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Congratulations to the following 12 Top Affiliate Challenge contestants. After months of hard work and campaigning, these 12 beat out hundreds of other contestants to make it to the show.

  • Ty Hurd
  • Big Jason Henderson
  • Jonathan Van Clute
  • Devin Hunter
  • Tom “the Furry Hat Guy”
  • Jani Gaffor
  • Jonathan Ryan
  • Carl Zetterlund
  • Chad Van Norman
  • Ronda Del Boccio
  • Collin Lahay
  • Ian Fernando

Now that the contestants have been selected, the fun can really begin. The 12 contestants will be flown to Lincoln, Nebraska at the end of the month to begin their two week challenge to see who will be the Top Affiliate. The contestants will be divided into three teams. Each team will be lead by either myself, Shoemoney or Ken McArthur.

I’m really looking forward to this competition. I’ve reviewed the audition videos of all the contestants and I would be happy to have anyone of them on my team. The first episode of Top Affiliate Challenge will air in the first week of July. Make sure you tune in and cheer for my team!

Other than filming the show and punching a cow, I wonder what else is there to do in Lincoln, Nebraska?

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    57 Comments

    2008-06-16 18:43:52
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    Looks like Ian Fernando made it in 12th place, congratulations.

    Comment by Ian Fernando
    2008-06-16 18:57:05
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    thanks! looking forward to learn from the evil one himself! and ofcourse networking - this is going to be a great experience, I look forward to meeting everyone and ofcourse learing!

    2008-06-16 19:04:36
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    Hope you win Ian :D

     
    2008-06-16 20:05:45
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    I’m looking forward to hearing about what the evil one himself is teaching everyone.

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 20:07:29
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    and here I thought Shoemoney was the evil one!!!

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    2008-06-16 20:16:28
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    I think Chow and Shoemoney should have a competition to see who is more evil.

     
    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 20:45:08
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    how much money can your team make in 24 hours? I think we’ll be seeing some “evil” or at least the fruits of it. ;)

    jackson vs griffin ufc is july 5th during filming. if thor doesn’t milk that for all its worth, he’s crazy.

     
    Comment by Abdul
    2008-06-16 22:18:44
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    I hope Ian wins!

     
    Comment by Ian Fernando
    2008-06-17 02:31:54
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    thanks abdul!

     
     
     
     
    Comment by Thiago Prado
    2008-06-17 04:23:49
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    Yeah he was very brave and lucky because he’s in 56th position last week and jumped to 12th. Congrats!

     
     
    2008-06-16 18:46:04
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    Congratulations to Collin Lahay for making it as well. Very informative blog Colln has there.

    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 22:52:34
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    Thanks Alan, I appreciate the comment.

     
     
    Comment by Clickusername
    2008-06-16 18:46:20
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    I’m sure a couple of them were on Joel Comm’s version of the Apprentice on the web last summer.

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 19:41:06
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    just me. though thor from nim is the producer

    big jason

    Comment by Abdul
    2008-06-16 22:20:26
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    Wow, you qualified too, congratulations!

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-17 15:37:36
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    thanks!

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    Comment by Ganesh
    2008-06-16 18:56:19
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    Hey John, what sort of contest is this. I mean, do you lead a team and try to make the most affiliate sales?

    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 22:59:32
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    Yes. John Chow, Shoemoney, and Ken McArthur will each be leading a team of (predictably 4) contestants to find the best affiliate marketer.

     
     
    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 19:00:19
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    i’m actually looking forward to tipping some cows and eating a lot of creamed corn john! ;) see you soon
    big jason

    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 22:54:33
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    Maybe one of our competitions involves selling the most cans of creamed corn for our team? Get a nice local word of mouth campaign going. :-)

    See you in Nebraska.

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 23:01:47
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    hahaha. that would be funny. with me at 6′11″ and you at 18, we could pretend to be a father/son team and clean up at that. ;)

    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 23:30:57
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    hahahah

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    2008-06-16 19:01:25
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    Congratulations to all the contestants! I’m sure they are all going to learn heaps!

    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 23:00:44
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    Well the idea is for the viewers to learn heaps as well, but there is no doubt in anyones mind that we will all learn a lot.

    Hope you learn something yourself Tom. :-)

     
     
    2008-06-16 19:10:03
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    Congrats Ian and all the contestants.. Should be a good Competition.. :razz:

     
    Comment by Juan Burton
    2008-06-16 19:17:05
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    CooL! I hope Ian will win, we’ll see… hehe :wink:

     
    Comment by Shanel Yang
    2008-06-16 20:15:25
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    I’m a huge fan of The Apprentice, so I’ll have to stay tuned for this exciting contest. Hmm. Lots of interesting stuff going on here!

    Comment by Abdul
    2008-06-16 22:23:10
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    Is this going to be aired on TV, and is John going there as well?

    Comment by Not JohnChow
    2008-06-17 03:47:14
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    TV would be great! How about it John? I am sure you could get someone in the mainstream to bite!

     
     
     
    Comment by Tom
    2008-06-16 20:26:34
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    One word… “waverly” it’s about 20 min outside of Lincoln. It will be time well spent :).

     
    Comment by Chad
    2008-06-16 21:04:25
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    Seriously it’s in Nebraska?

