Affiliate Convention
December 3-4, Los Angeles California. Got this one late, but if
you register before November 5th - you'll pay $595USD. Before
November 27th and it goes up to $675USD, which is still a bargain
compared to registering at the door $850USD!
Hotel this year is the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in 'lovely'
downtown Los Angeles.
I'm not going, saving up for Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Vegas!
Now for the tools, which is what you came to see.
1. Swagly
Is another 'word of mouth sorta' social media site with a slight twist. They
make it possible for users to buy products they see in their "friends"
photos or videos. If you're promoting with video or using merchant photos,
this might be something to take a look at.
There's a hiccup though and you won't see it until you go to their FAQ:
Your users have to join to vote on a product. It's still in Beta and for
US or Canadian affiliates at the moment.
2. Zaypay
If you've been considering using mobile marketing and need a way to accept micro payments on your sites but couldn't figure out how to make it work - this might be your solution, especially if you live outside North America.
Essentially, it uses one API to track everything all your sales but make sure
you click on the payments tab! Because it only tracks payments made by phone or text message. I have no experience using it but the only thing that would concern me is how you would handle the privacy issue, not to mention how you prevent fraudulent orders.
3. Faststone Capture
This is a nifty but powerful, full-featured screen capture tool that allows you to easily capture and edit anything on the screen including windows, objects and even scrolling windows/web pages.
It also allows you to record screen activities and sound into highly compressed video files then you can save your files in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIFF and PDF formats.
At only $19.95USD for a lifetime license, no adware or spyware you can't go too far wrong getting a copy.
That's it for today and I leave you with this -
It is not enough to just do your best or work hard.
You must know what to work on ~W. Edwards Deming
