{"id":273,"date":"2007-01-18T20:11:21","date_gmt":"2007-01-18T12:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/affiliate-marketing\/wickedfire-affiliate-marketing-forum-kicks-it-up-several-gears-with-exclusive-resource-areas\/"},"modified":"2007-01-18T20:11:21","modified_gmt":"2007-01-18T12:11:21","slug":"wickedfire-affiliate-marketing-forum-kicks-it-up-several-gears-with-exclusive-resource-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/affiliate-marketing\/wickedfire-affiliate-marketing-forum-kicks-it-up-several-gears-with-exclusive-resource-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"WickedFire Affiliate Marketing Forum Kicks It Up Several Gears With Exclusive Resource Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WickedFire founder <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"aojon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aojon.com\">Jon F<\/a> just announced the beta launch of the affiliate marketing forums&#8217; resource areas earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>WickedFire is virtual home to several experienced affiliate marketers (as evidenced by threads like &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Post Your Stats\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedfire.com\/affiliate-marketing\/1345-post-your-stats.html\">Post Your Stats<\/a>&#8220;, including a purported <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"wickedfire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedfire.com\/shooting-shit\/6702-offer-buy-wickedfire-16m.html\">$16 million buyout offer<\/a> for the 8 month old forum.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"wickedfire\" title=\"wickedfire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/images\/blog0701\/wickedfire1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As of today, the forum is rated at PR4, Alexa 1,879<br \/>\nJon, famous (or depending on your point of view, infamous) for posting $80,000 screenshots of his earnings on SitePoint, had announced on his blog that he&#8217;d be stepping down from affiliate marketing earlier this month. (<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"aojon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aojon.com\/the-end-of-an-era-jon-resigns-from-affiliate-marketing-as-an-affiliate\/\">The End Of An Era &#8211; Jon Resigns From Affiliate Marketing As An Affiliate<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WickedFire looks set to eventually to become a community portal and information resource site for affiliate marketers.<\/p>\n<p>It looks set to leverage on the<!--more--> hands-on experience of members and affiliate managers by giving the ability to rate affiliate networks (and possibly individual programs) in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Going beyond just affiliate marketing, WickedFire aims to encompass products and services affiliate marketers will typically use, including hosts, domain registrars, design firms, programming firms and content writers among others.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"wickedfire\" title=\"wickedfire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/images\/blog0701\/wickedfire2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First off the line will be a directory, where members can relate their experience with an affiliate network, with the network given the right of response to reply to the feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The WF Resources team, comprising Jon, Brandon and Ben, have worked hard to include two interesting elements into the project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trust and Credibility<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If successful, this will be one of the better implementations of the &#8220;Reputation&#8221; I&#8217;ve seen on a vBulletin forum.<\/p>\n<p>From what&#8217;s being said, you&#8217;d need to achieve a certain access level before being able to access some of WF&#8217;s advanced features.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s certainly good impetus to create quality content and be likewise rewarded by your peers with reputation points.<\/p>\n<p>Creating quality content sometimes boils down to doing some research on the web and perhaps wikipedia, synergizing the information into something useful and practical and posting the information online.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Free<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Given that what Jon and the WF gang proposes to provide is equivalent to what others might charge upwards of $50 to a few hundred dollars a month for free for affiliates (revenue will be generated from advertising dollars), the initiative certainly has the potential to become a major hub for affiliate marketers.<\/p>\n<p>WF&#8217;s Resource Area Beta launch is expected to be anytime from tomorrow to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Jon will also be presenting at a session at <a title=\"affiliate summit\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.affiliatesummit.com\">Affiliate Summit West<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, check out: <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"wickedfire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedfire.com\/shooting-shit\/7230-wickedfire-resource-area-beta.html\">WickedFire Resource Area &#8211; Beta<\/a> (Contains some strong language)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WickedFire founder Jon F just announced the beta launch of the affiliate marketing forums&#8217; resource areas earlier today. WickedFire is virtual home to several experienced affiliate marketers (as evidenced by threads like &#8220;Post Your Stats&#8220;, including a purported $16 million buyout offer for the 8 month old forum. 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