Affiliate Summit Real Deal - February 28, 2008

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Topics in this issue:

1. Affiliate Summit Recaps

I wrote a daily recap on our blog while in Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit:

Sam Harrelson also posted his thoughts on the Monday and Tuesday of the conference.

2. Jason Calacanis Keynote at Affiliate Summit

Jason Calacanis delivered the opening keynote at Affiliate Summit 2008 West on Monday, February 25, 2008.

The theme of the keynote was that affiliate spam is harming affiliate marketing in a variety of ways.

Jason Calacanis is the founder of Mahalo.com (friend me up on Mahalo).

Jason posted a recap on his blog.

Listen to Jason’s keynote address at WebmasterRadio.FM or download it to your iPod.

3. Great Affiliate Road Rally at Affiliate Summit

The Great Affiliate Road Rally, a charity fundraiser for the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation, took place February 26, 2008 at Affiliate Summit.

Great Affiliate Road Rally at Affiliate Summit

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Affspy won the race and a booth at Affiliate Summit 2008 East in Boston.

4. Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff

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5. Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award Winners

The Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards were given out on the evening of Monday, February 25, 2008.

These awards recognize exceptional performance in affiliate marketing.

The winners of the annual awards are in bold:

Affiliate of the Year
Mike Allen
Connie Berg
Tim Storm

Affiliate Manager of the Year
Stephanie Harris
Melissa Salas
Carolyn Tang

Exceptional Merchant
Amazon.com
CSN Stores
Sierra Trading Post

Affiliate Marketing Advocate Award
Haiko de Poel, Jr.
Scott Jangro
Revenue Magazine

Best Blogger
Carsten Cumbrowski
Sam Harrelson
Jeremy “ShoeMoney” Schoemaker

Wayne Porter Affiliate Marketing Legend
Connie Berg
Haiko de Poel, Jr.
Brian Littleton

Congratulations to all of the finalists and winners.

6. Photos from Affiliate Summit

I was snapping away lots of pictures during Affiliate Summit. You can see them at http://www.flickr.com/photos/affsum.

We also hired a photographer to chronicle the conference, and we'll be posting those soon.

Many others in attendance took lots of photos. See all of the pictures tagged with ASW08 on Flickr.

Here is one of my favorites from Tris Hussey's photos on Flickr:

This is a picture of the social media panel at Affiliate Summit. Left to right: Stephanie Agresta, Tris Hussey, Deborah Schultz, Sam Harrelson, and Justine Ezarik.

And it looks like it is becoming something of an industry favorite. There is a tribute to the photo on YouTube: Affiliate Marketing Friends.

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