The news of the day is Starbucks’ launch of nationwide mobile payment system. The official press release reads: Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the launch of mobile payment in all U.S. company-operated stores, allowing customers to pay for in-store purchases with select smartphones. Building on the earlier introduction of Starbucks […]
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I believe that there are 5 main reasons why people fail at affiliate marketing: Lack of education — thorough (and ongoing) education saves you both time and money Laziness — there is no such thing as big-bucks-fast (if not at the expense of violating rules, of course), and you want
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It’s that time of the year when the flu is going around, and those of us who are still healthy want to say that way, while those who have already caught it, want to get rid of it a.s.a.p. and without any complications. eHow.com has an article on how to
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Having recently returned from Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas, today I’d like to share with you my 7 tips on the things not to do if you’re attending a conference in the “Sin City”. Here are my tips: Don’t rent a car unless you’re planning on traveling outside Vegas,
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Just a couple of days ago I returned from an extremely busy, information- and meetings-packed Affiliate Summit West 2011. However, this post isn’t going to be about the lessons learned or sessions attended. For the first time ever I had a truly great camera on me (a Sony Alpha55 with
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Earlier this morning, on the final day of Affiliate Summit West 2011, Shawn Collins and Missy Ward announced the winners of 2011 Pinnacle Awards. No, I didn’t win in the Best Blogger category, but am sincerely excited for Eric Nagel who grabbed that award. Here’s the full list of the
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Yesterday brought an interesting news — Zibaba, a Facebook ecommerce storefront provider, is set to launch their (first one around?) Facebook-based affiliate marketing platform. The network is scheduled to launch at the end of January 2011. Both merchants and affiliates are gonna be charged to participate (between $20 and $100
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An Affiliate Summit newcomer has just emailed me the following: I wanted to be prepared as possible for the upcoming summit, and had a couple of questions for you. I have experience as a affiliate program manager and wanted to use the summit as an opportunity to primarily meet and
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The famous Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes of Syracuse is known for saying: “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I can move the earth.” For an affiliate marketer (and any online marketer, for that matter!) the “place to stand” remains the same as in
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Today is the first day of 2011, and as many of you I have once again made up a list of my New Year’s resolutions . The date of 1/1/11 makes starting new thing and making new decisions especially symbolic today. This year I have split my resolutions into 4
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