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How To Set Up Affiliate Link Tracking With Google Analytics

I set up this code a good while ago but recently realized that I needed to be sharing this information with the general public.

Basically, If you want to track an external link in Google Analytics as a goal or just to know what’s happening, here is some code to get it done.

Code for JS incude
function goNow(location, linkType){
urchinTracker("/aff-link/" + linkType);
//document.location = location;
window.open(location);
}

Code for your header in every page (remove spaces in open and closing script tags)
< script src="/javascripts/aff-track.js" type="text/javascript">< /script>

Code for your links(remove spaces in open and closing a tags)
< a href="javascript:void(0);" onClick="goNow(' http://www.site.com/affvar=AFFID','linkID');">Link Text< /a >

Use the linkID for whatever you want to show up to differentiate different link types.
It will show up in GA as a page load for www.site.com/aff-link/linkID

Once you get it working, you can set up www.site.com/aff-link/ as a goal page with a $$ value.

Good luck and happy tracking.

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Bold Interactive is the industry leader of sexy infinitely reconfigurable real-world mega-leading-edge, holistic structuring.

We are currently re-branding and re-positioning Bold Interactive.

We just finished our home page copy and I wanted to publish it here and get some feedback.

If you have a moment, please go through it and let us know what you think in the comments of this post. Be sure to read it all the way to the end.

Quick: do you have a synergistic plan of action for managing new user communities?

We here at Bold Interactive realize that it is better to utilize extensibly than to cultivate wirelessly. Your budget for monetizing should be at least three times your budget for visualizing. We believe we know that if you benchmark extensibly then you may also iterate perfectly. The TQC factor can be summed up in one word: client-focused.

Think wireless, 24/7, global. Think C2C2B. Without Total Quality Control reports, you will lack compelling Total Quality Control. If you brand virally, you may have to recontextualize interactively. The reconfigurable e-commerce factor can be summed up in one word: efficient. The accounting supervising factor can be summed up in one word: cross-media. What does the term “versioning” really mean? We have come to know that if you incubate vertically then you may also matrix compellingly. Without C2C2B TQM, you will lack accounting.

The capacity to orchestrate intra-intuitively leads to the power to transform efficiently.

The power to expedite robustly leads to the aptitude to recontextualize macro-nano-magnetically. Think wireless. Think customer-directed. Think customer-directed, real-world. But don’t think all three at the same time. If you synthesize iteravely, you may have to utilize mega-wirelessly. The metrics for compliance are more well-understood if they are not sticky. We realize that if you reinvent strategically then you may also optimize virtually.

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What does the commonly-used term “performance” really mean?

Bold Interactive is the industry leader of sexy infinitely reconfigurable real-world mega-leading-edge, holistic structuring.

What do we e-enable? Anything and everything, regardless of anonymity! Imagine a combination of OWL and CSS. Is it more important for something to be 24/7/365 or to be fractal? Your budget for monetizing should be at least twice your budget for cultivating. Think 1000/60/60/24/7/365. Think global. Think 60/24/7/365. But don’t think all three at the same time.

Think nano-reality-based. We believe we know that if you utilize compellingly then you may also cultivate seamlessly. We think we know that if you incentivize magnetically then you may also reintermediate virally. The re-sizing factor can be summed up in one word: bricks-and-clicks, sticky. Without TQM, you will lack reporting.

Quick: do you have a co-branded plan for coping with emerging micro-micro-eyeballs?

What does the term “enterprise” really mean?

We here at Bold Interactive realize that it is better to upgrade robustly than to harness vertically. The extensible, value-added power shifts factor is cross-platform. Do you have a strategy to become cross-platform? Think cutting-edge. Think macro-compelling, value-added. We believe we know that it is better to utilize mega-micro-virally than to benchmark strategically. We will regenerate our power to visualize without decrementing our aptitude to strategize. We have proven we know that if you engage dynamically then you may also redefine efficiently. Your budget for streamlining should be at least one-third of your budget for embracing. What do we morph? Anything and everything, regardless of obscureness! We apply the proverb “A fool and his money are soon parted” not only to our experiences but our ability to transition.
The re-purposing factor is C2B2B.

We will reinvent the power of platforms to integrate.

Bold Interactive practically invented the term “M&A”. Our functionality is unparalleled in the industry, but our best-of-breed e-commerce and easy configuration is usually considered a terrific achievement. We will scale up our capacity to visualize without reducing our ability to enable. We apply the proverb “It never rains but it pours” not only to our bloatware supervising but our capability to facilitate. We understand that if you actualize robustly then you may also facilitate wirelessly.

If you whiteboard macro-mega-efficiently, you may have to syndicate perfectly. What do we e-enable? Anything and everything, regardless of unimportance! The versioning supervising factor can be summed up in one word: strategic. We will rev up our power to disintermediate without lessening our aptitude to utilize. The metrics for supply-chains are more well-understood if they are not killer. The metrics for reality-based, integrated angel investors are more well-understood if they are not integrated.

Bold Interactive practically invented the term “e-markets”.

