Jered “code it up” Thompson started with RevenueAds Affiliate Network in the fall of 2007 after receiving his degree from the school of hard knocks. He is the genius behind the affiliate interface that is easy to use and navigate. He is also responsible for designing the logo’s, blog, and anything technical that may arise on a daily basis. He makes sure the cyber thugs stay out with their DDOS drive by’s and the network stays clean for all of our publishers.

While in the office he puts in long hours and works hard. In his personal life he enjoys relaxing and chillin in his hometown of Norman, Oklahoma right down the street from the University of Oklahoma. While living in a college town there are plenty of opportunities for Jered to get his party on something he likes to do on the weekends.

“As the tech manager at RevenueAds, it is my sole obligation to provide useful and heartfelt answers to these blog questions. I promise to respond with the most accurate and honest answer to the best of my abilities. With that said, let’s begin:”

Do you still have tonsils?
Glad we started with the most important question first. Yes, I still have my tonsils.

Which do you like better – Coke or Pepsi?
I don’t see how people compare the two. They both taste completely different to me. It’s like comparing hamburgers with tacos. I like each the same but you can’t get both at one place. It comes down to which is most available… so I guess Coke.

What is your idea of a hot romantic date?
Hmm, probably taking my girl to really nice restaurant for a candlelit dinner. All the food would be made by Iron Chef Mario Batali… She would probably order the Mediterranean shrimp pasta and I would order the surf and turf… only the air conditioner would be busted and it was a Sunday so they couldn’t get a hold of the repairmen to get it fixed… that would be hot.

What are your major goals in life?
Become wealthy enough to buy a sail boat and move to Nova Scotia.

What are you afraid to lose the most?
My marbles!!!

What kind of music do you like best?
Loud music! It’s kinda bad when people are trying to talk to me at the office but I can’t hear because I have my earbuds cranked all the way up.

Where do you like to go out to eat most?
Wait.. like eat the most food? or the place I most prefer to eat at? Not sure.. I’ll eat anything

If you won the lottery, what would you buy with the money?
Well, besides the sail boat, I would buy an ostrich farm.

Who do you most admire and why?
Edgar Ramirez. Such a great role model not only for adults and seniors but to children as well.

What’s your idea of a great vacation?
Getting away from everything, not worrying about the time, or obligations. Just anywhere I can be isolated from that.

What’s the best piece of advice anyone has ever given you?
My dad- he always used to say, “Son, never be afraid of beautiful women. They have to pee and poop just like the rest of us.”

What movie do you never get tired of watching?
Office Space, Fight Club

What’s your favorite time of the day?
Lunch

Why doesn’t McDonald’s sell hotdogs?
I have a better question: Why doesn’t McDonald’s sell a change of underwear?

Can you cry under water?
Yes but it comes out as air.

Why do British people never sound British when they sing?
It goes back a long time ago, when music was invented in America. In 1740 When British forces invaded, they robbed the white house where Lord General Washington resided and stole his CD collection. Back at the Castle in England, the Queen heard this music and told her most trustful servants to gather a group of people to recreate this music for her in person. So some of the British people who started singing for the Queen changed their voices when they sang to sound like these American CDs and that is what pleased her majesty. Actually the first group of British servants who sang for royalty started their own band and they named themselves “Queen”.

What is your favorite part about working at RevenueAds ?
I love being the only one who knows how to do what I do here cause then I can sound really smart.

What is your favorite thing you have designed for RevenueAds ?
It’s hard to pick since there are so many things I have designed here. I really like the affiliate interface.

Do you prefer warm or cold weather?
Warm weather. You can have more fun outside.

Does money buy happiness?
Have you ever seen a sad person on a jet ski?

It was great getting to know our tech guy a little bit. If you need assistance with any of the technical aspects of affiliate marketing feel free to E-mail him at Jered@revenueads.com.

I know many of you are wondering just how well Oklahoma’s first affiliate meet up went? Well, it went great! This event was hosted at RevenueAds office. Along with Riley Pool.com we had a great event. We had many come out from Oklahoma and surrounding areas to learn about affiliate marketing.

It started off with lunch which was catered by Rib Crib. We then enjoyed meeting everyone and finding out what they do in affiliate marketing. After, we had a guest speaker from the United Kingdom, Murray Newlands, who spoke with us about email marketing. He gave great tips and ideas on how to make it a success. We then enjoyed a variety of beverages/ alcohol. After we had another guest speaker Ian Fernando, who spoke with us about how he started, traffic sources and why he makes the ‘Big Bucks’.

We had a drawing take place with cool prizes. Then everyone loaded up into the party bus where we enjoyed getting to know everyone on a personal basis, while enjoying the party atmosphere. We arrived for dinner at Boulevard Steakhouse. Then loaded back up in the party bus and went to Bricktown at RedPin where we enjoyed bowling and drinks. It was a lot of fun! We appreciate all our affiliates and partners coming out and look forward to having our second annual event next year!

