8 Comments by Thor Schrock on June 14, 2008 under Audition Information

We had to split up this video of Shoemoney reviewing the top 10 Top Affiliate Challenge contestants because it became a bit too long. Overall good stuff. Watch it for yourself and feel free to comment below!

0 Comment by Thor Schrock on June 9, 2008 under Audition Information

Jonathan Van Clute emailed me and asked if there was a way to disable the Revver autoplay feature that automatically starts the audition videos when the web page is opened. It appears that some PPC companies will not allow you to send traffic to pages that push audio automatically to the visitor.

2 Comments by Thor Schrock on June 3, 2008 under Audition Information, General Show News

We have completed the introduction of a new scoring system that calculates scores more quickly than the old one did. On each page load of the website, 10 more scores are calculated. With about 150 videos in the system, that means a complete scoring recalculation every 15 page loads, or about 8 times an hour.

2 Comments by Thor Schrock on May 31, 2008 under Audition Information, General Show News

There are mere hours left to audition for Season 1 of the Top Affiliate Challenge!  The deadline for submitting new videos to the website is 12 AM Central Standard Time (CST).  Any videos submitted that are timestamped by our system after the deadline will not be added to the system.
Note that VOTING will continue until […]

1 Comment by Thor Schrock on May 29, 2008 under Audition Information

With all of that said, do not underestimate the ability for people not in the top 25% to rocket into the top 10 on the last day. Scores are based on an average of overall voting. People at the bottom tend to have fewer votes, so it only takes a few super votes to transform their scores and push them into the top 25% or even the top 10 contestants. Nothing is secure for anyone going forward! Voting will end on July 14th at midnight!

2 Comments by Thor Schrock on May 28, 2008 under General Show News, Sponsors

Today we have added XY7.com, neverblueads.com, and uniqueads.com to our growing list of sponsors. I would highly recommend that you take a moment tosign up for an account with each of these sponsors and take a look at the offers they have in their stables. If you make it on the show having this information before hand (especially having your own affiliate manager) could be an invaluable resource.

7 Comments by Thor Schrock on May 27, 2008 under Audition Information, General Show News, Local Show Support

Taking a little inspiration from Rhonda Del Boccio’s success with her local media, Chad Van Norman has managed to replicate her success times two.
Chad sent us an email yesterday with scans of two newspaper articles that were run on his Top Affiliate Challenge efforts in his local community.  Click on the thumbnails below to read […]

0 Comment by Thor Schrock on May 22, 2008 under General Show News, Sponsors

Our budget calls for more than $17,000 in video equipment rentals alone and the last thing we need to do is put all of that equipment into inexperienced hands. Omaha Wedding Video is going to oversee the handling of our equipment and will be doing most of the video editing for the entire series as well.

4 Comments by Thor Schrock on May 21, 2008 under Audition Information, General Show News

When we launched on this venture, we set a lofty goal of reaching more than 1,000,000 viewers throughout the course of the audition process and the show its self. These numbers are very important to us because they represent the value we can pass on to the sponsors who have made this show a reality.

0 Comment by Thor Schrock on May 20, 2008 under General Show News, Sponsors

The Top Affiliate Challenge will test the marketing abilities of 12 marketers from around the world under the personal guidance of superstars like Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker, John Chow and Ken McArthur to see who can be the “Top Affiliate.”