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PageRank & Backlink Update…Also Organic Site Reviews…

Just dropping a quick note to let you guys know we’ll be doing a LIVE show tomorrow @ 4pm EST to discuss the latest PR and Backlink Update at Google.
Then, of course as promised…we’ll be doing a site review tomorrow. If you’d like to have your site reviewed…you can also feel free to post it here & we’ll be happy to contact you in regards to having your review as a part of the show.
Or as always you could just send an email to daron @ webmasterradio.fm and give me the details so that we can dive in head first and maybe give ya some free professional help while also helping those in the community that may not yet have encountered the hurdle you do now.

That’s why we’re here. So feel free….ask away!

Affiliate Convention Videos

Two videos recently added to the Affiliate Convention website suggest a grass-roots revolution is taking place in the affiliate marketing space. The first video, produced by professional convention organizer Mark Lesnick outlines the programming directions of the newest conference he is involved with.

The Affiliate Convention (which is being presented in part by WebmasterRadio.FM) will be designed and programmed with affiliate marketers in mind. The show, which is free for working affiliate marketers to attend, takes place in Denver Colorado from June 17 – 20 and is the first of a series of conferences for affiliate marketers and affiliate managers.

“Some conferences cost over $1700 to attend,” says Lesnick early in the video, “As a fundamental difference, we believe that affiliates should not have to pay an entrance fee to attend the event”.

The show is being held in Denver in order to keep costs as low as possible for working affiliate marketers. Denver is the most central major city in the United States and is a hub airport for several national airlines. It also has lower hotel and accommodation costs than many other comparable cities.

“Think of Affiliate Convention as your home,” Lesnick continues, “it’s your place to negotiate for better revenue percentages; it’s also your soapbox, your place to state your issues. We want you to participate in Affiliate Convention as you will gain more for the industry and for your business.”

One of the goals of Affiliate Convention is to give affiliate marketers and affiliate managers a greater say in the way their industry works. The focus on the grass-roots of the industry reflects organizers’ appreciation of the hard work and planning that goes into a successful affiliate marketing business.

Mark concludes his video with a cheery, “We look forward to seeing you at Affiliate Convention, welcome home”.  More on the second video, targeted at Affiliate managers on Monday.

Major Undertaking – Minor Disruptions

Just a quick note to let you all know what’s been happening here over the past few days. In last Friday’s post, “Newly Improved :: WebmasterRadio.FM”, I wrote about changes happening at the website and in our show line up.

The alterations have been made and the new website is complete but we are still working out a few minor bugs involving DNS issues. Today, I just want to write about solving some of the disruptions the move has caused.

As of now, we have all active shows uploaded and updated until the beginning of 2009. We’re slowly adding archived files for previous years however it will take a while to fully repopulate the accessable archives. Some of the podcasts have had to be renamed. For the most part, you should not experience any difficulties with your RSS feeds or downloads. If you do, please go to our new site and redownload the file or re-subscribe to the feed. (Again, that should not be necessary)

Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences our transfer has caused you. The platform we’re using now provides us with a lot more versatility and the ability to communicate using a wider array of tools. In a very short time, we’ll be running more smoothly.

Newly Improved :: WebmasterRadio.FM

2009 has been an interesting and expansive year for WebmasterRadio.FM/.  As regular visitors and listeners have noticed, the website looks and acts differently today than it did last week.  We’ve made a number of changes in the past eight weeks.  As one can imagine, making changes in a network as large as WebmasterRadio.FM is a complex and difficult undertaking.

We are proud of WebmasterRadio.FM’s accomplishments and each of the shows running on the network. WebmasterRadio.FM is among the largest online radio and podcast networks in the world. With over 15,000 historic files in our archives and nearly 25 hours of fresh content added each week, WebmasterRadio.FM is the voice of the online advertising and B2B industries. This year we want to push further.
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Another Great Year…

I wanted to take a moment to thanks all of our show hosts for another wonderful year. The community is a better place because your efforts and we hear priase for your works everywhere we go on the road. So I know we’re making a difference in the lives of people and helping them to meet and exceed their personal & professional goals.

So from Brandy and myself…a big thank you to all of our show hosts…you are all amazing!

To our loyal and faithful listeners, you know who you are…

It goes without saying…We thank you! Your emails, phone calls, and on-site testimonials have told us resoundingly that you are as passionate about our content as we are. It also tells us, you’re listening.    So thank you for your time this year. If you’ve attended any of our bashes in the last year, we hope you had an experience to remember and also hope we’ve helped you along your path to success.

To all of the fantastic sponsors, advertisers, members and partners who have supported us over the last year…again, it goes without saying, a big thank you to you all.

To everyone…I would personally like to wish you a safe, and happy New Year!

Back from SES Chicago 08

“It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me,
You’re quoting the wrong song…” (all apologies to Sean MacGowan, Jem Finer and Pogues fans everywhere)

It wasn’t Christmas Eve though the streets of Chicago were cold enough to pass for late December. We were not in the drunk tank though listeners might have thought so had they tuned in to the Drunken Webmasters’ RoundTable broadcast live last Tuesday night. There was an old man speaking to me but that might have been any number of characters ranging from Daron Babin to Todd Friesen to Dave Naylor to Doug Heil. At some points in the evening it was hard to tell.

