The Affiliate Summit Newcomer Program (formerly Affiliate Summit Mentor Program) helps connect first time attendees with Affiliate Summit veterans. Veterans volunteer their time to share their past experience ideas and information to help newcomers optimize their time at the conference. The Affiliate Summit Newcomer Program is headed up by affiliate Jen Goode.
How it works:
Veterans are asked to have a 15 minute call and/or email exchange leading up to the conference.
In return, newcomers are asked to treat their veteran volunteer to a meal at the conference.
As a thank you to veterans, Affiliate Summit hosts a webpage recognizing all participating veterans with a link back to their site.
The newcomer’s meet up was held last night in the room right across from the ASE blogger lounge. It was great to network with all the first time Affiliate Summit attendees and connect with some of the old ones as well.
Here are the ten winners of the 2010 Affiliate Summit East Gold Passes. These passes are worth $549 each and entitles the winners admission to the Affiliate Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynotes, Sunday educational sessions, access to all recorded session videos, PowerPoint presentations and Affiliate Summit Social Network.
It was tough deciding who to award the passes to because there were so many good entries. However, after going over the submissions at yesterday’s Dot Com Pho, I’m please to announce the following winners:
Congrats to all the winners. I will be sending each one of you an email with the instructions on how to claim your 2010 Affiliate Summit East Gold Pass. I’ll see you guys in the Big Apple!
The Affiliate Summit East 2010 happens August 15 to 17 in New York city and I have TEN Gold Passes, worth $549 each, to give away to ten lucky John Chow dot Com readers. The Gold Pass gives you admission to Affiliate Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynotes, Sunday educational sessions; access to all recorded session videos; PowerPoint presentations; and Affiliate Summit Social Network.
To enter, all you have to do is explain in the comments why you should be awarded a Gold Pass to the Affiliate Summit East. The better your comment, the higher your chances of being a winner. Please only enter if you actually plan on going. If you are selected, you must attend. The pass is not transferable and cannot be resold because it will have your name on it. I am only giving away the passes. I am not paying for your travel or hotel. I might be doing some kind of Dot Com Pho event which all winners can attend.
IMPORTANT – please note the following:
You must notify the recipients that they cannot be transferred, and the pass codes become invalid in the event the conference sells out.
Also, anybody registering for a complimentary pass who neither checks in at the conference or cancels will be ineligible for future complimentary passes.
The winners will be announce this Saturday, June 19 during Dot Com Pho. This should give you enough time to book your air and hotel if you need it. I know I have lots of readers in the big apple that want to go to the Affiliate Summit but can’t afford the cost of the pass. This is your chance to go! Good luck and enter now!
The first ever Freelance Camp to be held in Vancouver last Saturday was a complete success. The sold out event attracted freelancers and entrepreneurs from all over the city to The Network Hub in Downtown Vancouver for a full day of “unconferencing.”
The sessions were divided among three rooms. Attendees could choose which sessions to attend. Subjects range from being a “solopreneur” to handling the stress of working alone. The only time everyone got together in the same room was during the lunch session where Michael Kwan and I gave our presentation on the 8 ways to make money online. Lunch was provided by Mr. Happy Pho.
Fun facts and photos from the very first Freelance Camp:
From 1pm – 4pm ish we were in the top trending topics in Canada on twitter
120 spring rolls + 120 salad rolls were consumed
$448 dollars worth of door prizes
$5400 worth of goodies in total were given to all attendees
135 attendees from different background and disciplines
Not only has the Apple iPad landed at Dot Com Pho but so has my new book, Make Money Online: Roadmap of a Dot Com Mogul. The book won’t be in stores until May 1 but my publisher sent me a bunch of advanced copies to give away.
Unlike last week’s Chat Roulette Pho, we had a full house for this week’s iPad Pho, with a grand total of 11 people showing up and jamming our table. We all had a great time playing with the new iPads and afterward, Ed and I went over the Blenz Coffee to see the reaction to the iPad. It attracted a lot of attention but not the kind of attention that Ed wanted.
ClickBank will be attending a4uexpo in Munich Germany from May 18th-19th, 2010. We’re proud to be sponsoring the event and will be located in booth #FB3. As part of our involvement, we have received a discount to pass along to our clients and are excited to offer you a 12.5% savings on the delegate rate! Simply click here to register and use the coupon code CB1012. Be sure to register by April 1st to get additional savings with the early bird rate.
a4uexpo is a European conference focused on bringing together top affiliate marketing specialists to discuss global industry trends and business opportunities. We look forward to seeing you there!
The F5 EXPO and Malcolm Gladwell, author of Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, & What the Dog Saw are coming to Vancouver on April 7. If you’re in the area, then you should make plans to attend. F5 EXPO is a forward thinking resource meant to jump start businesses into “the know” on future trends within the online space.
The event converges interactive exhibits, peer idea-collaboration amongst fellow Owners, Executives and Buyers, and edge-of-your-seat conferences into one explosive day. The focus is on refreshing business strategies through captivating content and storytelling with an “AHA” factor on such topics as mobile apps, search marketing, business blogs/webinars, social media, web 2.0, etc.
In addition to Malcolm’s keynote, you’ll be able to join me for a workshop on Blogging for Profit. A pass to F5 EXPO range from zero for a trade show only pass to $360 for an all inclusive pass. I hope to see you there!
Dush Ramachandran to lend international affiliate marketing expertise to a4uexpo board as plans solidify for Munich conference this May
Feb. 11, 2010 –ClickBank Vice President Dush Ramachandran has been appointed to the advisory board of a4uexpo, a European conference focused on bringing together top affiliate marketing specialists to discuss global industry trends and business opportunities.
Ramachandran joins other leading affiliate marketing experts on the a4uexpo advisory board including Sabine Haase, director of marketing & performance technology at affilinet GmbH; Alison Guise, general manager at ValueClick; and Missy Ward, co-founder of Affiliate Summit.
“Dush gives the board an added dimension,” said Matthew Wood, founder and managing director of Existem Events Ltd, the company which coordinates the highly-successful series of a4uexpo conference events. “He has a considerable amount of practical experience and industry knowledge, not to mention a network of more than 100,000 affiliates to tap into. This is complementary to the many resources that existing advisory board members bring to the table.”
Wood said affiliate marketing opportunities in Europe are numerous and extremely diverse. The advisory board, he said, helps ensure that conference agendas, presentations and panel debates remain current and relevant.
“I look forward to working with the extremely talented and knowledgeable members of this board, and to helping ensure that a4uexpo remains Europe’s premiere affiliate marketing event,” said Ramachandran.
