When I run into affiliates, merchants, networks, agencies, OPM’s, bloggers, SEO’s and others; that have never been to Affiliate Summit, the “Think I should go?” question usually comes up at some point.

To answer their query, I typically let them know what they would expect to learn and who they’d expect to run into, if they decided to attend.

But rather than hear it from my mouth, (because you know… I’m the Momma and as such, we all know our babies are gorgeous!) we had some footage shot during Affiliate Summit East 2011, this past August.

The video below will give you an inside look at the Affiliate Summit Conference & Trade Show and you’ll hear what some of our attendees have to say about it.  {Disclosure:  When I first saw this video I got a bit choked up….}

Affiliate Summit Insider Video on YouTube.

Still have questions? Shoot us off an email at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/contact/ and we’ll get back to you ASAP. Promise!

Will I see you at Affiliate Summit West 2012 in January?

Shawn Collins will be giving an Affiliate Summit Webinar on Wednesday, September 28 at noon EDT on how to quickly and easily create an “Ask the Expert” affiliate site.

Register now for the free How to Create an Ask the Expert Affiliate Site webinar – space is limited.

Here is a description of the webinar…

Shawn Collins, an affiliate marketer since 1997 and Co-founder of the Affiliate Summit conference, will go through the steps to quickly and easily set up a site to generate and monetize niche content. This free affiliate marketing webinar is based on the advice Shawn provides at http://www.extramoneyanswer.com, where he goes step by step through the process of creating, promoting, and making money off a site.

Shawn is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of FeedFront Magazine. He authored the book Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants, and was an editor and contributor to Internet Marketing from the Real Experts. Also, he publishes the annual AffStat affiliate marketing benchmark reports. Shawn blogs daily on affiliate marketing at AffiliateTip.com and co-hosts the weekly Affiliate Thing podcast on GeekCast.fm. Additionally, Shawn has been quoted in numerous publications, including Entrepreneur Magazine, Internet Retailer, Inc. Magazine, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

Be sure to register for the free How to Create an Ask the Expert Affiliate Site webinar – space is limited.

If you are interested in presenting in the Affiliate Summit Webinar series, please contact Mary Poiley by email or by phone at 813-438-6279.

Also, you can see a list of all past and present webinars on this page.

Did you miss Affiliate Summit’s latest webinar with Deborah Carney entitled “10 Point Checklist: Before You Launch a Successful Affiliate Program”? Never fear. We recorded the event and have made it available to you to watch back at your leisure.

You can watch it on YouTube as well.

In this video you will learn the secrets that many “super affiliates” use to qualify whether or not they will join an affiliate program or not. Deborah shows us everything we need to have in place in order to set up a powerful and successful affiliate marketing program for your business.

Remember, if you’d like to present a webinar please visit this page and fill out the submission form.

Also, you can see a list of all past and present webinars on this page.

If you missed the live webinar entitled “10 Strategies for Launching a New Web Based Business” by Jay Berkowitz, you’re not out of luck.

We’ve made the recording available to you today. You can watch it on YouTube or on this page below.

This presentation provides ten Strategies for successfully launching a new web based business, including selecting a business model, developing a website, generating web traffic, search engine optimization strategies, and monetizing the website.

If you’ve ever seen Jay present at past Affiliate Summit events, you would know that he always comes prepared with top-quality, helpful information that you can use to improve your business or brand.

Remember, if you’d like to present a webinar please visit this page and fill out the submission form.

Also, you can see a list of all past and present webinars on this page.

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Affiliate Summit at Ad:tech San Francisco, a set on Flickr.

Affiliate Summit hosted a networking event at ThirstyBear during ad:tech San Francisco.

While we only had space for about 100 folks, nearly 200 people came in over the course of three hours.

It was great seeing old friends and connecting with a lot of folks that I don’t really get to spend a lot of time with while I’m on site at Affiliate Summit.

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

Affiliate Summit is hosting a free networking event during ad:tech San Francisco on Tuesday, April 12th, from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.

Join us for Open Bar and a variety of Tapas at ThirstyBear Brewing Company, just a block away from Moscone Center.

ThirstyBear Brewing Company
661 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Kickstart your ad:tech San Francisco experience with a great opportunity to mix and mingle with fellow affiliate marketers in a fun and relaxed setting.

