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Transformational Leadership in Affiliate Management Context

Leadership transforms management.  Transformational leadership, specifically, tends to work wonders when applied to any management environment, but especially when applied to affiliate management. Back in 1978, when James MacGregor Burns introduced the concept, he defined transformational leadership as a process in which “leaders and followers help each other to advance […]

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Integrity – Affiliate Manager's Most Admired Characteristic

A frequent mistake that leaders, and managers of all kinds (including affiliate program managers), commit is failing to admit mistakes. It is a very destructive path to follow. The main reason being that it compromises your integrity, which is, actually, the most important characteristic for any leader. Addressing this problem in

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20 Martin Luther King Quotes for Entrepreneurs and Leaders

Each year since 1992 on the third Monday of January the United States celebrate Martin Luther King Day, commemorating the life and work of the nation’s legend and inspiration. In honor of this great man of faith and vision, I’d like to devote my today’s blog post to his quotes

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Lesson of Happy Life from Steve Jobs

Yesterday we’ve lost an American genius, an inspiration to so many of us (especially in the computer- and business-related worlds)… the great Steve Jobs. And today — while there’s no lack of blog posts [hundreds of millions have already been posted!] and articles on who he was and what impact

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Small Business Influencer 2011 Awards – Vote for Me

I believe this is the first year they’re running these, and here’s how the official website describes the awards: “Small Business Influencer 2011” produced by Small Business Trends and Small Biz Technology and brought to you by Blackberry. Small Business Influencer 2011 honors companies, organizations and people who have made

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Vyacheslav Bykov, True Leadership and Affiliate Management

With the Winter Olympics 2010 going on, and the first ice hockey match involving the Russian team (the 2008 and 2009 world champions!) coming up in just two days, I was happy to find out that one of the Russian channels I have here in the U.S. was going to

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Free Affiliate Tracking Software

Many people come to my blog searching for “free affiliate tracking software”. There are a number of free (and inexpensive) scripts that merchants can install on their server to start an affiliate program. Here’s just a brief list: Affiliate Program Script Cosmic AffiliateClick SimpleAffiliate TigerTom’s Affiliate Program Software TWSC Affiliate

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Honesty is Most Important Quality for Affiliate Program Manager

The August 2009 issue of the FeedFront Magazine, one that is also going to be distributed at the upcoming Affiliate Summit East in NYC (where I’m speaking), is already out, and available in its entirety at Scribd.com. I have an article in this issue too. It is entitled “4 Characteristics

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3 Ways to Be a Happier Affiliate Program Manager

Having read through one of Harvard Business Publishing’s management tips of the day, I have decided to elaborate on the same topic but in a more narrow context — that of affiliate program management. Are you managing your affiliate program(s) staying continuously motivated and happy? Here are my 3 tips

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