The recent news around AOL acquisition of Buy.at was very intriguing. AOL have been trying to acquire a European affiliate network for some time, after a failed attempt to acquire TradeDoubler. I got hold of a mate of mine, Malcolm Cowley, who is the President of Buy.at, USA, (which is a subsidiary of the UK [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Blogging Tips for Beginners
As a follow up to my last post, in which I try to help my readers with SEO on their blogs, I thought about a great resource that I’d like to share. Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger is a fantastic website and offers great resources to anyone who is starting out blogging – and even more experienced [...]
Top South African Web 2.0 Startups
This post is a bit late, but nevertheless -Synthasite has been named as one of the top Internet startups in South Africa, by Intelligence Magazine late last year. Charl Norman wrote the article, which also included the likes of iJol, Muti, Amatomu, Afrigator, Zoopy and Blueworld. It’s great to see all this innovation coming out [...]
Affiliate Summit
It’s that time of the year again! Affiliate Summit Las Vegas is just around the corner and I will be attending in Las Vegas. Tickets are expected to sell out this week – so if you haven’t got yours yet, you should! I’ll be in Las Vegas from the 22nd until the 27th, so if [...]
Social Network impact on my Birthday
Today, I turned 29 and received the shock of my life. For the past 28 years, I normally received the usual calls and maybe a few emails from close family and friends – normally less than 10, but this year was a killer. My phone rang over 30 times, and I’ve received over 150 emails [...]
Vinny Lingham is an International Award winning Entrepreneur & Search Engine Marketer. He is currently CEO of