3 Affiliate Events That You Shouldn’t Miss

Affiliate marketing is all about making new contacts and advancing existing relationships. The best way to do so is to attend a few affiliate marketing events a year. Here are the ones that most serious affiliates attend:

LinkShare Symposium: LinkShare Symposium which is generally held in NY City is a great affiliate event to meet affiliate managers. You have deal maker and partner maker programs which allow affiliates and merchants to get together and discuss their relationships. If you live in the east coast, this is a must go. There are not many events in this area so attending the Symposium can help you catch up with the industry.

CJU: Commission Junction university is not only a great educational conference, but you also get to meet exclusive CJ partners in the event. CJU 2008 was held in Calfornia and it was a glorious event. I do recommend attending this event if you have a strong connection with CJ.

Affiliate Summit: Affiliate Summit East and West are two events that have the best value for affiliates in my opinion. You not only get to see affiliate partners in these events, you also get a bunch of cool sessions on the state of the industry. The atmosphere is informal and easy, so you don’t have to dress for success and have success in this event (though you want to look OK). Affiliate Summit Social Media is a new event that has been added to this series and focuses on the social media. Haven’t attended that one yet myself but based on my experience with the other two Summits, it should be good!

There are a lot of other events that you can go to as an affiliate, but you want to make sure that you maximize your ROI and time by going to the ones that matter. Have fun traveling and drop me a note if you are going to be at an upcoming event.