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Affiliate Improv! at Affiliate Summit East 2011

May 18, 2013 by Shawn Collins

This was a conference session titled Affiliate Improv! from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Session speakers:

Daniel M. Clark, Founder, QAQN (Moderator)
Drew Bennett, Blogger / Photographer, BenSpark.com
Mike Buechele, Chief Performance Marketer, Adalytical
Jen Goode, Doodler in Charge, JGoode Designs
Wade Tonkin, Affiliate Manager, Fanatics.com

Session description:

Five industry veterans brainstorm marketing ideas for items/services with audience participation. Ideas to actionable solutions in one fun, lively hour. Come get your creative juices ?owing!

Experience level: Beginner
Target audience: Affiliates/Publishers
Niche/vertical: Education

Session video:

Affiliate Improv! video

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit. The session videos aren’t made public until a year or more after each conference.

Filed Under: Affiliate Managers, Affiliate Summit

Need Help Selling Your Boss on Affiliate Summit East 2013?

May 17, 2013 by Shawn Collins

So you’d like to go to Affiliate Summit East 2013, but your boss is not sure that it is worth the investment?

Well, I’ve written up a quick summary you can share with the boss to point out how Affiliate Summit East 2013 is…

The largest gathering of affiliate marketers in the world.
A chance to connect with nearly 100 expert speakers and thousands of affiliate marketers.
An opportunity to meet hundreds of companies as they exhibit across the 3 days of the conference.
Located in Philadelphia, where they have non-stop domestic flights from nearly 100 different airports, and a hotel group rate of just $169 per night.

Download the letter I’ve written for you, fill in the blanks, and pass it on to your boss.

Also, here is a video to share with your management that gives a quick peek into what goes on at Affiliate Summit.

Video: Highlights from Affiliate Summit West 2013

Filed Under: Affiliate Managers, Affiliate Summit

Has Facebook Killed Commenting on Blogs?

May 16, 2013 by Shawn Collins

I’ve had a complicated relationship with blog comments for a while. They are great when they are authentic, but with blatant comment spam, as well as people making lame comments to drop a link, they were always a mixed bag for me.

Is blog commenting dead? Over the years, I tried all sorts of solutions, such as Akismet, Bad Behavior, Disqus, IntenseDebate, and JS-Kit.

It didn’t matter. The comment spam kept coming.

At the same time, comments were slowing down on my blogs, but I was seeing an increase of comments on Facebook when I posted links there to my posts.

I’m just as guilty as anybody else. I have commented way more on Facebook than on blogs over the years.

Gradually, I shut down comments on my sites. And it looks like I’m not alone.

I saw yesterday that Sté Kerwer recommends closing them down in a new post, “Disable Comments for a Better Blog“.

But he has comments open on the post.

Filed Under: Affiliate Resources

Research Highlights from AffiliateBenchmarks at Affiliate Summit East 2011

May 15, 2013 by Shawn Collins

This was a conference session titled Research Highlights from AffiliateBenchmarks from Affiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Session speaker:

Peter Figueredo, Founding Partner, Netx

Session description:

The AffiliateBenchmarks research study compiles data from the largest pool of affiliates, advertisers, and agencies in the industry.

Experience level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Target audience: Affiliates/Publishers, Merchants/Advertisers
Niche/vertical: Research

Session video:

Research Highlights from AffiliateBenchmarks video

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit. The session videos aren’t made public until a year or more after each conference.

Filed Under: Affiliate Stats

Prices Going Up for Affiliate Summit, a WordPress Plugin for Affiliate Datafeeds, and @feedfront is Accepting Article Proposals

May 14, 2013 by Shawn Collins

On the May 13, 2013 episode of 7 Minutes in Affiliate Heaven podcast (listen to 7 Minutes in Affiliate Heaven), I talked about the opportunity to write for the next issue of FeedFront magazine, prices going up for Affiliate Summit East 2013, and a way for people to get a free pass to the conference.

Want to write for FeedFront? I also mentioned a new plugin to bring datafeeds into WordPress, why all affiliates should optimize their profiles in affiliate networks, and some impressive growth from VigLink.