Business The Net

Let’s Party At The Affiliate Summit

If you haven’t entered my Affiliate Summit contest to win a full conference pass to the show, you still have one week left. To make it even more enticing, I’m going to sweeten the prize. Not only will the winner receive a full conference pass worth $1,449 but he’ll join me at an exclusive “Under the Stars” summit party at […]

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The Net

Who Wants Some Entrecard Credits?

Want to advertise on the John Chow dot Com Entrecard widget but don’t quite have the 259 credits it takes to buy a spot? Well, you’re in lucky! It just so happens I have nearly 7,000 Entrecard credits sitting in my account. Instead of using the credits to buy advertising on other Entrecard sites, I figure I’ll give them away […]

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Fine Dining

Dine Out Vancouver 2008 – A Kettle of Fish

Founded in 1979 by Glenn and Gwen Anderson and Glenn’s sons Riley and Todd, “The Kettle” is where people in Vancouver take their out of town guests for Vancouver’s finest Ocean Wise seafood. The restaurant is unique in that its interior looks like an outdoor garden. There are full size trees and plants and a black painted ceiling to give […]

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Technology

Finally Got My XO Laptop

Back in November, I donated an XO laptop to a child in a developing country. As part of my $399 donation, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) sent a laptop to a child and sent one to me as a gift (it’s not really a gift since these laptops cost $200 each). When I made the gift, OLPC told me they […]

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The Net

Google Putting The Screws To Its Affiliates

Having just revamped their Google AdSense referral program to put the screws to its affiliates by reducing (or eliminating) commission payouts, Google is now reducing the payouts for Google Pack and FireFox downloads. Google Pack: Currently, you can earn up to $2 when a user downloads and runs Google Pack for the first time after being referred through your link […]

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Business The Net

Bidvertiser Offers FeedBurner Solution

Bidvertiser opened their RSS advertising solution on January 2. The new service allow bloggers to monetize their RSS feed but required them to run a new Bidvertiser feed in order to do it. Many bloggers didn’t want to give up their FeedBurner feed because it’s what they used to display their feed stats. Bidvertiser listened to these concerns and came […]

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Business The Net

Guide to a Great Quality Score

This post was guest blogged by Jonathan Volk, a 20-something internet marketer focusing on affiliate marketing. Is Adwords getting you down with the dreaded “Poor” quality score? Here are some tips I use to coerce Google into giving me a great (or OK) quality score. Tip Number 1: If your keyword list has been slapped with POOR across the board, […]

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