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• The crowd for day 3 seemed light compared to other days.
• SolarVPS was telling me about some pretty awesome things they are going to be releasing that are going to make them a major player in this space. You’ll hear it here first.
• You want what I have but don’t want to do what I do ~Eric Thomas
• If you stop here, you will definetly fail…perservere! ~Eric Thomas
• Information changes situations. ~Eric Thomas
• “My greatest accomplishment is being married to my wife for 21 years and never once cheating on her” ~Eric Thomas – It really has nothing to do with marketing but it’s a great outlook on life. You have to value the things that are truley important.
• Have a mental picture of where you want to be and dedicate at least 5 minutes each day to picturing your dreams as reliality. ~Eric Thomas
• A funny thing about Eric Thomas is that he kept saying crap like you can make it to anywhere you want in this company. I think he was a little confused as to what Affiliate Summit is.
• Recognize the opportunity and be willing to do what others are not ~Shoemoney
• I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 things that did not work ~Thomas Edison
• I love when the gloves come off and you REALLY hear what people think of other people in this industry.
• Everyone wants to know who the smelly chick is….but i’m not going to tell you. So….let’s consider this “Operation BO” and going forward please sniff around and find the culperate. This will encourage people to take showers and use this newfangled invention called deodorant.
• Shoemoney’s closing keynote revolved around the message that there are a lot of opportunities out there and you need to act on them in order to be successful. The presentation was so simple and amusing that it was brilliant. I actually laughed out loud at his story telling.

That’s a wrap on Affiliate Summit. I want to send a huge thanks to Shawn Collins and Missy Ward for having me again. These two put on a show unlike any others. This is a community that they’ve built and they value the community more then just making a buck. Affiliate Summit is an experience and i’m glad I got to be a part of it.

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• Affiliate Ball always throws the best Affiliate Summit parties. It’s been a total game changer since Darren & his crew came on the scene.
• If you are going to speak at 2 consecutive Affiliate Summit’s how about you don’t do almost the exact same session twice?
• Be cool with everyone and don’t act like your better than anyone because if you make someone feel small, they won’t forget and will be talking about you.
• Live “New” as a way of life because if you don’t do new you’ll die in the marketplace ~Jon Spoelstra
• When running marketing for the New Jersey Nets Jon Spoelstra knew how bad the team was and knew that local companies wanted nothing to do with the Nets. He decided to call on companies in Japan to buy the in stadium sponsorships and they did! So much so that you might think the arena was located in Japan. It’s an example of overcoming obstacles and making things happen despite advercity.
• When everyone in basketball was doing trifolds to sell season tickets Jon Spoelstra decided to try doing catalogs. He sent 70,000 catalogs and got back $10 for every $1 spent. He even sent it again to the same list minus people who already bought and got the same return. The next season he ended up doing this profitably 6 times pre-season
• The typical minor leagues back outfield wall is their biggest source of sponsorship money and consists of $450,000 worth of ads on average. ~Jon Spoelstra
• When you ask people in an organization what’s holding their department back from being better they usually say money. By asking how much you make them put a figure on it and often times its less then you think, ~Jon Spoelstra
• Retargeting standards are 15-20 impressions per person per month and a click through rate of 0.3%-1%
• People don’t get the hint when I gently tell them i’m uninterested so they force me to be ruder.
• The MGM Sky Suites are absolutely sick.
• I’ve met some of the most socially awkward people ever this Affiliate Summit. They are raising it to a new bar.
• That chick hugged me again and she still smells. I though i’d be smart and hold my breath when I saw that the situation was inevitable but then she asked me something and I had to breathe and smell her stink.

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It’s that time of the year again and people are already asking “When the hell are you going to put up your Affiliate Summit Party List?” Well the answer is i’m going to start it up right now. Their is always a ton of fun to be had and a ton of people to meet. Although this list might be sparce now, it will grow as we get closer to the event.

If you have an event you’d like to add please email it to partylist {at} adhustler (dot) com

Saturday January 7, 2012

ASW12 TweetUp at Gilley’s
When & Where: Gilleys Party Pit @ Treasure Island @ 7:30pm-10:30pm
Who’s Invited: Everyone
RSVP: Facebook
Ad Hustler Commentary: Wow, someone had the insight to make their event Saturday night instead of Sunday night?  You win a creativity award!

Sunday January 8, 2012

Football Mailer Meetup
When & Where: The Palazzo Hotel @ Legasse’s Stadium – 1:45pm
Who’s Invited: Mailers
RSVP: ONLINE
Ad Hustler Commentary: Their RSVP site says that the guest list will be verified by security at the door.  Seems like they are trying to make it sound super duper exclusive.  I’m not really sure.

Affiliate Meet Up Of The Year – Stackthatmoney, Adsimilis, Affbuzz
When & Where: 4pm @ The Hangover Suite at Caesars Palace
Who’s Invited: Affiliate Marketeers
RSVP: RSVP on Facebook
Ad Hustler Commentary: There should be a lot of cool people at this and hopefully some good discussion so be there. The suite number will be posted once Adsimilis checks in to their suite.

Mailer Meetup Sponsored By XY7 Elite, Digital Bulldogs, RTK Media, VoloMP, Impressionwise
Where & When: 7pm @ The Kingpin Suite at The Palms
Who’s Invited: Email Marketers but since all email marketers seem to be secretive who know who’s gonna show up.
RSVP: RSVP Online
Ad Hustler Commentary: Will probably be your typical Affiliate Summit sausage party. Kingpin Suite is kind of cool if you’ve never seen it.

Aff Playbook / Ads4Dough / Dream Marriage / Beyond Hosting
When & Where: 7:30-10:30pm,  Sunday at the Palms Place – Penthouse #57304
Who’s Invited: All affiliates/traffic sources plus any advertisers or networks who actively participate in the AffPlaybook forums
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/331362196889949/
Ad Hustler Commentary: Wow, a lot of Sunday Parties….

