We would like to congratulate our two newest Certified Affiliate Managers on graduating!

- Venu Nali

- Douglas Bamlett

Congratulations to Venu and Douglas on a job well done!  You have done an outstanding job to work toward becoming a Certified Affiliate Manager and it’s going to pay off with a bright and successful future in Affiliate Marketing.

I’d like to take a moment to introduce a few more of our Certified Affiliate Managers.  They are joining an elite group of individuals who have gone above and beyond your typical affiliate manager to prove that the know their stuff!

- Jeff Wood

- Eric Buhman

- Jozef Antony

- Stanley Stauffer

- Marty Keene

Congratulations Jeff, Eric, Jozef, Stanley and Marty on a job well done!

A huge congrats goes out to those who have graduated and become Certified Affiliate Managers!

-David Zigila

-Peter Morrison

-David Ward

-Carol Buchalter

-Isaac Lomman

-Chip Stacy

You’ve all worked very hard and we applaud you for your efforts!  Congratulations!!!

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!

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!

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

Lori Winkler of Direct Response Technologies has just completed her AC Certified Affiliate Manager Training.  She’s now a Certified Affiliate Manager!

We’re happy that Direct Response Technologies chose to work with us to help train Lori.  We are confident that she has learned everything she needs to know to launch and manage a successful affiliate program through our 10 Module course!

I’ve just gotten life back in order since Affiliate Summit West ‘09 in Las Vegas, and the long weekend. Let me tell you something - working at Summit was more fun than my long weekend!

In case you weren’t able to attend, I’ll recap some of my favorite moments and stories from the event.

1. First, I thoroughly enjoyed the chatter about Joel Comm’s ridiculously successful iphone application, ifart.  His application recently reached the coveted #1 position of the iphone app downloads.  It would be far from the truth to say that I find myself too grown up to enjoy fart jokes.  Although juvenile, I find them hilarious.  Congratulations to Joel for finding a way to make money out of “thin” air!
2. I got to see some big names in the industry that I have long heard of but never actually met.  Jim Lillig and Rosalind Gardner were pretty easy to pick out of a crowd after spending so much time in my early days watching them in training videos  Summit is a great place to come face to face with some of the marketers and bloggers out there that you read about every day.  Last year I was awe struck by the likes of Sean Collins, Amit Mehta, Jim Kukral, and even Anik Singal…
3. Aside from the Exhibit Hall which brought a constant stream of new people to meet, my favorite event was the Shareasale sponsored 80s party on Sunday night.  It was a great opportunity to network, make friends, and see my boss (our very own Rachel Honoway) in her prom dress!  Behold:

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Yesterday, I sat down and chatted with Wade Tonkin of Christian Affiliate Marketers for his podcast series. Wade and I go waaaaaay back to early 2000’s when we worked together at KowaBunga! Technologies.

We talked about our upcoming Affiliate Manager Workshop and all of the great fun we’ve had at past workshops and Affiliate Summit events.

You can listen to the podcast here:

 http://christianaffiliatemarketers.com/cam-blog-podcast-13-rachel-honoway-of-affiliate-classroom-live/