Affiliate Summit Real Deal - January 3, 2008

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Topics in this issue:

1. Domain Auction Returns to Affiliate Summit

Moniker and Affiliate Summit are again teaming up to bring you a very special opportunity to find the perfect web address for your business.

The Live and Online Domain Auction at Affiliate Summit West are set to build on the success of the first domain auctions held at Affiliate Summit in Miami last summer.

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity on Monday, February 24 at 3pm to get the premier web addresses you need to build your brand and expand your network of top performing websites.

Continued at http://blog.affiliatesummit.com/2008/01/02/domain-auction-returns-to-affiliate-summit/.

2. Jason Calacanis and Affiliate Spam

Last week, I came across a thread on Wicked Fire about a presentation given by Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo.com, at the Le Web conference.

The gist of the presentation was that spam ruined Usenet, and we are seeing the ruination of search from affiliate spam.

This quote from Jason pretty much sums it up…

“There is a generation of people who are becoming entrepreneurs today who believe that because the Internet technically allows you to do something that you are within your right to do it. You are allowed to pollute the Internet, because you can.”

I agree, and this is definitely a problem. Some folks on Wicked Fire disagree with his statements.

In the thread there, he is labeled “the kid who always got picked on and hassled,” “a whiny little girl,” and “the hitler of the internets.”

The interesting thing is that Jason emphasizes that we must be self regulating, and not have the government come in and fix the problem.

I hope to see it work out that way. Otherwise, we may well see a CAN-SPAM equivalent for affiliate and/or search marketing in the near future.

I’m anxious to hear Jason’s further take on affiliate marketing when he keynotes Affiliate Summit in February. It should be an interesting Q&A.

3. New Year's Resolutions from Affiliate Summit

Affiliate Summit co-founders Missy Ward and Shawn Collins had a chat to share their affiliate marketing and personal resolutions for 2008.

Come and eavesdrop on their phone call.

4. Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff

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Daily Affiliate News
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5. The Future of Affiliate Marketing in 2008

Happy 2008. It's that time when everybody is talking about what is going to happen in the industry over the coming year.

I figured I would share my own idea about the future of affiliate marketing for 2008.

In my opinion, it will be the year of the affiliate marketer. That's right, you are the future.

See the future at http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/the-future-of-affiliate-marketing-in-2008/.

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