By Shawn Collins

As Affiliate Summit West 2015 approaches, it’s important to ensure your ROI.

Advanced planning is key to make the most of the conference.

• Who will you meet?
• Which sessions will you attend?
• When will you arrive?

There are so many details and it’s never too early to plan. There are plenty of ways to get started now.

Affiliate Summit doesn’t cost you money. It makes you money.

It’s just a matter of having concrete objectives and goals.

Get organized now for the best ROI from the conference.

More details at AffiliateSummit.com

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By Shawn Collins

The 9th annual Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards will be presented on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Affiliate Summit West 2015, taking place at Paris Las Vegas.

The Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards are affiliate marketing’s most prestigious, competitive honor for the leaders in the space. Award winners are recognized because they are innovative leaders with vision and influence.

Nominations were open for anybody to make, and then the nominations were voted on by the Affiliate Summit Advisory Board to determine the finalists and winners.

Here are the finalists for the Pinnacle Awards at Affiliate Summit West 2015:

Affiliate of the Year

• Rae Hoffman
• Tricia Meyer
• VigLink

Affiliate Manager of the Year

• Luke Kling
• Adam Riemer
• Joe Sousa

Exceptional Merchant

• Abe’s Market
• Fanatics
• Wayfair.com

Affiliate Marketing Advocate

• Bob Glazer
• Brian Littleton
• Tricia Meyer

OPM/Agency of the Year

• Acceleration Partners
• ebove & beyond
• Schaaf-PartnerCentric

Tool/Service of the Year

• BrandVerity
• ForMeToCoupon
• Sharist

The Pinnacle Awards are open to all attendees of Affiliate Summit West 2015, and will be presented prior to the keynote from Noah Kagan, Founder of AppSumo.

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By Shawn Collins

The 29th issue of FeedFront is headed to the printer and copies will be going out to over 43,000 subscribers in late December.

Issue 29 of FeedFront will also be distributed at Affiliate Summit West 2015.

This issue of FeedFront Magazine includes Networking Do’s and Don’ts at Affiliate Summit by Missy Ward, Self-Worth > Net Worth by Shawn Collins, Why Travel Is Good For Your Business by Travis Glenn, and the Affiliate Summit West 2015 Show Agenda.

Also Facebook advertising, stress management, getting your brand noticed, finding affiliate programs for your audience, tips for effective search campaigns, mobile offer tips, using Pinterest in content marketing, and more.

Issue 29 of FeedFront Magazine can now be viewed online, downloaded, and printed from issuu.com.

Get the FeedFront RSS if you’d like to get all of the articles as they are published to the feed.

If you haven’t subscribed, you can get the magazine for free at feedfront.com/free-subscription.

Also, become a fan of FeedFront on Facebook to see past issues, covers, etc.

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By Shawn Collins

Registration is now open for Affiliate Summit East 2015 Meet Market tables and booths. The conference is taking place August 2-4, 2015 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York, NY.

Details and pricing are available at the Affiliate Summit East 2015 exhibitors page.

Reach the key affiliate marketing players in this landmark event.

Prices go up after February 20, 2015.

Exhibit hall booths and Meet Market tables sold out quickly for Affiliate Summit East 2014 at the New York Marriott Marquis and we’re heading back there. Don’t put it off!

The sponsors at Affiliate Summit West 2015 have the first right of refusal on sponsorships for a period of time after Affiliate Summit West 2015 wraps up.

Meet Market and Exhibit Hall maps coming soon. Book a table or booth now – locations will be selected in the order that companies have registered.

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By Shawn Collins

Affiliate Summit West 2015 is taking place January 18-20, 2015 at Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV, and I’ve put together a list of reasons why you can’t miss the conference and tradeshow.

Well, these are just some of the highlights – there are many more reasons why you should be there.

