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Scott Richter on YouTube

Adam Viener — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:52:04 -0400

I first met Scott Richter at Affiliate Summit West in Vegas last year when Shawn auctioned off dinner with me at the event (see article / and this one). We had an interesting dinner, and although we haven't worked with Scott or his network, I found Scott to be very engaging and interesting. I recently came across this article on...

Summer Olympics

Adam Viener — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:10:26 -0400

The Summer Olympics are almost here. I have started playing around with Magnify.net for my Summer-Olympics.tv domain: Anyone else doing anything interesting with the Summer Olympics? Adam

New York Affiliates and the Tax Man

Adam Viener — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:35:48 -0400

I am sure most of you are well aware of the new NY Tax courtesy of Eliot Spitzer. ABestWeb has setup NYAffiliates.com where they are listing all of the Merchants who have dropped New York Affiliates from their programs, along with the communications sent to affiliates. As of this blog post, here is the list of merchants who have dropped...

Wiseaff T-Shirt Shop

Blog Editor — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:03:08 -0400

Looking for some fun Affiliate T-Shirts? We just launched the Wiseaff T-Shirt Shop! Are you as Smart Aff? Super Aff? Hot Aff? Sexy Aff? Show your pride! Visit the Wiseaff T-Shirt Shop Today @ Shop.Wiseaff.com

Wiseaff Community Features

Adam Viener — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:34:36 -0400

We have updated Wiseaff.com a bit to add some community features from MyBloglog and Bumpzee. Any others we should consider?

E-Commerce Still Growing, but a Bit Slower

Adam Viener — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:13:35 -0400

comScore reports that Year over Year increases in e-commerce spending is still growing but the high growth rates of from last year have slowed a bit. Here is the data: Month Y/Y Percent Change Apr-07 18% May-07 25% Jun-07 25% Jul-07 22% Aug-07 28% Sep-07 19% Oct-07 19% Nov-07 20% Dec-07 18% Jan-08 12% Feb-08 14% Mar-08 9% Apr-08 15%...

Growing Pains - Collaborating with Remote Workers

Adam Viener — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:07:16 -0400

Our affiliate business, imwave, continues to grow, and the days of being a one man shop are long over. Now I find myself looking at solutions to help manage a growing team. Having read many great reviews of Basecamp, I have started testing the tool as a way to help keep track of what people are working on and to...

Home Business Technical Support

Adam Viener — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:18:04 -0400

Affiliate marketing businesses are great because you have lots of flexibility and if you work hard you can make quite a bit of money, but running your business out of our home can be challenging, especially when you have computer problems. Now, I am fairly technical and can fix most software issues that arise, but lately I have been having...

Will Overstock have to Close or Move their Affiliate Program?

Adam Viener — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:59:31 -0400

According to Overstock.com's Press Release yesterday, the company has terminated more than 3,400 affiliates residing in New York: Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) announced today that it has notified its more than 3,400 New York-based affiliate advertisers that as of June 1, 2008 they can no longer provide advertising for Overstock.com until either New York changes its controversial new internet consumer...

Ask.com's Click Fraud Settlement Coupon Code

Adam Viener — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:57:29 -0400

So ASK as finally settled their click fraud case, and we got a whopping $12.13 back as a coupon code, the only catch is you have to apply the coupon as a credit against the purchase of at least 2 times that amount in advertising. "Your advertising coupon may be applied to up to 50% of the cost of online...