Affiliate Summit has created a dailymile Challenge where we will donate $1 to benefit the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in support of Affiliate Marketers Give Back team for each mile cycled, run, swam, or walked (up to $5,000).

dailymile syncs with Garmin (205, 305, 310xt, 405, 405cx), Nike+ device and iPhone app, as well as a number of iPhone and Android clients.

You can also manually enter your exercise efforts.

In order to participate in dailymile activities, you will need to friend me on dailymile and I will invite you to the challenge.

Do you accept the Race to Affiliate Summit East 2012 Challenge?

Affiliate Summit East 2012 is taking place August 12-14, 2012 in New York City.

The participant with the most total miles at the end of the challenge will receive a VIP Pass to Affiliate Summit West 2013. 2nd to 5th place finishers will each receive a Networking Plus Pass to Affiliate Summit West 2013, and 6th to 10th place finishers will each receive a Networking Pass to Affiliate Summit West 2013.

Please note that all information you provide as part of the contest is public and may be used by Affiliate Summit in our marketing efforts for this event.

Daniel M. Clark, Founder of QAQN, will be the Emcee at Affiliate Summit East 2012, which is taking place August 12-14, 2012 at the Hilton New York.

Daniel M. Clark is a podcast production consultant and the founder of QAQN, a collection of informative and entertaining podcasts.

A resident of the internet since 1992, he either is or has been: a t-shirt designer, an art reviewer, a system administrator, a video game designer and programmer, a blogger, an affiliate marketer, a podcaster, a space cowboy, and a gangster of love. He has, in fact, gotten his lovin’ on the run.

Mostly what Daniel is right now is a work-at-home dad, raising two kids, ages 6 and 3 with his wife, Angela. Daniel has written articles for FeedFront magazine and Blogworld.com. He publishes a variety of podcasts at QAQN.com, including Inside Internet Marketing, his most frequently downloaded show.

Daniel’s first Affiliate Summit was Affiliate Summit East 2006 and he has been a speaker at four Affiliate Summits since 2008.

More details soon on Affiliate Summit East 2012 at http://www.affiliatesummit.com.

Affiliate Summit has incorporated games into the Affiliate Summit forum, where everybody can earn points for doing various things on the site.

Just jump into the forum and participate to earn points for visiting, posting, etc.

Along the way, you’ll accomplish achievements and be able to cash in points for rewards

Details on the Affiliate Summit Rewards Program and eligibility requirements will be posted in the near future.

Join us with OPM and Book Publisher Deborah Carney on Wednesday, February 8th at 6pm EST for a presentation on “Repurposing Your Content to Extend Your Reach and Authority.”

Register now – space is limited: “Repurposing Your Content to Extend Your Reach and Authority.”

What is the webinar about:
You have a great blog, podcast, or website you have been building for several years and you wonder if there is another way to present your content or share the experiences you have had over the years.

We all have knowledge that we can share, but some people aren’t making the most of the content they have already created. With the ease of video sharing plus the breakdown of barriers to self publishing there is a world of people you can reach by repurposing your existing content. This webinar will show you how to change your existing content and harness the power of other outlets.

About Deborah Carney:
Deborah Carney (also known online by the username Loxly) is the well known host of the popular ABC series of podcasts including AffiliateABCs.com, BloggingABCs.com, CreativeMarketingABCs.com and MerchantABCs.com, which can all be found on Geekcast.fm. Coming soon is a new podcast aimed at authors of self published books for Kindle plus other eBook and Print on Demand services. Deborah is also the Administrator of the Affiliate Summit Networking forum, which is a great place to network between Affiliate Summit events.

As a podcast host, she has interviewed many industry leaders, enabling her to bring a unique perspective to merchant programs and the affiliate industry. As a successful affiliate and a successful Outsourced Program Manager, past in-house affiliate manager and consultant for many networks and companies, Deborah’s experiences have brought her to a point to start sharing that information with others via the ABCs podcasts and other training courses.

Be sure to register for the this FREE Webinar: “Repurposing Your Content to Extend Your Reach and Authority.”

If you are interested in presenting in the Affiliate Summit Webinar series, please contact Mary Poiley by email or by phone at 813-438-6279.

Also, you can see a list of all past and present webinars on this page.

We’ve been going with a naming convention of precious metals (and recently adding a gem) for the Affiliate Summit pass types, but we’ve found from feedback and customer service inquiries that the names don’t really say anything.

So, we’re changing them up to (hopefully) bring some immediate clarity to the benefits of the pass types.

Here are the exciting new names…

Networking Pass (formerly Silver)
Admission to Meet Market and Exhibit Hall, and Keynotes. The pass to get if you’re just going to network.

Networking Plus Pass (formerly Gold)
Admission to Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynotes, Sunday educational sessions; access to all recorded session videos; and PowerPoint presentations. This pass does not include access to Monday and Tuesday sessions in person. If your priority is networking, but you want to sample some educational sessions, this is the way to go – networking plus some sessions.

VIP Pass (formerly Platinum)
Includes Breakfast and Lunch on Monday and Tuesday; admission to Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynote, all educational sessions on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday; participation in the Newcomer program; access to all recorded session videos; and PowerPoint presentations. Not to say that there are any unimportant attendees, but this level gets the VIP treatment. Nice, hot buffet breakfasts and lunches, access to all sessions, and other perks. If you really want the 360 degree Affiliate Summit experience, you should be a VIP.