We’ll also be giving away some free Gold passes to Affiliate Summit East 2011.

Limited space – RSVP here: http://twtvite.com/adtechaffsum

See you in San Francisco!

Do you love FeedFront magazine? You do have your free subscription right? Over 40,000 copies are sent out over four times a year to the top movers and shakers in the Internet marketing community.

So now that you’ve subscribed, how’d you like to see your face on the cover of the magazine? We just launched the “I Love FeedFront” contest on Facebook. Click here to enter now.

All you have to do to enter is upload a picture of yourself, or your team, or anything with a copy (any copy) of FeedFront in the picture. The winner will be chosen in July of 2011 and will grace the cover of the magazine in a future issue.

Imagine being able to call your Mom and tell her you’re on the cover of a magazine? Imagine mounting a framed picture of the cover with your face on it in your lobby? Imagine how much fun it would be to show your kids how awesome you are?

All you have to do is go to ILoveFeedFront.com and click “like”, then enter the contest.

This release went out today on behalf of Affiliate Summit.  I’m a proud mamma

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Times are tough: rising unemployment, foreclosures, recession. Things are uncertain for many in the current economy, but not all.

Last week in Las Vegas, a record number of affiliate marketers got together to learn, network, and take control of their careers.

Affiliate Summit West 2011 brought together over 4,600 affiliate marketers at the Wynn Las Vegas, which marks eight years of consecutive growth for the conference.

The crowd of marketers was more than 10% larger than the previous year and more than 140% the size of the attendance from two years ago.

Affiliate marketing works like this … a website on a topic like a sports team or hobby features relevant ads. When a visitor clicks through to purchase the product being advertised, the website owner earns a percentage of the sale.

It’s old-fashioned commission-based sales with an online twist.

According to comScore, the U.S. online holiday shopping season reached a record $32.6 billion for the November-December period – that’s up 12 percent vs. a year ago.

Affiliate Summit East 2011, the premier affiliate marketing conference, is taking place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City.

Affiliate Summit launched a new discussion forum today at http://affiliatesummit.com/networking/ for marketers to meet, network and learn for free throughout the year.

About Affiliate Summit

Affiliate Summit was founded by Missy Ward and Shawn Collins in 2003 for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for affiliate marketers. More details at http://www.affiliatesummit.com.

Contact:

Shawn Collins / 512-522-7123 / shawn@affiliatesummit.com

Missy Ward / 585-GO-MISSY / missyward@affiliatesummit.com

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The Affiliate Summit East 2010 Challenge, a Nike+ Challenge where Affiliate Summit pledged to donate $1 to the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade for each mile run (up to $5,000) through the challenge has hit the goal.

Affiliate Summit has made our $5,000 donation to the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade.

But the challenge is still running through August 13, 2010 for any runners interested in affiliate marketing bragging rights.

There are currently 75 folks involved in the challenge, and the top ten runners have tallied 2,280.10 miles so far.

Overall, there have been 5,437.83 miles run by all of the participants.

Shawn is at #15 right now (see his Nike+ profile) with 151.63 miles, and is hoping to hit the top ten by Affiliate Summit East 2010. I’m in 41st place — not too shabby considering I was down and out with pneumonia.

Here are the top ten runners, as of July 1, 2010.

This is an invite only challenge, so that we don’t have a bunch of random people joining. If you’d like to participate, shoot us an email.

Get more details at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/2010/02/15/affiliate-summit-east-2010-challenge/.

Registration is now open for the Affiliate Summit unConference, taking place Monday, September 27 in Orlando, FL – the Affiliate Summit unConference brought to you by SeaWorld.

The event is taking place at SeaWorld in the same spot IZEAFest was in last year – Ports of Call.

If you’re not familiar with an unConference, it’s a whole different format from a typical Affiliate Summit.

The Affiliate Summit unConference will be in a format that creates an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning, collaboration and creativity. This is an event for folks that want to actively participate. (what is an unConference?).

Event passes are $10.00 per person (+ $1.24 svc. charge) and include access to sessions, networking, lunch and coffee breaks.

There are a total of 150 available spaces for this event.

Register now at http://asun10.eventbrite.com/.