Archive for February, 2010
CTB Direct Hires GHC for New Affiliate Program in ShareASale
Posted by: | CommentsAs you can tell, I’ve been adding some very diverse clients to the list of managed programs lately. CTB Direct is a unique new program that sells premium outdoor clothing. Their Lakin McKey shirts look perfect for my cold office. I don’t do a lot of hiking or ditch digging so this might be the best use for me. CTB launched on ShareASale back in December and needs some top affiliates promoting their products. I’m happy to help them build the bridge with new affiliates.
Key Industries® has partnered with CTB Direct to offer the full line of Key Industries clothing through one online venue. We offer top of line products in men, women, and children outdoor clothing. Great for work or recreation. By partnering with CTB Direct, customers now have access to other Key Industries clothing lines available through a professional and trustworthy Internet retailer. ComeToBuy, Inc., the parent company of CTB Direct, has been in business since 1999 and is a leader in Internet retailing innovation and customer service. Our highest priority is delivering the products our customers want.

Program Benefits:
Commission: 6%
Cookie: 60 Days
Avg Sale: $75
Sign up link: CTB Direct on ShareASale
Nanodots Chooses Greg Hoffman for Affiliate Manager
Posted by: | CommentsI can’t wait to see the kids testing their Nanodots.

Nanodots are spherical magnetic constructors crafted from rare earth elements. The individual dots can be assembled into an infinite number of shapes and impressive symmetries.
This could be the sleeper toy program of the year. I picture nanodots on the desks of lots of executives this year!
Program Benefits
Commission: 10% – increases based on performance!
Cookie: 30 days
Sign up link: Nanodots on ShareASale
Excerpt from When Turtles Fly by Nikki Stone
Posted by: | CommentsIntroduction
by Nikki Stone
Author of When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How To Stick Their Necks Out
I pushed the enormous rocking chair across the lime-green shag carpet. This would be the last piece of furniture I would need to complete my own Olympic podium. I had just watched Olympic Gymnastics Champion Nadia Comaneci stand on top of the real deal, and I wanted to see how it felt.
I slowly climbed onto the wobbly rocking chair, my pigtails swooshing back and forth. Occasionally a few hairs would catch on my eyelashes and I would pull the strands away from my face so I could continue on my mission. I calculated the chair’s rhythm, carefully threw my leg over the back and slowly climbed up onto the lacquered old end table. I pushed myself to my feet and threw my fists toward the ceiling in victory. A huge smile broke across my freckled face as I imagined the crowds cheering around me and the camera bulbs going off left and right. I had my answer. It felt incredible!
My mother and father came in from the family room to see what the commotion was. I beamed down at them and stated with confidence, “I’m going to win the ‘lympics!”
Now, I think most parents would be a bit leery of giving their five-year-old daughter any genuine encouragement for this giant undertaking, especially seeing that, in all likelihood, she had a better chance of winning the lottery than the Olympics someday. But my parents never flinched. I never saw any reservation on their faces when I declared my goal.
My mom lifted me off the “podium,” plopped me down on the plaid easy chair and said, “Well, then I guess it’s time for me to teach you about the Turtle Effect.”
At the time, this meant little more to me than a chance to potentially hit them up for a pet turtle at Dom’s local pet store. But I realized that if I was going to turn those living room chairs and table into a real Olympic podium, I had to learn what this Turtle Effect really meant.
She explained to me that if I wanted to be successful, I needed to be soft on the inside, I had to have a hard shell, and I had to be willing to stick my neck out.
To have a soft inside, I would need a passion for my pursuits. To build a hard shell, I’d have to focus on the task at hand, completely commit to my goals, and develop the ability to overcome any adversity that was thrown my way. And in order to stick my neck out, I’d have to have confidence, take substantial risks, and be a team player in order to succeed. Those seven lessons were key in mastering the Turtle Effect.
As I grew and developed through my years in gymnastics, and eventually, aerial freestyle skiing, I found my mom’s advice invaluable. But it wasn’t just her words about the Turtle Effect that helped me to become an Olympic champion. It was putting them into action, and experiencing challenges and pitfalls that would eventually help me understand the true depth of their power. Later, I found that by explaining these ideas to others, though motivational speeches, I could help many individuals accomplish their goals.
Galvanized by the possibilities, I decided to create a book that would offer people many profound and amazing stories for motivation, as well as hands-on activities to help them make changes themselves. I sat down and put together a list of people whose lives I found to be truly inspiring, and who’d worked hard to reach the top of their “game”. I included accomplished businessmen and women, athletes, politicians, celebrities, authors, Nobel Prize winners, musicians and philanthropists. In telling their stories, these individuals, many of whom I’ve come to know, all shared a part of the Turtle Effect that helped them find their own success. To continue the inspiration, I’ve included one more special bonus story online that you can view at www.WhenTurtlesFly.com.
Each story is followed by a daily activity that has proved successful at my coaching sessions in changing people’s lives in a concrete way, exercises you can use to improve your own personal and professional life. They serve as hands-on tools to help you enhance and develop your passion, focus, commitment, ability to overcome adversity, risk taking, and team building. From my years of experience as an athlete, speaker and peak performance coach, and by studying the habits of many powerful individuals I’ve encountered, I’ve come up with highly effective steps to encourage advancement in any career. Each activity includes blank space for you to keep notes on your own transformation.
Whether I’m mentoring future Olympic medalists, motivating hotshot businesspeople, or coaching eager young professionals, I find the Turtle Effect works brilliantly to help people reach success.
It’s never too late or too early to pursue your dreams, and you’re never too successful to work toward new goals. So get ready for the adventure of a lifetime.
Get ready to fly!
The above is an excerpt from the book When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How To Stick Their Necks Out by Nikki Stone. The above excerpt is a digitally scanned reproduction of text from print. Although this excerpt has been proofread, occasional errors may appear due to the scanning process. Please refer to the finished book for accuracy.
Copyright © 2010 Nikki Stone, author of When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How To Stick Their Necks Out
Author Bio
At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, Nikki Stone, author of When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How To Stick Their Necks Out, became America’s first-ever Olympic champion in the sport of aerial skiing. What made this performance so unbelievable was the fact that, less than two years earlier, a chronic spinal injury prevented her from standing, much less walking or skiing off a twelve-foot-tall snow jump that launches aerialists fifty feet into the air. She overcame the injury and went on to earn 35 World Cup medals, 11 World Cup titles, 4 national titles, 3 World Cup titles, a World Championship title, and membership in the Ski Hall of Fame. Nikki is also a magna cum laude graduate of Union College and a summa cum laude masters graduate of the University of Utah. Her aerial retirement is less than restful as she trains Olympic athletes and business professionals in speaking/media skills, coaches personal and professional development courses, hosts group skiing adventures, sits on five different charitable committees, and writes articles and columns for many magazines, newspapers, and websites. Nikki’s career focus is now on traveling around the world working as a sought-after motivational speaker, sharing her secrets to success by inspiring her business audiences to “Stick their necks out.” Every spare moment is spent with husband, Michael Spencer, and daughter, Zali, in Park City, Utah.
For more information, please visit www.WhenTurtlesFly.com.
*** I received this book for free to review from FSB Associates.
Hardware World Chooses GHC for Outsourced Program Management
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I love selling nuts and bolts.
Hardware World launched its affiliate program in ShareASale a little more than a month ago and has already seen high conversions and high EPC. We carry everything you would find in your local hardware store – over 40,000 items ! The items we carry apply to every household in America – you can find something of interest to all of your customers. We work hard to offer the cheapest prices on the web. Your customers will find our prices very competitive. We offer same-day shipping on in-stock orders placed by noon central. We have both email- and phone- based support, and have high ratings for customer service on web rating systems. We have incredible breadth – items from a 3 cent washer to a $700 tool combo set.
We will be launching new banners, text links and coupons in the next few weeks. Our datafeed is up and running and we will be applying to Popshops.
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Program Benefits
Commission: 5%
EPC: $30.86
Conversion: 9%
Sign up link: Hardware World on ShareASale
Increased Default Commission for Flirty Aprons
Posted by: | CommentsThe Flirty Aprons Affiliate Program started with such a bang just before the holidays, we want to reward affiliates with a permanent bump in commission. Your new default commission is 15% in ShareASale, Commission Junction and PepperJam. December had an unbelievable conversion rate in ShareAsale – 11.37% and a very good performance in CJ with 5.35%. Sales for Valentines Day were still strong but we anticipate an even bigger holiday for Mother’s Day. Last year, site statistics were off the scale in April and May. Believe the hype!
There is one other change in terms. We are restricting trademark bidding in all networks. We have chosen select partners for trademark bidding but we certainly encourage affiliates to use our non-trademark keywords. If you are interested in non-trademark bidding, please contact us and we can work with you on an even higher commission.
Sign up for Flirty Aprons in ShareASale.
Sign up for Flirty Aprons in CJ.
Sign up for Flirty Aprons in PepperJam.