    2008-06-16 21:34:03
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    Yep, Nebraska. Nothin’ there but plains, cows, corn and Shoemoney.

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 22:19:47
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    hey, don’t forget tommy lee’s tutor!!!!
    http://www.tv.com/natalie-riedmann/person/383293/summary.html

     
    Comment by Abdul
    2008-06-16 22:21:56
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    Shoemoney?? Shoemoney lives in Nebraska?

     
    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 23:02:01
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    So it has everything a state needs then? …kidding.

     
    Comment by Binary Ant
    2008-06-17 08:04:49
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    hahaha this comment was funny Alan. I was wondering if the 12 marketers will stay at Shoemoney’s house. Take a picture with his logo at the bottom of the swimming pool!!

     
     
     
    Comment by
    2008-06-16 21:47:42
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    Thought I would let you know Mr. Chow. Some one is going around trying to pretend hes you. I believe he may be trying to scam people. Hes using the Email “webmaster@johnchow.com”. I have screenies up on a blog http://www.onetweak.com. I would try taking over that email so no one else gets scammed.

     
    Comment by Tom
    2008-06-16 22:12:15
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    for the record… Nebraska does have cities, the cows are just between the cities :)

     
    Comment by Jonathan van Clute
    2008-06-16 23:05:55
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    Hi John & company! Jonathan here… looking forward to meeting everyone in Lincoln. I can’t believe it’s coming up so soon, SOOOO much to do before I leave!! Ack!!

    Jonathan

    http://www.ToolTrainer.com
    http://www.LPGen.com

     
    Comment by Mike Huang
    2008-06-16 23:13:20
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    THe only flaw that I see in this challenge is that a lot of the contestants had paid “super votes” to get their rank. I believe that voting should be done fairly, but a person with money could just win the ranks on voting lol

    -Mike

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 23:19:23
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    i talked about that today on the gary james show. contestants who were complaining about this were actually the ones doing it!!! ROFL!

     
     
    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-16 23:37:30
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    That is not always true, Gaj had over $1500 in supervotes (300+ of them), and he came in 11th. The supervotes were all about adding a little more strategy to the voting process, because if you really think about it, paying $200 for adverting on some popular site requesting that the readers voted you a 10/10 would indirectly be “buying your way onto the show,” but in reality it would just be smart marketing.

    At the end of the day, it is all a matter of opinion. However, I believe sometimes you just have to spend money to make money.

     
     
    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-16 23:48:35
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    yep. while people were complaining, gaj, jonathan van clute and myself were kicking some serious ass seperating people from $5 and more at a time with marketing. just think if thor had made it posible to enter the amount you wanted to pay or a dropdown of multiples of $5. ;)

     
    Comment by Juan Burton
    2008-06-17 01:58:08
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    Just wanted to say Good Luck to all of the Contestants. I hope you all enjoy yourselves, have fun, nextwork with each other, partnership, and prosper. :wink:

    Yours Truely,
    Juan

    Comment by big jason
    2008-06-17 08:39:32
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    thanks juan. should be a blast.

    big jason

     
     
    Comment by Start Blogging
    2008-06-17 05:18:06
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    Sounds exciting! I’m glad Ty Hurd made it, he’s been working hard to get votes! :P

    Comment by Ty Hurd
    2008-06-17 12:52:45
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    Hey SB - thanks for the support! I’m looking forward to the show TONS, can’t wait to learn from the masters! This is gonna be a wild ride…

     
     
    2008-06-17 11:07:23
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    Hey this is funny I just found Ian’s site for the first time a couple of nights ago and had a great time looking at his skill. Such a young guy!

    But from what I can tell Collin has a lot of know-how so that’s going to be tough to beat (although I never could get that Hugger thing to work).

    Comment by Collin LaHay
    2008-06-17 12:09:44
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    Thanks Dave, Yeah both of those sites had a few bugs in them, as well as being too optimized for tech-savvy people that I could have lost a lot of potential customers. It was a great learning experience however for my upcoming projects.

     
     
    Comment by Chad Van Norman
    2008-06-17 12:14:58
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    Thanks for the post

    Chad Van Norman

     
    Comment by Allen
    2008-06-17 12:47:46
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    Good luck to everyone involved! I will be keeping up to see how the contest goes.

     
    Comment by Not John Chow
    2008-06-18 06:47:02
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    This looks to be a good learning experience for us watchers too.

     
    2008-06-20 03:49:39
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    Good luck everyone, I am sure you will learn loads and have a blast. make sure that you keep us up to date with how it all goes and any secrets anyone can pass on will be much appreciated!

     
    Comment by Nancy Redford
    2008-06-23 02:50:34
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    Hi John,

    I’m probably biased on who I’d like to win The Top Affiliate Challenge.

    As I live in London UK my I’m backing Jani (also from the UK :wink:) who I also know from his online marketing businesses.

    Just my 2 cents.

    let the best man or woman win! :wink:

     
    2008-06-27 19:01:18
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    [...] harassing the locals for the next couple of months, so he’s not around to eat lunch with us. John Chow is on his way to Lincoln, Nebraska to participate in the Top Affiliate Challenge for the next two [...]