All Access Pass (formerly Diamond)
Includes Breakfast and Lunch on Monday and Tuesday; admission to Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynote, all educational sessions on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday; participation in the Newcomer program; access to all recorded session videos; PowerPoint presentations; your company logo on your name badge, and Express Checkin at the conference. ALSO: DVDs of all recorded session videos. Sometimes VIP just isn’t enough. If you want all of the perks of a VIP, plus DVDs of the sessions, the All Access Pass is your destiny.

Details on pricing, early bird deadlines, and more for Affiliate Summit East 2012 at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/12e-register/.

Affiliate Summit ambassador Mary Poiley shares the latest Affiliate Summit news for the week prior to January 28th, 2012.

Highlights from Affiliate Summit West 2012, the premier affiliate marketing conference, which took place January 8-10, 2012 in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace Las Vegas with over 5,000 affiliate marketers.

Video: Highlights from Affiliate Summit West 2012

The seventeenth issue of FeedFront Magazine is out, so we’re on to issue 18.

The next issue of FeedFront will be coming out in May 2012, and the deadline for article proposals for issue 18 of FeedFront is February 22, 2012.

If you are interested in writing an article, go to the FeedFront article proposal form to submit a one sentence summary on what you’d like to cover.

No ghost-written articles. We only want content from people writing from their personal industry experience.

If you have previously been accepted to write an article and either failed to meet the deadline or did not adhere to the editorial guidelines, please submit your article proposal elsewhere. We take our deadlines and guidelines seriously.

Do not submit a complete article now – just a one sentence summary.

We will contact everybody who submitted a proposal by February 22, 2012 on whether the article ideas are accepted or denied.

Affiliate Summit Co-Founders, Shawn Collins and Missy Ward will be sponsoring up to 8 merchants at their upcoming show, providing them with free tradeshow space in the Affiliate Summit East 2012 Exhibit Hall or Meet Market.

The goal of the endowment is to make the tradeshow networking experience of Affiliate Summit available to merchants who might not otherwise be able to exhibit.

Each recipient of the Pay it Forward Merchant Endowment be awarded their choice of one (1) 8×10 booth package (non corner), valued at $6,825 or a Meet Market with Platinum Pass package, valued at $5,295. For more information on these packages please visit: http://www.affiliatesummit.com/12e-exhibitors/.

Endowments are limited to U.S. based Merchants with active affiliate programs. Applicants will be considered based on current participation in; and future contribution to the affiliate marketing industry.

All applicants must answer ONE of these questions in essay form in 300 words or less:

1. What is a problem in affiliate marketing and how do you propose it be fixed?
2. What are the top two unique value propositions for affiliates in your affiliate program?

All applications will be reviewed by the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board and winners of the scholarships will be notified by Friday, March 9, 2012.

To be considered for a Pay It Forward Scholarship, please complete the online application. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

Good luck!

Join us for a how-to webinar with John Wagner, PPC Consultant with RhinoFish Media, on Thursday, February 23rd at 4:00pm EST entitled “Easily Create Customized Display Ad Banners for the Google Display Network for Free”.

Register now – space is limited: EASILY create customized Display Ad banners for the Google Display Network for FREE

What is this webinar about?
This special presentation will be an introduction to the Google AdWords Display Ad Builder (DAB) Tool. We often find, during conversations with those in our industry, that surprisingly very few people are even aware of this tool’s existence. Develop professional-looking custom banners within AdWords usually in just a few minutes at no cost. This is especially appealing to small or medium size business, with tight resources. Typically you will pay about $20-$25 per banner for a third party/graphic artist to create banners for you. All standard Google Display Network (GDN) sizes can be built (120×600, 160×600, 336×280, 300×250, 468×60, 728×90, 200×200, 250×250). Hundreds of themes, templates, and styles to choose from including both static & interactive dynamic banners. Easily update your existing ads when offers, sales or prices change. With eye catching ads, in variety of designs and styles, you can further enhance your display campaigns overall performance.

About John Wagner:
John Wagner is a PPC consultant for RhinoFish Media. He manages clients covering a broad range of products, specializing in ROI-centric optimization using both Search and Display.

About RhinoFish Media:
RhinoFish Media, owned and founded by Patrick Grady in 2004, provides outsourced PPC Consulting. RhinoFish Media focuses on ongoing PPC management services, most often for ROI-centric small and medium sized businesses. They offer results-focused consulting that aims towards optimized ROI/ROAS, budget, reach, segmentation and ad performance. Services feature data driven decision making processes based on tracking and analytics, and are backed by years of PPC experience. Having come from the affiliate channel in its infancy, RhinoFish Media also specializes in multi-channel attribution, tracking and interference issues. RhinoFish Media is one of the few Paid Search firms who offer a true revenue share performance model, there are no flat fees, percent of spend fees, contracts or term obligation.

Besides overall dissatisfaction with current ROI, many new RhinoFish Media PPC consulting inquiries also are looking for assistance with the following two general categories:

1. Historically falling short of overall PPC goals and a clearly defined plan to achieve them.
2. New to the PPC arena and need ongoing expert guidance and support in sufficiently clearing the many PPC hurdles yet to be encountered or even realized.

Be sure to register for this FREE Webinar: Easily Create Customized Display Ad Banners for the Google Display Network for Free. Hurry, space is limited.

If you are interested in presenting in the Affiliate Summit Webinar series, please contact Mary Poiley by email or by phone at 813-438-6279.

Also, you can see a list of all past and present webinars on this page.