Missy Ward

Be Like Jim Kukral and Earn $50 Bucks.

by Missy Ward

Jim Kukral – Blogger, Online Marketing Guru, Entrepreneur and Geek Extraordinaire is now on Weviews.tv, telling the world what he likes and what he doesn’t through video testimonials. And, he’s getting paid $50 bucks a pop for them.

Don't you want to get paid for giving your opinions? Watch the video and learn what it takes to be just like Jim Kukral.

The Loose Rules on Submitting Video to Weviews.tv:

• 1 to 2-minute consumer generated video reviews that discuss the features and benefits of the product or service along with the reasons why you are endorsing it.
• Video must display the Weviews URL and product name throughout your video. For instance, if you were reviewing an Asus EEE, you would display http://www.weviews.tv/asuseee throughout your video.
• The video must be transcribed (spell checked and grammatically correct, please).
• The product or service must be available for purchase online through a merchant with an affiliate program.

Any other questions? E-me at missyward at gmail dot com.

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Affiliate Marketing

My, How We’ve Changed…

by Missy Ward

I was digging in the way back machine for some pictures today so that I can update my blog headers, when it hit me how many of us have changed since the first Affiliate Summit, back in 2003.

Lots of different hair styles (especially in my case), some weight gains and losses, changes in significant others, etc. It was also kind of interesting to see some folks sporting different logo wear from the various companies they have worked for as well.

I guess the coolest thing about digging up these photos is that I've realized that although many of us have gone through physical changes, job changes, etc., we're all really still the same people. I remain friends with just about everyone that I met when I first got into this industry. Anyway — enough of the drivel.

Here are links to all of the Affiliate Summit's since 2003. I hope you enjoy seeing them again, as much as I did.

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For The Heck of It

Burnin’ my Vanity Bra!

by Missy Ward

I happened upon Lisa Picarille's post, Videoblogging: Is it a Man’s World? and I have to tell you, it hit home.

“But what about the affiliate marketing space where there are a lot of super smart and successful women? Why aren’t they using video like their male counterparts? It’s a touchy issue to go into but I think it’s about looks. The majority of us fall are average looking and not in the supermodel range.

But for women, I think doing a video is all about vanity. I don’t want to generalize, but more often than not, women want to look our best on video and let’s face it – that can take some work. There’s doing our hair, putting on makeup and finding the perfect outfit. You guys just push record and go. Or put on a baseball cap (yes, you Mr. Collins).”

Lisa, you are absolutely right. I usually arrive at my desk at 10:00am, straight from the gym and the truth is, it's not a pretty picture. There are days when I don't even make it into the shower until mid-afternoon because I'm so busy. The last thing I want to do is be seen by my UPS guy when he rings the bell, let alone do a video for public consumption.

My buddy, Jim Kukral chimed in with his thoughts:

“The beauty of all this is that I work even harder because I know that online video is dominated by women with good shows and I am not a 115 pound blonde. So I have to strive to be more entertaining, have better content and do a better job.”

And within Jim's words, I found liberation from my pretension. I'm just going to go for it — burn my vanity bra, if you will.

So with that being said, here's my first video, sans enhancements. It's a video response to Lisa Picarille's post, thanking her for opening my eyes.

Like, it or don't like it. It's just video and you don't have to watch 😉

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Other Stuff I Dig

McDonalds Succumbs to Social Media Pressure – Brings Back…

by Missy Ward

The Shamrock Shake is Back!

shamrock-shake My Dad was an Irish-Catholic when he met my mother, a Sephardic Jew. When they decided to get married, my Dad opted to convert to Judaism and believe it or not, had his Bris shortly before the wedding. As such, my sisters and I grew up in New York as Irish-Jews – a fairly uncommon mix.

What that meant to us, was that we would be raised in the Jewish faith, and twice a year (St. Patty’s Day and Christmas Day), we would delve into our Irish heritage and indulge in the customs that had been passed along from generation to generation.

Our St. Patty’s Day traditions included the never-ending smell of corned beef and cabbage wafting through the house, pigging out on Irish Soda Bread made from an ancient Irish recipe passed on through generations, a few bottles of Guinness, a bottle of Bushmills, green bagels (a tribute to my mom), and hopefully, a tipsy rendition of Danny Boy by my Dad.

In the 80’s, I discovered the Shamrock Shake from McDonalds, and it was added to the arsenal of my St. Patty’s Day traditions. The Shamrock Shake was a limited-time vanilla shake with some mint flavoring that came out each March. My high school friends and I would cruise to Mickey D's after school to indulge in its wonderful goodness. Even after we went our separate ways, I continued on the custom and introduced it to my current friends and family.

Life was good until about 5 or 6 years ago – not 100% sure of the year – when the Shamrock Shake just never made its scheduled appearance in March. The Golden Arches simply discontinued it, without any prior notice. My fond minty-memories of Uncle O’Grimacey (resembled the Grimace as we know him today) were gone forever and worse – my boys would never know the wonderful goodness of the Scope-like aftertaste that the Shamrock Shake left behind.

Then, lo and behold… 2008 marks the year that the Shamrock Shake makes its delightful return. No explanation on why it was coming back and not a single commercial. Hmmm…..

Was it because McDonalds felt the pressure of the social media environment on them as witnessed by the 40+ Facebook groups that address the growing concerns about the effects of no Shamrock Shakes on the environment?

Was it because they were tired of the deceitful Shamrock Shake sightings on www.ShamrockShake.com? [Update March 5, 2013: Original site no longer exists]

Maybe. Well, it’s my conspiracy theory and I’m sticking to it.

All I know is that after tonight’s dinner, I’m loading up the SUV and taking the boy’s to the McDonald’s in Apopka for their first of many (St. Patty willing), Shamrock Shakes. I have already confirmed said shake availability with the location, so we’re all in for a treat.

Tomorrow, I will be working off the damage done by its ingestion. See here for nutritional facts from the McDonald’s website. [Link updated on March 5, 2013]

To end this post, below is my favorite Irish saying for St. Patrick’s Day, which I wish you all:

May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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