October 2012 - Page 2 of 3 - Affiliate Marketing with Missy Ward, Affiliate Summit Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Come Cheer on the Avon Walkers with Team @amgb…

by Missy Ward

When you walk 39.3 miles over 1-1/2 days, during the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, you experience a lot of different emotions — sadness, joy, frustration, inspiration, doubt, hope, determination and so much more. Couple that with muscle aches, blisters and exhaustion and the whole experience can get a little overwhelming.

I can tell you first hand that nothing motivates an Avon Walker more than seeing all of the folks that come out to show their support by cheering us on along the way. Clad in their Pink flair, with their motivational posters and music, etc.; their energy and excitement make us smile and laugh and gives us the encouragement we need to keep on going.

Missy Ward's Son, Chase Spaulding Cheering Her On at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

Missy Ward's son, Chase, cheering our team on during the 2011 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in the Colorado Rockies

I was so excited when I found out that Avon Walk for Breast Cancer was giving Affiliate Marketers Give Back a Cheering Station of their own this year, providing an opportunity for our team to not only participate in the walk, but also allow us to cheer on our fellow walkers for a portion of the second day of the walk.

Come Join AMGB at our Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Cheering Station in New York City!

If you're going to be in NYC on Sunday, October 21st, come join Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back at our Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Cheering Station located at 59th Street and Central Park West from 10:00am to 12:00pm. We'll be the applauding and high-fiving the Avon Walkers as they pass by dressed in our team shirts, rocking our pom-poms and noise makers and handing out thousands of fruit-flavored Pink Ribbon candy and Heart-shaped seeded paper pins.

Affiliate Marketers Give Back Cheering Station Goodies

The Avon Walkers can plant the heart and grow pretty wild flowers when they get back home to remind them of their time during the walk.

Cheering with our team is a great option to be involved if you're unable to participate in an Affiliate Marketers Give Back walk. I promise you, you'll have a fun time supporting a great cause.

Missy Ward wearing her Boob Scarf during the Avon Walk for Breast Canceer I hope you come out and provide that little bit of extra inspiration to the walkers as they complete their journey. Don’t forget to wear your pink and feel free to bring a poster!

See you in NYC #SaveTheBoobies

-Missy

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Performance Marketing Summit 2013 – Save the Date

by Missy Ward

The inaugural Performance Marketing Summit is taking place March 12, 2013 in New York City.

The one day conference will take place at the Baruch College Vertical Campus (site of Affiliate Summit Social Media in 2008 and the first Affiliate Summit in 2003).

Space will be limited to 200 people.

Performance Marketing Summit is an Affiliate Summit event.

Affiliate Summit was founded by myself and Shawn Collins in 2003 for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for performance marketers.

More details coming soon, but I for one can't wait to celebrate Affiliate Summit's 10 year anniversary in the place where it all started!

See http://www.affiliatesummit.com/about/ for the history and growth of the premier affiliate marketing conference.

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Central Florida’s Next Internet Marketing Meetup is Tuesday, October…

by Missy Ward

The next Central Florida Internet Marketing Meetup (Sponsored by Affiliate Summit) is taking place on Tuesday, October 30th at 6:00pm at Caffe Positano in Apopka, FL.

Internet Marketing Meetup Agenda:

6:00pm-6:30pm: Announcements and Housekeeping
6:30pm-7:30pm: Session – Google Analytics Basics
7:30pm-9:00pm: Q&A and Open Networking

Speaker: Pat Grady, Owner of RhinoFish Media

Session details:

Google Analytics basics including: (1) tracking code basics; (2) tagging URLs; (3) traffic sources and reporting basics; (4) events and goals basics; (5) content experiments basics. This session is a general introduction to the basic areas and functioning of Analytics, followed by Q&A. By demystifying the fundamentals, we'll set the stage for future exploration of this complex and powerful analysis platform.

About the Speaker:

Pat was told he didn’t know enough about affiliate marketing to start an in-house program, so he decided to learn more about it from the affiliate side. A few months later, his first affiliate website was making him more affiliate money than his job ever did, so he quit. Pat has now been an affiliate, merchant, affiliate manager / OPM, PPC consultant, investor, network compliance cop, researcher, beer taster, vocal forum member, mentor, advisory board member, charity donor, biz owner, analytics expert, fisherman, and general smarty pants instigator. Having spent his own money for PPC in his early days, his expertise is in ROI-centric PPC management, with an eye on multi-channel attribution. Affiliate genes in his DNA, his RhinoFish Media PPC agency is performance based. He knows every trick in the book, and thoroughly enjoys “educating” those who pursue unethical ways that harm the ecosystem he calls home.

Cost:

Admission is free. Positano's full menu is available if you'd like to purchase dinner

Click here to RSVP on Meetup.com

And don’t forget to join the Affiliate Summit Orlando Meetup Group and follow us twitter.com/otownaffiliates at to stay on top of our local events.

If you would like to present on a topic in the future, please contact Missy at [email protected].

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Choosing the Right WordPress Hosting For Your Blog

by Missy Ward

This post originally appeared on itsaWAHMthing.com, where I regularly contribute articles about affiliate marketing, productivity and technology tips for small businesses and work at home moms.

Choosing a host for your new WordPress blog probably isn't your highest priority in the early stages of development, but it shouldn't be taken lightly. Your hosting provider has a big influence on the performance of your blog and, at the end of the day is in total control of your blog's destiny.

Why Free Hosting Sucks

The most critical piece of advice that I share with every new blogger I know is to Never Use Free Hosting. While the lure of “free” is tempting, there are inherent drawbacks that will severely hamper your ability to grow your audience including limited space, questionable uptime, non-search-engine-friendly pages, unwanted banner or popup advertising, ugly templates, the possibility of the host closing it's doors and you losing all your content forever… and a whole lot more. Read more “Choosing the Right WordPress Hosting For Your Blog” →

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