Comments on: Top Affiliate Challenge Wraps Up – An Overall Success

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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:25:40 +0000

[...] a dramatic increase in backlinks as well as direct and organic traffic to my blog, due primarily to Top Affiliate Challenge. The increase was also pumping up my (some consider meaningless) Alexa ratings. My Technorati [...]

By: off grid

off grid — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:06:53 +0000

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By: ITF

ITF — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:10:36 +0000

I’m really glad to hear there’s going to be another season, Thor. Can’t wait to see it!

By: Thor Schrock

Thor Schrock — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:10:48 +0000

No Chris, as you can see I let negative comments through if they further the discussion. When people start leaving comments under multiple names so they can flame me more than once I delete those.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:06:59 +0000

ah, so you have taken to scrubbing comments when You don’t like them. Proof that you are in fact a failure!

By: Thor Schrock

Thor Schrock — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:33:20 +0000

@feelreality – I appreciate all of the feedback you have given throughout the show, but like most people in life, my time is valuable, and I need top be paid for work that is put in. So do many others. I could have sold a DVD set at the end, charged people to audition, or tried to raise another $70,000 from sponsors.

No matter which way I decided to do it, I would have been blasted. I definately will adjust things next season to compensate for people who throw in a bunch of money. I never anticipated that people would do that to the extent they did, and the 1/2 rule was established LONG before I knew they would.

If it means anything to you, assuming all of the commissions are paid by the networks (some of them were pulled because of shady promotion methods) I am walking away with about $2,000 for six months of work. Pretty bad form a financial standpoint.

BUT I will mention again that the real purpose was to show it could be done and now that we have a proven product, gaining additional funding to make season 2 the gem it needs to be should be a snap.

By: Wes Wyatt

Wes Wyatt — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:40:09 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed being part of Top Affiliate Challenge!

Both Omaha and Lincoln – and ALL the sponsors and other establishments we visited within them – were GREAT!

By: wesley

wesley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:02:33 +0000

It was a trainwreck that’s what it was. Now I know why you didn’t have a rule that the people couldn’t use their own money, (to make things fair). It’s because 50% is going into your own pocket.

Greedy greedy.

By: feel reality

feel reality — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:06:40 +0000

How does giving 50% of their profits to you help an up-and-coming affiliate marketer?