Forge Corporation Blog

  • The day Skype died. - Skype used to be my favourite tool. I loved the way it eased communication, connected individuals and synched video, phone and IM – free of charge!

    Today however, for me at least, a new day dawned. Today was the day that I was relentlessly spammed by a company purporting to be a Chinese importer […]

  • Is social media Digg-ing it’s own grave? - Digg.com landed itself in hot water today when it removed a HD-DVD Hack that had been posted on Digg. Users revolted by reposting the story and encouraging other users to repost – and repost they did in their droves, as reported in an earlier post by Sam Harrelson from CostPerNews. Seems that when […]
  • Off to Ad-Tech San Francisco - The office is going to feel empty this week! A full contingent of Forge Travellers are ‘Frisco’ bound to represent ForgeBusiness at the Ad-Tech San Francisco conference and exhibition. Arguably the online marketing industries biggest event with hundreds of exhibitors and an estimated 10,000 attendees over 3 days it’s not for the faint […]
  • How do people fall in love with brands? - The perception that it takes more AFFILIATES, more SEARCH, more SEO, more LEADS, more deployed AD CAMPAIGNS, more aggressive CPA to drive results.

    The truth is that while all these measures are important to the success of your online business, the fact is that if consumers are not IN LOVE WITH YOUR BRAND none of them […]

  • Everyone is a blogger ? Are you ? - I was just chatting with Jonathan while he pretended to be online looking up American Idol results (my apologies to his lovely wife Leanda) and we were comparing our wives…’ Blogs.
  • ForgeBusiness Blog » NB: Affiliates, beware the one-day cookie monster! - I think that a number of our Affiliates are unaware of how we and other Networks track sales/leads and because of this they are tempted to run campaigns on other Networks for as little as 1% more in commission.
    ForgeBusiness Affiliate Outsourced Management Blog » NB: Affiliates, beware the one-day cookie monster!
  • Forge Affiliate Summit Wrap Up - Well, we’re all finally back in action after a very successful Affiliate Summit event in Las Vegas last week. For me (Jim), it was only a 4 1/2 hour flight back home, after which I got the flu and was laid up for 24 hours. However, for the rest of the Forge crew, I think […]
  • Affiliate Summit Las Vegas - Just 5 days to go! - This coming weekend will see the largest gathering of Affiliate Marketing types in Las Vegas for the Affiliate Summit from 21st to 23rd January. I’ve been asked to speak again so I’m looking forward to a loooong flight on friday
    The office is running positively empty this week. Most of the team […]
  • BlogKits Goes Live - The Media Likes Us! - Last week marked the official launch of the BlogKits affiliate marketing network for bloggers, as powered by Forge Corporation. As founder of BlogKits, and currently the network director, I am responsible for the overall operation of the network, and, the fun part that I love the most… promoting it.
    And what a promotional week […]
  • After Christmas product returns got you down ? - If you operate a retail site that does much of it’s business in the Holiday shopping season, you are probably up to your elbows in orders right now. It’s your favorite time of the year right ? Then comes the hangover after the Holidays when the returns start coming […]