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CakesTV Episode 1

Here is Episode 1 of CakesTV, Nickycakes’ new internet marketing webcast. Guests this week were Charles Ngo, Daniel Treisman, Wes Mahler, and Robert Adler. Some topics discussed were: State of the Industry, Affiliate Summit West 2012, Recent FTC Settlements, Copeac and other networks closing up shop, Leadscon, and questions from the audience about various stuff.

ASW 2012 Wrap-Up

Ahh, another ASW come and gone.  As is always the case, it proves to be the show with the most value in almost all categories.  In the past, Ad:Tech might have had the edge on certain areas, and still may, but Affiliate Summit is quickly overtaking them in terms of professional atmosphere and focus on [...]

New Fun Hobby: RC Planes

About a year ago, Nickycakes saw a video of a guy with a camera strapped to a remote control flying wing flying around buildings and bridges in NYC.   It looked really really fun, so after putting it off until recently, here’s a video shot yesterday with a GoPro HD camera strapped to the top [...]

Use Cheap VA’s to Save TONS of Time

When Nickycakes makes Facebook ads, he generally test about 100 images each round of split testing.  This could be every day, or every week, depending on volume or how well the campaign is doing.  This takes a LOT of time.  Even if you get really good at photoshop and get a good workflow going for [...]

WhatRunsWhere Busting Open New Markets

Here are some common stumbling blocks for affiliate marketers new and old alike: Can’t figure out what to promote Difficult to find new traffic sources Hard to compete with existing advertisers Can’t properly view ads in other countries Don’t know what ad copy works in other countries If you plan on being successful (and by [...]