Whew - what a week! A week filled with major milestones...
<strong>Monday</strong>: the 5 Star forum hit the 5,000 member mark milestone. We celebrated with a contest and announced the "Brightest New Star Award" (a new member recognition program). We also announced some forum expansion including a new dedicated Performics and Linkshare forum and other improvements that will better serve our members, as the forum continues to grow. <a href="http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/5-star-forum-news-forum-contests-awards/8773-here-we-grow-again-5-000-milestone-forum-enhancements.html#post26566">Full details here</a>.
<strong>Tuesday</strong>: 5 Star launched the <strong><a href="http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1272/microsoft-adcenter-affiliate-program.html">Microsoft adCenter Affiliate Program</a></strong>, our biggest client to date. (Not sure clients come much bigger than that, unless "<a href="http://www.revenuetoday.com/blog/2007/12/20/ftc-gives-doubleclick-google-holiday-gift/">GoogClickFormics</a>" should want to become a 5 Star program.) ;-)
<strong>Wednesday</strong>: The 3rd anniversary of the 5 Star blog. I guess 3 years in the blog world is a long time, considering how many blogs out there are less than a year old. (Meant to do an anniversary blog yesterday, but never got a chance.)
The 5 Star blog also has the distinction of being about the only top ranked, award nominated affiliate marketing blog written by a women. I guess that should make me proud - but it leaves me feeling a little bit sad that we don't have more of the brilliant female minds in our industry making their voices heard via the blogospere. Not that there aren't some <a href="http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/">great</a> <a href="http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/">affiliate</a> <a href="http://www.adventuresinnetmarketing.com/">blogs</a> by <a href="http://www.paulsonmanagementgroup.com/blog/">women</a>, but the majority of the LEADING affiliate, SEO and online marketing blogs are penned by men. (Guess that's another story for another day.)
<strong>Thursday</strong> - 4th Milestone: Today is my birthday. God gave me a cold. Thanks!
(I think the cold medicine is taking over so I should stop writing now...) ;-)
<strong>Today also marks the final homestretch to Christmas. Only 5 days to go.
The stockings are hung and most of the shopping has been done.
I sincerely hope the 4th quarter was a revenue <em>"milestone"</em> for all of you!
Happy Holidays!</strong>
<strong>Monday</strong>: the 5 Star forum hit the 5,000 member mark milestone. We celebrated with a contest and announced the "Brightest New Star Award" (a new member recognition program). We also announced some forum expansion including a new dedicated Performics and Linkshare forum and other improvements that will better serve our members, as the forum continues to grow. <a href="http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5staraffiliateprograms.com/5-star-forum-news-forum-contests-awards/8773-here-we-grow-again-5-000-milestone-forum-enhancements.html#post26566">Full details here</a>.
<strong>Tuesday</strong>: 5 Star launched the <strong><a href="http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/1272/microsoft-adcenter-affiliate-program.html">Microsoft adCenter Affiliate Program</a></strong>, our biggest client to date. (Not sure clients come much bigger than that, unless "<a href="http://www.revenuetoday.com/blog/2007/12/20/ftc-gives-doubleclick-google-holiday-gift/">GoogClickFormics</a>" should want to become a 5 Star program.) ;-)
<strong>Wednesday</strong>: The 3rd anniversary of the 5 Star blog. I guess 3 years in the blog world is a long time, considering how many blogs out there are less than a year old. (Meant to do an anniversary blog yesterday, but never got a chance.)
The 5 Star blog also has the distinction of being about the only top ranked, award nominated affiliate marketing blog written by a women. I guess that should make me proud - but it leaves me feeling a little bit sad that we don't have more of the brilliant female minds in our industry making their voices heard via the blogospere. Not that there aren't some <a href="http://www.affiliatestuff.co.uk/">great</a> <a href="http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/">affiliate</a> <a href="http://www.adventuresinnetmarketing.com/">blogs</a> by <a href="http://www.paulsonmanagementgroup.com/blog/">women</a>, but the majority of the LEADING affiliate, SEO and online marketing blogs are penned by men. (Guess that's another story for another day.)
<strong>Thursday</strong> - 4th Milestone: Today is my birthday. God gave me a cold. Thanks!
(I think the cold medicine is taking over so I should stop writing now...) ;-)
<strong>Today also marks the final homestretch to Christmas. Only 5 days to go.
The stockings are hung and most of the shopping has been done.
I sincerely hope the 4th quarter was a revenue <em>"milestone"</em> for all of you!
Happy Holidays!</strong>
