Just Good Thinking

• affiliates add value to the consumers purchase cycle
• affiliates drive new customers to a merchants site
  
• affiliates don't intercept consumers already in the act of going to a merchant's site
  
• affiliates don't cannibalize other marketing channels
• affiliates don't cannibalize each others traffic
• requires a direct consumer interaction with the affiliate marketing being run
• no adware, bhos or malware
  
• that all parties work within their defined roll be that Network / Affiliate / AM or Merchant

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AMWSO is very proud to have been short listed in the category for Innovation in Affiliate Marketing in the E-consultancy's Innovation Awards 2008. The other firms short listed certainly make it a short list worth being on withthe full short list being :

• TradeDoubler
• sunshine.co.uk
• AMWSO Co Ltd
• Essence Media
• Digital Window

The winners of the award will be announced on December 2nd, by a panel of judges that come from a top tier selection of firms that include the BBC, Apple, Orange, Target Marketing, Whatif!, Internet Retailing, Dyson and Google.

Congratulations to all the firms shortlisted.

Affiliate Summit and buy.at are hosting a Tax Talk & Crab Feast on Thursday, July 9 in Baltimore, MD at the buy.at office.

But contrary to sort of popular belief, crab feasts aren’t just about crabs. Crustacean haters will find plenty of good stuff to chow down on at this event.

Here is the menu of items scheduled to be served up at the Tax Talk & Crab Feast. The descriptions come from the caterer.

Beverages
Regular and Light Beers, such as Budweiser, Yuengling, and Coors Light. Red, Blush, and White Wines as well as Bottled Water, assorted carbonated beverages and ice.

Hot Steamed Crabs
Maryland Blue Crabs served in the traditional fashion; warm and fresh from the pot with Old Bay Seasonings and all the necessary accompaniments: Mallets, Knives, Heavy Paper, and Buckets.

Beef Hamburgers & Cheeseburgers
Sizzling hot and juicy 1/4 lb. burgers, served on seeded buns with condiments to include: Onions, Caramelized Onions, Relish, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Mustard, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, and American Cheese.

Chargrilled “Firelicked” Chicken
An assortment of Breasts, Wings, Legs and Thighs slowly basted with our delicious homemade barbecue sauce and grilled to perfection.

Chargrilled All Beef Hot Dogs
Large High Quality All Beef Hot Dogs and our Jumbo Turkey Dogs that are all the rage!! Served on Bakery Horn Rolls with all the fixin’s to include: Relish, Onions, Mustard and Ketchup.

Corn on the Cob
Our fine Maryland Corn on the Cob cooked to perfection, and dipped in Butter. Served with Salt & Pepper and Old Bay Seasoning.

Down Home Salad Bar
Homemade salads will be served from our cold salad bar: green onion potato salad, traditional creamy cole slaw and Parmesan macaroni salad.

And for dessert…

Picnic Dessert Basket
An assortment of our homemade Cookies to include: Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Double Chocolate Walnut, Sugar, M & M and our rich Fudge Nut Brownies.

Ice Cold Watermelon Slices
Cold, sweet and juicy!! The perfect end to any picnic!

RSVP at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/tax-talk-crab-feast/ – spaces are filling up fast.

In my last affiliate fatblogging post, I mentioned how I was in the market for some new running shoes, and I asked for recommendations with affiliate links.

It was nice to see the altruistic responses, where lots of folks encouraged me to go to a store where they would perform a gait analysis, and have the salesperson pick out some shoes based on my needs.

I found a local place called The Running Company – they have stores all over NJ, as well as CT, DC, MA, MD, NY, and TX.

The guy at the store I visited (Westfield, NJ) was really helpful and gave me a gait analysis, as well as looking at my current running shoes to determine how they were wearing.

Based on this information, he suggested three styles, and I went with the Nike LIVESTRONG Air Pegasus+ 25 (what happened to the Nike affiliate program?).

They are super light and comfortable, and they include a little compartment for the Nike + iPod Sport Kit, which I use.

I’d definitely encourage fellow Internet nerds to refrain from buying online and getting a proper reccomendation for running shoes at their local store.

Starting weight: 225
Last week: 219
This week: 218

I saw a Tweet from affiliate Jonathan Volk today that he “just bought a home.”

His blog post, “We Bought A Home!“, had a couple pictures and shared some details of the new home he’s getting with is future wife.

Towards the end of the post, he thanks AzoogleAds for helping to make it happen.

Anyways, we are very excited! Thanks to AzoogleAds for pretty much being the main source of income to allow me to buy this house! I HIGHLY recommend signing up with them if you have not already!

It’s always great to see these affiliate success stories. Congratulations, Jonathan.

Read Jonathan’s post at http://www.jonathanvolk.com/life/we-bought-a-home.html.