July 2009 - Page 2 of 3 - Affiliate Marketing with Missy Ward, Affiliate Summit Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Celebrate Affiliate Day on September 14th

by Missy Ward

AffiliateDay Ad If you've checked out FeedFront Magazine, Issue #7, then you know that Shawn Collins and I were spontaneously inspired to create Affiliate Day — a day to recognize the power of Affiliate Marketing.

We will be holding several fun-filled promotions over the course of the day, designed to increase awareness of the industry and reward affiliate marketers with all sorts of goodies, including passes to Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Las Vegas.

More information will be made available leading up to the event, so stay tuned.

Together we'll give Affiliate Marketing it's day in the sun.

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BigMouthStrikesAgain – Scott Stratten: Putting the “Un” in Marketing

by Missy Ward

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Listen above, on GeekCast.fm, or download to iTunes.

My guest today was Scott Stratten, President of UnMarketing. He's widely-known for his viral video talents and is the unofficial Mayor of Twitterville.

In this podcast, Scott talks about:

His diverse marketing background and what “UnMarketing” is all about.

Whether it's possible to market something you could care less about.

What Twitter is to him, how he makes use of it and how he finds the time to Tweet as much as he does.

Tips on how to grow your Twitter followers

What he would do if Twitter ceased operations tomorrow. [Scott nearly has a heart attack during the portion of the show]

What he would do differently in business if he was given the power of a Do-Over and the scoop on BuildYourFollowing.com

What he finds frustrating about social media today

The best and worst of his viral marketing campaigns and tips on how to make a video go viral

The TweetAThon he created for 12for12k in which he raised $16,000 for charity in one day

Scott was a good sport and answered a ton of personal questions. Find out what he'd do with $5mm start-up capital from Google; his best qualities and worst habits; what he feels more people should know about him and more by listening in to the podcast above.

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Affiliate Summit East 2009 Sellout

by Missy Ward

Affiliate Summit East 2009 is on schedule to sell out by Friday, July 31, 2009, based on sales patterns of past Affiliate Summits.

Shawn Collins announced that as of yesterday, there were 325 registration slots remaining.

Well, as of this morning, there are now only 272 seats left.

If you're planning on attending the conference, I wouldn't delay registering any longer. Having been through many Affiliate Summit sell-outs before, it isn't pretty. The wait list typically does not clear ahead of time and we can not guarantee that you will be able to get into the conference if you just show up.

The keynote speaker for Monday, August 10 is Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs, and the keynote for Tuesday, August 11 will be Peter Shankman, founder and CEO of The Geek Factory.

This time around, Affiliate Summit will feature the largest exhibit hall and Meet Market of all of the Affiliate Summit East shows, with over 230 booths and tables to swing by.

There are a limited number of sponsorships still available, though all exhibitor booths are sold out.

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Advertising Tax Talk & Crab Feast Recap

by Missy Ward

The Advertising Tax Talk & Crab Feast, sponsored by Affiliate Summit and buy.at took place on July 9th in Baltimore, MD.

Shawn Collins and I presented information on the history of Advertising Tax; where we stand today and what affiliates and advertisers can do to help fight it.

Ideas were discussed; crabs were devoured and the connection between Advertising Tax and Crabs was revealed.

For those unable to make the event, a video of the presentation is below, along with pictures, crabby videos and a PubCast of the post-event Pub Crawl.

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Don't know how to eat a Maryland Crab? Watch the video above.

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