As you may or may not know., there is a strategy guide available that will help you create more compelling videos, find out what the producers are looking for when we assign the all important base scores, and some helpful hints about what to expect if you make it on the show.

Quite a few of the people who are or have been in the top 10 have benefited from the Strategy Guide, but with the deadline for new video submissions coming up on May 31 (voting continues until June 15) we have decided it is time to retire the Season 1 Strategy Guide on May 31 as well.

If you have not purchased a copy of the Strategy Guide or you did not know it existed, you can get your copy at http://www.topaffiliatechallenge.com/strategy_guide.  The guide is $49.99 and all of the proceeds from the sale of the guide go toward prizes and accommodations for our 12 contestants during the show.

A couple contestants have mentioned in their videos how important the guide has been to them, so don’t miss out!

There has been a lot of discussion on the accuracy of the voting system and the exact definition of what a super vote is. Rather than typing about it all day long I thought it might be easier if I just explained it in a video. Take a look at the video below and feel free to post any questions you have as comments and I will get right on them.

The last of the voting system patches was installed today to take care of some cosmetic things (pages not loading on redirect properly, etc…) Every legitimate vote that has been cast has been counted. Remember that your overall score is based on an average multiplied by your base score. Depending on the number of votes you have and their value, you may need more than one super vote to effect real change in your score.

If you haven’t already done so, check out the strategy guide for some awesome super vote strategies. A few potential contestants have already bought theirs and are employing the lessons of the guide to get into the top 10 and stay there. As a side note, every person who has purchased the strategy guide is now in the top 10. What are you waiting for?

That’s right folks!  The long-awaited Top Affiliate Challenge Strategy Guide is now available for purchase.

To buy your copy, visit
 http://www.topaffiliatechallenge.com/strategy_guide.

The strategy guide is the “Top Affiliate Challenge Bible” and it explains everything you would ever want to know from EXACTLY how votes are calculated to suggested strategies for getting more votes and exposure for your video.

The guide sells for $49.99 and all of the proceeds from the guide go DIRECTLY into the needs of the show.  This is NOT a profit center for us.  Top Affiliate Challenge never has been about an info-product, and this strategy guide does not change that one bit.

The guide is about 50 pages long.  Here are  list of the chapters and some of the items that are covered in each chapter:

• Introduction by Thor Schrock
  • This is a nifty behind the scenes story that helps you understand where the idea for the show came from
• What is Top Affiliate Challenge?
  • Technical description of what the show is and how it works
• How the Audition Process Works
  • Technical description of how the audition process works behind the scenes
• What Should I Include in my Audition?
  • What the producers are looking for in an audition
  • How to get a higher base score on your audition
  • Technical tips on producing a good video
  • How long should my video be?
• How the Voting Process Works
  • Descriptions of the different types of votes
  • Voting tabulation formula
  • The MASSIVE importance of the base score
• Suggested Audition Strategies
  • Some tips on how to make your audition stand out
• Suggested Audition Promotional Strategies
  • How to get more people to watch your video (and vote!)
  • Outside the box promotional efforts
• How You Can Help the Show
  • Things you can do to help yourself and also help the show be a success

That is the guide in a nutshell, and as you can see it is JAM PACKED with information that will give you an edge.  we estimate that about 1/3 of people who audition for the show will purchase the guide.  The tips and hints in the guide will give those who purchase it a massive advantage over those who do not.  Take advantage of this opportunity now!

The only thing left for you to do is decide if you think you can wing it on your own or if you believe that the producers of the show have thought of things you might not have.  It will be interesting to see how many of the final 12 contestants in June ended up purchasing the strategy guide!  (and no, we are not tracking that now)

Ok folks, this is the moment a lot of you have been waiting for!  The Season 1 Top Affiliate Challenge Strategy Guide will be available for purchase Monday!

During the design of our voting systems, the establishment of the audition and contestant rules, and the integration of our sponsors, our team identified several ways a contestant could gain a leg up by using the rules to their advantage.

We assembled much of that experience together into the Season 1 top Affiliate Challenge Strategy Guide.  The $49.99 strategy guide is nearly 50 pages long and contains suggestions for video content, video promotion, voting strategies and more!

In fact, if you have wondered EXACLTY how votes are scored in the system, the EXACT formula used in calculating scores, and EXACTLY what we want to see when we assign high base scores on videos.

One example of a simple tip included in the strategy guide is a Super Vote strategy.  If you buy a Super Votefor yourself, you must also apply it to two other contestants.  But if you had the strategy guide, you might realize that if three contestants team up, each contestant can buy a Super Vote for themselves and then apply it toward the other two partners.  This way, each participant gets three Super-Votes for one $5.00 investment.

Did you think of that one?  There are tons of great tips on all sorts of subjects, including a heads up on what to expect if you make it on the show in July.

All of the revenue collected for the strategy guides will be invested in the show itself - this is not a profit center for us. 

Our goal was to create a strategy guide that will give those who buy it a huge advantage over those who do not, so give it some thought over the weekend and be one of the first to lay hands on this masterpiece on Monday!