Want to get my take on the latest WordPress dramas? I think the problems with Automattic and other companies like WP Engine just won't end well. Regardless of who's right or wrong, this is going to hurt the trust surrounding WordPress that has been built up over the past 2 decades. 

When plugins are taken over, this is where I feel people will abandon WordPress as a platform featuring their work could be taken away from them at any moment. 

Why should you have a newsletter?

Because Google is basically telling you this. 

Own your audience is the main reason but you don't want to let your traffic forget about you either.

This is especially true for casino affiliate sites too. 

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Be sure to follow this newsletter by John Wright. 

This episode is inspired by a chat with an affiliate friend who's got a background in data science. He thinks SEO is less stable than it has ever been and the big will only get bigger.

This podcast is brought to you by StatsDrone. 

This podcast is brought to you by StatsDrone which is the #1 affiliate CRM tool ever. 

I'm back from ASE 2023, that is Affiliate Summit East in New York City.

This is my 2nd Affiliate Summit and this event surpassed all my expectations. There are some talented people passing through here and it was 2 days of rich conversations about the future of affiliate marketing. 

The hot topic both in terms of panels as well as in person discussions was AI. It is here and everyone believes this is a new revolution we are just entering into. 

Affiliate marketing, major industry.

If affiliate marketing is worth so many billions, why is one of the most important jobs being filled with people that have almost no qualifications? I'm talking about affiliate managers and affiliate management!

Affiliate manager is definitely a respectable and needed career in the affiliate marketing industry. However there is a problem setting the industry back which is affiliate managers that lack training. 

There is a new wave of affiliate managers hitting the floor at the next conference you'll likely be attending. Many of them will have a feverish drive to grab your business card and leave you behind as if they've achieved part of their quota.

In this solocast, I talk about where affiliate managers can get training and tips on how affiliate managers can do their jobs better. 

One of the most common questions we get asked by customers before they signup is, how can they trust StatsDrone? Who are the people behind it?

In this episode, I look to address all questions pertaining to trust. In this solocast, I explain why we care about protecting user data. 

Where can you review or see reviews about StatsDrone? 
https://ca.trustpilot.com/review/statsdrone.com
https://www.capterra.ca/software/1024653/statsdrone

Why did we create StatsDrone?
Listen to our story and journey as affiliate marketers and identifying pain points that were simply not getting solved. In this solocast, John explains what we wanted to achieve in building an app when a few already were on the marketplace. 

I've been called the LinkedIn guy before and there are a lot of peers that are better at social media on LinkedIn.
 
That said I'm going to give you my 3 best tips for getting more followers and engagement on LinkedIn. A quick hint, tip number one is stop posting links inside your posts. If you see people say 'link in comments' there is a reason why they do that.
 
Oh and be sure to follow Justin Rowe on LinkedIn.

You can follow myself too, look for John Wright.