Joe is currently in second place for a Kodak Home Office Prosper Contest and the first place winner takes home a $25,000 prize. Joe has a great story and a killer site, so he deserves to win the contest, so I’d surely help him in his efforts to win this contest, and would like for you to do the same. Here’s how you can help, and possibly win a free t-shirt in the process!

Step 1 – Vote for Joe Daley
(Visit page, click vote, then confirm email)

Step 2 – Leave a Comment on this Post Stating you Voted.

Ten winners will randomly be selected from comments made on this blog post to receive a free t-shirt from this blog. Winners will be contacted and posted on October 10th. Good luck to both you and Joe!

“Internet Marketing from the Real Experts” was written by Shawn Collins and Missy Ward, the founders of Affiliate Summit. For anyone who has never been able to make the event, picking up a copy of this book would give you a better understanding of what affiliate marketing is about, and who attends these conferences.

If you are already familiar with the industry, you will see many recognizable names in the book, including; Gary Vaynerchuck, Ted Murphy, Chris Brogan, Jeremy Schoemaker and myself… with three different articles in the book. Articles cover everything from social marketing, email marketing, and blogging to design. You won’t find a map to making money online, but you will find some inspiring and motivational stories to get your mind going. Each article is 2-3 pages long, so it’s a great read for anyone who doesn’t like long reading.

Affiliate Summit is always doing what they can to raise money for charities. With the release of their new book, another chance to raise money was on their mind. All proceeds from the sale of the book go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

I just ordered another set of copies of the book through Amazon. A few copies for friends and family, and another eight to pass along to my blog readers. If you don’t want to wait, the book is  currently 32% off on Amazon, which brings the cost to $14.93. For those of you who are feeling lucky, enter this weekly contest where two copies will be given away each week. All you need to do is place a comment, or retweet this post… or increase your chances of winning by doing both.

How to Enter:
1.) Retweet this post on Twitter.

RT @moneyreign Win a Copy of Internet Marketing from the Real Experts http://tinyurl.com/yzcuj8d

2.) Leave a comment on this page.

Winner Selection:
February 26th: Chris Park, John Rampton
March 5th: PPC Icon, Bob Buskirk
March 12th: tGraphic, Colby
March 19th:

Rules: Simply leave a comment on the post, retweet this page, or do both. One “twitter” winner and one “comment” winner be selected each week, on the dates shown above. I will ship anywhere. No purchase necessary.

Good luck!

With overwhelming feedback while at the event, Affiliate.com wants to keep the testimonials alive by holding a contest for $1,000 cash to any blogger that enters and writes about wearing their Affiliate.com shirt after the event. (improve your chances of winning by including a photo) The incentive to win $1,000 cash is great, but Affiliate.com is also going the extra mile to donate an additional $1,000 to the Haiti Red Cross Relief Fund. (full details below).

Official Contest Rules
- Contest runs from today, 2/1 through 2/22.
- Entrants simply need to blog about the shirt (hopefully including a photo, but not required) and send the link to Tom@affiliate.com to enter.
- A winner will be announce on 3/1.

Good luck and don’t forget to join Affiliate.com if you haven’t already.

If you are going to order 10,000 shirts, stickers, mousepads or anything else… make sure you spend a lot of time doing research that it’s something people will actually wear/use and not just toss it into the trash after they pass your booth.

Over the past several Affiliate Summits and marketing conferences, I usually end up tossing all of the schwag and promotional items into a box in my office room closet. Below you can see just a portion of what’s been collected over the years.

Mouse pads, high quality pens and USB plugs are always good items for keeps, but the same can’t be said about most of what is handed out. Tshirts can also be a good use of promotion, if they are done nicely. Go for the higher quality shirt, stay away from white and try to make something people would like to wear in public. As much as you want people to know your domain name, slapping your huge logo in the middle might not create a shirt that many people want to wear.

One example of a tshirt that was done effectively was Affiliate.com. The tshirts below were handed out during Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. Not only did they create a tshirt for both men and women, but the front of it doesn’t look like an affiliate / branded shirt at all. The back view is where the branding is at, and it’s not completely in your face, but still gets the message across.

