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Topics in this issue:
- Super Affiliate Auction
- Jim Kukral and Shawn Collins on Affiliate Summit
- Official Affiliate Summit - News Release Distribution
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- GeekCast.fm: Podcasts for Geeks and by Geeks
- Road 2 Affiliate Summit - Tips Cliff Notes
One of the fundraising efforts will be a Super Affiliate Auction. Eight of the most eligible super affiliates will be up for grabs during Affiliate Summit’s First Annual Super Affiliate Auction.
All money raised in the auctions will go directly to the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation.
Merchants, affiliate networks, CPA networks, technology providers and more will bid for the opportunity to meet and dine with one or more elite, hand-picked super affiliates to discuss affiliate marketing during Affiliate Summit 2008 West.
The following super affiliates are scheduled to participate in this exciting event:
- Mike Allen, President and “Chief Executive Shopper” of Shopping-Bargains.com, LLC
- Michael Coley, Founder of Amazing-Bargains.com
- Patrick Grady, Chief Revenue Engineer of RhinoFish Media
- Scott Jangro, President of MechMedia, Inc.
- Billy Kay Knoblach, President of The Mail Order Shoppe
- David Lewis, CEO & Founder of 77Blue (Cashbaq)
- Tim Storm, Founder and CEO of FatWallet.com
- Adam Viener, Chairman and Founder of Imwave, Inc.
Bidding will take place January 28 – February 1, 2007 on eBay. Auction winners and the affiliates will pre-arrange a convenient time for their lunch or dinner during the conference, to be selected and paid for by the auction winners.
More details at http://blog.affiliatesummit.com/donations-to-the-starlight-starbright-childrens-foundation/.
The two of us chatted about what’s happening during Affiliate Summit over February 24-26, 2008 in Las Vegas and what attendees need to do to get ready.
Jim had me live on “fake satellite” for his show.
Check it out at http://www.jimkukral.com/affiliate-summit-tips-from-shawn-collins/.
Eworldwire offers an unparalleled state-of-art network including the only wire service with distribution to media covering affiliate marketing.
Continued at http://blog.affiliatesummit.com/2008/01/23/official-affiliate-summit-news-release-distribution/.
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The site is also the home of the GeekCast show, which covers all areas of Internet marketing, including, but not limited to, affiliate marketing, social media, video, search engine marketing, and mobile.
The GeekCast Show is a group discussion that we plan to have weekly with folks in various areas of Internet marketing.
GeekCast.fm will also feature video shows, such as Jim Kukral’s new Daily Flip.
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Have a listen at http://geekcast.fm/.
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The chat ran about 45 minutes. Mark Wielgus, of 45n5.com and the Blog Captain for Affiliate Summit 2008 West, has created a Cliff Notes version that summarizes it all in less than three minutes.
Check out Mark’s summary.
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