MoneyReign.com is the site for “Super Affiliate” Zac Johnson. His blog is full of some great information about affiliate marketing.

Zac is a cool guy and definitely knows his stuff.  Thanks for the shirt man!

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So I twittered for a small bit today that we were hiring here at ShoeMoney and instantly recieved quite a response… and 140 chars really is not enough to answer back.

If you ask anyone in this company if they would pay to have the job they have the answer is yes. We are looking for more people like that. Passion and work ethic is #1 around here. If you are the right fit you will never have to worry about money. We do not have set schedules or “vacation and sick days”. You can take vacation whenever you want as long as you are available by email or phone. The bottom line is that you get your job done.

For fighters.com available jobs please see - http://www.fighters.com/jobs/

For ShoeMoney jobs you must be local to Lincoln Nebraska. We just signed a new lease on a 2,000 sq foot office that has 7 offices, 1 bathroom, and 1 kitchen.

We have the following positions open -

LAMP Programmer

We are looking for a full time LINUX/apache/mysql/php-perl person.

I think the headline says it all. Users will be screened with a basic test.

Requirements:

* - Ability to explore new concepts based on strategic goals
* - Excellent typographic skills
* - Strong verbal and written communication skills
* - Ability to work independently and in a team environment
* - Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
* - Strong organization and time management
* - Ability to handle the pressure and fluidity of a start-up environment
* - Ability to present your strategic design solutions to various stakeholders
* - Understanding of the social networking space

Graphics Designer

We are looking for a full time web graphics designer with a massive emphasis on web design.

* - You should be a wizard with CSS and html.
* - theming for vbulliten and wordpress is a big plus
* - Basic familiarity with php is a big plus

Requirements:

* - Experienced print collateral designer with strong portfolio
* - Ability to explore new concepts based on strategic goals
* - Excellent typographic skills
* - Strong verbal and written communication skills
* - Ability to work independently and in a team environment
* - Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
* - Strong organization and time management
* - Ability to handle the pressure and fluidity of a start-up environment
* - Ability to present your strategic design solutions to various stakeholders
* - Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator
* - Understanding of the social networking space

To apply for either please send your resume to jobs at shoemoney.com

The first question I had for jeremy of course is did he use twitter. He answered yes and we moved on ;).

We talked extensively about what affiliateprograms.com is and where they are going. Jeremy gave some great answers. Affiliate programs also used to do a TON with poker and still runs Casino Affiliate Programs and Poker Affiliate Programs so talked a bit about the legalities of being a poker affiliate and the future of gambling on the web.

After the break Jenn and I talked about the recent AdSense Screwup and then wrapped up the show! Thanks to Jeremy for coming on!

You can listen to the show here:

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I did a interview last night and was asked some really really good questions. One of which was what is the future of SEO?

My honest answer is there is no future in SEO. From my experiences I am seeing Google SERPS results strongly influenced by Google Toolbar data, Google User history, and Google Analytics data. Googles combination of SEO and social voting via toolbar/history/analytics will continue to sway more in the realm of social voting. I feel this technology will only get better. I don’t think anyone can argue that core SEO has gotten less valuable over the years and I see that trend continuing. After all if you read the spam as defined by Matt Cutts (Google Lead Spam Engineer) he says:

“Web spam is when somebody tries to cheat or take shortcuts so that their Web site shows up higher [in search results rankings] than it deserves to show up,” - Matt Cutts

That is most SEO at its core. Sure you add title tags and meta descriptions but then you have to incentivize people to link to it. You are now seeing lots sites rank for stuff that have the goofiest URL structure, unoptimized title tags, and bad description tags.

Some of the best examples of how the Google algorithm is more favoring social voting (via above methods) are seen with the Google Sitelinks. I have had things show up on sitelinks that were completely noindex/nofollow and had no meta description or even on page content yet were the first item listed in my sitelinks… coincidently they were also the most trafficked item on my site.

So in my opinion there just is no future in current SEO for Google anyway. Its not going to happen overnight but it is happening.

Please keep in mind I am not a professional SEO and have never claimed to be. My opinions above are purely based on my experiences.

How did I miss this?

We have been working a lot lately with Ryan Couture - UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture’s son with some Fighters opportunities and he brought up there 5k running event. This really hits a number of things with me and we are proud to be the premier title sponsor for this event.

1) Running - I am a big fan of physical fitness and my wife loves to run races (when not pregnant).

2) The money from Randy’s charity goes to help American troops who have suffered massive losses. Examples of this would be guys who lost their arms or legs, and are on their way to becoming homeless.

3) He is Randy Couture current UFC HW Champion.

The event:

Join Randy Couture on Saturday May 17, 2008 for a 5K Walk/Run where all proceeds will benefit the Xtreme Couture G.I. Foundation.

