http://twitter.com/j_pan

Jimmy

http://twitter.com/jimmytang23

Each of these won a Silver Pass (DM me on twitter for the code to register)
Darryl

http://twitter.com/darryl_thomas

Carl

http://twitter.com/carlqpublic

Congrats to the winners!! If you see me around at Affiliate Summit east say hey.

1. Profiting With Facebook 101
Great writeup for newbs looking for a little insight into getting started with Facebook advertising.

2. What you can learn from the late great Billy Mays
Several good nuggets in the article, including choosing the right product, solving a problem, and making the pitch sell!

3. Using Twittoratti to do trend research
I point out this post because you shouldn’t just rely on google, yahoo, bing for your trend research but think outside the box for your research as some tools you have never heard of can bring you some great insight.

4. Ways to Reduce Unsubscribers
I pointed out this article only because i would recommend you not do this. In all honesty i would much rather make my unsubscribe upfront and in there face because them unsubscribing from the newsletter is 10xs better than them hitting the spam button. So my reason for pointing this out is, do the opposite make sure people can find it easily how to unsubscribe.

5. Win Tickets to Affiliate Summit East 2009 in NYC
Why pay for your affiliate summit east ticket when you can get it for free!

How to Enter:
It’s Easy, Enter and Win!
1. Follow @cpaaffiliates on Twitter
2. Tweet about this contest (Example: RT @cpaaffiliates Win free tickets to Affiliate Summit East! http://bit.ly/gz6Tz #ase09 (You can tweet each day for more chances to win!)

You MUST leave a comment to this post each time you complete an entry with a link to your twitter.

Tweet daily to increase your chances!

The Winners Announced here

Prizes:

Two (2) GOLD Passes ($499 Each): Admission to Affiliate Meet Market, Exhibit Hall, Keynote, Sunday educational sessions, Networking Events, access to all recorded Session Videos, Powerpoint Presentations and Affiliate Summit Social Network. This pass does not include Monday and Tuesday sessions.

Two (2) SILVER Passes ($199 Each): Admission to Affiliate Meet Market and Exhibit Hall and access to the Affiliate Summit Social Network.

Also will also throw in if Each of the winners would like i will take 30 minutes to sit down with them to talk about affiliate marketing and answer any questions etc.. @ ASE.

On Wednesday, July 22 at 12:00PM (Noon) CST we’ll draw the names of 4 random people to win.

Anyone may enter as long as your local laws allow you to participate in contests and receive the prize. You will be responsible for any taxes or fees imposed by your local government. Airfare, meals, and other expenses not included.

Only one (1) prize per winner. In the case the same name is drawn twice, another random name will be drawn.

So will you be there? leave a comment and let me know.

I love Affiliate summit because it provides great networking opportunities with other affiliates and other networks.

If you aren’t going because of the cost of the tickets, keep an eye on my blog either later today or tomorrow i will be posting a contest where i will give away 4 passes, 2 gold and 2 silver.

Here’s the Bait

Advaliant made arrangements for a custom coach to pick you up from the Boston Seaport Hotel in Boston at 11:15 AM on Saturday and deliver you to the Docks on Plum Island. From there we’ll board the 78 Foot Captains Lady for a 4-hour fishing trip. Beer, food, bait, and fishing rods will be at the ready. Bring your camera if you want to catch a snapshot of a few whales… (we aren’t just talking about the affiliate kind). When we return we’ll share some stories over dinner in Newburyport www.newburyportchamber.org one of New England’s most talked about coastal seaport villages. After dinner, you can explore the historic downtown Newburyport scene, hoist a beer at one the many local watering holes or just take a stroll on the boardwalk. At 10 PM the custom coach will be waiting to carry you back to the Boston Seaport Hotel.

The Details

When: Saturday, August 9th
Time: 11:15 at the Seaport Hotel
Return Time: 10PM

So how do you win the spot on the fishing trip?  First you must already be an affiliate with Advaliant or Signup with Advaliant .  Every $50 in affiliate earnings you make From June 17 – July 16 thru Advaliant will give you 1 entry (Example: For Every 2 leads you send to there Ultra Green Tea offer and you get 1 entry!). So the more you earn the more entries you get.  The Drawing will be held on July 17th and the winner will be contacted via email. 

