I realize that it’s only March, but the third Sunday in June will be here before you know it. Like Many fathers, when my dad isn’t working, he divides his time pretty evenly between his five favorite hobbies. In the summer, he fishes. In the Winter, he hunts. On the weekend, he fixes things, whether they’re broken or not. It seems that almost every night, he watches the History Channel. I know this because he’s constantly talking about war. Finally, my father also constantly practices “being cheap” which he compliments by “having a little project on the side.”

So, if you’re an email marketer who can target dads across the country, or really any male between the ages of 25 and 65, we have some great offers for you!

To prep for the summer, we have Fishing Club. For the winter, we have Hunting Club. For the weekends, we have Handyman Club. For every weeknight, to help quench Dad’s thirst for facts, we have History Channel Club. All of these great first-page submits pay $1.60!

Finally, to help Dad to catch that extra buck he’s always chasing, we have Rich Dad Coaching which pays a whopping $5.80 for a first-page submit!

We are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at LeadsCon in Las Vegas ! This exciting event will take place from February 23-24, 2010 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino. Not only will the conference be in an exhilarating (and slightly crazy) environment, but LeadsCon will also offer access to the top dogs in the lead generation space. Facebook, Wells Fargo, and The Washington Post are a few of the notable companies that will be present. The conference will include over 750 exhibitors with a projected attendance of 1,400+ people from varying B2C to B2B lead generation verticals.

Before we head out to Las Vegas, here are a couple things you might want to know about Blue Phoenix Media, Inc. before meeting us at LeadsCon. We have an extensive list of 200+ advertisers and 4,000+ active publishers that make up our affiliate network. We built and own 20+ exclusive web properties to maximize brand awareness as well as Education Portals that generate quality leads through our proprietary lead generation technology. Education, Consumer Products, Health and Diet are the top performing verticals however, we also offer campaigns in over 20 other verticals. And lastly, we have a Coreg platform to serve into registration pages to monetize websites.

Now that you know a bit more about us, we think it’s time for you to meet the Blue Phoenix Media, Inc. team! Our CEO Amy Sheridan and COO Malaika Schmidt, founders of Blue Phoenix Media, Inc. along with the team of affiliate managers will be setting up shop at LeadsCon. If you’d like to schedule a meeting in advance, shoot us an email at meetings@bluephoenixmedia.com, otherwise just stop by Table T-12 February 23-24, at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. See you there!

As I celebrate another birthday and reflect upon my youth, I realize how soft my generation has gotten. It used to be that to write a paper, one had to select a topic, go to the library, and find appropriate research materials using something called the Dewey Decimal System. Now all you have to do to achieve the same thing is to plug a few search terms into a search engine without leaving the comfort of your own home. Even worse was having to actually *read* through a lot of the material in order to even know whether or not it was even relevant to your paper. “Ctrl+F” has pretty much solved that little problem.

The absolute worst part (and this may be a little bit more specific to me, personally), was having to use a foreign language dictionary. I spent a lot of time in high school and college studying foreign languages, and spent hours of my life sweating over whether the translation of “wind” that I had used in a paper meant “air that’s moving fast” or “what you might do to a watch” (yes I had a watch that wound).

If I had had a product like Babylon Translation Software, I could have avoided many sleepless nights. I may have even gotten better grades. It’s a quick download, available in 19 countries over five continents. Learn how to say “show me the money” in every language on the planet!

  The Blue Phoenix Media team will be at the Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Vegas!  This event will be fully loaded with experts, vendors, affiliate merchants and networks ready to share their expertise and create money making relationships that will help affiliates rack up on the big bucks for 2010 and so on.  Some of the speakers include Larry Adams from Google, Dave Gaetano of the New York Times and the CEO of Offers.com, Steve Schaffer.  Some other companies that will be in the building are Facebook, Affiliate Future, Resource Nation and Hub Spot. 