What does the jargon-based term “TQC” really mean? What does the commonly-accepted standard industry term “synergistic” really mean? The power to drive holistically leads to the capacity to cultivate super-cyber-transparently. We pride ourselves not only on our feature set, but our newbie-proof administration and non-complex use. We have proven we know that it is better to transform proactively than to incentivize compellingly.

If you seize globally, you may have to grow intuitively. If all of this seems unclear to you, that’s because it is! We understand that it is better to leverage compellingly than to evolve holistically. Is it more important for something to be subscriber-defined or to be visionary? We think that most synergistic entry pages use far too much PNG, and not enough PNG. The metrics for turn-key, intuitive, sexy, user-defined convergence supervising are more well-understood if they are not 60/24/7/365.

The real story.

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Gooruze Is Crack For On-Line Marketers

So after being invited by a couple of different people to the beta for Gooruze and then not joining, I finally caved last night and logged about 2 hours on the site.

tyrone biggums

The tech is solid, nothing too spectacular but good. It’s a scalable social media app that focuses on incentivising participation with an action based scoring system.

With about 3 total hours logged, I’m already #20! (Gooruze member standings)

Now as a social media marketer I have seen all of this before in a number of different verticals and I know that the most important aspects of a community are 3 fold.

In order to ensure success you need:

      People with a shared passion (interest isn’t enough)
      A clear UI
      Participation Incentives

But what’s different about Gooruze that has me acting like Tyrone Biggums.

      They are focused on MY passion. On-Line Marketing.
      They targeted the right people in the industry to be a part of the founding community members to seed the site before even the beta launch.

That being said, I’m hooked.

I can’t not track my site wide ranking as I ask, comment, and write the time away. Now that I am up to # 20 though, who knows how long I will be able to keep it up as more and more brilliant online marketers join this new platform.

I am already talking to the founders about licensing options of this app for a couple of my clients who have a need for mobilizing a passion centric online community. I will keep you posted on some of the details as things move forward.

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Ignore please - boldadam.gooruze.com

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GiveAndGo.org or LocalCasters.com - What will be my cause of causes

giveandgo

A few weeks back I complained about not having anything to stand for or a movement to really get behind and make my own. I have plenty of ideas and many opportunities that would most likely lead somewhere if I only just committed to something.

Well talk is cheap, time is money and I don’t feel like wasting talk or time anymore.

I have narrowed it down to 2 finalists.

I have 2 core concepts that have been dancing in my head for way to long and I am prepared to move forward on either of them. GiveAndGo.org and LocalCasters.com.

These are 2 completely different ideas with the core linking concept that they are social media projects which require a large community of participants where all are compensated for their involvement in one way ore another.

GiveAndGo.org

The GiveAndGo.org concept was born of perspiration and inspiration. Keith Cassell of Cassell Design (I sublease space in his office in Durham) was telling me about a web page he has setup to track the progress of an incremental cross country bike ride he was doing to raise $ for a good cause. At the end of it all, he had traversed the equivalent of a cross country trip without ever leaving Durham and the surrounding areas. He also managed to raise a nice stack of cash for a good cause.

It got me thinking, we could absolutely create a system to allow people to raise $ for charities through goal based physical action. If I wanted to get sponsors to give me $1 for every game of ultimate Frisbee I played over the net year to raise $ for Urban Ministries of Durham. I would be able to set it all up at GiveAndGo.org.

We would handle all the cash and would create a system that would help them track progress, raise awareness, find sponsors and whatever else we can do help them in their journey. Keith and I talked more over the following 6 months and we already have a preliminary business plan in place. Now we need to polish the idea and get our proposal into circulation for investment.

LocalCasters.com:

If you couldn’t guess by the URL, would be a local media outlet for Indie producers who want to cover the happenings of their favorite haunts. We would allow them to upload video, pics, text from their cell phones in order to have the most timely content available on local happenings. Yahoo and CNN are already doing things on a national level to this effect but I have yet to see a craigslist for local, user generated, journalistic media. Revenue would come from 2 sources and would be shared with the producers based on % of overall page views of their content and our total revenues for a given time period. There are other details of this project that are already worked which will remain under wraps for now.

I figure we will need to launch in one market and partner with local media outlets for phase 1 in order to prove the concept before moving the top us metro markets. (and then the ENTIRE WORLD, muahaha, muahahahahah, muaahahahahahahaahaah… sorry.)

What I need to get started on these concepts:
A business plan writer
A lead developer

What I will need in 4 months:
Angel funding (or charity sponsorship for GiveAndGo.org)
A business developer
A site editor

What I have to offer:
A Winning concept, guidance, leadership, and, of course, the almighty equity.

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I Have Officially Thrown The Microsoft Yoke For Good

About 6 months ago I made the move over to an Intel Mac from my PC. I couldn’t be more happy about it. I love my mac and it has preformed for me with no questions asked.

apple vs microsoft

The only Microsuck thing that I still used on a regular basis was Entourage. It’s the mac version of outlook. The funny thing, is that Entourage was the only program on my Mac that had performance issues. It would cause the computer to freeze up on occasion as well as not allow it to shut down because of a 5 minute long spam deletion process.

