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Chris Frost

Steve — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:21:41 +0000

Chris Frost, like many affiliates, is brimming with ideas, over flowing with thoughts, yet pushed for time to implement everything … he never did get round to developing a sure fire money making site – Moldovian Clogs!

As director of Coldsnail Ltd, he manages over twenty websites that cover a huge variety of subjects including Lingerie, Gadgets, Mobile Phones and Days Out and has seasonal/vertical websites focusing on Book Price Comparisons, Christmas, Valentines, Mother’s Day etc..

Chris is an old timer, having been involved in affiliate marketing since 2000. He’s seen it change considerably and has found himself having to adapt as time’s gone by. Having once been Google and MS Adcenter qualified, he now finds himself focusing on, and being passionate about, content driven websites.

One such website is Gadget Awards. The domain (bought 4 years ago) has laid dormant until earlier this year. There are now almost daily reviews of the latest gadgets and gizmos, focusing on those that have appeared on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show. The content is unique, regular and provides (via Easy Content Units) a list of online stockists providing the cheapest prices.

If the outdoors are more to your liking, then another of Chris’ sites The Outdoors, should prove useful. Reviews of National Trust properties (yes he’s reached that age where he thinks a National Trust Memebership is cool), current weather conditions and location maps, help draw readers in and provide them with a “unique user experience” that we continue to hear Google churn out.

Although Chris spends a lot of time and effort managing his websites, he also has a full time job as Global Service Lead for Hewlett Packard. This variance from website management offers him the diversity he has come to appreciate and expect from his numerous projects. He doesn’t consider it a 9-5 daily grind and the day he does, he plans to either quit this job and pursue affiliate marketing full time, or take a complete change in direction and move away from IT altogether.

When Chris isn’t working, he can usually be found travelling to some foreign country, SCUBA diving, whacking golf balls or quietly, almost ashamedly, supporting Tranmere Rovers. To chillax, he’ll bang out a tune on the Piano having learned from the age of 6, or can be found taking up his new passion Photography.

One piece of advice that Chris continues to give to all new affiliates is to create a website based on something you enjoy personally. By doing so, you’ll find yourself focusing more on content rather than £’s that can be generated. It will be less of a chore to keep updated and you will most probably learn and it should be less of a chore.

Frostie’s Intro Post

Mark Boyd

Steve — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:46:35 +0000

I am currently in my final year of a marketing degree at University in Aberdeen. I have been lucky enough to be able to fund my way through University with my affiliate profits. I first entered the affiliate marketing arena in 2005, when I create my first website, a betting strategies blog. I now have too many mini sites to count and a few larger affiliate sites.

I wouldn’t have got to where I am today if I hadn’t received so much help from various affiliates when I was starting out, so I’m really looking forward to giving something back by helping the newbies of today!

I am lucky enough to be involved in joint ventures with ex-Dragon Doug Richard, Smarta.com’s CEO Sháá Wasmund and also Affiliate Doctor’s very own Steve Kenny!

My main strengths are PPC, SEO and Idea Generation.

Mark’s Introductory Post

Clarke Duncan

Steve — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:29:00 +0000

Clarke is a Director at Affiliate Marketing Company UK Internet Sites Ltd set up by himself and Graeme Sandwell in 2000. He is also a Director at the Affiliate Network Paid On Results Ltd that he co-founded in 2003.

Clarke started his online career in 1996, having set-up his first site for a pop band 911 (don’t ask) and in the following year started the website Free UK Stuff (on free space without a domain, crazy), and got involved in Affiliate Marketing in ‘97 via USA Hosting company Adgrafix (who later went on to be Hosting.com). At that time it was very much a part time venture as he was still working at Virgin Megastores (1st job since he left school at 17).

Clarke is a member of Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, since 1997 and his online digital marketing career has seen him working as an Affiliate with every UK Affiliate Network and some USA ones, getting involved in PPC back when it kicked off with Goto, has been a top Espotting Affiliate, as well as an editor for Dmoz. He is very interested in all things Affiliate and has over 25 sites live across different sectors. As you can imagine, understanding SEO, domains and hosting plays a key role in seeing them succeed online and he shares some tips and information at his Affiliate Marketing Blog.

Asked why he got involved in online marketing Clarke said “I do it because I enjoy it, especially Affiliate Marketing. It’s probably the best way to market your products online yet still overlooked, albeit not as much as back in the days when you would say ‘Affiliate’ and get completely blank looks ”.

Away from business, Clarke is a father, husband; amateur photographer (with professional gear), enjoys using Twitter, is addicted to his iPhone and plays the odd online game. You can find out more at his Personal website ClarkeDuncan.com.

Clarke’s Introductory Post

Elaine Forth

Steve — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:53:05 +0000

I created my own website in 1999 and stumbled on Affiiate marketing around 2002. In 2005 we ventured into the retail market, selling kids bedding and bedroom accessories and now run 2 successful full time businesses.