Yes, these speakers and companies are fabulous movers and shakers of the online marketing world; however, it’s only right that we take a few seconds to boast a few of our many attributes that we feel you should know about before meeting us at Affiliate Summit West.  We’re known for our affiliate network which consists of over 200 advertisers and 4,000 publishers.  We’ve got our back end PHP server along with 20+ exclusive web properties to maximize brand awareness that we’ve built and own as well as various Education Portals that generate quality leads.  We offer campaigns in over 20 verticals which include Education, Consumer Products, Health and Diet, to name a few.  We also have a Coreg platform to serve into registration pages to monetize websites.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, our CEO Amy Sheridan and COO Malaika Schmidt along with their team of affiliate managers will be in full effect at Affiliate Summit.  If you’d like to schedule a meeting, shoot us an email at Meetings@BluePhoenixMedia.com, otherwise just stop by Table #7 on Sunday January 17, at the Affiliate Meet Market, Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Amazon A-E
Time: 12:00pm – 6:00pm .  See you soon!

  We are pleased to announce that Blue Phoenix Media Inc. will be in full effect at this year’s Ad Tech New York City event!  This action packed conference will be taking place from November 4th-6th at the Jacob Javits Center.  Some presenters include Jimmy Wales who is the founder of Wikipedia, WPP’s Chief Executive Sir Martin Sorrell and Jonathan Miller who is the Chief Digital Officer of News Corporation.  Other speakers will be coming from companies such as MTV Networks, Walmart.com, Google, and Hyundai to name a few.  The conference will include over 200 speakers, more than 60 value driven panels and the expo will feature 250+ exhibitors, including ourselves. 

Aside from Blue Phoenix Media being known for its affiliate network which is comprised of over 200 advertisers and 3,000 active publishers, we also boast 20+ exclusive web properties to maximize brand awareness that we’ve built and own as well as various Education Portals that generate quality leads.  Although our most successful verticals are Education, Consumer Products and Health and Pharmaceuticals, we offer campaigns in over 20 other verticals.  Alongside our proprietary lead generation technology, we have a Coreg platform to serve into registration pages to monetize websites.

Other than some remarkable and well experienced speakers, you’ll find our staff of affiliate managers at the upcoming Ad Tech NYC event.  Talk about another great reason to go, right?  Our CEO Amy Sheridan and COO Malaika Schmidt, founders of Blue Phoenix Media, Inc. will be present as well.   If you would like to set up a meeting in advance, please email meetings@bluephoenixmedia.com.  So, if you haven’t been hiding under a rock, you know better than to not miss this event.  Stop by booth #2118.  See you there!

If you’re a publisher starting out in affiliate marketing, more often than not, you will face the daunting task of figuring out which networks you should work with. Here are a few, hopefully helpful tips to navigate you through picking the right network partner for you.

The first question that every affiliate should ask themselves when considering a network partner is to ask, what does this network have to offer me? One of the great keys to finding success in affiliate marketing is running offers that not everyone is running, so you’re not faced with a ton of competition. This means working with networks that have campaigns direct with the advertiser and, even better, working with networks that create their own exclusive offers. For example, Blue Phoenix carries its own exclusive education offers that you cannot grab anywhere else.

Next is figuring out what payouts your potential network partner is offering for the campaigns that you are interested in. The general rule with payouts are that the bigger number is most of the time better. However, this might not always be the case though. One example is if you are considering a campaign that pays at $40 in one network and $33 in another network. Be sure to ask your account managers how long a campaign has been up. You don’t want to put time and effort into a campaign at a $40 payout and then have that same campaign go down in two days. Your better bet would be to run a slightly lower paying campaign but have that campaign run it for a longer period of time.

Another important factor are payment terms. Net 30 payment is standard, however, be sure to ask your affiliate manager for campaigns that pay earlier so that you have funds ready on hand to continue promoting the offers and maybe even pick up new ones to run in the process.

Perhaps the more important aspect that affiliates sometimes forget to take into consideration when choosing a network is how great is the customer service of your network partners. Are your account managers calling you and making sure that you have everything you need to promote their network’s offers? Are they sending you emails in regards to the newest campaigns to arrive on the network or the latest payout increases? Is your network taking a proactive approach to combating fraud so that publishers who are legitimately promoting do not lose out on quality campaigns due to fraudulent activity?

With the number of networks that are out there, you can never be too picky with the networks you choose to work with. After all, these networks do sign your checks at the end of the day.

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