I’ve admitted I’m an affiliate marketer in the past, and other than the money this fact doesn’t give me warm fuzzies because of a few unscrupulous folks who give it a bad name. But, every now and then I run across a decent soul who I thank for inspiration. Jonathan Volk is one of those guys, and it seems Chad Frederiksen is becoming another. I don’t know a ton about Chad yet, but he inspired me today, and that counts for something.
Chad wrote an article challenging other affiliate marketers to give away a portion of their ad space on their blogs to promo the charity of their choice.
Admittedly, it’s not a huge act, and it certainly doesn’t amount to much compared with the kind of money some of these guys make, but it’s a step in a good direction.
Considering I don’t make a ton of money off of my blog advertisements anyway, it doesn’t cost me much to do either. But, I should have done this a long time ago anyway. I love what Giving Anonymously does and stands for, thus I’ve created this button and added it to my sidebar:
If you feel so inclined, I would like to extend the challenge to you as well. You don’t have to be an affiliate marketer either. If you have a blog at all, I challenge you to advertise your favorite charity and link directly to them. It can’t hurt, it can help, and it’s not hard. Enough said.
As some of you know (if you follow me on Twitter) my wife and I have been on vacation for the past week. “Vacation” is a somewhat deprecated term these days because who, really, goes on vacation? Do you really not check your business email? I check mine daily, even while I’m [...]
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My dream for microfinance
The microfinance podcast
The problem of microfinance
A solution to the microfinance problem: franchising
Resources: Microfinance franchise
My dream for microfinance
From the day I heard about a strange little thing called micro-finance (or micro-credit) I’ve had a dream to create an organization which would participate. It usually takes me a few years to make a [...]
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05
Posted by nate within Business, General, Leadership
Every once in a while (and I mean a really long while) I find something amazing, outstanding, and otherwise awesome. This evening, while watching David Letterman try to master his own jokes and waiting for the huge rainstorm of 2008 hit San Diego (all 5 inches of it), I found Eos Airlines.
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I know, being wrong sucks huh? But you are. Wrong, that is.
If you’re a twitterer and a business thinker, you’ve probably already believed it. You’ve seen the only metric available (followers) and believed that this is the way you get their (anyone’s) attention and gain credibility.
Because, you know that if you have [...]
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I want to go on record that I think the (red) campaign is a great idea. However, I am very curious as to whether or not it’s been successful.
I’ve read quite a few articles discussing RED’s successes and failures. I’m very interested in starting a campaign along a similar line, but all [...]
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Free Book Fridays: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick), by Seth Godin
For our first Free Book Friday (read the rules if you’re not sure what this is), I’m offering The Dip, by Seth Godin.
I love Seth Godin’s books. He’s a marketing genius and [...]
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I follow Mukund who follows Jeff who has great ideas. Call me an idea thief, I don’t care. This one is brilliant. Free Book Fridays.
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Here’s the deal. I’m going to give away a book a week for an undetermined amount of time. It will be a book I’ve already read, [...]
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