Date : Saturday May, 17 2008
Registration : 6 am - 7:50am
Race Time : 8am 5k walk/run
Cost : $45 Before May 12th
$60 After May 12th

Address : Centennial Hills YMCA,
6601 N. Buffalo Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89131

Event Coordinator : Alexa Wakefield - alexa@xtremecouture.tv

Each runner gets a shirt (with a big badass logo of fighters.com) and autographed picture of Randy Couture.

To sign up for the event click here

I just had a really interesting talk with my book agent for the shoemoney playbook and he was giving me a hard time about how long its taking me to finish it. His advice to me is to stop trying to write an original book from experience and just do like Tim Ferris and re tell the same story of getting getting rich with no hard work. From a sales point of view I know he is right. With the reach I have it would be pretty easy to put a picture of me and the six figure Adsense check on the front of a book and title it like GOT THIS WITH NO WORK! Maybe thats what I should do…

When you think about it its always the same story. Hell I write about 90 different things that I have done in my life to make money but 90% of the email is pretty much “Dear sirs, I just signed up for Adsense how long till I can make 140k per month. Love your blog thanks!”. Its kind of the double edge sword to having a blog that is lumped in that space. I mean wtf I knew when I put it up it what it would do… or at least what I hoped it would do. Its interesting how many views the checks portion of my photo gallery has… its like 1000x more then anything else. I am not sure how many hits people get who have submitted their checks but with tens of thousands of views per i am guessing it was worth submitting them.

Anyway back on topic… Politics and Religion are probably the biggest cases of this. Ron Paul has done the most amazing job of redelivering the most obvious messages of what this country needs to do. He did very well retelling the same story only he pretty much took 1 good idea from everyone and put them all together. It seemed to work very well on kids and foreigners but not so hot on people who actually have the legal right to vote.

As far as religion goes now you have this guy Joel Osteen who is the new religious leader.

Anyway….

This years Berkshire Hathaway meeting was really awesome. We had a good friend who got in line at 2am the night before to reserve our seats which were 3rd row on the floor. Bill gates sat about 8 feet in front of us.

I always learn so much from attending this meeting. I could listen to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger speak forever. They have such wisdom and lessons to teach. I have gone for the last 5 years and every year it has gotten better. I am not sure how much longer Buffett will remain as chairman but I would say business and finance wise there is nothing that has really made me think about things like the annual Berkshire Hathaway stockholders meeting.

I completely am on the same page with him on:

Religion - He is agnostic. A true agnostic. He just does not know and neither do I.

Investing - investing in what you know and understand. Diversification is for the idiot investor - I can’t agree with this more.

The Green Movement - Warren Buffet says whoever thought it was a good idea to burn corn for fuel is a complete idiot. He has said this every year for as long as I can remember. He is totally right. He has always said the only solution to alternative fuels is the sun and the wind. Based on our population growth and consumption its the only answer.

The US Dollar - Buffett has said for a long time the US dollar was over valued and he thinks it will go down before it goes back up. He also stated how amazing our country is that it can be run by complete idiots and yet still be an economic super power.

He commented on the Debt of the Us and it was a amazing answer that I wish I could remember word for word. It basically was saying that the US has always done well borrowing money and unlike other countries we are not savers and that has always worked very well for us.

There was countless things he gave. The q&a lasted about 6 hours. It was completely fascinating.

Here is a picture from my phone:

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I didn’t think such a tool would be useful for me as I don’t usually put much emphasis on grammar and spelling. So I started messing around with it, and at first was really disappointed, because I didn’t see a use for this software. Yea it worked, but where is the need for it?

But, after a few days, I realized how much I type outside of Word; emails, this blog, etc. I finally understood why so many people use it. After you type something, you just hit the “whitesmoke” button you designate on your keyboard, and it gives you suggestions on grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Obviously spelling and punctuation aren’t a high priority on this blog, but this software definitely fills a niche in the market. The quickest way to NOT be taken seriously in the business world, is to write business letters, memos, emails, etc. and use bad grammar or misspellings. Why do you think your college adviser told you to edit, re-edit and then have the career services edit your resume. If there are spelling errors or grammar errors on there, it can mean the difference between getting hired or not. It also has text enrichment, which basically in laymen terms is taking your normal text and making you seem smarter. Who couldn’t use that.

I was skeptical at first, but obviously the people at WhiteSmoke are very confident in their product, and after using it for a while I can see why. Nobody seems to offer a service like this out there, and I was pretty impressed once I gave it a chance. While it is an area of writing that I usually don’t focus on, I realize that it’s a vital part of blogging & marketing in general. Therefore, WhiteSmoke’s English Writing Software would be a good investment, and you would definitely get your money’s worth. The software works as advertised, and seems a lot smarter than other grammar checkers. All in all, it was nicely done. And for all of you mac folks, they currently don’t have an MacOS version, but don’t worry, there is a web based version of the software. Check em out here.

This is a Paid Review.