John Cawrse has just completed his AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training, and is now a Certified Affiliate Manager!

We’re happy that John chose to work with us for his training.  We are confident that he is prepared to be a fantastic Affiliate Manager.  He learned everything he needs to know about launching and managing a successful affiliate program through our 10 Module course!

Congratulations John

We’re bringing together some of the TOP earners in affiliate marketing and digital product sales for Launch Tree LIVE.

Whether you’re an affiliate or a merchant – if you’re looking to jump start your traffic, better understand what makes your customers buy and how to design offers, pages and marketing material that converts – you’ll learn a LOT in this packed, 3-day event.

Our speakers include:

Mike Filsaime & Anik Singal - Your Hosts

Armand Morin- Fueling Your Launch Tree with BUYERS!

Stephen Pierce - World’s #1 Internet Wealth AdvocateChris Guerriero - The OFFLINE Launch Tree KING

Maria Andros - The Social Marketing Queen

Mike Morgan & Erik Stafford - The Conversion Dynamic Duo

Ed Dale - Master of Niche Marketing

Perry Belcher - Social Marketing Genius

Marshall Sylver - Puts Visitors in a Trance!

Brad Fallon - The 8 Figure SEO Expert!

Click here to learn more and to save your seat (BTW – it’s free… just pay the $97 deposit and we’ll give it back to you if you attend!)

http://launchtree.com/live-09/register.html

See you July 23 – 25 in Las Vegas!

Greg Hoffman Consulting, an internet marketing firm specializing in affiliate, paid search and online public relations management, has been hired by PLR Health Wizard to recruit and activate new affiliates into its existing affiliate program for private label rights health, wellness and fitness niche content.

(PRWEB) June 12, 2009 — Greg Hoffman Consulting, an internet marketing firm specializing in affiliate, paid search and online public relations management, has been hired by PLR Health Wizard to recruit and activate new affiliates into its existing affiliate program for private label rights health, wellness and fitness niche content.

PLR Health Wizard chose Greg Hoffman Consulting to manage its affiliate base because of his prior experience with large e-Commerce merchants and his newly acquired affiliate manager certification from Lurn, Inc. Gail Trahd, President of PLR Health Wizard, was looking for an experienced and knowledgeable affiliate program manager to tackle her program expansion for 2009. She chose to search in Lurn’s AC Certified “Who is Certified” database and found Hoffman, who earned his certificate in May 2009.

Trahd said, “I need someone who can motivate and energize my affiliates that have been part of my program for the last two years. I also need someone that has the connections and experience to recruit new affiliates into the program as we continuously add new health, wellness and fitness content. Our customers love our PLR content and our partners can benefit greatly by finding new and unique ways to market our products.”

Hoffman said, “I’m very happy my certification paid off so quickly and I’m looking forward to working with super affiliates and PLR affiliates. I’m positive we can find more super affiliates to pick up the program and target relevant customers in need of health and wellness content for newsletters, blogs and multi-media marketing communications.”

The PLR Health Wizard affiliate program uses Amember for its membership platform and starts affiliates at 40% recurring commission. Products range from $39.97 to $59.97. Trahd has generously set a lifetime cookie duration so affiliates can continually reap the benefits. Conversion has averaged near 4% since the program began nearly two years ago, she added.

Hoffman will be engaging affiliates by blog, phone, email, instant message and in-person at industry conventions throughout the next year. Hoffman will be working with affiliates on program-side training, helping them learn the PLR Health Wizard products and motivating them to perform at higher levels.

PLR Health Wizard is written and owned by Gail Trahd, a retired/former Nurse Practitioner. The health, wellness and fitness content provided can be used for ezines, newsletters, special reports, podcasts, and videos or inserted in private ebooks. Customers are also provided with illustrations to enhance the content as well as access to internet marketing tools to help them monetize the content. Visit PLR Health Wizard for more information: http://www.plr-health-wizard.com.

Greg Hoffman Consulting is an internet marketing firm with extensive experience in affiliate program management, as well as paid search management and online public relations. Hoffman recently obtained his Certified Affiliate Manager professional certificate from Lurn.com. He has previously managed affiliate and paid search programs for programs such as Thompson Cigar, Linensource, Casual Living USA, Café Belmondo, eBeanstalk and others. Visit Greg Hoffman for more information.

Matt Burnett of Direct Response Technologies has just completed his AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training.  He’s now a Certified Affiliate Manager!

We’re happy that Direct Response Technologies chose to work with us to help train Matt, as well as many of their other employees.  We are confident that he has learned everything he needs to know to launch and manage a successful affiliate program through our 10 Module course!

If you are, you’re in luck, because InfoMedia, Inc. is hiring!

They are looking to hire a Sales Account Manager.  The main task of the position is to be responsible for building and maintaining strong, revenue-generating relationships with the company’s growing base of business partners.

Here are the details of the position:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities are split into 2 different categories based on the different stages the different products of the company may be in.

1. Launch Planning, Control & Management

• Recruiting target partners to help support an upcoming launch
• Gathering partner support for an upcoming launch
• Helping prepare the “pre-launch” strategy
• Keeping partners well informed during pre-launch, launch and post launch via phone, e-mail and direct mail
• Managing and preparing any ad creative or specific need of the affiliate(s).

