Madonna’s 6 Secrets to Personal Branding Mastery

“Everyone is entitled to my opinion.” Ladies and Gentlemen, that’s Madonna. Most people think of sex-soaked, counter-cultural extravagance when they reflect on Madonna’s caree...

Men (And Women) Of Honor – In An Industry That Does Not Have Much

Many times I have written about the short list of people in the SEO industry I really admire and trust.  Often I also refer to it as my “circle of trust.”  It’s people who I have g...

Custom Linking on LinkShare, ShareASale & Commission Junction

An affiliate emailed me the following question about a program run on an affiliate network: I’d like you to send me a custom text link that I can modify as necessary — the html...

3 Steps to Take Yourself from Good to Great

In a good economy, you can do reasonably well with “good enough.” Good enough design, good enough marketing, good enough skills. When demand is high and dollars are sloshing...

ShoeMoney Scam? Shoemoney ?’s Ep. 3

Promoting Facebook Apps For Big Reliable Money

As you probably know by now, I'm a huge fan of Facebook as a traffic source, BUT... Facebook is uber sketchy! Now I'm going to help you simplify your Facebook campaigns so you can...

Affiliates Who Fake URLs

Today I’ve had Caterpillar apply into an affiliate program I manage. At least so it looked from the URL on the application. Had it happened 5 or 6 years ago I would have probably e...

Announcing the Prose Theme for WordPress

You may have seen recently that we merged StudioPress, creator of the powerful Genesis theme framework, into Copyblogger Media. Why did we do it? I can sum it up for you in a sin...

What Affiliate Program Managers Affiliates Want

Earlier today, Shawn Collins has published a long list of comments left by affiliates in response to 2010 AffStat encouragement for affiliates to share their “complaints, ideas, su...

7 Tips for an Authentic and Productive Writing Process

Does this sound familiar? You’re sitting in front of your laptop, staring at a blank screen. The deadline for the article you need to write is approaching, and you’re struggli...