Affiliate Summit West 2010 Updates, Conference Tips and How To Get Into Parties
If you still haven’t got your Affiliate Summit West 2010 tickets yet, you might be shit-out-of-luck. A friend says a gold pass (list: $549) has closed at about $975 on eBay, and a silver (list: $149) is at $475. If you find that the event is a must-attend, then get a ticket early next time. And if you don’t use it, list it on eBay.
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I’m moderating a session on “Effective Social Media Techniques” (Sun noon – 1pm) with panelists:
- Brett Tabke (founder of the Webmaster World forum and the Pub Con conference)
- Rebecca Kelley, social media director, 10e20
- Keith Plocek, social media manager, Mail.com
I’ve had a look at Brett’s presentation and it’ll give you techniques to more effectively brand and market yourself over Twitter. Keith gives an insight into the content publishing machine inside Mail.com and Rebecca will be giving tips on how not to be a social media douchebag.
The other activities I recommend going for include:
- Meet market (Sunday, noon-6pm): This is like a swap meet for affiliates. Lots of good networking with fellow affiliates and the smaller merchants/networks.
- Tradeshow (Mon-Tues): This is the main exhibition hall and the big networks will be here. Be sure to arrange a meeting with the network owner/affiliate manager ahead of time.
- Video marketing session with Ros Gardner and Jeremy Palmer (Sun 3-4pm): Video still hasn’t taken off in a big way yet in the affiliate space, so if you get in early, you’ll avoid having to buy the video marketing courses if they’re the big trend in 2011/2012…
- Product datafeeds (Mon 1130-1230pm): Helmed by Scott Jangro, this should be a great session
- Facebook Advertising (Mon 2-3pm): This should be an interesting session since Plenty of Fish’s Markus Frind will be on the panel. Perhaps he’ll talk about his PoF self-serve ad system either during the presentation or during the Q&A?
- SEO site clinic (Mon 330-430pm): with Graywolf, Sugarrae, Greg Boser and Michael Streko
- Women of SEO site clinic (Tues 1130am – 1230am): Kate Morris, CShel, lyndseo and Kristy Bolsinger
The conference track looks like it’s got a number of SEO, social media and blogging sessions and fewer PPC, PPV, media buy sessions.
The best learning/networking has taken place at the parties and meetups outside of the conference/tradeshow.
You can check out the list of parties which have been posted by Missy Ward.
Note: You should wear dress shoes and pants to get into more posh places like the Palms. More than a few affiliates have been turned away for wearing sports shoes, jeans to these places. A collared shirt might help too.
If you haven’t RSVPed to the parties, you might want to do so soon. A couple of them have 200-300 strong waiting lists, so unless you have a beeline to the network owner/organizer, you might not be able to get in.
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Meeting tip:
For the most productive meetings, lunches work better than dinner for me. Most affiliates will be in work mode at lunch, while they’ll be in party mode after 5pm.
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Will you be attending Affiliate Summit? Post in the comments if you will be and I’ll keep an eye out for you.
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Tricia Meyer
January 12, 2010 at 11:19 am (14 years ago)Great post! I had no idea there was such an after-market for Affiliate Summit tickets. I’m with you on the lunch/dinner thing. After a day of sessions and meetings and official networking, I’m ready for the “fun” networking by the time evening rolls around. Look forward to seeing you in Vegas!
Heather in BC
January 12, 2010 at 3:44 pm (14 years ago)Wow – where will the eBay prices be by Saturday?!?
Great advice on the dress code for getting in to parties. Being female in a short dress usually helps too 😉
See you in the Blogger Lounge!
Eric Nagel
January 12, 2010 at 10:01 pm (14 years ago)Hey Andrew – can’t wait to see you at ASW! My pre-game blog post is scheduled for later this morning
Matt
January 12, 2010 at 11:44 pm (14 years ago)shoot, I have a platinum pass I need to unload but looks like the ebay market is Shawn & Shawn only. Is anyone allowed to sell via ebay or are there restrictions? I noted there are some ambiguous terms on my ticket receipt.
Brad P.
January 13, 2010 at 12:20 am (14 years ago)Thanks for the tips Andrew. Marketlite will be in attendance and this will by my first Affiliate Summit. I’m pretty stoked to be attending and can’t wait to meet all the people I work with on a daily basis.
Daniel Cogger
January 13, 2010 at 6:57 am (14 years ago)Will indeed be there Andrew – hopefully see you around!
Nick Throlson
January 13, 2010 at 7:30 am (14 years ago)Awesome I will see everyone out there thanks for post on everything thats going on.
Patrick Lok
January 14, 2010 at 7:55 am (14 years ago)Thanks for the great tips Andrew! As a ASW first timer every little bit of advice helps. Looking forward to your session and hopefully meeting you in the Blogger Lounge.
Patrick
MLDina
January 15, 2010 at 12:15 pm (14 years ago)I knew I should’ve collected extra passes to sell on eBay!
Just kidding, but with a sold out show, it’s going to be great. Looking forward to our lunch- see ya in Vegas (you did find your passport I hope).
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