Affiliate Summit Day 1 – Grab My Nuts!
Okay maybe it’s been closer to half a day of festivities for me, but my feet are killing me already, I’m annoyed with the venue, and missing some boxes that were supposed to be shipped. But with my track record, it just wouldn’t be a true trade show if I had everything prepared like clockwork 🙂
After having some breakfast I went to set the room service tray just outside my door for pick up and the door shut behind me and I was without my key. So I had to call down to get someone to come up and open the door, but I managed to be helped by housekeeping first and got let back in AND got fresh towels. Bonus!
So I hauled down to the registration area and got my badge and went in with my colleague to set up our modest booth. We don’t have a big dynamic display like most companies do; just a table cloth with our logo, a banner, the highlighters we had made to give away, and the printed materials about our affiliate program. I brought the table cloth and sales sheets with me, we found the highlighters there shipped from the vendor, and the other things we’d shipped out here – our banner, a fishbowl for a giveaway, and a sign holder announcing our giveaway – were nowhere to be found. As well, there was no table there from the convention services company.
After procuring a table and still not locating the box or getting our manager on the phone to get more details about the shipment, we set up what we had and headed to the meet market, where we proceeded to be asked to grab Andy Rodriguez’s nuts & naughty nurses asked us to enter to win a hummer.
Yes, you read that right.
Of course it would have been genius if they two tables had been beside each other, but they weren’t. Andy Rodriguez Consulting was handing out packets of cashews and the company that hired the naughty nurses luring people in for a chance to win an H2 didn’t really interest me so I don’t remember the company name. They were some kind of information source like a magazine and I remember the man at the table was also at yesterday’s Affiliate Classroom Live event.
It was good… got some cool freebies (heee!) and did some light networking. My feet were soon killing me and I came back up to the room, only to find that my room key had somehow gotten demagnetized. Locked out AGAIN! So I opted to wait for security to come let me in rather than walking my tired feet all the way down to the lobby to get the card redone. I took care of it when I went out again for dinner.
So more will come tomorrow!
Read MoreQuote of the Day
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
-Plato
Affiliate Summit West 2008 kicks off today (officially!). Stopping in around 2 to set up our booth and then heading over to the Meet Market with plenty of spiffy die-cut business cards in hand! Too bad they all have my former title on them :p
Read MoreQuote of the Day
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
-Lily Tomlin
Even though it’s Saturday, I’m stuck in a 10 hour Affiliate Classroom LIVE affiliate manager training. I can haz break?
Read MoreGetting ready for Affiliate Summit West 08
Twitter is alive with activity. The summit has set up a group twitter that tracks whenever someone uses the keyword asw08 in their twits. This is very cool, especially considering I didn’t know Twitter had this capability!
Everyone seems to be in a rush to get things done. Jim Kukral from ScratchBack.com is MCing the keynote on Monday. He’s twittered several times tonight about the video he’s working on for the presentation. At ASE07 in Miami the keynote was Ze Frank, a hilarious individual, so I’m hoping for no less at ASW08.
Stephanie Agresta from Stephanie Agresta Consulting is also a speaker and author of the Internet Geek Girl blog. She’s twittered off and on today about her flight information and getting ready for the trip from out east. Sam Harrelson from Affiliate Fortune Cookies has been twittering as well and he’s even had to change his flight because of inclement Northeastern weather.
Of course myself, I’m twittering here and there about getting ready. I’m not lucky enough to have a nice new company supplied laptop, so I’m on my own personal laptop this weekend. I do have a press pass, so I be working on keeping the interweb updated from the blogger’s room through this blog and Twitter. I’m committed despite my chunky clunky Dell Latitude laptop :p.
As a final note while I’m getting my laptop set up tonight, I encourage everyone associated with affiliate marketing in any way to check out this month’s issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine. Besides there being a keen write up of the PsPrint Affiliate Program, there’s a lot of great affiliate manager tips. I’ll be attending the whopping 10 hour Affiliate Classroom LIVE affiliate manager training on Saturday in Las Vegas before the summit. I’m eager to get in there and take notes… is it too much to hope for actual desks? :p I know that it’s at the Rio and from all the conference space I’ve seen at hotels in the last year, I’m sure there won’t be surfaces to write on readily available, so I’ll be taking my clipboard with me.
Hope to see you there! I’m considering bringing my camcorder with me to the exhibit hall, so if you’ve used PsPrint in the past, come on by for an impromptu video plug!
Read MoreMeet me in Vegas!
Thanks to the great team at Affiliate Summit, you can now schedule appointments with exhibitors in a nifty online interface.
So if you’re going to the summit, schedule an appointment to talk to me & my PsPrint colleague! Go now to http://sponsors.affiliatesummit.com to schedule an appointment! We’ve already got a couple of meetings scheduled outside of this super sweet interface, so be sure to get us while we’re hot!
Remember the 20% off printing discount with PsPrint for attendees and exhibitors… you only get more details if you register to attend! And the word today is that the event is SOLD OUT! So get on that waiting list!
Read MoreEek! Affiliate Summit Almost Sold Out!
That’s right, the summit is almost sold out! “As of this morning, we are at 85 percent capacity,” said Affiliate Summit Co-Founder Shawn Collins. “Based on historical data, the rest of the space is going to go quick.”
The keynote speaker for Monday, February 25 will be Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo.com. The conference will also feature Moniker’s Live Domain Auctions, the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards Gala, and nearly 70 expert speakers
During the Affiliate Summit 2008 West, marketers will gather and learn from one another in a cooperative environment, while attendees gain intimate knowledge and experience about the affiliate marketing industry and network with industry leaders.
The Affiliate Summit 2008 West conference will be the ninth Affiliate Summit event presented by industry veterans, Shawn Collins and Missy Ward. More information about the Affiliate Summit Conference along with a schedule of speakers and events is available by visiting AffiliateSummit.com. For up-to-date information about the affiliate marketing industry, subscribe to the Real Deal Newsletter – the Official Newsletter of Affiliate Summit at RealDealNewsletter.com.
So what are you waiting for! Go get your tickets today and make sure to get your butt in gear! Once you register you’ll also see the offer for 20% off your printed materials through PsPrint. Get on it!
Read More
