There were over 7,300 attendees at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition this year, making this the largest ecommerce event in history. There were over 500 vendors with booths and 100 sessions with approximately 175 speakers.
Keynoters included Christopher Payne, president of eBay North America; Sona Chawla, president of e-commerce at Walgreen Co.; and Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, now part of AOL.
Last week, I had the pleasure of going to visit Chicago to attend the Shareasale ThinkTank Remix Conference. It was my first conference for the ecommerce industry and if this is how most conferences are, I can expect a lot of good things at future conferences. The team at Shareasale really did a great job of organizing the event and making sure that all attendees would have a fun time while we networked with our peers.
Here’s a recap of how it all went down: [Read more...]
We had the pleasure of attending our first Blog World East in New York City last week. There were several hundred attendees and dozens of great speakers. Topics varied from Developing a Digital Crisis Communications Plan to writing Business Plans for Blogger to a variety of different angles on Mobile Marketing and Social Media.
I personally enjoyed the session on SocialCommerce (what is it and how is it different from ecommerce – and is it?) but the one I found most useful was called “Do More with Less – 36 Tools, Tips and Sites for Digital Efficiency” by Jeremy Caplan (@jeremycaplan). Here’s a link to his slides if you’d like to go through the whole presentation.
However, here are the top tools / tips / tricks I took away from this presentation:
Top Tools:
1. Rescue Time - helps you maintain an efficient and productive work day, telling you when to take breaks, how long you’ve been working on something etc.
2. Evernote - capture anything and everything, access [Read more...]
The first ever Vancouver Affiliate Summit Meetup took place May 17th, 2011 at Subeez Cafe in downtown Vancouver and had a good turnout of 12 people. It was a casual environment and was a great opportunity to network with some of Vancouver’s seasoned affiliate marketing professionals. The overall vibe and feedback was one of excitement with everyone wondering when the next one will be held and wanting to tell more people to come. [Read more...]
Come join us on May 17, 2011 for the inaugural Vancouver Affiliate Summit Meetup! The Affiliate Summit meetups were created as a local extension of the conferences that take place twice a year. This Affiliate Summit Meetup was organized to bring affiliate marketers from Vancouver together to network and learn on a regular basis instead of having to attend out of city conferences.
Whether you’re new to affiliate marketing or a seasoned affiliate, this Affiliate Summit Meetup will have something for everyone. Mark 7PM May 17th down in your calendars and come take part in the growing affiliate community right here in Vancouver! [Read more...]
Networking is an integral part of an affiliate’s livelihood and Affiliate Summit Conferences are awesome events where you can meet and learn from industry leaders. These events are only held twice a year in New York and Las Vegas, but that is all about to change with the introduction of the Affiliate Summit Meetup community!
Affiliate Summit was founded by Shawn Collins and Missy ward in 2003 to provide an educational networking environment for all those involved in the Affiliate Marketing Industry such as agencies, affiliates, merchants, networks, and vendors. To help with the lack of networking opportunities between events, Affiliate Summit has introduced a new Meetup Community to allow affiliate marketers to organize networking events within their own local cities. This is a great opportunity for new and experienced affiliate marketers to get together and make connections without having to travel or wait for the next Affiliate Summit event. There are currently 416 affiliate marketers registered to Meetup communities in 57 cities and that includes yours truly (Me 
) and All Inclusive Marketing) CEO, Sarah Bundy, in the Vancouver, BC Affiliate Summit Meetup community.
To stay up to speed with Affiliate Summit events and Meetups in your area, you can visit the Affiliate Summit Meetup website or search #MeetmeAffSum on Twitter. Thank you Affiliate Summit for coming up with such a wicked idea for the rest of us to connect and learn.
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Tim Ash, Founder of Site Tuners Speaks at the Conversion Conference
This month, All inclusive Marketing attended their first Conversion Conference West, hosted in beautiful San Francisco, California. It was held March 14-15 in conjunction with the Data Driven Business Week and eMetrics conferences, combining incredible speakers and experts in data and web analytics with web savvy and eager attendees, the energy and buzz was infectious. [Read more...]
All Inclusive Marketing will be attending the Affiliate Summit West 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada next week.
We are excited to return to this amazing summit and chat with other business owners!
“Affiliate Summit West, the premier affiliate marketing conference, is taking place January 9-11, 2011 at Wynn Las Vegas.
This three day conference includes an exhibit hall with affiliate merchants, vendors, and networks, as well as multiple tracks of educational sessions covering the latest trends and information from affiliate marketing experts.
The keynote speaker for Monday, January 10 will be Drew Eric Whitman, internationally renowned advertising trainer who specializes in teaching the psychology behind the response, and the keynote for Tuesday, January 11 will be Brian Solis, Principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning New Media marketing and branding agency in Silicon Valley.”
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AIM will be at the ASWest 2011 representing two clients: Eyeglasses123 and Laga Handbags.
Here’s a recap video from 2010:
Hope to see you all there!
The AIM team:)
This week, AIM attended the annual Shareasale Think Tank, an exclusive “invitation only” event with the most elite affiliates, OPMs and merchants in the business. We were fortunate enough to get our third invitation this year and had the most fantastic time!
This year’s ThinkTank was held at the beautiful Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay in California. Many attendees played a round of golf or hit the spa on the first day and just had some good old fun as the rest of the guests arrived.
AIM Group will be attending this year’s Shareasale Think Tank in Half Moon Bay, California. We are thrilled to be included in this exclusive and invitation only event, making it our third invitation in the last three years. We were lucky enough to attend the event in 2008 and meet up with renowned affiliate marketers from all over the continent.
Shareasale Think Tank (#thinktank10) is a great event of some of the best minds in the industry that come together to discuss programs, help each other improve their marketing knowledge and connections, and network with potential partners. Brian Littleton, president of ShareaSale goes above and beyond each year ensuring his guest are treated like royalty. [Read more...]
