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Topics in this issue:
- Early Bird Discounts End on March 31
- WebmasterRadio.FM Re-launches Affiliate Marketing Today
- Affiliate Summit Double Header Preview Call
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- Dress the Affiliate Summit Staff
Starting 4/1, the rates to register for Affiliate Summit will be $1,449 (full conference) and $299 (exhibit hall only).
The agenda is being updated practically every day with new details and sponsorships are going fast. If you are thinking about having four people or more from your company at the conference, check out the exhibitor sponsorship.
You'll get four passes for your company, another five passes to give to affiliates, booth space, attendee contact list, a table at the Affiliate Meet Market session, a company profile in the program, and a code for 20% off to share with your colleagues.
This sponsorship is available at an Early Bird rate of $3,995 - it goes to $4,995 starting on 4/1. Please note space is limited - there will be a maximum of 75 booths, and half of them are already booked. See the map of the exhibit floor at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/Exhibitor_List.pdf
Visit http://www.affiliatesummit.com/registration.shtml to register.
Brian Caldwell and Kim Dalzell of Commission Junction will host Affiliate Marketing Today, and the show will start broadcasting on Tuesday, March 21, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. EST.
After each show, they will be available in archive, mobilecast and podcast format through all the major podcast portals.
Previously, Affiliate Marketing Today was hosted by Haiko de Poel, Jr. of ABestWeb. Haiko's show ended earlier this year, and it's been rumored that he will launch a competing show to Affiliate Marketing Today, after he registered amr.fm and dubbed it Affiliate Marketing Radio.
Visit http://www.webmasterradio.fm to hear the new Affiliate Marketing Today show.
First up on the mound will be the Blog Father himself, Dave Taylor, Principal of Intuitive Systems, Inc.
Dave is one of the most respected minds in Internet marketing, and he’s sure to have some insight to take your business to the next level.
The starter for the second game will be Affiliate Summit keynote speaker, Jim Bouton.
Major League Baseball player, best selling author, inventor, and motivator, Jim has seen and done pretty much everything. Let’s see what questions YOU the audience can fire at him.
So block out one hour of your day on the 30th, and register for this free conference call at http://www.AffiliateSummitPreview.com
The first Affiliate Summit Preview Call is available for download or streaming on the Internet. Click here to listen to the fist call where Shawn Collins discusses what to expect at Affiliate Summit 2006 East, as well as the future of affiliate marketing.
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Affiliate Buyer's Guide - Submit Your Listing
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.
Join the Affiliate Summit Social Network
Attendees of the Affiliate Summit conferences are entitled to a membership in the Affiliate Summit Social Network. This is a place to make connections with industry colleagues before, during and after the Affiliate Summit shows. Register now at http://network.affiliatesummit.com/.
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Since we were wearing white Polo shirts, we ended up blending in too much with the crowd.
We'd like to fix that this time around by giving the Affiliate Summit attendees the opportunity to dress the staff in a way that they will stand out.
Should the Affiliate Summit staff were pants, shorts, Polo shirts, t-shirts... what?
Go to http://mydrobe.com/event/170 and tell us how we should dress. Please include details in your comments, like if you'd prefer that we were neon green t-shirts with STAFF in bold letters on the back.
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