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Affiliate marketing has a problem: black hat affiliates. The black hats are detrimental to the industry, as noted at the Affiliate Summit 2008 West keynote address by Jason Calacanis. How can affiliate marketing throw out the garbage?
The Great Affiliate Road Rally, a charity fundraiser for the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, took place February 26, 2008 at Affiliate Summit. Affspy won the race and a booth at Affiliate Summit 2008 East in Boston.
The second day of Affiliate Summit 2008 West was packed with action. It started with a keynote from Jason Calacanis of Mahalo.com, and includes educational sessions, a domain auction and the annual Pinnacle Awards.
Affiliate Summit 2008 West started up on Sunday, February 24, 2008. Here is a look at some action in the Affiliate Meet Market and setup in the exhibit hall.
Brian Littleton, CEO of ShareASale, was roasted at the Affiliate Dinner in Las Vegas on February 23, 2008. Missy Ward and Shawn Collins, co-founders of Affiliate Summit, have some fun with Brian in their video tributes.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com hits his goal of losing 21 pounds by Affiliate Summit. But this is not the end, Shawn will continue the Weight Watchers Core Plan lifestyle to maintain his new weight.
If you are attending Affiliate Summit, be sure to add Affiliate Summit to your Twitter stream at http://twitter.com/affiliatesummit to stay up to date on events and news during the conference.
Sticker Giant has a cool, new custom sticker for laptops. The laptop stickers stick to almost any surface yet can be removed and repositioned. Just got mine - much better than regular stickers. No sticky residue when you take them off.
The Great Affiliate Road Rally is taking place at Affiliate Summit. Winner gets a booth for Affiliate Summit in Boston in August 2008. Donate $100 to the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation at http://www.starlight.org/affiliatesummit to enter.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com is just two pounds away from his goal after going a little crazy during the Super Bowl and skipping the weigh in last week. Just about a week to go to shed two more pounds for Affiliate Summit.
Affiliate Classroom has awarded Honorary Affiliate Manager Certifications to Shawn Collins, as well as to Carolyn Tang of ShareASale, Stu McLaren, and Brock Siegel of Pepperjam.
Shawn Collins of http://www.affiliatesummit.com gives a quick overview of Affiliate Summit 2008 West for anybody who is attending the conference for the first time.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com talks about risking his fatblogging efforts with birthday cake as he comes within a month of the final weigh in at Affiliate Summit.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com talks about trying new foods in the quest to lose weight on the Weight Watchers Core Plan, as well as some Netwalking (networking while walking) during Affiliate Summit.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com talks about why he needs to lose weight with his Affiliate Fatblogging on the Weight Watchers Core Plan. He's up to a loss of 13 pounds, and he has 8 to go by Affiliate Summit, Feb 24, 2008 in Las Vegas.
Pepperjam, an Internet marketing agency headed by Kris Jones, has launched the pepperjamNETWORK, a new affiliate network with innovations and features, such as a Transparency Rating and real-time communication with Pepperjam Chat.
Affiliate Summit is hosting the Great Affiliate Road Rally on February 26, 2008 in Las Vegas. The winner of this remote control car race will get a free booth at Affiliate Summit 2008 East in Boston, taking place August 10-12, 2008.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com talks about his daily diet on the Weight Watchers Core Plan. He's up to a loss of 11 pounds, and he has 10 to go by Affiliate Summit, February 24-26, 2008 in Las Vegas.
Shawn Collins of http://blog.affiliatetip.com skipped past the scale over Christmas, after seeing some unpleasant closed circuit footage. He's back for the new year with a loss of 10 pounds so far (11 to go) using the Weight Watchers core plan.
Any companies that book a booth in the exhibit hall or a table at the Affiliate Meet Market during Affiliate Summit 2008 West are encouraged to create a video promoting their company. We'll promote it in the Affiliate Summit blog and newsletter.