Affiliate Meet Up – March 19th, 2010 – Click Here For The Invitation Page

We are hosting an event at our office for our affiliates on March 19th, and we want to meet with you if you are in the region. During the day you will be able to meet members of the RevenueAds team as well as your affiliate manager, you’ll have the opportunity to network with other affiliates, and we will have a presentation from Murray Newlands, an affiliate marketing blogger.
Enjoy food and drinks on us all day. In the evening we will head out for an afterparty at RedPin Bowling Alley/Bar/Lounge on the riverwalk in downtown OKC. We are inviting you to this day long event!

RevenueAds is located at:

2304 South Post Road

Midwest City, OK 73130

For more information about Affiliate Meet Up 2010, you can contact your affiliate manager by AIM or email.

We would like to see you there!

If you want to attend, join the guest list!

Watching the winter Olympics has us thinking. Mostly about how awesome the sport of curling is. For those of you that are not familiar with curling, get ready for a life changing experience! Here’s the Wiki on curling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling. In a short explaination, it is a combo of lawn bowling and shuffleboard – and to be honest, it doesn’t get much better than that.

It kind of looks like someone dropped a can of cream of corn  at Safeway and the entire Janitorial staff is trying to clean it before it runs over to the cereal isle. Ok… that may not be the best description but it gives you an idea.

So how does this have anything to do with affiliate marketing ?  Well think about it… affiliate marketing is something anyone can try- and some people are going to be better at it than others. It’s only the ones who are willing to put in the hours either on the “curling sheet” or behind the laptop that are going to be truly successful.

Granted, once you gain the skill of “sweeping the ice” (i.e. narrowing down the keywords, target demographic, or build your list etc.), it can be put on auto pilot enabling you to sit back and watch the gold medals – or money – roll in.  Just like curling, you’re going to sweep the ice and hope for the best; much the same in testing campaigns, sometimes having it go in the right direction, and sometimes the wrong direction. And finally in curling, knocking the opponent’s curling stone or rock out and landing on the button can bring a level of joy felt only by a few on the entire planet… much the same as the joy of having a successful marketing campaign can be.

Yes, that's Edgar... they say he's pretty good.

All in all, (and as bad of an analogy as this may have been) the point is the same. With all the success the publishers on our network have and are enjoying, this too can happen for you. With the right tools and direction, your gold medal as an affiliate is awaiting.

We have included some amazing and inspirational curling videos for your viewing pleasure. No need to thank us.

Edgar joined RevenueAds Affiliate Network in July of 2008 and brought along with him an unquenchable desire to build upon his already successful affiliate marketing ventures. Since taking his post as Affiliate Manager here at RevenueAds he has learned the business from the inside out. His tasks include a wide variety of duties here at Revenueads. As Edgar puts  it “Hard work breeds success”.  One day he may be asked to build campaigns for the network the next it may include assisting the accounting department on mailing out checks, and at the same time helping new affiliates learn the business.

Edgar is a self proclaimed numbers and statistics fanatic if you’re looking to know the mathematical performance of you campaign from the Click thru Ratio to the EPC and conversion rate compared with the performance of Leroy Jenkins on World of Warcraft, then Edgar is your guy.

Edgar’s personality around the office adds life and a intense passion for hard work and a perfect balance of fun.  He spends most of his free time trying to find new ways to increase the horse power of his Ford Mustang.  When he’s not doing that he’s playing soccer and rooting for team Mexico in the upcoming world cup. We will let him off the hook for that one Go Yanks !

Edgar "The EPC Engineer" Ramirez

Here are a few questions to help you get to know your Affiliate Manager a little better :

What’s your favorite form of exercise?
Running, 6 miles a day. WOW

What’s your favorite commercial?
Last year’s Super Bowl commercial Career Builder one. Dream about punching Koala’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ8Iw0dTMm0

What’s your favorite breakfast food?
Oatmeal, Cinnamon

If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Be able to fly, Fly to South Africa to watch the World Cup

Name three songs to which you know all the lyrics ?
Limp Bizkit- Build a bridge
Likin Park- New Divide
The Killers- Mr. Brightside

What is your all-time favorite movie, and how many times have you seen it?
The Dark Knight he can’t even count how many times.

Do you use Google as a spell checker and how often ?
Not really, (he needs to start)

What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?
Spent many hours researching different SEO techniques  and a few PPC classes.

What is your philosophy towards work?
Work hard and you will be rewarded.

If your house was on fire and you could only grab three things what would they be ?
Soccer Cleats
Game Systems (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
Pictures (Of Family and Friends)

What do you think the secret to good life is ?
Not sure if I knew it I would be living a good life.

How far do you live from work ?
20 minutes

Have you seen the Jersey Shore and who is your favorite character on the show ?
Yes, The situation.

Check back later for another employee interview!

Affiliate Summit West went over well this year and we want to thank all the interested ones for coming over and seeing what we’re all about. Also it was great getting to meet some of you face to face. We look forward to working and growing more with everyone in the months to come!

We’ve been working hard over the last few weeks trying to make RevenueAds a little more user friendly. Mostly in the affiliate interface. Now when you log in, you’ll be able to search campaigns from the home page. Also the campaign list has been changed to be easier to tell what offers accept what types of traffic. In my opinion, it’s much more user friendly and I hope all our affiliates can benefit from these changes.

We’ll be making more changes through the month as we get ready for Affiliate Summit. We’d like feedback from our affiliates as to what you like and what could use some improving on the website.

Till next time…

-RevenueAds