Well, I am finally rid of that final vestige of Microsoft oppression.

How did I do it you might be wondering.

I switched over to Gmail and Google Calendar. I was already using Google docs for my word processing.

In the immortal words of Darth Vader, “Soon the transformation will be complete.”

Now the only product I still use is excel. Sometime next week I am going to dig into open office and rid myself of that vex as well.

I wonder how long it will take for Google to loose it’s appeal and become the next dark lord or computing environments?

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Subject: RE: SEO Pricing

Proposal

I received an email this morning from a company I have talked to on a couple of occasions about how we might be able to work together. After writing my response I thought it prudent to post the exchange for others.

Subject: SEO Pricing

Adam,

Hope everything’s going well, how is your new consulting business going? I have several clients interested in SEO and I have traditionally just managed them with another firm in Ohio, but I wanted to see what your prices would be to manage some SEO. I think I could bring you a couple of accounts, they would be very strict on seeing results, and they would probably want to optimize for 10 keywords. Do you do this? If so, what’s your pricing?

Thanks,

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My Response

Subject: Re: SEO Pricing

I traditionally don’t work that way.

People who want to see results on 10 keywords don’t tend to understand online marketing. Additionally, they view SEO as a single marketing channel that you throw money at for results rather than realizing that search rankings are just one part of what should be a multi-channel strategy that focuses on listening to customers, building relationships and doing everything in their power to bring value to their marketplace wherever and whenever it wants it.

I try not to focus solely on rankings. I help improve companies and marketing campaigns. The rankings tend to follow when those other things are taken care of.

That being said, I am more than willing to talk to anyone you think could benefit form a conversation with me.

Just know not to expect anything like “30 pages a month of optimized copy and keywords, with monthly search engine submissions. Top 10 ranking positions GUARANTEED!”.

Adam Schultz

This is less about this person not getting what online marketing in today’s online marketplace looks like and more a comment about what SEO was and what it should be.

Should I have handled my response differently?

What would you have done?

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You say you want a revolution…

Here is the text of an email I just received from MoveOn.org that I thought needed to be shared.

I just learned about a really important issue, and signed a petition about it. The federal government is on the verge of turning over a huge portion of our public airwaves to companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast–who will use them for private enrichment instead of the public good.

These newly available airwaves are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revolutionize Internet access — beaming high-speed signals to every park bench, coffee shop, workplace, and home in America. Phone and cable companies don’t want this competition to their Internet service–they’d rather purchase the airwaves at auction and sit on them.

You can sign the petition I signed here - urging the government to make sure the public airwaves are used for the public good:

http://civic.moveon.org/airwaves/?r_by=10433-5211591-qs9ZKc&rc=paste

Thanks!

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Joost Invites - You know, for friends.

Guess what kiddies, the days of limited Joost invites are over.

Joost for friends

Joost has just released a new version called, Joost for Friends, and the invite limitation is gone.

We will have a new kind of contest for those who don’t know anyone else who can give them an invite.

Post a comment that has to do with Joost that will make me laugh.

If I laugh, I will send you an invite.

Thats it.

There is no time limit and as long as Joost allows me to send invites and you make me laugh, I will keep sending them out.

Good luck and happy commenting.

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Joost Diss Idol - Live Results Show!

And the winner of the 3rd and final Joost invite give away is…

earn your joost invite

Zach

Jack was the winner of the second contest and therefore was the judge and jury for this one.

Here are some of Zach’s entries as well as some words from Jack.

Zach submitted many ‘yo mama’ disses that I enjoyed very much including,

  • Yo Mama’s so stupid, even with Joost, it took her 90 minutes to watch 60
    minutes.

  • Yo mama so stupid when she saw the NC-17 (under 17 not admitted) sign on
    Joost, she went home and got 16 friends.

Congrats to Zach.

Second place goes to Lloyd with the following entry:

  • One. Cut a hole in the box…
    Two. Put your JOOST in that boooxxx!!
    Three. Make her open that box

    I put my JOOST in a box for you. Why don’t you tell your momma to beta test it.

Thanks again to everyone who participated.

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Earn Your Joost, Episode 3 - Revenge of the Diss

We’ll its time for another exciting round of EARN YOUR JOOST!

Earn your Joost

Last episode’s winner of the “Best Pick-Up Lines with Joost in them” contest was Jack Freeman.

He also had the privilege of choosing the contest for the final invite.

The next contest to EARN YOUR JOOST is:

Joost Disses
Who ever comes up with the best cut-down with the word Joost in it will win the invite.

Jack will serve as your judge and jury. So if you plan to do any ass kissing (Melissa), his is the ass to kiss.

We will accept entries until Sunday (29th) at midnight and will announce the winner Monday morning.

Good luck and may the best diss win!

PS. If you comment “I want an invite” this will happen to you. (Watch below)

UPDATE: Contest Closed - Live Results Show!

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