ShareaSale Under The Stars Party
Where & When: 8pm-12am @ Chateau Nightclub at the Paris Hotel
Who’s Invited: Everyone
RSVP: Get your ticket at the Meet Market on Sunday from my boy Jason Rubacky.
Ad Hustler Commentary: ShareaSale always puts a lot of work into these parties. In New York they had a western theme party and had a whole western facade setup and bull riding. They do a really good job and invite everyone. I find the demo of this party tends to be a bit on the more mature side. It’s a good change to other parties and is a good opportunity to network with the veterans of CPS affiliate marketing. I always like to stop by ShareaSale’s party even if only for a little while.

MUNDOmedia Presents: Affiliate Summit Party at the Gold Boutique Nightclub and Lounge
When & Where: 7 to 10pm @ at the ARIA Hotel
Who’s Invited: Guest-list of Affiliates. Contact your Mundo Affiliate Manager or register online.
RSVP: RSVP Online
Ad Hustler Commentary: I’ve been to Mundo events in Vegas and they tend to be a good time so check this one out if they deem you worthy enough.

Badger Ball 2012
When & Where: 10PM @ The Palms Penthouse B
Who’s Invited: I have no clue, but I would guess lot’s of men
RSVP: Supposedly Closed At This Time
Ad Hustler Commentary: All I know is that Wickedfire & Aaron Kelly Law are involved. I will try to make it to this as it will probably be a Wickedfire sausage fest.

Affiliate Summit Tip Off Party III
When & Where: 10pm @ The Hardwood Suite at The Palms
Who’s Invited: Not sure, they did turn me away one year.
RSVP: RSVP Here.
Ad Hustler Commentary: Good opportunity to brag to your friends that you saw the Hardwood Suite at the Palms.

Monday January 9, 2012

MaxBounty Presents Affiliate Ball
When & Where: 9:30pm @ The Rio Crown Theater
Who’s Invited: Everyone
RSVP: Affiliate Ball
Ad Hustler Commentary: My favorite parties are thrown by Darren who is in charge of Affiliate Ball. This party features Nelly as the headliner. These aren’t parties they are full fledged concerts and well done concerts at that. Don’t miss this! AdHustler.com has been given VIP tickets to give to some of our loyal readers so stay tuned for that.

Ads4Dough Presents Dough4Hoes
When & Where: 7pm-??? @ Spearmint Rhino (Off The Strip, Transportation Is Usually Provided)
Who’s Invited: Usually Pretty Open
RSVP: Contact Your Affiliate Manager
Ad Hustler Commentary: Jason & Ads4Dough are all about community and they always throw a good party. These are great/honest people to work with. I’ve been to Dough4Hoes before and it’s a nice casual atmosphere. Open Bar, need I say more you alchies?

Affiliate Karaoke Presented By Affiliate Summit
Where & When: 9pm-12am @ Caesars Palace (Neopolitan III-IV)
Who’s Invited: Everyone
RSVP: No Need To – Just Show Up
Ad Hustler Commentary: Perfect opportunity to see John Chow make a fool of himself. Bring your cameras.

Affiliate Fight Night
When & Where: 10pm @ Xtreme Couture MMA (Off The Strip)
Whos Invited: I dunno, I guess you are!
RSVP: RSVP on Facebook
Ad Hustler Commentary: It sounds kind of cool but it’s up against Affiliate Ball which means i’m probably not going to it.

Tuesday January 10, 2012

{Nothin Yet}

…More To Come…

Which parties will you be at? Lemme know in the comments!

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No not me…  My buddy Darren is looking for Sponsors for his kick ass marketing parties.  The reason I promote these parties like Affiliate Ball, Marketers Ball etc is because the parties are actually GOOD & FUN!  There’s no sales crap, everyone is invited and you get to see big name acts perform.  Affiliate Ball and some of Darren’s other parties are looking for sponsors.  I’ve seen how he treats his sponsors and the kind of exposure they get so jumping on board could be a good thing for your company.

So here’s the official scoop

CPAWAY Presents Xposure 2011 during Ad Tech

Sponsors include: CPAWAY, AdscendMedia, Rushcard and Payvment

RSVP here http://www.xposure2011.com

Looking for a last second great deal on a sponsorship or a reserved table in the VIP with a great view of the stage? VIP’s are included with all packages, hit up darren@xposure2011.com

The Las Vegas Affiliate Summit 2012 Affiliate Ball is also in the works. CPAWAY already locked in the title sponsorship but they are looking for other sponsors as well. A HUGE artist is in negotiations with Affiliate Ball. As soon as I can drop who that is, I will do so here on AdHustler.com

This is NOT a paid post.

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My boy Darren of Affiliate Ball fame is throwing a hell of a party at Ad Tech NY.  If you don’t know what Affiliate Ball is, it’s an Affiliate Marketing industry party that’s actually FUN!  The last one even made it onto TMZ.  Each of these parties has awesome recording artists and this party will be no different.

CPAWAY Presents Xposure2011 – An Affiliate Ball Production

Featured Acts: Mike Posner, Naughty By Nature and Slick Rick each performing their own 30 minute concerts.  DJ Scrillionaire will also be the house DJ for the night pleasing everyone’s music palate with  his “Mash Up” sets.

Venue: Terminal 5 (Awesome Concert Venue, not a small club & close to The Javits Center)
Sponsors: Xposure2011 is still accepting sponsors.  If you’d like to sponsor the event please contact Darren ( darren@xposure2011.com )

All industry folks are welcome and the RSVP is now open. RSVP NOW

See you there!

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