The Elite Retreat full agenda is now set! I apologize for not getting this out sooner but securing a venue for our 3rd day (Friday the 27th) has been,  to say the least,  challenging. I worked with the Google Adwords team and they were accommodating but they could not commit any actual Google Adwords staff [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to define the scope of online affiliate monitoring obligations. Last year, in Legacy Learning Systems, the FTC ordered a merchant, that was paying affiliates to post favorable product reviews without disclosure of the financial tie, to: monitor and report to the FTC about its top 50 money-making affiliates and [...]

At the first ever TechCrunch awards back in 2007 I was part of the “Press Core”.  Which gave me special access to some pretty big names down in the press room. So anyway long story short (no pun intended) I am going to the bathroom and in rolls in Zuck to the urinal next to [...]

I was on the pursuit of Success radio show yesterday. Its broadcasted on Lincoln’s premier talk radio station AM KFOR 1240. You can grab the show on podcast here In the show we talk a lot about local internet marketing and for affiliate marketers how its like shooting fish in a barrel. Thanks John and [...]

Anyone who has read this blog for a long time knows I try lots of things. Somethings stick… somethings go away. But I love to test new things. We have been solicited a lot by deal sites to “partner” with or who just want us to promote their junk. I don’t like the way they [...]

As you know, once a year I hold a very exclusive, one-on-one event called the Elite Retreat. I’m happy to announce we will be holding our 9th event April 25,26, and 27th at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco. The event was started out of frustration from paying thousands of dollars to attend events with thousands [...]