Just getting back from Affiliate Summit West 2009. What a great conference. One of the best I have ever attended.
The Facebook advertising panel was great. Alex Schultz from facebook did an amazing job. Zac wrote a summary here.
The one point from the panel that I tried to get across to all audience members was that there is a HUGE market imbalance right now advertising on Facebook. If you are willing to put in the time and educate yourself you can do very well.
If you wait until the documentation is perfect and the ad approval system is perfect the market will have corrected itself by that time and you missed the boat.
COPEAC PARTY WAS OFF THE CHART
Ive been to probably 150 parties in the last 6 years at conferences and this was the bomb on so many levels.
1) Drinks were plenty. There was several open bars so it wasnt like the normal private parties where you spend all your time waiting to get 2 drinks.
2) Music was hot but not too loud. Another big problem with parties is you cant talk… sucks…
3) Lots of ladies – whether your on the prowl or a humble married man like myself its nice to not have the normal sausage fest.
Awesome job copeac.
Everyone go signup with them now. You don’t want to miss the next event…. trust me…
I have uploaded all of my pics in the photo gallery.
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I would, if they would approve me.
They dont seem to crazy about newbies in the AF market nowadays.
I know what you mean about newbvies., but Copeac accepted me in the first 24 hours of applying.
Unfortunately, Copeac also has this new thing where they only give high volume affiliates and people they’ve met the best offers.
Jeremy, when’s the Intel Core i7 winner announced?
i am going through comments now and will make an announcement of the winner monday as the post says (sorry thought it was today)
Nice. Good luck to that lucky winner.
You’ll be the first one I write a thank you comment to
You’re welcome, in advance.
Losers don’t usually write Thank You comments now, do they?
You can let me know when you lose, loser!
I looked at all the entries.. Shoe asked for unique funny ones, and got exactly one such entry
Meh, I probably won’t win, but it’s still very exciting to even have a chance at winning.
Kind of like the lottery.
Not just you though. Only one person can win it. So there’s a whole lot of people not winning.
I hope I have some luck in this..
Agree with you,not many people advertise with facebook yet. At least not as much as adwords does.
Visit facebook.. They have ads on each and every page now.. Even in the notifications!!!
Yea, I have been noticing that Facebook is starting to display more ads. They also have banner ads now, but we can’t put them on.
i advertise with facebook ,looks nice but you should pay much to get high quality traffic , but great way to earn from affiliates
Sounds pretty cool! I’ll be sure to check them out.
I wish i would have attended it. but theres always next time. i am sure gonna register with them. thanx for sharing the link.
This sounds like the best summit that has ever taken place in the history of time!
Loving the pic of you flipping off Inc Magazine after they called you out in the Plenty Of Fish article. LOL
Where is that one?
Can’t find it in the photo gallery…
sounds like you had a blast! good to here that. Will check out the pictures in the gallery!
Dennis,
The facebook panel did go well, and I’m looking forward to the improvements on the system.
Indeed – I think facebook should have taken a user poll of their proposed changes before doing them
What experience have you had with Facebook?
great post…its weird you mentioned Facebook ads today..just did a blog post on how to get $100 free ad credits on my post. Hope that can help anyone out there looking to make some ads and try for free.
Agreed on the COPEAC party, that was amazing. Shoe, the pregame was pretty good too ; )
Jeremy,
Your Facebook panel with Zac and Alex was informative and lively. It was good to hear that Alex was sincere in addressing the feedback from Affiliates regarding approval anomalies.
It was great that you spent some time visiting with me after your panel.
Respectfully,
Nicholas Chase
http://www.twitter.com/nachase
Free drinks + ladies = great time.
Edit: Hot ladies
Thanks for the posts Shoe and Zac. We’ll see how much progress we make by next year but I am feeling pretty confident. The feedback from all the affiliates at this conference to all 7 of us means that there is a much broader base of people inside Facebook that now understand the community and want to make it work and I’ve already seen that in action in the ads product meetings that happened last week. That being said I am sure we will still make mistakes so please stay with us as we grow into a large company. Looking forward to seeing you and the elite retreat folks here soon.
Looks/sounds like it was a great panel and it looks like Alex and team are on top of things. Hopefully they take the concerns and complaints to heart and open the networks to a bit more of the mass market.
Hey ShoeMoney!
It was nice to meet you in person at the Market Leverage dinner. I wish we could have chatted more but you were at the other end of the table. Switch at The Encore was amazing.
Glad to hear you had a good time, and great pics!!
Some pretty awesome pictures you have in the gallery there shoe. Looks like a pretty good time.
That sounds like a rockin party. I bet there was a lot of action going on everywhere at the summit. Sounds like an appealing place to go.
I got to hang out with Shoemoney @ the copeac party and all I have to say is that he is a party animal. Clearly he is not posting the pics where he jumped in the pool but ass naked. True story.
Omg.. Check this pic out: http://www.ppc.bz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/seizureaffiliates.gif
and this one too: http://www.ppc.bz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ungrateful.gif
LMAO!!
Sounds like you had a blast! Awsome photo gallery too
Seems like you had fun Shoe!
Maybe I’ll attend one of these events when I turn 18.
BTW Shoe:
Have you stopped running the comment contest on here?
I thought the whole ASW was off the hook. I’ve been recovering from it for the last 3 or 4 days. I’ve got so much work to do. Glad to get out and comment. I have some more personal pics over on my blog. Met some great people. Glad I could meet up with you Jeremy.
Copeac really rocks and they create buzz for themselves in events like these…
Did your wife followed you? I’m sure your wife won’t like to see you surrounded with a lot of sexy girls right?
sounds like a fun time, i hate i missed it
LOL It would have sucked if it was a sausage fest..
Wow, I know folks who would do everything to be there because: 1) Drinks were plenty. There was several open bars so it wasn’t like the normal private parties where you spend all your time waiting to get 2 drinks. AND 3) Lots of ladies – whether your on the prowl or a humble married man like myself its nice to not have the normal sausage fest. LOL!
Hey sport, every casino in Vegas has hot women all over the place and drinks are free at the tables.
When you grow pubic hairs and go there for vacation you will see.
Sounds like the event was a waste of money.
Cool! I’d love to attend major Internet Marketing events every year if I could. What separates me from going to these events would be funding. But I know, whatever the cost is, it’ll be definitely worth my while.
Looks like an awesome Summit. Good going there. BTW you will always find ladies on the dance floor where ever you go.
ASW 09 Rocked!! I can’t wait for New York.
It looks like a great conference. Also some nice pictures. Greg Ellison
Facebook Certainly having the problem to get the global market. They have also mentioned that its really tough to get advertiments in a social networking websites.
The ladies from online are very ugly in my country!
Your blog is without a doubt one of the most informative and helpful blogs out there. I truly appreciate your content. I am always trying to look to improve my knowledge and strategy to make my own business stronger. I am never disappointed when I come here. Thank You and Keep up the good work Jeremy
Hmm….
I doubt Facebook will ever get as big as Adwords.