But it doesn’t stop there, leave a comment on this post talking about Affiliate Summit & why you will or will not attend, and you will be entered in a drawing for $50 (via paypal) and some Advaliant Swag. (Only one entry per person for the cash and swag)

So what are you waiting for Signup for Advaliant, drive some leads, and leave a comment on this post.

I will start off by saying that Affiliate Summit East in Miami was one of the best conferences I have attended. It’s not because of all the great vendors (but it doens’t hurt) It was more due to the great opportunities for networking. While it is tough for me to narrow it down to just 1 thing I learned at Affiliate Summit the most usefull one was concerning looking forward. 

As Affiliates that are doing well you have to remember that you always have to look forward. I had many interesting conversations about how easy Affiliate Marketing was and how it’s only getting thougher, but there is still PLENTY of money to be made. And when i say looking forward this includes jumping on the latest fads, myspace, facebook, iphones, Idol, Lost, Heroes etc.. and figuring out ways to help push your new sites and bring appeal. Plus moving forward with Data Feeds, realtime tracking and statistics… The days of waiting until tomorrow to figure out your return is gone. The days of just throwing up a Get 10 Comlimentary Ringtones and it converting like hot cakes is not working any more. As Advertisers/Marketers we must stay on the cutting edge and even push the envelope if we want our high income to last.

I have stated this before and will again if you are in the online business and haven’t attended and Affiliate Summit you are missing out!

I tag:

Chris K.

Lee Dodd

Of course I talked with various CPA networks I currently use and had some interesting conversations with some networks that I will be giving a try. I gave away the T-shirts that I brought with me, I was surprised how many people stopped me to say hey or ask for a T-shirt.

I went to the Jamster Party (Thanks Shoemoney) which was actually kind of lame (we arrived 30 minutes late but were the first ones there) but I did get an opportunity to talk with a great affiliate guy (Dave) that runs Coupon Code. We had some good conversation about what he is doing in the affiliate world and what I am doing. It was interesting to discuss what has changed and where the affiliate and mobile space is headed.

The only session I attended besides the keynote speaker was the monetizing communities with Lee Dodd and Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney) doing a Question & Answer session. It was a good listen, as they talked about how to start a forum from nothing, monetizing existing forums better, subscription/premium membership and using a current site to start up a forum.

Probably my highlight of the conference besides meeting all the new people was sitting down in private and chatting with Kris Jones (Pepperjam), Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney), and Lee Dodd (Sprint Users). We talked about Elite Retreat but also talked about online marketing, affiliate marketing, and growing businesses online. 

There are many other great people I met during the conference (Chris, Ken, Forest, Kathy, Nathan, Paul, Jaun…)  and will be in touch with in the future. I must urge anyone in the affiliate / online world to attend an Affiliate Summit if you haven’t already!

1. Have Business Cards – even if you are doing this as a hobby get cards made of your blog or something.

2. Don’t be shy – If want to talk with “Shoemoney”, Kris Jones or even me just walk up to us and talk to us or others. We are all nice people and IF we have the time we will chat it up. Just don’t act like a newb on DP or EF and say hey what offer should i run or how do you make so much money. Most likely we will become busy or give you a sarcastic answer.

3. Attend a session only if it really interests you and if its lame don’t stay in it. I went to one that was marketing outside the box at ASW it was lame to me talking about offline marketing ( i was expecting something different) so i left. (If its lame your time is better spent networking)

4. Network Network Network… with merchants, CPA networks and of course other affiliates. You will find all of us love talking about things we are working on or hear of your success stories.

5. Talk with networks you deal with and ones you don’t. It’s your opportunity to pick their brain, find out what offers they have without signing up and talk about payouts. (Always under promise and over perform from your end. EX. if you do 100 leads on an offer tell them you do 50 to 75 and see what payout they will give you then when you hit 100 you can ask for more )

Have fun. We all can write off the expense for ASE to our business so make sure to take the time and have some fun while you are there. I will be attending and will have some of my CPA Affiliates T-shirts so if you see me and want one just ask.

1. Provide an Affiliate Marketing tip, Explain how & why it works?
2. Provide a way to scale your business online, Explain how & why it works?
3. Why I deserve a free ASE pass?

You are allowed to answer all three questions to better your odds of winning, but you can only win one pass. We will give 3 passes to each of the top three answers for each question and one pass to the answer of our choosing. Post your answers as a comment to this blog post.  Contest ends June 1st so get your entries in before that. We will notify the winners via email and will post the winning answers on CPA Affiliates.

Good Luck!