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Topics in this issue:
- Affiliate Summit Registration is Now Open
- Affiliate Summit Speaker Proposals End February 28
- The Big Moo - Book Report for Affiliate Marketers
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- Free Preview of Affiliate Summit 2006 East
The conference is taking place at the Hilton, located in the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort, and the Affiliate Summit discounted rate is $112/night.
Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Ask for the "Affiliate Summit Rate" / Discount Code "AFF." Discount ends on 6/9/2006.
The Early Bird rate for Affiliate Summit 2006 East registration is good through March 31.
Any questions? Send us an e-mail at registration@affiliatesummit.com or call toll free: 800-258-6094
An exclusive perk of the Hilton is Extra Magic Hours, which will allows guests of the Hilton to get extra time in the Disney Parks before they open and after they close to regular park guests.
With a deal this good, you may want to extend your trip and bring the family.
Educational sessions at the Affiliate Summit will be in the following formats: debates, panel discussions, solo presentations, and roundtable discussions.
Affiliate Summit will have two tracks, one targeted to affiliates and the other to merchants, and is looking for presentations that will educate and inform attendees about online marketing issues directly relevant to affiliate marketers, especially presentations on the following topics:
- Blogs & RSS
- Datafeeds
- Recruiting, Activating and Retaining Affiliates
- Lead Generation
- Badware
- Affiliate Communication and Relationship Strategies
- Segmentation of Affiliates
- Search Engine Marketing
- Legal Issues (fraud, CAN-SPAM, etc.)
- Podcasting
- Applying Adult and Gaming Strategies to Mainstream Affiliate Programs
- Why Affiliates Pick Certain Programs
- How to Get VIP Commissions from Merchants
- Emerging Technology
- Tools for Affiliates/Affiliate Managers
- B2B Affiliate Marketing
- Landing Pages
- Site Usability
- Search and Affiliate: Love/Hate Relationship
- World of Mouth
- Becoming a Super Affiliate
More details at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/speaker-details.shtml
The reason is that it was very effective copy. Caples was a master and his work has been emulated countless times, because people tend to mimic the best.
That leads me to a book I recently read, The Big Moo, written by The Group of 33 and edited by Seth Godin.
This book is something of a sequel to Godin's Purple Cow, an engaging book that taught of the importance of being remarkable in business.
The Big Moo, rather than being authored by Seth Godin, is an anthology of short business stories by 33 business visionaries. In following the theme of Purple Cow, this is all about being remarkable.
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The Affiliate Summit 2006 East conference program will include a buyer's guide for affiliate marketers. The affiliate buyer's guide will be a comprehensive directory of vendors that provide products and services to affiliate marketers. Submit a listing to the Affiliate Buyer's Guide at http://www.affiliatebuyersguide.com. Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2006.
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After each event, I've noticed a number of people blogging about what they learned at the event, and many people have clearly profited by what they've learned about SEO, legal, marketing, PPC, and much more.
For Affiliate Summit East, we are putting together a roster of great speakers and presenters. And as a special service, we're conducting a Free Preview Call series leading up to the event.
The Preview Calls will be worldwide conference calls featuring select members of the conference faculty. Each call will feature one or two experts, and will be a discussion based on YOUR questions, which will be submitted prior to the conference call.
Why should you participate in the Free Preview calls?
- They are free
- Learn valuable, profitable information from top experts
- Get to know the speakers before the conference, so you can know who you don't want to miss live
- You can benefit from Affiliate Summit education, even it you aren't attending the event in Orlando
- Invite your boss to listen in as well, so they know you really DO learn and these events, and not just party
To register for the first Affiliate Summit Preview call, simply go to http://www.AffiliateSummitPreview.com
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