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This session, International Options for US Affiliates, took place Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Affiliate Summit East 2008.
Session description:
Discussion of expanding business internationally.
Presenter: Jim Mansfield, CEO, Intela

International Options for US Affiliates
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This session, Lead Generation for EMarketers, took place Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Affiliate Summit East 2008.
Session description:
Lead generation is one of the biggest tools of emarketing. The success of a lead generation campaign is the single most useful tool for advertisers to target their products and services to prospects.

Kelli Beougher, Senior Vice President, LinkShare [...]

I was just looking at Google Trends and see that many of the popular Black Friday searches are related to electronics and video games, so I figured I’d share a list of cameras, computers, video games and other items I purchased and liked a lot this year.
These items cover a wide price range, and they [...]

This session, Lessons Learned in Using Video for Affiliates, took place Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Affiliate Summit East 2008.
Session description:
A discussion of what we have learned in terms of using video to drive higher click through and conversion rates.
Presenter: Jonathan Stefansky, EVP Sales and Marketing, Qoof

Lessons Learned in Using Video for Affiliates
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This week on the Affiliate Thing podcast, Shawn Collins and Lisa Picarille talked about Black Friday and what’s hot for affiliates.
The show also includes talk of a new affiliate marketing conference, ASUS eee as a Christmas gift, Instant Form Pro from Joel Comm, a new affiliate control panel from [...]

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This session, Web 2.0 for Affiliates, took place Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Affiliate Summit East 2008.
Session description:
You will quickly be left behind if Web 2.0 strategies are not part of your overall marketing blueprint. How are affiliate marketers using these new kinds of media and what impacts are they having?
Presenter: Ernie St. Gelais, CTO [...]

Network Solutions has put together a Black Friday Deals widget based on the Mashable list of Black Friday deals.
The widget brings in feeds from many of the top sites along with buzz from Twitter on Black Friday.
You can even check it out on your iPhone, Blackberry or other smartphone at http://www.bffeed.com. [...]

The AWeber affiliate program has incorporated new features and launched a revamped affiliate control panel.
In addition to some nice aesthetics, the new control panel enables affiliates to better track campaigns with easily readable, downloadable affiliate statistics and reports.

The custom sub-domain isn’t new, but I love this option from AWeber for my affiliate URLs. So, [...]

This session, The Future of Performance Marketing, took place Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Affiliate Summit East 2008.
Session description:
Industry leaders will explore the performance marketing landscape and what the future holds. Who will lead the growth as the industry matures? Publishers? Networks? Google? Who will acquire who?

Steve Schaffer, Founder & CEO, Vertive, [...]

The Google Affiliate network has compiled a list of holiday shipping deadlines from many merchants in their network for affiliates to use for planning over the coming weeks.
The list indicates Gift Card Shipping, Hanukkah standard and premium shipping, Christmas standard and premium shipping, and Kwanzaa standard and premium shipping. The list also shows whether or [...]