Billionaire Marc Cuban says the following about schwag: “NEVER EVER EVER buy swag. A sure sign of failure for a startup is when someone sends me logo polo shirts. If your people are at shows and in public, its ok to buy for your own folks, but if you really think someone is going to wear your Yobaby.com polo you sent them in public, you are mistaken and have no idea how to spend your money.”

While I agree with Marc Cuban for the most part, it’s still a lot of fun to have product with your name and company on them. Don’t stop buying shirts and schwag to hand out, just make sure it’s actually something people will want to take home.

What are some of the BEST and WORST tshirts/schwag you’ve seen from affiliate and internet marketing companies?

Forgot odds and random winners, this contest is based solely on your skillz to pay the billz! From now until December 31, 2009, if you can earn commissions in any of the tiers below, you automatically win that prize. Prizes include anything from a Sharper Image DV518 Video Camera to Fighter Pilot For a Day For Two and even a Two Tickets to the SuperBowl and Live the Life of a Super Affiliate!

How to Enter:
1.) Join ClickBooth as an Affiliate
2.) Earn Commissions in any of Prize Tiers Below
3.) Claim Your Prize & Live the Super Affiliate Lifestyle

Tier 1: $10,000: Sharper Image DV518 Video Camera

Tier 2: $25,000: A Relaxing Day at the Spa

Tier 3: $50,000: $300 Gift Card to Ticketmaster + Limo to and from the event.

Tier 4: $100,000: Hummer Limo For You and 12 Friends

Tier 5: $250,000 Grand Canyon Adventure Tour for 2

Tier 6: $500,000: Fighter Pilot For a Day For Two.

Tier 7: $750,000: 5 Day Aspen Ski Trip For Two

Tier 8: $1,000,000: Dive with Great White Sharks For Two + Sharper Image DV518 Video Camera

Tier 9: $1,500,000 1 Week Trip to Hawaii For Two + Sharper Image DV518 Video Camera

Tier 10: $2,000,000: The Ultimate Superbowl Experience + Sharper Image DV518 Video Camera

If you haven’t already, join ClickBooth and try your skills at one of these prize tiers!

Here’s the Awesome Prize!
The EOS Rebel T1i is packed with features, both refined and new. In addition to its admirable performance with an all-new 15.1 Megapixel Canon CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 Image Processor, a 3.0-inch Clear View LCD with anti-reflective and scratch-resistant coating, and compatibility with the EOS System of lenses and Speedlites, the EOS Rebel T1i adds remarkable Full HD video capture at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080.

The same rules apply as last time:
- Join SponsoredTweets
- Use your referral link
- Your referrals must have been on Twitter for 120 days
- You must be 18+ and in the US.

Also, feel free to refer to my first set of case studies and write up on how to make the most out of Sponsored Tweets. I’ve been using ST as both an advertiser and an affiliate since they first went live.

- Sponsored Tweets Case Study & Stats
- Get More Paid Tweets from Sponsored Tweets
- Make Money with “Sponsored Tweets” on Twitter

Join Sponsored Tweets & Good luck!

Here’s what you need to know, and how to enter:

LAUNCH DATE: October 21, 2009
END DATE: December 21, 2009
CONTEST ONLY OPEN TO NEW PUBLISHERS

* 4 Super Affiliate Bloggers working together to earn money for the charity of their choice.

- John Chow: World Vision
- Ian Fernando: Pinoy Kids
- Zac Johnson: SPCA International
- Murray Newlands: National Breast Cancer Foundation

* Clickbooth will be donating $500 to each charity no matter what, however, each blogger has the opportunity to earn an additional $1,000 for their charity.

- Here’s How: All 4 Bloggers will work together to sign up new affiliates to the Clickbooth network, through their individual referral link. If all of the new publishers the 4 bloggers collectively sign up can reach $100,000 in revenue within the 2 month period, Clickbooth will donate an additional $1,000 to each charity.
- When the publisher signs up they must input the word “LiveContest” in the comments section of the sign up form. If they don’t input the code, they WILL NOT be entered in  the contest.

* How does an Affiliate win the Live Like A Super Affiliate prize package?

