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Register now for Affiliate Summit 2007 West - January 21-23 at Bally's Las Vegas.
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Topics in this issue:
- Pay Attention: Affiliate Summit Deadlines
- E-Mail is the New Black for Affiliates
- Shipping Items for Affiliate Summit Attendee Bags
- Affiliate Marketing Classifieds and Other Stuff
- Affiliate Jam Session and Sing-a-Long
Registration for a full conference pass is currently $949 and exhibit hall only passes are $199. Starting on October 1, the prices will increase to $1,449 and $299 respectively. The price for a booth is also going up after September 30 from $3,995 to $4,995.
Also, we'll be accepting speaker submissions through midnight EDT on Friday, September 15.
Affiliate Summit will have multiple tracks targeted to affiliates and merchants. We are looking for presentations that will educate and inform attendees on the latest issues in affiliate marketing.
If you are interested in speaking at the show, visit the Affiliate Summit speaker page for more details.
Some attributes that will increase the chances of a person's proposal being accepted are: case studies with new, interesting data; nuts and bolts on how you do what you do; and advanced level content. Those with something to sell need not apply.
Affiliates and merchants will receive preference over agencies for speaking roles. Accepted speakers will be notified no later than October 1, 2006.
To submit a proposal, please visit http://www.affiliatesummit.com/speakers.shtml and complete the online application. Proposals will be accepted until September 15, 2006 -- no proposals after that date will be considered.
A complimentary full-conference registration is provided to Affiliate Summit speakers. Travel, hotel and any other expenses are the responsibility of the speakers.
Check out Google Video for examples of past Affiliate Summit speakers.
In addition to challenges like getting white listed by ISPs and beating Spam filters to reach their double opt-in subscribers, affiliates utilizing e-mail now had to lose sleep over whether they might run afoul of the FTC's ambiguous e-mail regulations.
At the same time, industry pundits lined up to anoint RSS the heir apparent to e-mail. RSS, an acronym for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary, enables people to subscribe to receive communications to an "RSS feed reader". It sounded good on paper and pixels – subscribers get only what they want with RSS.
Could this be the end of e-mail as an affiliate marketing tool?
Continued at http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/e-mail-marketing/38225.html
Items must be shipped to arrive no earlier than December 11th and no later than January 3rd:
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Snapfish Increases and Expands Commission
The base commission for Snapfish affiliates is going up to $10.00 (a $.50 raise) on every new customer. Also, for the first time ever, all affiliates will get an 8% commission on repeat customer purchases and a 60 day cookie. In order for current affiliates to receive these new terms, check your pending offers on CJ and accept the Snapfish offer. Visit snapfishaffiliates.com for details on the Snapfish affiliate program.
The Affiliate Jam Session and Sing-a-Long is taking place on the evening of Sunday, January 21 at Bally's Las Vegas.
We are looking for talent who can accompany a piano player (Shareasale.com kingpin, Brian Littleton, will be tickling the ivories) who will be playing sing-a-long songs from a songbook. It will be similar to a Howl-at-the-Moon or dueling piano kind of setup.
If you have your own instruments, can play by ear, and are used to playing in this atmosphere, contact us at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/contact.shtml.
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