Why Affiliate Vendors Need to Start Taking the Rap

Affiliate marketing masks

There’s a lot of news about disclosure online at the minute. I’ve written about it a ton of times (and spoke about it over at Joe Hackman’s radio show), and smart bloggers like Lorelle are giving some great tips on how bloggers (and other online network users) should go about disclosing their affiliate or professional [...]


Is Social Media Crowdsourcing Making Us Lazy?

Social media makes us lazy

You’ve become lazy. You’re no longer smart. You’re a shadow of the clever person you really could be. Don’t feel bad – I am too. We all are. We used to be questioning; now we just ask questions. Blame social media. Actually, don’t – blame social media and crowdsourcing. Penned by Jeff Howe in a 2006 Wired [...]


Help Me Choose a Name?

Beginning on Sunday January 30, I’ll be running an ongoing series on the blog that answers a new question each week from you, the readers. It might be on strategy; marketing; building loyalty; business; blogging; social media; and more. Originally I was going to call it Sunday School, since it’ll be posted on a Sunday [...]