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Save the date: Affiliate Summit 2008 East will be in Boston - August 10-12, 2008
Read past issues of the Affiliate Summit Real Deal newsletter in the newsletter archive.
Topics in this issue:
- Follow Affiliate Summit on Twitter
- Forex Affiliate Car Giveaway 2008
- Affiliate Summit 2008 West by Attendee Type
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- GeekCast 6 - Affiliate Summit Pre-Show
- Virtual Affiliate Summit Booths
This is a way for you to be notified when the keynote, domain auction, networking sessions and other activities are starting.
When we post to the Affiliate Summit account on Twitter, you’ll be able to receive the information as a text message on your phone.
Also, we’ll be randomly posting instructions via Twitter to go to a place within the conference - first person to follow the directions gets a crisp $100 bill.
We think joining up with us on Twitter will enhance your experience at the conference and encourage you to follow us.
Follow Affiliate Summit at http://twitter.com/affiliatesummit.
Visit booth #119 and #121 to register as a Forex Affiliate and enter the drawing.
The prize will be the car to a U.S winner or $30,000 if the winner is based outside of the U.S.
More details at http://www.forex-affiliate.net/camp/vegas08aff/.
We’re seeing a nice increase in the percent of affiliates that will be there.
- Affiliate/Publisher - 34%
- Networks - 28%
- Agency/Consultant - 10%
- Merchant /Advertiser - 20%
- Vendor - 7%
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Affiliate Buyer's Guide
Looking for an OPM, Web hosting, blog software or other products and services to help your business? Visit the Affiliate Buyer's Guide from Affiliate Summit. Submit a free listing for your business. More information at http://www.affiliatebuyersguide.com/.
Daily Affiliate News
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Cash in with the Market Leverage Cashinator!
Join us at booth #231 at the Affiliate Summit West. Step into our Cashinator, grab cash and be automatically entered to win an additional $1,000. While you're there, ask about our brand new Market Leverage Rewards program, as well as other exciting opportunities that Market Leverage has to offer! Register at http://www.thecashinator.com.
It’s long, yes. But that’s 80 minutes of free entertainment for your flight to Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit!
We also tackled weight issues like paying to apply to affiliate networks, pride and plagiarism in politics, affiliate marketing data trends, and how Ze Frank is the Steve Guttenberg of the Internet.
Lisa snuck out of the call early on, and later cited “technical issues.” I think she was just frightened about the direction of the conversation.
Subscribe to the RSS of the entire GeekCast.fm network, or add us on iTunes.
Listen to the show at http://geekcast.fm/archives/geekcast-episode-6-plugging-the-right-holes/.
Check out the Affiliate Summit 2008 West program for exhibit hall maps, agenda and more.
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