2. Exiting Product Partner Management

• Identify and recruit partners
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners.
• Assist in the development and execution of partner recruitment strategies.
• Assist in the development and execution of partner communication plans for retention and motivation.
• Actively consult with partners on an ongoing basis to help exceed their revenue objectives through recommending and implementing best practices or additional products/services to promote.
• Negotiate payout structures and incentive plans.
• Compile statistical reports and develop trending analysis.
• Respond to partner questions and requests.
• Meet and exceed monthly revenue goals.
• Screen current and potential partners for fraudulent activities.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be a highly motivated, sales-minded individual who is able to identify opportunities, present them to our partners and encourage them to participate in our programs.
• Education or experience in Interactive marketing or media, e-commerce, advertising, or technical products & services industries
• A strong interest in online advertising
• Experience creating and executing search engine marketing, email marketing and affiliate marketing strategies is a plus.
• A Bachelors degree in Business Administration or other relevant field is preferred
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels of the organization, especially via phone.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, excellent problem solving abilities.
• Highly organized and excellent time management
• Positive outlook and ability to influence and persuade others in a positive manner.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, and you’re interested in the position, contact InfoMedia, Inc. at:

Address: 1151 Eagle Drive, Suite 325, Loveland, CO  80537-8020
Webpage: http://infomediainc.com/
Email: brianm@infomediainc.com
Phone: 970-278-0011

Two more of our AC Certified students have completed their AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training and are now Certified Affiliate Managers!

John Juliano of Direct Reponse Technologies and Lara Hollaway of Hot Topic Media, Inc. have just complete training and received their Certification.

We’re happy that Direct Response Technologies and Hot Topic Media, Inc. chose to work with us to help train John and Lara.  We are confident that they have both learned everything they will need to know in order to launch and manage a successful affiliate program through our 10 Module course!

Lurn, Inc. is looking for some fantastic new folks to add to our team!

Right now we are looking for:

- A Director of Editorial (Managing Editor)

- A VP/Director of Education

- A Director of Technology

If you’d like more information about the positions click here.

If you’d like to know more about Lurn, Inc. just visit our website at www.Lurn.com.

The following students have recently graduated from our AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training course.  We’re proud to say that they are all now Certified Affiliate Managers!

• Deana Morgan
• Adam Miller of NSA Technologies, LLC
• Scott Kutchell of Direct Response Technologies
• Barry Ringstead of RevenueWire, Inc.
• Jeff Richards
• Thomas Johnson of NSA Technologies, LLC
• Tiffany Williams-Jallow of Indigo Interactive
• Dan Stainer
• Deborah Bello

We’re delighted that both companies and individuals alike chose to use our training program as a tool to learn more about affiliate management.  We are confident that everyone has learned everything that they will need to know in order to launch and manage a successful affiliate program!

We’re preparing for our next LIVE event - PPC Classroom LIVE this May in Las Vegas.

Nearly 500 affiliates  have already reserved their tickets to the event!

If you’d like the chance to meet with serious affiliates - the ones that are willing to dedicate time and spend money to build steady streams of traffic - this is a great opportunity.

In the past our sponsors have included CPA Networks, Affiliate Networks, lead generation affiliate programs and providers of affiliate tools and technology. Many of them will be back again this time to recruit more affiliates!

If you’re interested in finding out more, contact Rachel at rachel [at] lurn.com.

Event Details

May 28th - 30th, 2009
Las Vegas Hilton
www.PPCCLassroomLIVE.com

Hey Everyone!

Today is a big day for our company - and I wanted to share our exciting news with you!

We have changed our name Lurn, Inc. That’s a fun way of spelling “learn”, where U come first!

You can check out our new website at http://www.Lurn.com

I’ve also pasted a copy of a press release we sent about the name change below.

How does this name change affect you?

Well, for the most part, everything will remain the same for our clients, affiliates, students and partners.

All of our product lines (including the Affiliate Classroom course) remain intact and running ahead at full steam!

You’ll continue being supported by the same great staff and you’ll continue to receive the same great training tools and information you’ve come to expect from us.

But, as the year goes on - you’ll see that we’ll be adding more support, more tools, more services and more training to help our students and our affiliates reach their personal and financial goals.

We’d love to hear what you think about the new name - please send me your comments!

Stay tuned for more news on all of the great things coming out of Lurn this year!

To your continued success,
Sarah Holland
Lurn, Inc. (formerly Affiliate Classroom)
www.Lurn.com

***** A copy of Our Press Release *****

Affiliate Classroom Changes Name to Lurn, Inc.

E-learning Content and Technology Provider Takes on a New Name to Encompass Expanded Offering and Vision

College Park, MD –March 5th, 2009 –
Affiliate Classroom, a leading publisher of educational tools for the interactive advertising industry, has changed its name to Lurn, Inc.

The change comes as the company embarks on plans to expand offerings and broaden its vision.

“We originally set out to provide training and best practices for affiliates. The name Affiliate
Classroom made perfect sense,” said founder and CEO Anik Singal. “But in late 2008 as our executive team developed our strategic vision for the next two years, we felt limited by the name. What we’re able to offer now is beyond simple how-to information for affiliates. Changing our name is strategically liberating.”

Along with new interactive marketing courses, in 2009 the company will add a comprehensive e-learning delivery and membership management platform to its offerings. This technology will offer third-parties the ability to launch and manage their own training
and membership-based coaching and consulting package.

The company will continue using the name “Affiliate Classroom” to brand its online affiliate training course. Affiliate Classroom is currently undergoing a content and technological revision and will be re-introduced to the market in mid-2009.

Singal added, “We’ve been getting a lot of compliments on the new name. We think that it highlights our fun personality, while staying true to our vision of empowering our students to reach their goals through technology and education.”

About  Lurn, Inc.
Formerly known as Affiliate Classroom, privately-held Lurn, Inc was established in October of 2004 and is a leading provider of content and e-learning technology for interactive marketers. The growing product suite includes courses, books, live seminars, digital magazines, online communities and applications for online marketers.
www.Lurn.com

Contact:
Rachel Honoway
VP of Marketing
rachel@lurn.com
301-944-0052 ext 714