I was unpacking earlier and recorded a few thoughts. I could probably do bunches of these random thought types of posts but I’ll get started with one, and maybe after a few days do another.
Best PPC Person
Best Super Affiliates
Best Non Super Affiliate Bloggers
(I’m assuming they aren’t super affiliates. Also, met bunches of cool bloggers too numerous to mention, so If i have to pick a few these get the awards)
Ian Fernando (check his photos)
Think Like An Sob - With a great new tagline “polluting the pond”
Best Video Blogger
James Ohmdahl always came through with some good videos.
Best Blogger
Triss Hussey - A b5 media blogger trainer. The b5media crew should give this guy a raise and other conferences should pay him to attend their conference. His photos and live blogging were top notch.
Friendliest Internet Celebrity
Gary Vaynerchuck has been on national tv so he’s for sure at the “internet celebrity geek level” and was cool enough to do a photo and talk with me about video for a few minutes.
Goofiest Thing That Happened At Affiliate Summit Rio
Zac Johnson was carded trying to get into BOWLING and they sent him and his wife away for trying to pass off a fake ID. Maybe his name isn’t really Zac Johnson? Maybe he is really someone else?
“Coolest” Thing That Happened At Affiliate Summit Rio
A tie between mystery - the pickup artist hanging out and the Rio giving affiliate-summit-2008-west-day-2/”>Shawn Collins a segway for the day for free.
(side note, limos, Lamborghinis, and the parties didn’t impress me much)
Most Frequently Mentioned PPC Tip
Look at the less popular search engines, directories to buy some clicks.
Random Affiliate Summit Staff Tip
Put a kiosk so people can register on the spot for the next summit as an attendee or buy a booth.
Put a giant map and schedule at a central location.
Most Recommended Other Conference
People really push the BlogWorldExpo pretty regularly. In addition the owner was a cool guy and talked to me for a bit.
Based on all the feedback there is a strong possibility I’ll be at blogworld this year.
End of Brain Dump
Maybe I’ll do another soon, maybe not ;) Please visit the links in this post, they are some great people, and also be sure to check youtube and other sites for more great affiliate summit info. You can find more links to the content here: Affiliate Summit West 2008 Live
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