As you guys knew that I was going to be attending Affiliate Summit West 2012. One of my favorite session was the closing keynote given by my friend Jeremy Schoemaker aka Shoemoney. Jeremy shared his story of how he went from being in debt of thousands of dollars to making an 8-figure online income through his blog and other internet ventures. He gave me a shout out in his keynote for our Free WordPress Setup idea This was Jeremy’s 50th…
Continue Reading »Retargeting – What the Hell is it & How can I make Money with it?
One of the interesting sessions I attended at Affiliate Summit West 2012 was about “Retargeting – What the hell is it & how can I make money with it?”. The session was presented by Joanna Lord from SEOMoz. You can follow her at @joannalord. What is Retargeting Retargeting, also known as remarketing, keeps your brand in front of your online audience after they leave your website. In other words, act of putting your message in front of lost prospects. Sounds…
Continue Reading »The Future of Content Monetization and Publishing (Affiliate Summit West 2012)
The first session I attended at Affiliate Summit West 2012 was “The Future of Content Monetization and Publishing”. One of the main reasons of attendance was that my friend John Chow was in the panel. The panel included another old friend Ian Fernando, Steve Hall, and Murray Newland. There was another session at the same time that I was interested in called “25 Ways You Can Improve Your Website” which would’ve been a great article for our other blog List25,…
Continue Reading »First Quarter of 2012: Affiliate Summit, WordCamps, CES, Oh My!
Ok, so 2011 is coming to an end. We are not going to any events in December. But a lot of users like us to share the name of events that we will be attending. We will be attending quite a few events in the first 3 months period of 2012. So I thought instead of creating an individual post for each, I should just create one mega events post. We will be attending a total of 5 events in…
Continue Reading »How to Improve Your Typography with the Golden Ratio
Most of us have at least heard of the golden ratio, but have we considered its practical implications? Chris Pearson gave a very good presentation on why we should keep this mathematical phenomenon in mind. Every pattern in nature is designed according to the proportions of the golden ratio from the spirals of galaxies to our very own DNA. We are designed to find this ratio artistically appealing and artists throughout history have used it as a guideline for their…
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