSpot.
After the launch yesterday, there are already 75 members, 99 threads, over 300 posts, coverage by Shawn Collins and Wade Tonkin and a lot of buzz in the industry.
I’m really excited to be on board AffSpot and can’t wait to see how it grows over the coming years.
AffSpot Forum Is Live
So, AffSpot (the new affiliate marketing forum I’ve been working on) is live:
Shawn Collins also has coverage of the launch.
Come join us (lots of people signing up already)!
AffSpot Affiliate Marketing Forum
Segeway Sam
Don’t think I ever posted this, but Shawn Collins put together this vid of me riding a Segway in February at the Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas:
Shawn is a master propagandist, so don’t be fooled… I rode that thing like a champ.
Are You Internet Famous?
I’m at 2019 fwiw:
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40
I was listening to U2 this morning and the song 40 came up.
Made me remember how moving Psalm 40 actually is:
Psalm 40;: “1: I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. “
Good stuff.
Glory Days
I’m not a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, but I can’t look at this picture without smiling:
Thanks, Dad!
Vacation
I’ve been on “vacation” the last few weeks here (and in reality I’m at Lake Keowee with Anna’s family this week), but I’ll be blogging here more often starting next week.
Twitter Search and Summize Acquisition
Twitter has taken another step to finally put down the great FailWhale of ’08 by acquiring the real time search service Summize:
Twitter Search
We’re excited to announce that Twitter has acquired Summize—an extraordinary search tool and an amazing group of engineers. All five Summize engineers will move to San Francisco, CA and take jobs at Twitter, Inc. This is an important step forward in the evolution of Twitter as a service and as a company.
Since Twitter’s track functionality has been down, I’ve been a heavy user of Summize (and recommend you do the same through the new search.twitter.com interface).
Here’s to keeping things back on Track on Twitter…
Taking Mobile Pictures?
I’ve got a BlackBerry 8830 that I love. However, there’s no camera on the device.
Here’s what I really want… a device (not another mobile phone) that would allow me to take pictures on the fly and wirelessly get them onto the web via wifi.
Anything out there that would accomplish this?
I wish the Apple Touch had a camera!
TwitterFail
Really?
Who would call that?
Ugh.
A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Thanks to Hugh McLeod for pointing this out:
Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy: “This is a lightly edited version of the keynote I gave on Social Software at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference in Santa Clara on April 24, 2003
Good morning, everybody. I want to talk this morning about social software …there’s a surprise. I want to talk about a pattern I’ve seen over and over again in social software that supports large and long-lived groups. And that pattern is the pattern described in the title of this talk: ‘A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy.’ “
Something to think about as we trounce forward through the murky and undrained swamp of large scale social technologies (especially as marketers)…
YouTube and Google Account Linkage
Of course YouTube is owned by Google (and continually pwnd by narcissistic 16 year olds judging from the comments) so it makes sense that your Google Account (the one used to login to GMail, GCal, Google Docs, etc) should include YouTube.
But I saw this for the first time this evening when visiting YouTube…
Did I miss something? Isn’t that new?
And if you’re bored, go watch my awesome Kindle videos onmy YouTube channel. I freaking love that thing.
What Is a Social Media Marketer?
I’m still dubious of the term “social media” (or marketer for that matter), but here’s an interesting piece with a variety of voices from Tamar Weinberg…
The Definition of Social Media Marketing: How to Find the Best Social Media Consultant » techipedia | tamar weinberg: “With many individuals finding great success with social media (and as an aside, a basic understanding of search engine optimization), they immediately consider themselves social media marketers and consultants (as well as seasoned SEOs) and offer to sell their promotional services. What skills, though, do successful social media marketers have that put these individuals above the average (or addicted) social media user, and better yet, above the traditional marketer? I asked several social media consultants, bloggers, marketers, search engine optimizers, and social media addicts about what they considered to be essential skills and characteristics of the most efficient and results-driven social media consultants. In the many paragraphs that follow, learn from many of the experts and hear what they consider success when using social media to engage with consumers about products and services.”
Redesign
So, I’ve spruced the place up a bit.
I’m going to be posting here more regularly about religion, history, politics and marketing.
Thoughts?
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FriendFeed Profiles
Want to use your Twitter profile on your FriendFeed page (here’s mine above)?
Here’s how…
FriendFeed Profile – Userscripts.org: “Adds a user profile section on FF user pages. Version 0.1 retrieves Twitter bio if available.”
Pretty nifty.
25 Kwippy Invites
I’ve got 25 invites to Kwippy, which is a Twitter-esque service.
How is Kwippy different from Twitter? You can find out more at their blog here. I don’t think it’s a “Twitter Killer” but I’m willing to give anything a chance at this point. Clearly, there’s a need for a Twitter-like service that has constant uptime and widespread adoption. Whoever figures out those two variables will be the next web giant.
If you’d like to get an invite, send me an email, direct tweet or leave a comment here.
New Podcast: 15 Minutes Lessons by NYFalcon and Loxly
New affiliate marketing podcast that is off to a great start:
Podcast: 15 Minutes Lessons by NYFalcon: “Making money online is easy once you have a plan. Nyfalcon can help with that as he has already made all the mistakes first. Listen to learn about topics like affiliate marketing and making money with contextual advertising”
Hope they keep it up!