The CAMA Cruise is nearly sold out!

Praise the Lord!

Ticket sales lately have been fast and furious for the CAMA Cruise 2008 with people from all walks of the affiliate industry signing up to come and break bread and kick off Affiliate Summit in fellowship. As of 3:45 on Friday August 1st, there are 8 tickets left for the CAMA Cruise.

If you would like to get in on this awesome fellowship and networking opportunity, please click the button below to sign up.

God Bless and see you in Boston!

CAMA Cruise at Affiliate Summit - Interested in sponsoring?

The Lexington - home of the CAMA Cruise at Affiliate Summit East 2008

Do you have a Christian business with an affiliate program? Would you like to have your program spotlighted in front of 75-100 top affiliate industry folks?

Are you a secular company that is looking to do business in the Christian niche?

The CAMA Cruise at Affiliate Summit East in Boston offers you a great chance to get in front of affiliate marketing industry performers for 2 hours of “captive audience” networking. Here’s what we’re doing:

The Christian Affiliate Marketing Association is sponsoring a 2 hour harbor cruise on Sunday morning August 10th. We’ll be leaving from the dock right outside the Seaport Hotel at 9:00 am and returning by 11:00 am.

Sponsors will have a banner link placed on the CAMA blog, will receive a write up in the event program, will be allowed to briefly address the crowd, and be able to distribute sample product and information.

Here’s what our Platinum Sponsor oneNetworkDirect had to say about why they are supporting the CAMA Cruise:

OneNetworkDirect is excited to participate in the CAMA cruise. The cruise brings together thought leaders, away from the hustle and bustle of the Affiliate Summit exhibit hall, to enjoy a delicious brunch, industry conversations and networking opportunities. Our participation in the CAMA cruise is an important part of our commitment to bringing the best solutions to affiliate marketing.

- Theresa Miller, Corporate Events Manager, Digital River, Inc.

Sponsor packages start at $500 - please contact me (Wade Tonkin) at 360.540.0730 if you are interested in sponsoring.

If you’d like to register, just click on the link below. Early registrants will save $10 on their tickets if they register by July 16th.

God Bless,

Wade

CAM Blog Podcast #13 : Rachel Honoway of Affiliate Classroom Live

Rachel Honoway of Affiliate Classroom

I had the pleasure today of sitting down for a chat with one of my oldest friends in the business - Rachel Honoway - the VP of Marketing at Affiliate Classroom. Rachel and I go back to about 2001 when I joined Kowabunga Technologies as the original manager at Team Affiliate - KB’s outsourced program management division. Rach was awesome to work for and is one of the sharp minds in the business.

We talked quite a bit about the Affiliate Classroom Live event coming up on the Saturday preceding the Affiliate Summit East in August. I attended the initial Affiliate Classroom Live event in Las Vegas and it was well put together in terms of speakers and was well organized as well. My only complaint was that there were no tables for laptops and notebooks and that the chairs were not the most compfortable. Rach has promised more comfortable accomodations. The event was a full day event with more classroom content than networking time and was definitely intended as a pre-sell for the Affiliate Manager Certification that Affiliate Classroom was releasing at the time.

Rachel mentioned that this event will be more networking focused. There will be some classroom sesstions this time lead by Heather Paulson and Rebecca Madigan as well as a number of Round Table discussions lead by industry luminaries like:

  • Peter Figueredo
  • Trisha Lyn Fawver
  • Lee “The Lead Man” Gientke
  • Sam Harrelson
  • Lisa Riolo
  • Brad Waller
  • Karen Garcia
  • Wade Tonkin

Lisa Riolo’s presentation sounds really interesting as she is focusing on how to sell an affiliate program internally as this can be tricky. Affiliate marketing and the techniques involved can be a bit tricky to sell in some companies and I am sure that Lisa will have some awesome metrics that we can use to help make the case to either launch an affiliate program for the first time with a client, or to help garner more resources for the affiliate channel.

You can find more information and register for Affiliate Classroom Live at www.affiliateclassroomlive.com

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