by Shannon on January 13, 2012
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Day 2 of Affiliate Summit West didn’t begin as early as I would have liked. I really wanted to attend the Early Morning Whiteboarding session with Eric Nagel, didn’t quite make it. It was a just a bit too early after the late night the evening before. I did begin the day with a decent breakfast provided by the conference and then headed over to the Opening Keynote.
It was given by Jon Spoelstra. I thought that he had some really great ideas of how to succeed in business, including his idea of “new as a way of life” but most of his examples were dated. Still I did enjoy hearing him speak.
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by Shannon on January 12, 2012
Affiliate Summit West 2012 was held once again in Las Vegas. This year it was hosted at Caesar’s Palace in their convention center. I had a room in the Palace Tower which was closely located to the convention center. I missed Affiliate Summit West last year when it was at the Wynn, but did attend in 2010 when it was held at the Rio.
One of my biggest complaints about that hotel was how far the way from my room to the convention center was. Plus the Rio is not on the strip, so it was a cab or shuttle ride away from everything. Caesar’s Palace is centrally located on the strip. I arrived on Saturday (the conference started on Sunday morning) to make the most of my time and get settled in before the start.
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by Shannon on January 12, 2012
I just got back yesterday from Affiliate Summit West and I am exhausted but in a good way. I am refreshed and full of new ideas. I had the great opportunity to cover the conference as a blogger and did some live blogging from the sessions and keynotes.
There were sessions for everyone from affiliates, merchants, affiliate managers, and more. My focus were on sessions of interest to affiliates. Below I have added links to all of the sessions that I attended.
Look for my recap posts soon. Registration for both Affiliate Summit East 2012 and Affiliate Summit Central are open.
by Shannon on January 10, 2012
Pinnacle Awards
Keynote and Pinnacle Awards
Got started right away with the Pinnacle Awards. The winners are:
Affiliate of the Year – Coupon Cabin
Affiliate Manager of the Year – Kim Salvino
Exceptional Merchant of the Year – Tiny Prints
Affiliate Advocate of the Year – Tim Storm
Best Blogger of the Year – Tricia Meyer
Affiliate Marketing Legend of the Year – Kim Rowley
Eric (ET the Hip Hop Preacher) Thomas – author the Secret to Success
@ericthomasbtc
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by Shannon on January 9, 2012
Scott Jangro
Digital Curation: What it Means to Affiliates
Scott Jangro
President MechMedia, Inc.
@jangro
Has been a publisher for years. He has built a lot of websites.
You get a great idea, buy a domain, install wordpress, and then you stop. Why?
Creating content is hard, it is not for everybody. Even if you are a writer coming up with stuff on a regular basis is tough.
The other is you put up your best stuff and nobody is listening. You can only do that for so long.
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