I met Eric Nagel through a Shareasale event in Buffalo, New York a few years back, and have remained in touch with him ever since. I think Eric has a few very unique skill sets in that he understands the programming and marketing sides of the internet, and is successful in communicating those ideas to others. That’s a …
3 Questions with Carolyn Tang-Kmet on Affiliate Management
I first met Carolyn at a Shareasale Think Tank back in 2007 I think, but it could have been at an Affiliate Summit before that. Previously, I had known her online though Abestweb. All this is to say that I have watched her work in the affiliate management space for a long time. Recently, she …
A Brief Interview with Scott Jangro on Content Curation
I’ve been playing around with Shareist.com, a relatively new content curation tool developed by long time “colleague” Scott Jangro. In the coming weeks, I plan on writing a review of the software, and discuss its place in the social media pantheon. In the meantime, I sent Scott a few questions about content curation, and asked …
FoxyCart E-Commerce Software–An Initial Review
Sometimes it takes something visionary to really set you apart in a class. And while it might not always be the first of it’s type to market, a product can catch your eye with its elegance and simplicity, and reel you in. That’s been my experience thus far with FoxyCart. You’ll note that I refer …
Traffic Bad–Prospects Good!
I guess it’s my roots in affiliate marketing that cause me to disdain the word “traffic” so much. Often, affiliate managers smear Facebook with statements like “Who has good email traffic for cosmetics??!?!??! I haz offers!”, and I get turned off. Why? Because in the end, I think we all want prospects, right? Not traffic. …
The Kaushik Effect
Since I just spent some time talking about The Nostradamus Effect in web analytics, I figured I’d throw in the @avinash effect as well. Anyone want to guess what day he tweeted one of my blog posts? If you’re thinking it was recent, guess again. It does speak to the power of social media though, …




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