My personalized gifts
Posted by: | CommentsSince picking up the affiliate management of the A Gift Personalized program in ShareASale last year, I’ve purchased two very nice products and had them personalized. The first was a Personalized “Cabin” Series Vintage Signs for my parent’s new home in the mountains of North Georgia. I think it’s going to be on their wall forever.

The second is a recent purchase for myself. We ran an offer on Woot for a personalized multipurpose tool. Of course it had to say “Gorilla”. I’ve always wanted one of these.

I thought I would quickly share my experiences with AGiftPersonalized.com. Fast personalization on lots of gifts. Sign up for the A Gift Personalized affiliate program today.
- 20% Commission
- 90-Day Cookie
- Exclusive Coupons
- Well Organized Datafeed
- Affiliate Promotions
- Parasite Free
Zipit Zipper Bags Coupon and Affiliate Video
Posted by: | CommentsZipit Zipper Bags is off to a great start with its affiliate program in ShareASale. I have several samples and my wife and daughter love them. My sample is a coin purse and I always have it my backpack, very handy!
Don’t forget to promote this month’s coupon in the ShareASale Deals and Coupon database, DealID 26660 — $5 off minimum purchase of $50, expires 2/28. Use code SAS5MN50
I thought about doing a quick, informal video about how cool it is, but I’ll spare you my performance and show you a professional video that is loaded and ready to go in ShareASale as a trackable video. Get this video up now! If you haven’t joined the program join Zipit on ShareASale and earn 15% on all sales.
(Note: This is my affiliate link but since I manage the program I have reduced my commission to 0%)