• 3 full days of networking and education
• 1 app with networking, the agenda, speakers, and exhibitors
• 56 breakout educational sessions (which will all be recorded on video)
• 2 keynote sessions: Chad Hymas and Noah Kagan
• 1 new issue of FeedFront magazine
• 1 First Timers Orientation session
• 1 Affiliate Ball featuring Sean Paul
• 6 Ask the Experts Roundtables
• 1 ShareASale Under the Stars party
• 109 on the speaker faculty
• 1 Blogger Meetup
• 1 Affiliate Program Showcase
• 1 Newcomer Program
• 1 Networking Pub Crawl in the exhibit hall
• 274 companies exhibiting and sponsoring

Don’t wait too long – we usually sell out. Register now for Affiliate Summit West 2015.

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By Shawn Collins

Affiliate Summit West 2015 is still six weeks away (January 18-20, 2015), but rooms at our group rate at Paris Las Vegas are now sold out.

The Affiliate Summit room rate is available until a month before the conference or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. Usually, a sell out happens first, so I’d encourage you to get on it sooner the next time around.

If you want to get a hotel close to Paris Las Vegas, the address is 3655 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109.

Affiliate Summit West 2015 is taking place January 18-20, 2015, and passes are currently available, but we expect those to sell out, too.

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By Shawn Collins

Affiliate Summit West 2015 is still six weeks away (January 18-20, 2015), but rooms at our group rate at Paris Las Vegas are now sold out.

The Affiliate Summit room rate is available until a month before the conference or until the group block is sold-out, whichever comes first. Usually, a sell out happens first, so I’d encourage you to get on it sooner the next time around.

If you want to get a hotel close to Paris Las Vegas, the address is 3655 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109.

Affiliate Summit West 2015 is taking place January 18-20, 2015, and passes are currently available, but we expect those to sell out, too.

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By Shawn Collins

There are Twitter lists of the speakers for Affiliate Summit West 2015, as well as the attendees registered for Affiliate Summit West 2015.

Following speakers and attendees on Twitter is a good opportunity to start networking with them in advance of the conference.

But don’t just follow… interact!

In addition to the Twitter lists, we’ve also got an attendee only Facebook group, and a new app for networking before, during, and after the conference.

Also, I’d encourage you to start tracking the Affiliate Summit West 2015 hashtag on Twitter: #asw15.

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By Shawn Collins

There will be a new networking event at Affiliate Summit West 2015 called the Affiliate Program Showcase.

This is an opportunity for affiliates to discover the affiliate programs available to them.

Attendees with a badge type of Advertiser, Affiliate Management, OPM/Agency or Network will have a chance to claim one roundtable and camp out at it. There will be limited tables, so it’s first come, first serve.

After claiming a table, Advertiser, Affiliate Management, OPM/Agency or Network attendees can put out business cards, pamphlets, etc.

The Affiliate Program Showcase will run 10:00 am – 12:00 pm on Sunday, January 18, 2015 in Paris Ballroom – Vendome A.

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By Shawn Collins

I was going through the list of registered companies for Affiliate Summit this morning, because I post updates weekly to the Affiliate Summit West 2015 information page, and noticed that many companies are inconsistent with the way they represent themselves.

For instance, I’ve seen registrations for companies where five employees write the name of the company in five different ways.

Sometimes they write the name in all CAPS, random capital letters, no capital letters, first letter capitalized, with and without .com, etc.

Here is an example of how it looks for the same company listed in a variety of ways I’ve seen people use:

• Affiliate Summit
• affiliate summit
• AffiliateSummit
• AFFILIATE SUMMIT
• Affiliatesummit.com
• www.affiliatesummit.com
• affiliatesummit.com
• AffiliateSummit.com
• AFFILIATESUMMIT.com

Not only can this lead to confusion in the marketplace, but it also reflects poorly on a company to represent themselves in such an inconsistent way.

I’ve been guilty of this myself. Never too late to fix the problem, though.

We’re fixing these issues as we come across them, but please contact Affiliate Summit if you see more than one version of your company name on the list of companies attending Affiliate Summit West 2015.

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