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ASW11 Session Recap: Dominating Your Niche With Blogger Outreach

January 17, 2011 by Charles Bohannan 1 Comment

I just got over a nasty flu from Las Vegas and so this post is just a teeny bit late…but you should still read it!

On Sunday, the opening day of Affiliate Summit West, I sat front and center in the “Dominating Your Niche with Blogger Outreach” session featuring Jonathan Volk, Eric Schechter, Greg Rollett, John Chow and Chris Brogan as panel chair.

The topic had to do with best practices when outreaching to bloggers to promote your brand, service or product.

Everything Comes Down to Personal Connections

Everyone on the panel agreed on the absolute need for making a personal connection with your prospects. This means taking the extra step, the extra effort, to get to know someone (or at least something special about them) beyond what you’d see on their business card. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging, Business and Marketing Tagged With: Affiliate Summit West

Live from Affiliate Summit West 2011 in Las Vegas!

January 9, 2011 by Charles Bohannan Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Due to the craziness of this event I wasn’t able to live blog. But I will post some recaps and impressions following the event in the next week to follow.

Wordful is at is again in Las Vegas, this time at the Affiliate Summit West at the Wynn Hotel. Thanks to John Chow who awarded me a Gold Pass from his recent comment contest, I’m here to learn more about what’s what and who’s who in the Internet Marketing world.

Affilaite Summit co-founder Shawn Collins just got off the stage with his pep talk to ASW11 first-timers orientation. It was pretty basic stuff, and I can tell that most of the people here (out of 4,600 total at the conference) are the early risers who didn’t party too hard last night. Uh…I guess that includes me.

As the conference goes on I will be giving live updates and highlights. Wordful’s content-obsessed perspective is quite different from most of the merchant and affiliate types here, so I will have some interesting observations.

The question I want to answer is: how much does quality of the content effect quantity of sales?

Also, you can follow Affiliate Summit West 2011 on Twitter using the hashtag #ASW11.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Affiliate Summit West

Happy New Year from Wordful!

January 1, 2011 by Charles Bohannan Leave a Comment

As I write this, it’s 6am on New Year’s Day and I’m sitting in the dark on a beach chair listening to the ocean (I’m camping with my family). Blogging on the beach is not a bad way to start the year!

Let Intention and Action Guide Your Success in 2011

The way I see it, the more intention you put into something, the more likely it is to grow (or as they say, “what you focus on expands”). So if you’re looking to build your blog into your own business (or whatever it is), I recommend you stay committed in thought and action on doing just that.

The catch, of course, is that higher your goals, the harder it’s going to be to accomplish them. This is why it’s wise to tie smaller, more measurable goals and milestones to your agenda.

By doing this you are essentially building a staircase for yourself, which is a heck of a lot easier to build than an elevator! [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mindset and Productivity

Shoemoney’s Affiliate Summit West Contest: For The Win

December 29, 2010 by Charles Bohannan Leave a Comment

If fortune favors the brave—and prepared—then I’m the guy who should definitely win Shoemoney’s Crazy Affiliate Summit West 2010 Contest.

But instead of going on and on about how I’m a cool, hard-working, genuine guy from Hawaii with a totally unique Internet Marketing angle (all true stuff, of course), I’m going to share with you a story.

2 Years of Frustration Evaporated in 3 Days

Last month I headed over to Las Vegas to attend Affiliate DotCom Live. It was my first Internet Marketing conference ever.

For 3 short days, I learned more about affiliate marketing than I did over the past two years as a lonely and aimless online dabbler. I learned that success in the business has less to do with technique and more to do with attitude, confidence and making connections.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous

How to Write a Powerful and Influential Letter That Will Change Your Life

December 21, 2010 by Charles Bohannan 6 Comments

There are times in life when you absolutely need the right words to get you through tense or troubling situations. This is where knowing how to write a powerful letter can do some serious damage in your favor.

Writing a solid letter is by far one of the best ways to get your point across in a clear, organized and razor sharp manner. Unlike talking, writing allows you to collect your thoughts and feelings into an official, permanent statement. Later down the line nobody can deny what you’ve said because it’s been written down.

To date, I’ve written about ten very memorable letters that have helped me capitalize on rare opportunities or overcome high-pressure and abusive situations, such as: [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing