{"id":730,"date":"2013-03-22T21:09:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adscendblog.com\/?p=730"},"modified":"2017-04-07T23:50:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T23:50:53","slug":"team-member-spotlight-michael-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adscendmedia.com\/blog\/team-member-spotlight-michael-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Member Spotlight: Michael Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adscendblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MikeThompson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adscendblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MikeThompson.jpg\" alt=\"MikeThompson\" width=\"237\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Thompson<br \/>\n<strong>Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Business Development Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Food:<\/strong>\u00a0Salmon<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Drink:\u00a0<\/strong>?<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink:\u00a0<\/strong>Iced tea<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell\u00a0Us\u00a0a\u00a0Little\u00a0About\u00a0Yourself:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been at Adscend Media\u00a0and what is your role at the company?<\/strong>\u00a0I have been with Adscend Media for about two years. Currently, I am a business development manager, and work mostly with managing publishers and network accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you able to explain to your friends and family what you do?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes. Usually there are multiple questions, but we wind up getting there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like most about your job?<\/strong>\u00a0The dynamic environment. Every day is a very new day and there are new challenges every day. And with those challenges come new opportunities to grow skills and become better educated. It is an exciting field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would you recommend someone get started in affiliate marketing?<\/strong>\u00a0I would recommend to be as active and as hands-on as possible. Networking, being active on forums, actively keeping updated on industry news, and reading press releases are all great ways to get started and get familiar with industry buzz words and day-to-day processes. Creating your own publishing channel can also help you increase your knowledge at your own pace as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could give only one piece of advice to your affiliates, what would that be?<\/strong>\u00a0Pay as much attention as possible to daily communication. In your daily conversations and email exchanges, there is a lot of information and potential growth opportunities for your business. Whether it\u2019s communication between a business partner or a user from your website &#8211; carefully considering all details in your daily communications to identify where there might be growth potential can help you grow your business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like to do for fun when you aren&#8217;t working?<\/strong>\u00a0I enjoy listening to music and playing guitar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best way for advertisers to reach you?<\/strong>\u00a0By company email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Michael@AdscendMedia.com\" target=\"_blank\">Michael@AdscendMedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:\u00a0Michael Thompson Title:\u00a0Business Development Manager Favorite Food:\u00a0Salmon Favorite Drink:\u00a0? Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink:\u00a0Iced tea Tell\u00a0Us\u00a0a\u00a0Little\u00a0About\u00a0Yourself: How long have you been at Adscend Media\u00a0and what is your role at the company?\u00a0I have been with Adscend Media for about two years. Currently, I am a business development manager, and work mostly with managing publishers and network accounts. 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