Affiliate Summit East 2009 My adventures at affiliate summit have been vast. I set out at any conference with set goals.

• To maximize my time and to grow my networks.
• This was primarily done in the blogger lounge.
• To meet influential individuals that have the potential to be game changers.
• Listening to the pros and perils of other people's experiences.
• Communicate with other like minded individuals and to discuss what processes are working and what processes are not working.
• To quantify and calculate my time and actions online and find algorithms in online success.

Why Go?
I attended affiliate to meet all sorts of money minded individuals. Basically, see how the affiliates function on the other side of the fence. I spend all my time at social conferences deep diving into social marketing strategy and have been in the SEM world for ten years. So this event was a total change in the thinking process. Individuals come to affiliate to promote products, manage their affiliate programs and find new publishers. It is a good group of fast paced and educated individuals looking monetize. If you make money off your online endeavors this is an event you want to attend.

What I learned?
Top to bottom just about everything I could absorb from meeting with new industry connections. It is always best to think out of the box. Although, naive in the affiliate lifestyle I learned I was one of only a handful of social marketing individuals there. Conversations were plentiful between me and attendees. It is my opinion that melding concepts together for a greater module is where the money can be made.

Points of interest
The exhibit floor speaking with industry related companies. Both keynotes were extremely beneficial. They provided insight and interpretation to the world around us and how multiple industries are evolving. What trends that they see and how they go started. Chris Brogan,Jullien Smith and Peter Shankman aka @skydiver were the speakers at this event. Tech Karaoke was a great opportunity to meet a fun group of people I had not had the chance to meet during the day.

Check out the blogger lounge Affiliate Summit East (#ASE09) videos.


Special thanks to Missy Ward, Shawn Collins, Heather in BC, and Jen Goode for making my first time at Affiliate Summit East beneficial.