Nearly 4,000 Attendees at Affiliate Summit East 2011

 

The final numbers are in for Affiliate Summit East 2011 and we ended up with 3,943 attendees – the biggest Affiliate Summit East to date.

We are very excited about the sustained growth during such a fragile economy – it’s a testament to the strength of the affiliate marketing space, even during a recession.

Attendees were evenly distributed across attendee types, and over 1,100 of those attendees were affiliates!

More details on the growth of Affiliate Summit and the origins of the conference at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/about/.

No Boxed Lunches at Affiliate Summit East 2011

 

Affiliate Summit East 2011, taking place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City, provides fresh food buffet breakfasts and lunches on Monday and Tuesday, as well as Sunday snacks, to Platinum and Diamond pass holders.

That’s good news for the folks that have Platinum and Diamond passes, but bad news to the people that make all of those boxes for conference lunches.

Lunches will be running for 75 minutes to provide attendees with some downtime to grab some food, relax, and meet up with current and future business partners.

Here are examples of the planned menus for Affiliate Summit East 2011 (subject to change):

Sunday Afternoon Snack

• Coney Island Hot Dogs
• Large Soft Pretzels with Deli Mustard
• Assorted Rugalach
• Bowls of Roasted Nuts
• Freshly Popped Buttered Popcorn

Breakfast

• Florida Orange Juice
• Scrambled Organic Brown Eggs
• Hickory Smoked Bacon & Griddle Potatoes
• Kashi and Kellogg’s Cereals
• Seasonal Fruit Salad
• House Baked Cinnamon Buns, Muffins, Croissants and Bagels with Cream Cheese, Fruit Preserves and Butter
• Freshly Brewed Superior Blend Coffee, Regular or Decaffeinated and Assorted Teas

Yes, there's even food for picky pescetarians like me!

Lunch

• Mediterranean Seafood Salad: calamari, shrimp, and mussels in a basil vinaigrette
• Boccacini Salad: basil, ripe plum tomatoes, and aged basil vinegar
• White Bean Salad
• Grilled, Marinated Vegetables served with hummus and pita triangles
• Capanato Salad: eggplant, tomatoes, olives, capers, and red peppers
• Insalata Mista: baby greens with radiccio, cucumber, and tomato, with a red wine balsamic vinaigrette
• Cold display: prosciutto, Genoa salami, Provolone, Fontina, Parmesan cheese, marinated mushrooms, olives, roasted artichokes, focaccia, and Torinesi breadsticks
• Chicken Florentine
• Gremolata Crusted Salmon: seasoned bread crumbs, parsley, lemon zest, and lemon beurre blanc
• Veal Saltimbocca: prosciutto and sage rosemary sauce
• Orecchiette Pasta: sun dried tomato sauce and fresh herbs
• Tuscan Roasted Potatoes
• Italian String Beans
• Red and Yellow Peppers
• Rolls and Butter
• Tiramisu
• Assortment of Italian Pastries
• Assorted Biscotti / Italian Cookies

See what is included with each pass type at Affiliate Summit at http://www.affiliatesummit.com/register/.

Learn how to upgrade your pass.

FeedFront Magazine Issue 15 Now Available

 

The fifteenth issue of FeedFront, the official magazine of Affiliate Summit, is at the printer and it will be hitting mailboxes later in August 2011.

Issue fifteen of FeedFront will also be distributed at Affiliate Summit Meetups and Affiliate Summit East 2011.

This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes 10 Reasons Your Affiliate Program Failed by Kim Salvino, Five Innovative Ways to Use QR Codes by Jacob Smith, How I Put Together My Treadmill Desk by Shawn Collins, and the Affiliate Summit East 2011 Agenda.

Also business travel by train, email compliance in Canada, a checklist for launching an affiliate program, surviving Google updates, niche marketing, affiliate marketing benchmarks and statistics, B2B marketing, and more.

Read issue 15 of FeedFront Magazine can now be viewed online, downloaded, and printed from Scribd.

That’s Jonathan Gies of Amped Media, Inc on the cover. He was the winner of FeedFront cover contest.

Get the FeedFront RSS if you’d like to get all of the articles as they are published to the feed.

If you haven’t subscribed, you can get the magazine for free at http://feedfront.com/free-subscription/.

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FeedFront Magazine, Issue 15

AffStat 2011: Affiliate Marketing Statistic Report – Download for…

 

 The 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report is now available for free at http://affstat.com/. The report can be viewed online or downloaded.

Over fourteen-hundred affiliates were surveyed on their methods, preferences, and strategies for the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report.

The report features dozens of charts of data, based on the responses from the participating affiliates on affiliate marketing, social media, search marketing, blogs, email, and demographics of affiliates.

Also included, an uncensored view into the opinions of affiliates on a variety of other subjects.

Affiliates were asked to share any complaints, ideas, suggestions or opinions they have regarding affiliate marketing.

Feel free to use material from the report in blog posts, presentations, etc. Just reference that the information came from the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report.

Below are the questions covered in the 2011 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report.

1. Do you maintain an opt-in e-mail list for your site(s)?
2. Do you promote your affiliate links in PPC search engines?
3. Finish this sentence: I have been an affiliate since…
4. When signing up for an affiliate program, do you read the affiliate agreement?
5. Do commission payment policies (how often a program pays) affect your decision to promote an affiliate offer?
6. Have you successfully requested an increase in commission from an affiliate manager?
7. How do you most often find out about an affiliate program and then join?
8. What is your preferred method for finding out information from an affiliate manager?
9. How much information should an affiliate manager make available to you?
10. How would you prefer to be contacted by affiliate managers on an individual basis?
11. What is your preferred method of commission payment?
12. What is the highest reversal rate you would accept?
13. What is the most important factor in choosing a merchant?
14. What are your preferred link types?
15. Do you cloak/redirect links?
16. Are you currently using any URL Shortening Services in your marketing efforts?
17. If you answered YES to the question above, which URL Shortening Services are you actively using?
18. Does your affiliate marketing plan currently incorporate marketing on social networking sites?
19. If you answered YES to the above questions, which social networking sites are you currently using in your affiliate marketing efforts?
20. Are you currently integrating video in your affiliate marketing plan?
21. Are you currently using any WordPress plugins or widgets designed for affiliate marketing efforts?
22. If you answered YES to the above question, which affiliate marketing related plugins and widgets are you currently using?
23. If you are currently using WordPress to build out affiliate sites, what is your preferred WordPress theme?
24. What is your age range?
25. Mac or PC?
26. Do you work from home?
27. Are you married or single?
28. Do you have children?
29. Please feel free to share any complaints, ideas, suggestions or opinions you have regarding affiliate marketing.

Get your free copy of the Affiliate Summit AffStat Report at http://affstat.com/.