by Missy Ward
For The Heck of It
I get a lot of requests from folks asking me what conferences I recommend to folks that are into affiliate marketing, search marketing and social media.
There’s certainly a lot to choose from and since every dollar counts these days, I decided to put a list together of conference and tradeshows that I personally recommend and plan on attending this year.
If I run out of steam based on this schedule, my wonderful business partner Shawn will be there in my place.
PubCon South – March 11-13 – Austin
SXSW Interactive Show – March 13-18 – Austin, TX
Search Engine Strategies - March 23-27 – New York
Ad:Tech – April 21-23 – San Francisco
SOBCon – May 1-3 – Chicago
Affiliate Summit Unconference – May TBA – East Coast*
New Marketing Summit – May 27-28 – Dallas
Internet Retailer – June 15-18 Boston
Linkshare Symposium East – June 22-23 – New York
BlogHer – July 24-25 – Chicago.
Affiliate Summit East 2009 – August 9-11 – NYC*
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by Missy Ward
For The Heck of It
Wow, I can’t believe 2008 has passed this quickly and how much has changed in the world.
While everyone is getting their final shopping in, prettying up their homes for company or headed to the airport to visit family, I’m getting ready to enjoy a family vacation on Royal Caribbean.
My oldest son has asked that I limit my “online time” to 1-hour per day during our vacation. I have assured him that I can do that for him, as long as he limits his “PSP time” to the same.
On that note, this will be my last “live” blog post of the year (although other previously planned posts will pop up) 
. I figured there’s no better time to thank all of the people who have helped me throughout 2008. While there are too many to list individually, you all know who you are – and I appreciate you more than you know.
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