April 2010 - Page 3 of 4 - Affiliate Marketing with Missy Ward, Affiliate Summit Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Affiliate Summit Mentor Program is now the Newcomer Program

by Jen_Goode

Over the past few years a number of fantastic volunteers have stepped up to help first time attendees find their way around Affiliate Summit conferences. Throughout the process there have been invaluable experiences and connections made.

Consistently, participants have come to me sharing their stories and gratitude for the program. Great connected have started through this program, both for business as well as lasting friendships. Yet through all the positive feedback there has been a reoccurring problem… “mentor” implies to many that there is training or consulting involved. Mentees expected business coaching and mentors were stuck in the position of wanting to help but not being able to help as much as their first timer might hope.

So as a way to help alleviate this problem, we’ve taken out the word mentor. Same great program, with hopefully a clearer perspective of purpose.

The Affiliate Summit Newcomer Program is provided to help first time attendees gain a better understanding of what to expect when attending the conference. The volunteers offer their time and past experience knowledge to help newcomers optimize their time at the event.

I hope you’ll join us for another great event!

If you’d like to participate as a volunteer or you are planning on attending the show for the first time, signup for the Affiliate Summit Newcomer Program today!

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For The Heck of It

Free Your Feet; Liberate Your Soles! (And Maybe Win…

by Missy Ward

For those that know me well, you know that I'm seldom ever seen in public without at least being 5′ 9″ tall (and typically closer to 5′ 11″).

Truth be known, I'm barely 5′ 5″ tall and I have an *extreme* shoe obsession, which encompasses all types of beauties in a plethora of heel heights and shapes.

Many women (and men) are quite curious how I manage to spend countless hours on my feet, walking trade show floors during the day and partying it up at night, without shedding one tear. My guess is that after wearing heels for decades, one just gets used to them.

A couple months ago during a conference, Hagai Yardeny, a partner in DigitalMoses.com and a dear friend of mine, tried hard to convince me to ditch the heels and pop on a pair of Chuck's with my suit. ( I'm convinced it's one of those freaky fetish things with him.) While I was not complaining one bit about my feet, my Manolo Blahnik Caged Strappy Sandals, seemed to bother him immensely and together, we began to watch the other women in the conference drag by, crippled in pain from their shoes.

We both agreed that there seemed to be a double-standard when it comes attire at conferences. Women typically show up in smart business attire and heels, while our male counterparts tend to dress much more casually and cruise on by in comfy, rubber soles.

So, determined to impart his belief that “fashion is overrated” onto women in our industry, Hagai created the Chucks Challenge — a way for women to embrace their inner “techniness” and join the comfort movement.

Missy Ward wearing Chuck Taylors

His goal is to get the women of ad:tech to abandon convention and wear Chuck Taylor sneakers for the duration of the conference, to be as comfortable as the guys — if only for a few days.

The Digital Moses team will be walking around ad:tech photographing all the ladies bold enough to accept the Chucks Challenge. From this crop of adventurous women, they will randomly select 3 lucky winners who will receive one of the following prizes:

A full company profile in the DM Confidential affiliate newsletter
A “Tips of the Week” slot in the DM Confidential affiliate newsletter
An Apple iPad

Think you have what it takes to enter the Chucks Challenge?.

Head on over to http://www.dmconfidential.com/ChucksChallenge/ and complete the entry form.

Will I be wearing my Chuck's during ad:tech? Let me know what you think.

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Affiliate Summit News

Save the Date: Affiliate Summit unConference in Orlando on…

by Missy Ward

Affiliate Summit is organizing an unConference on Monday, September 27 in Orlando, FL – the Affiliate Summit unConference brought to you by SeaWorld.

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

While we are organizing things, it will be a participant-driven conference centered on Internet marketing. So the agenda is shaped by the attendees.

The price will be only$10 a person for networking, lunch, and educational sessions.

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

There will be a special day at SeaWorld the day before the unConference, and we will be making a limited number of free passes to SeaWorld available for that day.

Stay tuned for more details on the Affiliate Summit unConference brought to you by SeaWorld.

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Get Your Book Featured at Affiliate Summit East 2010

by Missy Ward

If you’ve written one or more business and/or Internet marketing books, we’d like to promote your book(s) at Affiliate Summit East 2010.

bookstore

The conference is taking place August 15-17, 2010 in New York City, and we are planning to feature a bookstore for attendees to purchase relevant books, as well as have book signings with some of the authors.

If you will be attending Affiliate Summit East 2010 and you’ve authored a book (or more than one book), we’d like to help sell some copies during the conference.

Please note that the book(s) must be available via Barnes & Noble. We will try to make all requested titles available, but cannot guarantee it.

Submit your information at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/your-book-at-affiliate-summit-east-2010/.

Deadline to request that your book(s) be included is April 30, 2010.

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