Guide To Networking at Affiliate Summit East 2010

Affiliate Summit East 2010 Guide to Networking
Shawn Collins, Co-founder, Affiliate Summit

Define Your Goals
You can’t get ROI if you don’t identify the targeted “R”.

Stay in the Conference Hotel
Hilton New York: $189 per night (non-refundable) and $229 per night (refundable).
Informal networking all over the hotel before and after conference hours.
SOLD OUT! Be an early bird next time.

Target List of Attendees
Review list of attending companies.
Seek out people in the Social Network.
Set up meetings in NYC.
Search Google images for people and create a discreet compilation of headshots of your targets.

http://network.affiliatesummit.com

Map Out Exhibitors

Business Cards

Read FeedFront Magazine
http://www.feedfront.com

Prepare for Networking Opportunities
Affiliate Meet Market
Affiliate Showcase
Exhibit Hall
Vertical Exchange
Meals
Ask the Experts
Closing Session

Pre-Engage
Become part of the conversation with industry leaders.
Call in to podcasts.
Post comments to blogs.
Send feedback to newsletters.
Respond in forum threads.
Add them on Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Follow on Twitter
http://www.twitter.com#ASE10

Speakers on Twitter
@affiliatesummit/ase10-speakers

Name Tags
Color coded for type of attendee.
Figure out the color of the people you want to meet when you check-in.

Perfect Your Elevator Speech
An elevator pitch (or elevator speech) is a brief overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The pitch is so called because it can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (say, thirty seconds or 100-150 words). - Wikipedia

Do Your Homework
Want to meet a speaker… read their bio on the Affiliate Summit site.
Looking for a rep from a certain company… read up on their recent news and “About Us” page.

http://ase10.sched.org

Be Memorable!
The way you dress.
Opening lines.
Presence at the show as a sponsor.

K.I.S.S. Method
Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Surgical strike – be focused and concise.
Leave the details for later.

Follow Up
All the networking is for naught if you don’t follow up.
Forget e-mail and phone – lead off with a hand-written note.

See you in New York City!
Any questions? Contact us…
realdeal@affiliatesummit.com
417-2SUMMIT (278-6648)
http://www.Twitter.com/affiliatesummit
http://www.Facebook.com/affiliatesummit

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