{"id":275,"date":"2007-01-20T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T08:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/internet-marketing-events\/affiliate-summit-vegas\/"},"modified":"2007-01-20T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2007-01-20T08:38:40","slug":"affiliate-summit-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/internet-marketing-events\/affiliate-summit-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Hours Left: Viva Las Vegas and the Affiliate Summit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s about 16 hours before I head off on my long flight to <a title=\"Affiliate Summit\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.affiliatesummit.com\">Affiliate Summit West<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been talking to the <a title=\"wickedfire\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedfire.com\">WickedFire<\/a> folks and we&#8217;re psyched about meeting up.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve planned out my itinery and will likely be spending more time networking and attending sessions, compared to drinking and clubbing.<\/p>\n<p><img title=\"viva las vegas\" alt=\"viva las vegas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/images\/blog0701\/elvis.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of networking parties including one hosted by <a title=\"oneNetworkDirect\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onenetworkdirect.com\/\">oneNetworkDirect<\/a> and <a title=\"wynn las vegas\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wynnlasvegas.com\/\">Wynn Las Vegas<\/a> at Wynns&#8217; TRYST nightclub which features a private lagoon. If there&#8217;s one phobia I have, it&#8217;s dancing in public.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how this pans out.<\/p>\n<p>Besides visiting the exhibit halls, I&#8217;m planning to<!--more--> attend the following sessions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1 (Jan 21, Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exhibit hall from the time I arrive (likely about 5pm)<\/li>\n<li>Ice Breakers Networking session (7pm to 9pm, venue: Platinium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the WF folks have arranged a football event with the <a title=\"xy7.com\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xy7.com\/index.html\">XY7.com<\/a> Affiliate Management folks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2 (Jan 22, Monday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WF Breakfast (9am, Bally&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketing Your Affiliate Site &#8211; Outside the Box<\/strong> (Scott Hazard, <a title=\"cooperative affiliates\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperativeaffiliates.com\/\">Cooperative Affiliates Inc<\/a>, 1130am &#8211; 1230pm, Classroom #B Silver)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimizing with Your Merchant Partner<\/strong> (Jake Bailey, <a title=\"overstock\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.overstock.com\/\">Overstock.com<\/a>, 2pm &#8211; 3pm, Classroom #B Silver)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask the Experts: Super Affiliates<\/strong> (<a title=\"aojon\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aojon.com\">Jon F<\/a> (WickedFire), Jeremy Schoemaker (<a title=\"shoemoney\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shoemoney.com\">Shoemoney<\/a>), Andrew Johnson (<a title=\"andrew johnson\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webpublishingblog.com\/\">Web Publishing Blog<\/a>) (330 pm &#8211; 430 pm, Classroom #B Silver)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day 3 (23 Jan, Tuesday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotating Roundtables: A series of 10-minute &#8220;speed dating&#8221; style table rotations with table speakers on topics like email marketing, affiliate strategies, search engine reputation monitoring and lead generation (945 am &#8211; 11 am, Platinum)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bloggers &#8211; The New Super Affiliates<\/strong> &#8211; <a title=\"jim kukral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jimkukral.com\">Jim Kukral<\/a>, <a title=\"Blogkits\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogkits.com\">BlogKits<\/a> (1130 am &#8211; 1230pm, Classroom #B Silver)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimizing Landing Pages<\/strong> &#8211; Choots Humphries (<a title=\"linkconnector\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkconnector.com\/\">LinkConnector Corporation<\/a>), Mark Widawer (Landing Page Cash Machines) (2 pm &#8211; 3 pm, Classroom #C Bronze 1 and 2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Confluence of Search and Affiliate Marketing<\/strong> &#8211; Kris Jones (<a title=\"pepperjam\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pepperjamblog.com\/wp-trackback.php?p=104\">Pepperjam<\/a>) (330 pm &#8211; 430pm Classroom #B Silver)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to Shoemoney, Jon&#8217;s WF, Jim Kukral and Kris Jones&#8217; presentation.<\/p>\n<p>With 1,700 participants, it might be a challenge, but I&#8217;ll be keeping a eye out for <a title=\"planetandrea\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planetandrea.com\">PlanetAndrea<\/a>, <a title=\"ros gardner\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.netprofitstoday.com\/blog\/\">Ros Gardner<\/a>, <a title=\"scott jangro\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jangro.com\/\">Scott Jangro<\/a>, <a title=\"robyn tippins\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sleepyblogger.com\/\">Robyn &#8220;SleepyBlogger&#8221; Tippins<\/a>, <a title=\"sam harrelson\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.costpernews.com\/\">Sam Harrelson<\/a>, <a title=\"becky ryan\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/webmoxy\">Becky &#8220;WebMoxy&#8221; Ryan<\/a>, <a title=\"joe whyte\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joe-whyte.com\">Joe Whyte<\/a> and the <a title=\"lunarpages\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.lunarpages.com\/about-lunarpages-blogstars\/\">LunarPages ninjas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to meet you if you&#8217;re headed to ASW, stop me and say hi if you see me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s about 16 hours before I head off on my long flight to Affiliate Summit West. I&#8217;ve been talking to the WickedFire folks and we&#8217;re psyched about meeting up. I&#8217;ve planned out my itinery and will likely be spending more time networking and attending sessions, compared to drinking and clubbing. 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