- Points System (Each Task Can only be done once per affiliate)

+ Most Revenue During 2 Months of Contest: 40pts
+ Write a post about the contest with a link back to original CB post (xr.com/fstd) : 10pts
+ Video of why you want to live like a Super Affiliate: 15pts
+ Follow each Super Affiliate and Clickbooth on Twitter: 5pts
+ Tweet about Contest: 5pts

I just entered @Clickbooth’s new contest for a chance to Live Like A Super Affiliate! Check it out! xr.com/fstd

+ Become a Fan of each SA and Clickbooth: 5pts
+ Subscribe to CB Blog: 5pts
+ Stumble this post: 5pts

- Each affiliate will need to send an email to Eric@clickbooth.com, stating their FULL NAME and which of the above tasks they completed (for tracking purposes). If there is a tie in points, we will randomly draw a winner from the participants that tied. If they don’t send me an email, their points WILL NOT be counted.

There will also be two random prizes towards anyone who enters:

+ Affiliate Theme by, Unique Blog Designs
+ 1 Month Featured Spot or a 468×60 Ad on AffBuzz.com

*Publishers MUST Use the Code “LiveContest” When Signing Up and Must Also email Eric@clickbooth.com  by December 10th with their full name as well as which tasks/points they have completed.

Full contest rules and terms can be found here.

Like I mentioned at the top… the details and process are a bit long. While it will shy many away, it gives you the opportunity to take the extra effort, signup and win some prizes. It only takes 3 minutes to quickly join ClickBooth.

Enter the ClickBooth Charity Contest!

On to the contest winners! The following Twitter users and commenters were randomly selected and will receive a signed copy of “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk, and will be contacted shortly.
TWITTER: erad1cate mikebuechele Nikhilvishnupv EricSchechter theanand
COMMENTERS: Lorne Fade Ricky Joe Fiorini Kim Rowley Filipina Heart

Congrats to everyone who won the contest, and if you weren’t a selected winner, you can still pick up Gary’s book at Amazon.com.

An excellent way to get motivated and back in the game, is to set new targets and reach for even bigger goals. With the extreme competition out there among affiliate networks, we are fortunate enough to be treated like kings for our business. Kicking things up a notch, a lot of networks are now hosting some pretty big contests and giveaways for top earning affiliates, and those who can drastically increase their month over month earnings.

Here’s a look at a couple of the two affiliate network promotions that are currently going on. Neverblue is holding their “Out of Bounds” contest again, which will send their top 20 affiliates to Costa Rica. CX Digital is running their “Roll Like a Billionaire” contest for the second time, with over 25 different prizes up for grabs.

NeverBlue – Out of Bounds

CX Digital – Roll Like a Billionaire

Both contests are created for new and current affiliates to win. With several prizes available, you can win a vacation spot, or prizes by earning points on top offers promoted on the network (CX Digital), or by being a top affiliate, or increasing your previous quarter earnings several times over. Even if you haven’t started making money with either of these networks yet, you can still get in and win a prize.

Either way, the contest prizes available through both CX Digital and Neverblue, are serious enough to get even the biggest affiliate’s attention. Get in the game, get focused and if you aim high enough, you might walk away with big earnings and a top prize package! Even if you fall short, you still should have set your goals high enough, and earned some nice coin.

Here’s a quick look at Google Alerts and how easy it is to setup

Search Terms: Whatever search term or web site you want to monitor, just fill it in this area.

Type: Comprehensive covers all areas, but you can change this to just target news, blogs, video etc.

How often and Deliver to are self explanatory. You can schedule alerts in real time, daily or weekly.

Once you have an alert setup, you’ll receive email alerts like the following. A link back to http://www.zacjohnson.com was featured in a post by Jonathan Volk, so I was sent an alert with the url and post title.

It’s Not Just About You!
Sure, Google Alerts works great to find out information about yourself and what others are saying, but it can also be used as a marketing tool. If you are looking to start a new web site or want to keep an eye on the competition, setup alerts and see how they are getting new backlinks and traffic to their web sites.

There’s no limit to how many reports you can setup, and it’s very easy to remove/add new alerts. If you haven’t already, give Google Alerts a try.