Are You a Content Glutton?

Should you really be reading this post right now?

Don’t you have more productive things to do?

I’m half-kidding. I mean, I appreciate your attention. I’ll make it worth your while.

But I must ask: How much time are you spending feasting on other people’s content versus creating your own?

All-you-can-eat content

This fairly new notion of ‘free’ on the Internet is turning out to be the most massive buffet of content ever. It’s whatever you want, whenever you want, all for free.

And the best part is—there’s no line, and the food is just how you like it.

But that’s the catch. It’s too easy. [Read more...]

5 People You Must Avoid at Your Next Internet Marketing Conference

Now I’m not saying this to be rude, but at almost every conference there will be certain types of people you should just plain avoid, like:

1. Soul Suckers

These people start talking to you and suddenly they want to be your best friend because you have something they want but they don’t have anything in return.

It’s all about what you can do for them.

I have experience in this field. It comes down to dealing with someone incredibly insecure or a narcissist, or both.  Don’t let a Soul Sucker hitch their wagon to yours or coerce you into hitching your wagon to theirs. [Read more...]

How to Network at Internet Marketing Conferences

It’s a fact: Internet Marketing (IM) conferences are 80% networking and 20% learning.

Why? Because meeting people the old fashion way—face to face without the interface of an electronic gadget—is still the best way to build relationships.

So whether you’ve been building your IM business for 2 weeks or 2 years, it’s never too late to pack your bags, hop on a plane and face the crowd.

Trust me, it’s worth it.

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Going Surfing at the Affiliate Improv! Session at Affiliate Summit West

The idea of the Affiliate Improv! session was to choose one idea from the audience for an affiliate marketing brainstorming session among five expert panelists: Daniel Clark, Andrew Bennett, Mike Buechele, Jen Goode and Wade Tonkin.

As fate would have it, my topic of surfing got chosen to be featured. I’ve always wanted to start a niche surfing site but still haven’t gotten around to it—partly because Surfline seems to offer everything you’d ever want in a surfing website.

Well, almost everything. I feel the problem with Surfline is that they’re exclusively focused on the dreamy, sexy, professional surfer lifestyle that is—let’s face it—reserved for the most lucky and elite.

I’m more interested in a surfing site that caters to the average, everyday surfer like me or the local guys I surf with here in Hawaii.

So what did the experts say? [Read more...]

How Did Eric Nagel Win ‘Best Blogger’ at the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards?

Now I’m a real admirer of Lisa Barone’s savvy writing style, so it was of definite intrigue that she and two other bloggers got edged out by Eric Nagel for the Affiliate Summit 2011 Pinnacle Award for “Best Blogger.”

So how did Eric—a PHP programmer running a default Thesis Theme blog with an erratic posting schedule—win such a coveted award?

I was lucky enough to catch Eric in the blogger’s lounge on the last day of Affiliate Summit West as everyone was getting ready to jet home. Strangely enough, he didn’t have his trophy nearby because it looks like John Chow commandeered it.

I congratulated Eric and asked him a few impromptu questions about his blogging. His answers revealed why he deserved the win: [Read more...]