Affiliate Summit Real Deal

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Topics in this issue:

1. Affiliate Summit Dinner in Boston

Missy and myself will be in Boston on April 3, 2008 to take some pictures and give things a once over at the Boston Seaport Hotel as we lead up to Affiliate Summit 2008 East.

While we are there, we'd love to catch some dinner and drinks with local affiliate marketers.

We're staying at the Seaport, so the Seaport Hotel's Aura Restaurant & Bar is a possibility, or any other place that serves up a nice bowl of chowder.

Interested in getting together at 7pm or so that night? Drop us a note and we'll start building up some plans.

2. GeekCast 8 - Jason Calacanis Goes Affiliate

This week on the GeekCast, we meandered for a strong 75+ minutes, so if you have a short commute, we’ve got you covered for a day or so.

Jason Calacanis becomes an affiliate The eighth episode of the GeekCast Show features Sam Harrelson, Jim Kukral, Lisa Picarille and myself going back to the well with some Jason Calacanis talk.

We were all a Twitter about his Tweet that he had joined CJ and would give affiliate marketing a try on Mahalo.

Other topics included the Google DoubleClick Performics deal, Pepperjam vs. CJ, how I had a dance off with Anik Singal of Affiliate Classroom in Las Vegas (yes, he got served), laptops with mobile broadband, David Allen’s Getting Things Done, and talking smack about Loren Feldman of 1938 Media.

This episode doesn’t go out with a whimper, but a bang. I think Sam stepped on his power cord or something.

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Listen to the show at http://geekcast.fm/podpress_trac/web/99/0/geekcast311.mp3.

3. Meet Me at Affiliate Summit 2008 East

We just put up a fresh batch of banners reading either “Meet Me at Affiliate Summit” or “Meet Us at Affiliate Summit”, so you can start networking in advance of the conference.

You can can display the banners on your site or in your e-mail signature to let people know you’ll be there in Boston at the Boston Seaport Hotel over August 10-12, 2008 for Affiliate Summit.

These banners are available in the following sizes:

120×60
120×90
120×600
125×125
125×250
250×250
468×15
468×60

Grab the code to put a button or banner in your e-mail or Web site at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/meetme.php.

4. Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff

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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
Stay on top of the latest issues in affiliate marketing with Shawn Collins' blog. Visit http://blog.affiliatetip.com/ to read the news of the day and subscribe by e-mail or RSS to receive updates.

5. Boston Creative for Affiliate Summit Affiliate Program

The banners have been updated for Affiliate Summit 2008 East, taking place August 10-12, 2008 in Boston.

Affiliates can earn 15% on attendee registrations referred through their affiliate links. There are 30 return days.

Get more details on the Affiliate Summit Affiliate Program.

6. Affiliate Manager Salary Data

I recently published the 2008 edition of the AffStat report, which details the latest statistics in affiliate marketing.

One of the data points that is always asked about is the annual salary information for affiliate managers.

So here you go…

Affiliate Manager Salaries

The majority of affiliate managers are receiving incentives and bonuses as part of their remuneration:

Affiliate Manager bonuses and incentives

More affiliate statistics at http://www.affstat.com/.

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