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Topics in this issue:
- ClubMom CEO Named Keynote for Affiliate Summit
- Affiliate Marketing 101: Protect Your Brand
- Highlights from Affiliate Summit 2006 East
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- Join the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board
Established in 1999, ClubMom is an innovator and leader in affiliate marketing on both the merchant and affiliates sides.
The ClubMom affiliate program was launched in March 2000. The ClubMom Online Mall enables moms to earn points to redeem for rewards when shopping with over 300 retailers.
Michael Sanchez is a business visionary who brought ClubMom from a start-up in the late 1990's through the Dot-com Bubble Burst and into profitability. Affiliate marketers will benefit greatly from his insight and experience.
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clubmom_ceo_named_keynote_for_affiliate_summit.html.
Listen to a podcast about the Affiliate Summit keynote.
The bit of gossip discussed how the CEO of public relations firm 5WPR, Ronn Torossian, has been cybersquatting on domain names of his competitors.
Some examples of domains directing to 5WPR.com are those purportedly for Dan Klores (danklorespr.com), Howard Rubenstein (howardrubenstein.com), and Susan Blond (susanblondpr.com).
The real sites are dkcnews.com, rubenstein.com, susanblondinc.com, respectively.
According to the Strumpette blog, Susan Blond "went ballistic" upon finding out about the domain trickery.
Anyhow, I'm surprised that these well known companies didn't better protect their online identities. Buying domain typos for your business is basic stuff for any company using the Internet.
Another key domain for companies to purchase is a version with no dot after the www (i.e. wwwdomain.com).
As I am writing this, all three PR firms mentioned above have neglected to grab this typo for their domains. Ironically, somebody did pick up www5WPR.com, and it doesn't look like it was Torossian.
Comments from a number of attendees including Wayne Porter, James Martell, Vinny Lingham, Tim Storm and many others, plus footage from the conference.
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