Affiliate Strategies for Traffic Generation and Monetization<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 1a
\nLocation: Classroom A – Brasilia 1-3
\nTime: 12:00pm-1:00pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThis is the first session of the workshop series and the one where Miles Baker, NickyCakes, Geordie Carswell and myself will be presenting. It’s intended to be an interesting and useful session for new and experienced affiliates alike. Do stop by.<\/p>\n
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Another session at the same time is:<\/p>\n
Advanced Approaches to Affiliate Recruiting, Training & Management<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 1b
\nLocation: Classroom B – Brasilia 4-7
\nTime: 12:00pm-1:00pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nHeather Paulson and Geno Prussakov will be presenting this session.<\/p>\n
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Also at this time:<\/p>\n
Affiliate Marketing in 2009<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 1d
\nLocation: Classroom D – Miranda 7-8
\nTime: 12:00pm-1:00pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPepperjam’s Kris Jones, PartnerCentric’s Linda Woods and M3 Mobile Marketing’s Gary Ackerman will be presenting.<\/p>\n
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In the next time slot:<\/p>\n
The Black Ink Session<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 2c
\nLocation: Classroom C – Miranda 5-6
\nTime: 1:30pm-2:30pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTop affiliate Jeremy Palmer will be presenting a case study and if you’ve read his blog or been a member of the BlackInk project, you’ll know that Jeremy consistently overdelivers.<\/p>\n
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Also in the same time slot:<\/p>\n
The Ultimate Pitching Guide<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 2d
\nLocation: Classroom D – Miranda 7-8
\nTime: 1:30pm-2:30pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nRevenue magazine editor Lisa Picarille, SmallBizTrends editor-in-chief Anita Campbell, Jim Kukral and Help A Reporter’s Peter Shankman will be sharing media strategies.<\/p>\n
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In the next time slot:<\/p>\n
Automating Websites and PPC Management<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 3a
\nLocation: Classroom A – Brasilia 1-3
\nTime: 3:00pm-4:00pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nTop affiliate John Hasson will be showing a number of automation techniques he uses in his PPC and affiliate campaigns. I had a chance to interview him for the Friday Podcast this week (to be published this Friday) where he talks about putting together a 30,000 keyword campaign using a number of software tools. This’ll be an eye-opening experience for those using PPC.<\/p>\n
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And at the same time…<\/p>\n
Ethical Issues in Affiliate Marketing<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 3d
\nLocation: Classroom D – Miranda 7-8
\nTime: 3:00pm-4:00pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAffiliate industry heavyweights like ABestWeb founder Haiko De Poel, ShareASale founder Brian Littleton, FlamingoWorld Connie Berg, OPM AffiliateCrew’s Chuck Hamrick, Ebates’ Paul Nichols will be taking questions relating to ethics in affiliate marketing. With the recent rise of “loyaltyware” or “parasiteware”, and affiliates and merchants seeing their commissions being intercepted\/hijacked by some of these affiliates, it’ll make for an interesting session.<\/p>\n
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ShareASale “Under The Stars” Party<\/strong>
\nTime: 8pm – midnight<\/p>\nA 1980s-themed party. SaS throws great parties and they’ll be giving out tickets at their Meet Market booth on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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Day 2 (Monday, Jan 12)<\/strong><\/p>\nOpening Remarks & Keynote<\/strong>
\nLocation: General Session Room – Brasillia 1-7
\nTime: 9:45am – 10:45am <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nKeynote by Gary Vaynerchuk. I’m sure Gary will have interesting insights on branding and business building.<\/p>\n
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Followed by the sessions:<\/p>\n
Whitehat Linkbuilding Strategies: Beginner to Advanced<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 4a
\nLocation: Classroom A – Brasilia 1-3
\nTime: 11:30am-12:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nI’ve heard from Affiliate Summit co-founder Shawn Collins that Wil Reynolds consistently draws the highest speaker ratings every year. I’m sure his presentation on SEO and linkbuilding strategies will be a great one.<\/p>\n
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In the same timeslot:<\/p>\n
Advertising on Facebook<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 4d
\nLocation: Classroom D – Miranda 7-8
\nTime: 11:30am-12:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThis panel discussion will be an interesting one with a Facebook internet marketing team lead Alex Schultz, Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker, Zac Johnson and Ravenwood Marketing’s Dan Murray on the panel.<\/p>\n
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Affiliate Videos: Where Do They Work Best?<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 5d
\nLocation: Classroom D – Miranda 7-8
\nTime: 2:00pm-3:00pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThis was a great session at ASW08 with AskABuilder’s Tim Carter, a MetaCafe rep, Gary V and Buy.com’s Affiliate Marketing Director Melissa Salas in attendance. This time round, it’ll be Melissa, Market Leverage founder Michael Jenkins in attendance.<\/p>\n
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Day 3 (Tues 13 Jan 2009)<\/strong><\/p>\nSuper Affiliate PPC Marketing Strategies<\/em><\/span>
\nSession 7c
\nLocation: Classroom C – Miranda 5-6
\nTime: 11:30am-12:30pm <\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAmit Mehta, Ros Gardner and Colin McDougall will be among the 3 PPC affiliates at this session. If it’s anything like the previous sessions, expect a full house.<\/p>\n
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The Art of Keyword Blasting<\/em><\/span>
\nSession9c
\nLocation: Classroom C – Miranda 5-6
\nTime: 3:15pm-4:15pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nPPC affiliates will find Ian Fernando’s session useful for ideas in kickstarting your PPC campaigns.<\/p>\n
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It’s likely that other affiliate networks will host their own parties, so check with your affiliate manager for info. Also WebmasterRadio has hosted “Affiliate Bash” a couple of times, so watch for those too.<\/p>\n
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See you at the Affiliate Summit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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