I’m finally back after the whirlwind events of the past few days. All in all it was an excellent show, definitely the best one I have attended to date. If you are on the fence about whether going to a conference is worth the money, (like I used to be) I highly recommend going. Not so much for the sessions but for the face to face networking. I met so many cool and interesting people, and people I will for sure be working with in the future. I found a lot of new niche affiliate offers that I never would have dreamed of trying, but now have agreed to test. It’s great to talk to people doing the same things as you, but also doing totally different than you. Like last night for example, at the Tao party I met a couple of spammers, sorry high volume email deployers as they like to be called. Even though I have not done any email promotion and really don’t have any plans to try it, these guys were killing some of these offers. It was fascinating to hear some of their stories. I was trying to sell them on the virtues of PPC, while they were trying to sell me on “the dark side”. It’s the mix of everyone that made this aff summit unique.
I didn’t get many pictures, when I meet people I am always so into the conversation I forget. But here are a few I managed to snap.
The famous pool on the 32nd floor of the Palms (the one I almost fell into)
About 2,000 affiliate geeks standing on top of each other to get a glimpse of the Blue Man Group
The Blue Man group private performance (very short)
Andrew Wee, Me, and Mark Wielgus
Amit, Chow, Zac Johnson, and Kris from Pepperjam after the super affiliate session.
Me and Jennylee (bonus points for the first person who knows what TV show she was on)
Now back to the real work of catching up. I’ll have some good on topic posts I think you guys will like.
Chad,
I was one of those who was/is afraid of attending Affiliate Summit due to the price tag. After following the blog postings during the events, I’ve decided to sign up for the next even in Boston, and I can’t wait!
I’m glad you had a good time.
Jonathan
Jennylee is the finest “Beauty” to ever be on the “Beauty and the Geek” television show!
Wow you guys are quick! Eric was first to get it right. If you want, email me your address and I’ll send you some free stuff.
Jennylee = Beauty and the Geek
What’s my prize?
Jennylee was in the Beauty and the Geek right?
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Is it really bonus points or minus points? Beauty and the Geek is just one of those guilty pleasures. Glad you enjoyed affiliate summit.
looks like you had a good time man…. while peopel reading love picks more important at the conferences is networking hence why you probably didn’t get much pics
Did you have a chance to meet anyone from Motive Interactive? We have a solid Affiliate Network as well as a CPM network, and i’m always looking to network with the smart people -you seem like one of them.
Chad,
It was a pleasure meeting at NeverBlueAds booth real quick before you left. I know what you mean about the pictures, I really thought I took more than I did. Keep up the great work!
Hey Chad! It was great to meet you in person at Affiliate Summit. Hopefully next time we’ll get to talk a bit more. Thanks for attending the super affiliate session as well!
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