Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock
Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock

Shoemoney, John, Chow, Ken McArthur, as well as the whole cast & crew of Top Affiliate Challenge and some smart affiliate managers got their party on while touring Lincoln, NE in the Luxury Limousine Party Bus and enjoying some sweet alcohol courtesy of Randy’s Grill ‘n Chill. Representatives form NeverblueAds, WebJamAds, and XY7.com joined us […]

Over the past week I received 6 emails and three phone calls from companies I had approached about sponsoring Top Affiliate Challenge originally who weren’t really sure about the idea. Things have changed, and now the show is like a snowball rolling downhill.

So why is it so hard to get some credits from PPC companies like Google AdWords, Yahoo Publisher Network, or Microsoft AdCenter? Emails have gone unanswered, insiders have intervened with their contacts on my behalf only to be stonewalled for a response.

But I might have spoken too soon. It has been just over three weeks since my Text-Link-Ads account was approved and tey only have spidered 32 posts on my blog. In addition, they have not placed a single ad anywhere on my site.

The more I started using Twitter, the more I got to know about some of the people I follow online and the more I realized that this is something that could be HUGE in building my brand, building my traffic, and in turn building my business revenue.

I have spent the past couple days in Las Vegas at Leadscon 08. This is the first conference that separated lead generation from the affiliate marketing space. Some people don’t really think there is much of a difference between lead generation and affiliate marketing, and others say it’s about time that someone gave lead gen its own conference.

Lead generation is connecting a potential customer and a client together and then allowing the client to convert that customer. Affiliate marketing is converting a customer for a client and sharing in the revenue from the sale.

If any of the HP deals look interesting, just click the link to take advantage of the offer. The expiration Dates are listed with each one. Some of these are pretty targeted toward business users instead of home users, but then again you never know what some people will need. Enjoy!

Earlier this week I was offered an invite to Azoogle’s Affiliate Appreciation Day in Ne York. I guess it’s a gathering to thank some of Azoogle’s top affiliates in the New York Area.

Turns out it was an Under Armour Jacket, long sleeve T, and skull cap from CPA Empire! I was totally surprised. I guess I am the only guy on planet Earth who didn’t know that owning Under Armour gear raises a normal person’s street cred. In fact, my staff thought I was uber cool for buying anything from Under Armour!