Grinding is the arduous task of doing something over and over again. Some people find it a bad term — and others find it part of the process of making tons of money. I had the opportunity to meet Ryan Gray at the airport in Las Vegas after Affiliate Summit West and has a very … Read more
If you’ve been awake this past year, you can’t help pay attention to Eli Aloisi. Originally a super-affiliate and popular blogger, he recently opened AboveAllOffers, a CPA Affiliate Network based out of Oregon, that pushes itself as being a totally different type of network, with a totally different type of staff. If you have the … Read more
Erin Garcia has been in the industry for over 10 years, since its “Wild West” beginnings. As one of the first women in the CPA industry she is a well known figure, having worked for everyone from Vayan Marketing Group to Market Leverage. She’s now moved over to new comer CrushAds, owned by BMI Elite … Read more
The Payday Loan market has received a lot of negative press lately, with FTC lawsuits up the wazoo and articles written about all the scams out there. Despite this, there are a few companies out there making a killing in suprime and payday loans, and doing it right. Chris Kay saw an opportunity to enter … Read more
We conclude our series of interview on Content Locking with the CEO of perhaps the most well-known of the content locking companies, CPALead. They have been in the industry the longest and are almost always refereed to in any conversation about the topic. Peter Tarr, the impending CEO CEO of CPALead joined recently this year, and … Read more
Do you believe there is such a thing as “gray-hat” techniques, why and why not? I usually get a kick out of terms such as white hat, gray hat and black hat. They’re just such vague terms. Gray hat could easily mean that you’re exploiting a well-established website with a link that leads to an … Read more
The felony conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge was against Christopher Kennedy, who faces a maximum 5-year prison term, centers around his website the authorities claim he owns called saucekit. The now-defunct site lets nefarious website owners purchase his cookie-stuffing code to unwittingly dupe eBay to pay those site owners thousands of dollars in advertising … Read more
Ian Fernando is one of those guys who can’t help liking. Known for his collection of sweater vests and intuitive nature about affiliate marketing, he’s one of the top affiliates in the space. Unlike many bloggers and “experts” he’s not flashy and prefers to let his experience and more importantly his results speak for themselves. … Read more
When I heard a while back there was a new network called CPAWAY, the first thing I thought to myself was: “Another network called CPAsomething…”Over the last year I’ve gotten to know Thomas Deitzel and his company, and more importantly the way that he does business and how his company works. In a short period … Read more
The question that many affiliates keep on asking is, “What is better, Tracking202 or BevoMedia?” Both of them have an excellent team, with loyal affiliates who swear by their system. Thousands of affiliates will tell you that one of the systems is why they are doing well and that without that system in place they … Read more
Peter Bordes is not shy for words. He’s become one of the most outspoken members of the Performance Marketing Industry, and has made it clear to anyone who is listening that he wants to clean up the industry. As the CEO of MediaTrust, he’s taken the industry to new levels, and has introduced the first … Read more
In our continuing our series on Content Unlocking, we present another interview, this time with Dale Carr, the owner and CEO of LeadBolt. LeadBolt is a fast growing content unlocking company that was the first company to promote mobile content unlocking, and because of that has become the “go-to” place for that side of the … Read more
Performance marketing is all about change. While today’s buzz may be mostly about mobile marketing, tomorrow’s hot topic could easily be video. According to Borrell & Associates, “Online video spending is forecasted to account for more than 1/3rd of all online advertising in 5 years.” For marketing professionals 1/3rd of any overall advertising budget is … Read more