WebmasterRadio.FM rocked its way through the final major digital marketing conference of the year last week in our virtually complete coverage of all major events at Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008. As the official radio and podcast network of the Search Engine Strategies Conference series, there’s a lot expected of us. We carried every keynote speech, all the Orion panel sessions, a number of individual sessions and recorded over twenty interviews with industry thought-leaders throughout three days of intensely hard work. Our goal at conferences is to act as ears for the tens of thousands of people in our industry who can’t attend themselves.

Here are some of the highlights from Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2008:

• Professor Lawrence Lessig Keynote: Remix, Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
• Orion Panel: The State of Integration of Search
• Author Bill Tancer Keynote: We Are What We Click
• Orion Panel: The Battle of the Browsers
• Chris Winfield Interview – Igniting Viral Campaigns
• Cody Hunter Interview – Paid Search Marketing for Small Business
• The Drunken Webmasters’ RoundTable (3hours of fun and enlightenment, WebmasterRadio.FM style)
• Josh James Keynote: Avoiding Anticipointment
• John Mellor Interview – Investing in Analytics
• Tessa Fraser Interview – Rethinking Optimization

As I said, we worked hard last week. We compiled some great conversations, attended every social event and created a lot of fun of our own. There are more files where those came from waiting to be edited and archived in the Search Engine Strategies Conference channel at WebmasterRadio.FM.

Now we get to take some much needed rest time. We’re still broadcasting, podcasting and gathering great information but for the next few weeks we get to do it from our homebase in Fort Lauderdale. The crew doesn’t have to travel until the New Year and our first conference of next year is the Social Networking Conference just down the street in Miami in late January.

WebmasterRadio.FM – Pubcon

And on to Pubcon… The WebmasterRadio.FM crew is heading on the road again, this time to Las Vegas Nevada for WebmasterWorld’s Pubcon conference. One of the oldest and most anticipated annual conference, Pubcon is known within the search marketing community to have some of the highest level speakers and sessions.

This year, WebmasterRadio.FM’s greatest contribution to Pubcon Las Vegas 2008 is going to be Search Bash Vegas at Rain in the Palms Hotel and Resort on Thursday night. Starting at 8PM, Search Bash promises to be the highlight evening event of a week packed full of excellent events.

Join WebmasterRadio.FM for an evening of exotic entertainment the likes of which are found only in Las Vegas. Walk the red carpet in the style of a rock star at the largest party event in Pubcon history.

SearchBash Pubcon Las Vegas08 is going to be the largest events WebmasterRadio.FM has ever thrown. We want you to join us at Rain in the Palms Casino Resort for a night of networking, dance, light and libation. At SearchBash, the drinks are on us.

WebmasterRadio.FM has a reputation for throwing the premier evening social events at conferences and conventions we’re at. This year, we’re sharing the love and throwing an evening of exotica we hope you’ll never forget.

Designed to showcase the exotica of Las Vegas, the SearchBash party will feature a choreographed floorshow that has performers mingling with attendees while acrobats dance above their heads. The show starts before you enter the club.

Please RSVP for this special, once in a lifetime event at SearchBash.com

SearchBash Pubcon Las Vegas 2008 is sponsored by Microsoft Live Search, PRWeb, Weavemet.com, PositionTech, ideaLaunch and ArticleSender.com.

Craig Newmark Interviewed on Cover Story

Craigslist.org founder Craig Newmark joined Brandy Shapiro Babin on Cover Story yesterday for a long conversation ranging from the earliest days of Craigslist to his future aspirations to aspects of his personal lfe. Newmark will be delivering a keynote presentation at the 2008 PRSA Conference.

Newmark has to have one of the mellowest voices in tech and he has done thousands of interviews.  This one is an interesting and sometimes challenging one.

Check it out here or download the episode

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WebmasterRadio.FM – Conference Schedule Nov – Dec08

We’re hitting the road for most of November and early December.

WebmasterRadio.FM’s comprehensive coverage from most of the major Internet marketing conferences keeps us busy. Between now and early December however, we’re going to be busier than ever.

WebmasterRadio will be crisscrossing the continent three times in four weeks as we cover Ad-Tech New York, PubCon in Las Vegas and Search Engine Strategies in Chicago.

Ad-Tech New York, November 3 – 6, Midtown Hilton New York City

Pubcon Vegas2008, November 11 – 14, Las Vegas Convention Center

Search Engine Strategies Chicago, December 8 – 12, Chicago Hilton

Jim Hedger joins WebmasterRadio.FM

“Hey, that’s me”, said Hedger glancing at the headline.

I made the announcement a few hours ago on Webcology. Here it is again, just to make it extra official.

“Jim Hedger has accepted a position with WebmasterRadio.FM”.

I have joined the crew here at WebmasterRadio.FM as a full time employee. I am not sure exactly what Daron and Brandy will choose as my title but would like to remind Daron that though I do have the hair of Les Nesman, I also have the style of Andy Travis. (just wanted to be sure that was noted)

For the time being, I will be blogging from afar. This month, WebmasterRadio.FM’s road crew will be at three major conferences in four short weeks. The window for making the actual move doesn’t open until mid-December.

I am excited, honored, grateful and full of anticipation, all at the same time. As soon as my VISA application is complete and granted, I will move to the studio in Florida where I understand a cot has been placed under the mixing board for me to sleep on.

One of the most exciting aspects of the move is the opportuntiy to hang out with the growing search marketing community in S.Florida. There’s a number of folks down there who I consider true friends and I can’t wait until they are truly neighbors.

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