Shareasale Palms Affiliate Summit West Party

Once again, Brian has thrown together a party for the record books. This time around Brian Littleton held his Affiliate Summit West party at the Palms Casino. Everyone is is anyone in the industry was at the event. This party was so excellent, that Reena and I managed to stay there for nearly 5 hours. Here are just a few of the contacts I met at “the party” of Affiliate Summit West 2008.

My Good Friend & Evil Blogger, John Chow!

Man of the Hour, Brian Littleton and Marketing Genius Kris Jones.

Longtime Friend Brad Waller, of AdJungle.com.

Sam Harrelson of CostPerNews & Revenews.

A group picture with Reena, David Stack and Rosemary Zalewski.

With My Affiliate Summit Ticket Winner, Israel of FatManUnleashed!

The Affiliate Summit Veterans Gang!

The picture below was taken on the Palm’s suite balcony, which had an inground pool which extended outside of the hotel over over the side of the building. The Palms 2 story suite was simply amazing and you could see the complete strip and all of Vegas as you went through all of it’s luxorious rooms.

Every year I look forward to what Brian has in store for the Affiliate Summit Party, I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next year. It will be hard to top this one!

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MaxBounty’s Private Wine Cellar Party

I’ve known JP & Steven Suave for many years now. We’ve always been good friends and have both done very well for ourselves over the past several years. It’s really great to talk with internet and Affiliate Summit veterans, as you can compare and appreciate each other’s success over the years. This AffiliateSummit, MaxBounty treated their invited affiliates to a special Wine Cellar party. The atmosphere was amazing and very relaxing!

The Wine Cellar was as fancy and sophisticated as you can get!

MaxBounty Co-Founder JP Suave.

MaxBounty Co-Founder Steven Suave.

I also got to meet up with my Affiliate Manager Jessica Dagg.

It was great to talk with JP and Steven on how they built up their network over the years and finally grew from a two person company to an 8 person company today. I highly recommend joining the MaxBounty network, not only do they have some great offers and competitive rates, but they are also very selective as to whom they let in their network. MaxBounty has been around for many years now, and they have what it takes to thrive for many more.

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Affiliate Summit West Meet Market

Today was the first real big networking event for Affiliate Summit West. The Meet Market is made up of several different companies, each with their own tables. The Meet Market is a smaller version of the Exhibit Hall. This gives the opportunity for every one to meet after registration and for any companies who could not utilize the full exhibit hall area. Two years ago when the Meet Market was first introduced, I remember there were just a few tables, now the event is a big thing. There are currently around 2,700 registered attendees for Affiliate Summit West 2008… this should be exciting!

Since the Meet Market is located right outside the registration area, it’s a great opportunity to meet up with everyone attending the event. Here are a few pictures from who I’ve run into so far.

Longtime friends Shawn Collins and Rachel Honoway

BlogWorld CEO & Organizer Rick Calvert

Also met up with my Super Affiliate Panel partner Amit Mehta.

Official Affiliate Summit Blog Room Captain, Mark Wielgus.

Affiliate Summit Founders, Shawn Collins, a (Little Penguin) & Missy Ward.

Lastly, here is what a table looks like at the Affiliate Summit Meet Market. I’m pictured here with Dale from Things From Another World (tfaw.com). As you probably already know, I love anything relating to comics and marvel.TFAW’s booths are always loaded up with cool stuff and Dale always hooks me up with some goodies. They are always one of my favorite booths to visit! You can earn up to 14% of each sale, when you join the TFAW.com Affiliate Program.

Tonight I will be attending the MaxBounty Wine Cellar Party at the Rio, then heading over to the Shareasale Party at the Rio. Stay tuned for more pics and updates!

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Networking at Affiliate Summit West AffiliateDinner

Yesterday Reena and I arrived in Las Vegas for the start of Affiliate Summit West 2008. Once arriving at the Rio, we wee anxious to get to our room. I was hoping to get an upgrade, so they put me in a 1,600 ft suite! We went up to the room and it was like a flashback to the 80s! The size of the room was awesomely huge (but unnecessary), and it scaled the whole corner of the building. Unfortunately the bed and furniture were less than comfortable. We went back downstairs to to get another room, they then set us up with the same suite, but this time on the 38th floor. Quite frustrated, we just went to the VIP check-in and told them situation. We were finally issued a smaller renovated suite in their new tower… and everything is awesome now!

Now that we were all settled in, we were anxiously awaiting the Affiliate Dinner later that night. The guest of honor was “Brian Littleton” from Shareasale… so he was in for a roasting. In addition to taking several hits for his obsession with sweater vests, many of his close friends took time to celebrate and toast Brian, including a collection of funny videos from his staff and Shawn Collins and Missy Ward. The event was put together and hosted by Brook and Forest Schaaf. If was the first networking session for Affiliate Summit, so it was great to finally meet up with a few friends.

Brook awards Brian with “Affiliate Dinner Guest of Honor” Award

While at the Affiliate Dinner I was also able to meet up with Ian Fernando, Andrew Wee, the girls from NeverBlueAds and many more.

Myself, Ian Fernando and Andrew Wee

Next on the list is registering for Affiliate Summit, the Meet Market, then the awesome Shareasale party at the palms.

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Are You Ready for Affiliate Summit? It’s Here!

After months of anticipation and excitement, Affiliate Summit is nearly here. With over 2500+ attendees this time around, this will be the biggest Affiliate Summit yet. Even before the event has begun, excitement and frustration has ensued.. for everyone in the North East that is. Waking up this morning to a few inches of snow wasn’t too thrilling. Luckily for me, my flight is Saturday morning, so everything should be cleared up. Unfortunately for many others making their way to Las Vegas, delays and cancellations are just the start of their adventure to Affiliate Summit West 2008. Flight cancellations and travel aside, I can’t wait till Affiliate Summit finally kicks off!

I’ve got nearly 6 hours to burn on my flight from NJ to Las Vegas, so I will probably spend most of that time writing up some exciting blog posts. Over the next several days, I will also be providing full blog coverage from Affiliate Summit. Some areas that I will cover are the killer parties, networking sessions and exhibits area, which speakers I really enjoyed and any tips I come across that would benefit my readers. So in addition to my posts on the event, I also want to release a few non-Affiliate Summit posts for the blog as well. That’s where you come in! I still have another 10 hours or so before I leave to catch my plane, so start leaving comments or send me an email through the contact page on what you would like me to write about this upcoming week!

Once I return from Affiliate Summit, I will also have a lot of new features and updates to be excited about. I’ll also be releasing my new affiliate network and offers review web site. Once fully running, the site will be made up of hundreds of reviews on some of the best performing offers for you to make some extra money. All reviews will follow the same concept as my “CPA Spotlight” posts, but will be listed on their own affiliate directory site.

If you are attending Affiliate Summit for the first time, get ready… you are about to take a big step to bring your online business and networking to the next level, and I look forward to seeing you there! Make sure to attend my “Super Affiliate Strategies that Work” panel at 11:30am-12:30pm on Tuesday. In addition to myself, you will also get to see Amit Mehta, John Chow and Kris Jones in the same session. The second portion of this panel will be an open Q&A with the audience. How exciting!

Don’t forget, leave a comment or send me an email with what you’d like to see me write about over the next week on the blog!

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