Doug Scott - ASAP Ventures - Interview

Podcast 31
In this podcast I’ve been speaking to Doug Scott of ASAP Ventures. I recorded this podcast a couple of weeks ago but it’s taken me till now to find time to catch up and get it edited and properly produced. I’ve really just been waiting for Doug to post that photo so you have more idea what he looks like before you listen to him

We talked about a variety of topics including some of ASAP Ventures current projects like Fly.co.uk(this one cost £87.5k), Recycle(this one was £152,000!), Car Rentals & Self Catering Breaks. We also discussed automating and scaling an affiliate business, PPC closed groups, transparency and building relationships with merchants. All in all there is some great advice for affiliates looking to move forwards with their business.

Have a listen and leave any feedback or questions below.

 

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I’ve been far too busy recently so it was great to take on a new assistant who recently entered into discussions with an unmentioned affiliate network which led to this follow up email..

Hello,

It was good to speak to you earlier regarding Merchant X, I’m glad to hear you’re keen to give them a bit of a push over the coming months!

I was amused to get this email as my new assistant is an answering machine. No idea how good it is at SEO but I’ll be impressed if it can register a domain name

I’m off to the a4uawards. Keep in touch with the news on twitter.

http://twitter.com/fraseredwards

No sooner had I posted about the a4uawards deadline than Chris at Existem started hassling me to let you know that the a4uexpo early bird rate closes on Saturday and then it will cost you £100 more after that. The expo is a definite in my affiliate calendar and so it makes sense to save a bit of cash and register now.

And yes that’s an affiliate link Considering signing up for the expo through that link if you’ve ever listened to one of the podcasts and enjoyed it!

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for voting on the a4u community awards is 3pm this afternoon so make sure you take the time to vote before then!

Podcast 30

It’s podcast time again at last and this time I have been speaking to Alison Guise who is General Manager Europe, Commission Junction. We talked about a variety of issues including

• Commission Junction in Europe
• Commission Junction’s profile in the UK in recent years
• CJ’s participation in forums
• Does being a US owned company make a difference?
• Affiliate Support
• Google Trademark Changes
• Brand Bidding Groups & Transparency
• Cash Back Sites

 

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Thanks to Alison for taking the time to speak to me and thanks to Nadeem Azam for putting us in contact in the first place.

Here are a few more podcasts from the archives that you may have missed. These don’t fit so neatly into affiliate, network or merchant so I’ll just include this as a mixed bag of audio joy!

Shawn Collins - Affiliate Summit - Podcast Interview

Interview with Sam Harrelson

Interview with Matthew Wood - Existem & a4uforum

Dan Redfearn & David Hall - IAB Affiliate Marketing Council

Wil Reynolds Interview - SEER Interactive

Not a podcast - it’s a modcast!

Discount Codes Podcast