The Affiliate Summit 2006 was an incredible success, with over 13 of the PartnerCentric Inc team in attendance including the President of PartnerCentric Inc Linda Woods. The PartnerCentric Inc booth had a fantastic turnout with much of the interest stemming not only from the newly created marketing services division of PartnerCentric Inc or the centric team approach to affiliate management but also to one of PartnerCentric’s newest affiliate program Wynn Las Vegas. This is currently offering a sign up bonus for affiliates! Sign up here
The opening ceremonies were informative, and the Affiliate Summit 2006 attendees had the opportunity to listen to Anne Holland, Publisher of MarketingSherpa, Inc, give the keynote address and Q&A on The top 5 affiliate marketing opportunities for 2006. She included detailed reports showing growth within the industry including the growth in affiliate revenues potentially reaching sales of $6.5 billion in 2006! She also mentioned that press releases that gained favorable positions in the search engines did very well for many affiliates who capitalized on the simple solution for gaining traffic through their affiliate programs. Big hint here from Anne, the sports industry is wide open concerning optimized press releases written by affiliate authors!
Affiliate Summit 2006 Industry Movers and Shakers
Blagica (blah-gee-tsa) Stefanovski Affiliate Program Director for PartnerCentric Inc had quite an impressive amount of peer review concerning her informative comments during her general session rotating roundtable which included information on affiliates interested in creating a career as affiliate managers. Affiliates interested in learning how to create an incredible career move into affiliate management should head well the advice of this affiliate manager superstar who worked previously for companies such as Maytag, Purina, Energizer, and Orbitz.com!
Another highlight of the Affiliate Summit was the informative comments from Jim Kukral, Publisher of ReveNews LLC on Blog Idol- Building a Blog Powerhouse, Be A Blog Star! Jim is an industry powerhouse of information himself concerning Blogging as well as monetizing the blog space. If you have not been to ReveNews, now is the time to gather yourself some learning! Check it out here.
Promoting your website and protecting your brand was a serious issue at Affiliate Summit 2006, the panel concerning this topic entitled Big Brand Affiliate Programs included Samantha Morris another PartnerCentric Inc affiliate program director who is a serious influence concerning proper brand management in the industry. Samantha Morris Affiliate program director at PartnerCentric Inc made key points that were important new additions to best practices concerning brand management in the industry. For those who took notes during her comments count your-self lucky! Samantha Morris’s Prior experience includes program management and consultation for SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Blue Dolphin Group and priceline.com and In 2004, Samantha oversaw the affiliate management of the three well-known Gap Inc brands.
Affiliate Summit Party Highlight!
The place to be was at the Wynn Las Vegas with the PartnerCentric Inc and Digital River’s One Network “Pure Imagination” Chocolate Party! This was a seriously impressive Jaw Dropping event! The music from The RamFunkshus echoed smoothly throughout this elaborate party which included some of the biggest names in affiliate marketing. Linda Woods President of PartnerCentric Inc easily welcomed guests as they walked into the magnificent room filled with a more then 400 attendees throughout the evening. The Chocolate centerpiece warmly enchanted those who entered after they were handed refreshment from one of the incredible Wynn Las Vegas staff members. The ambiance was highlighted by a visit from cast members from AvenueQ one of the many luminous shows at the Wynn Las Vegas. Many also enjoyed the spacious wide open patio that looked over the expansive Wynn Las Vegas Golf course, as well the 4 or more open bars were constantly being engaged with many a happy party guest. The highlight for me was when Linda Woods President of PartnerCentric Inc enticed the Pepperjam Management team to a dance off competition. The winner’s of the dance off have not yet been determined! However I think that anyone who went to this truly was…. a Winner!
For more information about PartnerCentric Inc, or if you have Questions concerning having PartnerCentric Inc manage your affiliate program please contact Mike Bump: Sales Director: mikebump@PartnerCentric.com
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