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Affiliate Summit West 2018 is taking place January 7-9, 2018 in Las Vegas, and I’ve put together a list of reasons why so many thousands of people are making the trip to the conference and tradeshow.

Well, these are just some of the highlights – there are many more reasons why you should be there.

• 3 full days of networking and education
• 2 apps (iTunes and Google Play) with networking, the agenda, speakers, and exhibitors
• 1 attendee community site to set up meetings and network
• 53 breakout educational sessions (which will all be recorded on video)
• 3 keynote sessions
• 1 new issue of FeedFront magazine
• 1 Open Forum
• 1 First Timers Orientation session
• 1 Affiliate Ball featuring Method Man
• 8 Early Birds of a Feather Networking Roundtables
• 1 ShareASale/AWIN party
• 90 on the speaker faculty
• 34 RevShare Roundup companies
• 1 Newcomer Program
• 11 Demo Day presentations
• 1 Networking Pub Crawl in the exhibit hall
• 469 companies exhibiting and sponsoring

If you waited too long to register before Affiliate Summit sold out, we have been processing cancellations as they come in. Try now to register for Affiliate Summit West 2018.

This was a conference session titled Protecting Big Brands: Compliance Lessons for Everyone at Affiliate Summit East 2016, which took place July 31st through August 2nd, 2016 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Session speaker:

• Sean Geraghty, Director of Customer Success, Advisory Services, Invoca

Session description:
Pay-per-call isn’t a set-it-and-forget-it game. Sure your campaigns will work, but if you want to grow your pay-per-call program, and your business, you’ve got to optimize, adjust, and improve.

Experience Level: Beginner
Target Audience: Affiliate/Publisher
Niche/Vertical: Pay-Per-Call

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit.

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

Affiliate Summit West 2018 is a little more than a week away, so now is the time to start getting organized to make the most of the conference.

Here is a quick and easy checklist to help you get it all worked out and avoid scrambling at the last minute.

8 Things to do before Affiliate Summit West 2018:

• Register now – we sold out, but just processed some cancellations
• Start using the Affiliate Summit West 2018 app
• Map out the booths and tables you want to visit
• Set up meetings with the Affiliate Summit Pathable platform
• Apply for the Affiliate Summit affiliate program and earn 15% when you refer your colleagues
• Join the Affiliate Summit West 2018 group on Facebook to network
• Check out the conference program and speaker bios
• Make dinner reservations

Affiliate Summit West 2018 is taking place January 7-9, 2018 in Las Vegas.

The keynotes for Affiliate Summit West 2018 will be Dan Moriarty, Own the Room (Sunday, January 7); Jason Akatiff, Founder, A4D (Monday, January 8); and Brian Kelly, CEO, The Points Guy (Tuesday, January 9).

Affiliate Summit will feature an exhibit hall, Meet Market, and RevShare Roundup with hundreds of booths and tables.

There are a limited number of other sponsorships still available.

Any registration questions? Send us an e-mail or call: 417-2SUMMIT (278-6648).

The 12th annual Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards will be presented on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Affiliate Summit West 2018, taking place at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.

The Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards are most prestigious, competitive honor for the leaders in the affiliate marketing space. Award winners are recognized because they are innovative leaders with vision and influence.

Nominations were open for anybody to make, and then the nominations were voted on by the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board to determine the finalists and winners.

Here are the finalists for the Pinnacle Awards at Affiliate Summit West 2018:

Affiliate of the Year

• Business Insider
• Greg Kim/Slickdeals
• Ziff-Davis

Affiliate Manager of the Year

• Adam Riemer
• Greg Hoffman
• Mike Nunez

Affiliate Network Employee of the Year (* new category *)

• Chad Waite/AvantLink
• Mark Walters/Awin
• Tiffany Tse/ShareASale

Exceptional Merchant of the Year

• HP
• Jane.com
• Snake River Farms

Affiliate Marketing Advocate

• Pat Grady
• Robert Glazer
• Sarah Bundy

OPM/Agency of the Year

• Acceleration Partners
• Apogee
• PartnerCentric

Tool/Service of the Year

• Mediarails
• PerformanceMarketingJOBS.com
• Slack

The Pinnacle Awards are open to all attendees of Affiliate Summit West 2018, and will be presented prior to the keynote from Brian Kelly, CEO of The Points Guy.

By the way, I was going to make a video featuring dogs, guitar, a horse head, and other awesome stuff, but when I got setup to film it, I realized my tripod was broken, so you get a picture of my dog using me for a pillow while I wear glasses for the first time.

This was a conference session titled What I Learned from My Wife’s Business at Affiliate Summit East 2016, which took place July 31st through August 2nd, 2016 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Session speaker:

• Brook Schaaf, Husband, Prep Dish

Session description:
Prep Dish sells subscriptions to meal plans. We’ll look at the various SaaS and other vendors it uses including Infusionsoft, LeadPages, Memberium, WordPress, WP Curve, and Fresh Press Media.

Experience Level: Beginner
Target Audience: Merchant/Advertiser
Niche/Vertical: Subscription

Slides: What I Learned from My Wife’s Business

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit.

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.

Affiliate Summit West 2018 offers all sorts of opportunities for digital marketers, but it isn’t the right investment for everybody.

We hear from many people who are trying to break into affiliate marketing, and they are low on funds at the moment.

In those cases, we urge them to take advantage of our free resources, such as past Affiliate Summit session videos, a subscription to FeedFront magazine, and podcasts on GeekCast.fm.

If you’re just scraping by, you need to invest your time in learning and building your business, because time is the currency you have at the moment.

Work towards being in a place where a conference pass, flight, hotel, meals, etc. are in your budget, but first you need a budget.

Also, you should have defined goals when heading to Affiliate Summit. Those goals should not be to hit every party, but rather which companies and people you want to meet, as well as educational sessions you wish to attend.

Don’t go aimlessly, because that’s just a waste of your money.

Take a look at the lists of companies attending Affiliate Summit West 2018 – if you have no interest in doing business with at least a few of the thousands of companies, you may want to re-think things.

Check out the agenda for Affiliate Summit West 2018, too. There are dozens of breakout sessions, as well as the keynotes and Early Birds of a Feather Networking Round Tables. Do you see any topics you’d like to understand better, as well as speakers you’d like to meet?

I hope to see you there if, and when, your business is ready for three intense days of non-stop learning and networking with thousands of affiliate marketers.

This was a conference session titled Killer SEO Tactics of Yesterday Can Get You Killed Today at Affiliate Summit East 2016, which took place July 31st through August 2nd, 2016 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Session speaker:

• Stoney deGeyter, President, Pole Position Marketing

Session description:
Remembering that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it, I will review SEO tactics that once worked that can now “kill” your web marketing efforts… and what to do instead.

Experience Level: Intermediate
Target Audience: Affiliate/Publisher, Merchant/Advertiser
Niche/Vertical: SEO

Slides: Killer SEO Tactics of Yesterday Can Get You Killed Today

If you liked this video, be sure to register for the next Affiliate Summit.

Note: the companies and positions listed above were current as of the time of the conference. Some of this information may have changed since then.