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Returned, from the Affiliate Summit, Revitalized and
Ready to Hit the Ground Running. Don’t Miss the Next
One! By James Martell
So, wow, where to start. I’m going to try and give you some of the highlights for what we thought was the best conference yet. We were so impressed with the organizational work that went into this meeting that all came together in extremely high fashion and style. There so many events to choose from you were always wishing you were two people so that you could go to two things at once. Just a quick list of the session:
Sunday night is always a choice of activities and this year we went to the ShareASale Party. It was a blast as usual. They had decorated the room with the Vegas theme. The room was divided up into different areas to choose from. They had some video car racing where people could race against each other. They had a large section set up with Wii and people were bowling and playing tennis. They actually had a bounce castle and there were lots of people in there bouncing around. In one area way in the back of the room was set up with gaming tables. They would issue you some chips and then guide you along the way if you didn’t know how to gamble. Black Jack was very popular, in fact, I had been all over the room looking for Arlene and found her playing Black Jack and WINNING, she was about $600 ahead and was smiling from ear to ear. She didn’t even mind when she had to give the chips back at the end of the night. We actually got to sleep relatively early Sunday night, because again, historically we were in for a late night on Monday night.
We had the Platinum Passes, which include breakfast and lunches. We really enjoyed our time at lunch. They had a very smart set up where there were several long tables of buffet and then the rest of the sit down tables were round and held up to a dozen people. We really took advantage of that and had many of our friends and previous Boot Camp members and former students of the Handbook with us at lunch. Great networking and catching up time. Then there was the Exhibit Hall – 134 different booths. The caliber of these booths has improved over the years and it was awesome. Of course the Exhibitors wanted you to see their products but there was no high selling pressure in the room, just a chance to chat with the merchants. Later on in the afternoon, Arlene and I took a long walk @ the Miracle Mile Mall and also took in a show. A must, if you are in Vegas. I had seen this show before but had no problem seeing it again, as this was my favorite band. A tribute to the Beatles! The show was great! The Fab Four. They did a wonderful job of creating perfect sound alike and did so many of everyone’s favorite Beatle hits. They even were introduced by “Ed Sullivan”. On Monday night, Arlene had orchestrated dinner with some more of our Boot Camp people and we had dinner at the Le Provencal Café in Paris Hotel. We did this same thing last year and it worked so well, that we just did it again. Although you were inside, the deco suggested that you were outside sitting under the stars at a Parisian Café in France.
Left to Right: Alok Sawhney, Kirk and
LaRea Rasmussen, Suzie and Chris Molnar, Arlene and
James Martell, As you can see by the photo above a good time was had by all. The Affiliate Summit 2010 was the best Summit so far that we have been to and it just keeps getting better and better. The hardest part is dividing your time for the actual educational breakouts, the networking with old and new friends, and getting some, yes, some, sleep. Monday night, I did manage to get to bed around 3:00 a.m. Arlene had been there long before me and was well rested on Tuesday. It was worth it! Make plans for August 15-17, 2010 for the Affiliate Summit East, tickets go fast; they really do so make plans now to attend in New York City, at the Hilton. Taken from the AffiliateSummit.com website: Affiliate Summit East 2010
All the best,
PS - If you would like to learn more about Affiliate Summit West 2010, be sure to listen to our recent podcast about the event, click here!
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What a wonderful and
exciting event! It was incredible to see the growth
of our industry from the very first Affiliate Summit
cruise we went on in 2004 with 220 people to the
2010 Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas last week
with over 4,000 people. Arlene and I thoroughly
enjoyed every moment of this event and encourage all
of you who have never attended an Affiliate Summit
Conference, or who missed this one to make plans for
the
Arlene and I arrived
in Las Vegas a day early because we knew that we
would be helpless to the normal sleep patterns
because of the activities that would go on around
us, so we tried to lay back and get ready for the
next day’s events. As I alluded to earlier, there
were over 4,000 people at this marvellous conference
and they all seemed to be at the opening event, the
Meet Market. This was Sunday and picture a room full
of over 200 tables where merchants and companies set
up their booths and people could walk around from
table to table getting ideas from merchants, really
meet people and chat one on one. We actually had a
booth this year for the first time and it was
wonderful! We had people stopping by all day long.
We had a chance to let them know us and what we were
about. The Meet Market has turned out to be the most
popular gathering of the entire summit. The room was
just abuzz. Really a great kick-off event.
Affiliate
Summit East, the premier affiliate
marketing conference, is taking place
August 15-17, 2010 in New York City.