All this and not a geeky bone in my body – everything’s been accomplished through CCP, SCS and BSS – Click, Copy and Paste, Sound Common Sense and Bull Sh** Sensor, PLUS I just love sitting in front of a computer ‘finding stuff out’.

Hard to quantify my strengths, but plain speaking’s certainly at the top!

Elaine’s Introductory Post

Joanna Butler

Steve — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:52:14 +0000

Joanna is a full time SEO and online marketing consultant currently based in London, UK. She’s been immersed in the online world for over 11 years and specifically in search and analytics for more than 3 years.

Joanna blames her obsession with SEO and analytics on working as a web designer and developer within the competitive ecommerce sector of mobile phones; an industry whereby generating targeted traffic and building high performance ecommerce websites means results.

Uniting this technical experience with a Professional Development Award in e-Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, both the Google Analytics and Google AdWords qualifications, Joanna brings a unique and holistic perspective to the world of SEO, analytics and online marketing strategies.

Joanna enjoys speaking at a number of industry seminars including A4U Expo in London and Think Visibility in Leeds. She has also contributed to Search Engine Journal and regularly shares her thoughts on her SEO and online marketing blog, Search Engine Chocolate.

Outside work, she enjoys exploring her new hometown of London, photography and horse riding when she can.

Joanna’s Introductory Post

Dan Barker

Steve — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:48:06 +0000

Dan Barker loves the web and loves helping people improve what they’re trying to do online.

Over the last 15 years he has built various sites from scratch and managed several others. The biggest site he managed did $8-figures a month. Many others have done £0 a month!

Across that time, Dan has worked variously as a systems admin, dba, designer, developer, email copywriter, campaign manager, e-marketing manager, e-commerce manager, sandwich maker, shoe salesman, and many things inbetween. Some of it freelance, some agency work, much for online merchants.

He has a first class software degree, a post-grad certificate in digital marketing, is a google advertising pro and a member of the institute of direct marketing. He has variously studied photography, creative writing, journalism, data for marketing, and IT law.

Today, Dan works as e-commerce manager for 2 of the UK’s loveliest arts, crafts & toy merchants. He also helps friends with various sites, has a few of his own, and very occasionally dabbles as an affiliate.

Dan’s Introductory Post

Steve Kenny

Steve — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:29:50 +0000

Steve is a part-time affiliate and relative newcomer to the industry, and so the affiliate marketing CV is a little light! However, Steve’s interests in the net began in 1999/2000 when through contacts made at First Tuesday, he assembled a team of like minded individuals and came very close to securing angel funding for a dot.com start up in the gadget sector. Alas, it was not to be as dot.com fever died and fell out of favour … possibly a blessing in disguise with the ensuing ‘bubble burst’.

Never one to give up, and with a love of all things net, Steve started to take an interest in affiliate marketing around 2007. Sectors and areas of interest include niche retail marketing, online gaming, scuba, gadgets and domaining.

Growing tired at the amount of misinformation and drivel that often awaits newcomers to affiliate marketing, he set up Affiliatedoctors.com to help new and existing affiliates gain access to a panel of experts with different skillsets from blogging and SEO to design, copywriting, PPC and social media.

Steve’s only regret – not keeping an eye on affiliate marketing from 2000 onwards!

Steve’s Introductory Post

Al Carlton

Steve — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:59:58 +0000

Al Carlton has been making a living online for the past 3 years. His portfolio of sites is diverse, including a blog network, forums, directories and various content rich affiliate sites. Al’s main areas of expertise include monetisation, SEO and out sourcing the various tasks of running an online business.

Al’s Introductory Post

Chris Clarkson

Steve — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:59:10 +0000

Chris is the Marketing Director for www.sunshine.co.uk, which involves SEO and the Sunshine.co.uk Affiliate Programme. He is also a Director of Title Tags Ltd www.titletags.co.uk, a company set up by himself and Chris Brown to provide investments and incubation for budding online entrepreneurs.

Chris started in affiliate marketing in 2003 and has been a full time affiliate since 2004, as one half of the team behind Holiday Watchdog which was sold in January 2008 to Tripadvisor.

Chris also has a hidden agenda to make Vodka & Red Bull the standard industry beverage.

Chris’s Introductory Post

Frank Paul

Steve — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:57:09 +0000

Frank is the Managing Director of Smingle Ltd whom specialise in first class Search Engine Optimisation and list some very high profile companies amongst their clients. Frank is a true entrepreneur at heart and is always looking at new opportunites and investments. His first business was at the age of 6 when he used to attend the local market with his parents and had his own mini-market stall selling button badges, turning a £2 a week pocket money into a more appealing £15 – 20 a week pocket money.

One of Frank’s latest projects is www.underwear.co.uk, and as one of the most premium UK domain names, it is the jewel in his domain portfolio crown. Frank thrives on helping others get ahead with their SEO projects and also their online and offline marketing approaches, adopting an “out the box” type attitude to increase things even further.

He recently created the biggest thread in the history of the A4U forum and is currently the most thanked member out of a 33,000 strong community.

If you have any questions which you feel Frank may be able to help you with, please let us know.

Frank’s Introductory Post