Left the Charlotte area just now and are traveling through South Carolina.
So far we have met with some awesome people and I can’t wait to meet with more!
I just liked this picture 
Hard not to hope he gets a flat tire!
Really cool area of Fort Mill, SC.
We are on the way to Charlotte on leg one of the trip. Unfortunately my Treo does not take the BEST pictures in the world but take it from me, the mountains were beautiful
Hunter at the wheel
Cool hills and mountains
The staple of every road trip in the south…sunflower seeds!
Now we have the video of the Best in Business Awards!
Enjoy!
So I broke out the suit for this event Here are some pictures from the Best in Business Awards.
Myself, Our CFO Bob Klee (he writes the checks), and our CEO Hunter Ingram
Some of our staff at the awards
I just thought this was funny…Paul, Nick, and Dustin with the flowers for their wives
Awww…with my mom who came from North Carolina…we don’t look alike do we?
| With a last name like McWilliams, today is an extra special day…Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone! You better be wearing green or I shall pinch ye. |
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| WebinarStock is over and I must say…what a great event!
I am sure there will be more and I cannot wait for them. Congratulations to James Doran who won the full pass to Affiliate Summit East, worth $1499.00! Our CEO, Hunter Ingram listened in and won a prize from another merchant as well. Go Hunter! |
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I have uploaded the power point presentation that I used for my presentation.
In the future, I strongly advise taking part in WebinarStock. You will learn a lot and get connected with some great people!
| Just a reminder that tonight is the night for WebinarStock!There are going to be many great presenters from different affiliate programs. |
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A full list of presenters can be found here
As a presenter, we are giving away a free full pass to Affiliate Summit East valued at $1449.00!
About WebinarStock:
Webinarstock is an online webinar event being held on March 14th. Webinarstock will bring together dozens of merchant affiliate program managers and potentially hundreds of affiliates in 1 webinar for 3 hours of learning and earning. Participating affiliate managers will each give presentations about their programs, answer affiliate questions and hold contests and giveaways for affiliates in attendance. Affiliates will be able to interact with the affiliate managers and learn more about each of the participating merchant programs in a fun, festival type atmosphere.
Webinarstock is free for merchants and affiliates. Conference call long distance charges may apply depending on where you’re located. Space for merchants and affiliates will be on a first come, first serve basis due to time constraints and attendee limits. We’ll be giving away prizes throughout the event, along with other fun surprises. We hope to see you there!
To register to attend click here
Hope you can attend and have a chance to win this great prize!
This post from Amy Armitage and Joe Whyte at lunartics.
They present the 60 reasons why web hosts suck. I have included a few of my favorites below:
Your host asks you to verify your account by repeating your password over the phone. Every time you say it, you hear a stifled giggle and they say “I’m sorry sir can you please repeat that?” Your password is IamTheBe$tLOVER
A cyber squatter picked up your domain name and is holding it hostage. You find out it’s the guy from your web hosting companies support team who you previously screamed at and called a stupid moron.
Your user control panel consists of 2 options. On and Off!
canceling - they’ll claim they let you cancel anytime within the contract, but it turns out you can’t ever get a refund (you have to write a letter in your own blood to prove you are who you say you are, then send it to their office in Nome, Alaska that reads mail only once a year during the famous dog sled race). Of course, when you complain about these points, they point you to their TOS where it spells out the whole Nome and dog sled stuff, although it doesn’t mention the writing the letter in your own blood (the person on the phone just made that up to be funny).
| 1. In every official U.S. war (i.e. not Vietnam, Korea, or Iraq, in which Congress never declared war) I had ancestors fight on both sides…American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, etc. etc…even the Spanish-American War. |
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| 2. I wore a red dress to my Senior Prom. I lost a bet, enough said! 3. I have never left the United States. Amazingly I have not. Two times in college my school played in a golf tournament out of the U.S. - once in Mexico and once in Puerto Rico. Both times I was injured…only two I missed for injury - just my luck! |
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| 4. Before joining HometownQuotes, I worked in politics. I specialized in online fundraising and the entire online campaign arena. I worked for many congressmen, congressional candidates, gubernatorial candidates, and various local and state politicians. It is a little jading to be honest. Whatever your perceptions are about politicians, they are generally right. |
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| 5. Cheesecake is literally my favorite food and biggest weakness. I could eat it at every meal if it contained any redeeming nutritional value other than a lot of calcium. The best, OF COURSE, is New York style. All others are just imitating it |
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I just got back to the office from Denver, where I spent two days.
Things I learned:
1. Denver is really flat..flatter than Nashville even. It sits on a plateau with Kansas to the east and the Rockies to the west.
2. High-altitude is hard to get used to. I slept horrible both nights.
3. The microbreweries there are amazing..top reason to go back!
4. It’s much warmer than I expected. Pretty much Nashville minus 3 degrees.
5. The Rockies are immensely beautiful…10 times more so than I expected!
Most of pictures turned out awful 
but here are two:
A view from a top a building of Denver…with Coors Field in the foreground.
The only shot I got of the mountains that looks decent..driving through Aurora.
Yeah, we got more today
The Exhibit Hall
The Tryst Party Monday Night
The HometownQuotes crew with
Dale from ThingsfromAnotherWorld.com
Our booth: the only known shot of it…yes that is POPCORN!
For those who may have missed it, the contest with Matt’s picture is also a photoshop contest, so…
It is using a different photo but sure is cool
Have a great weekend!
This is just too funny…
There is a thread on ABestWeb for a caption contest for this picture of Matt. Check it out here…
As many of you know, each year ABestWeb (my home away from home) has awards for the “Best of.”
I was fortunate enough to be nominated for Best In-House Affiliate Manager of the Year, Best New Affiliate Manager of the Year, and Best New Member of the Year.
2006 was a great year for HometownQuotes and 2007 is already off to a rockin’ start. Thank you to ABestWeb for even considering me for the awards.
The ONLY (thankfully) shot of me on stage prior to my “singing”
I have yet to figure how this picture was taken at such an angle…from the buy.at Pure Party Saturday night.
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