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Many companies and individuals, including myself, are making final preparations for the upcoming Affiliate Summit West next week in Las Vegas. If you haven’t checked out who will be speaking on panel or presenting in the exhibit hall, it is an impressive mix of the top affiliate networks, expert affiliate marketers, and corporate media giants. I’ve come across some new resources that I thought I’d share, and I hope you find them useful. Enjoy!

• The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Search Marketing Campaigns: A Teaser

David Rodnitzky of Search Marketing Standard Magazine outlines his introduction to this topic, which he will be expanding on in subsequent articles. Like the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, mastering these seven habits are essential for success, but not easily attained. I totally agree with his statement, “Paid search [marketing] is easy to do, but hard to do well.” For instance, anyone can sign up for Google AdWords, throw up some ad copy, pick a few keyword phrases, and bid $5.00 per keyword, right?

• How to Make a Million Dollar Website

Super affiliate Zac Johnson has given us a peek into how he earned nearly a million dollars over the span of only four months through one of his site projects. He was even gracious enough to let us in on some of his secrets. If you guys think it’s as easy as picking one product right off the bat and milking it forever, think again. Affiliate marketing takes risk, experimenting, thinking outside of the box, testing, and a lot of work to really make the big bucks. Hope to catch you at ASW, Zac!

• Surviving ASW, Las Vegas Sytle

Andrew Wee gives his Top 9 Tips on how to survive ASW next week. My personal favorite, “Get enough rest.” I don’t know I’ll achieve this one, seeing as how, well, we’re going to be in Las Vegas…the city that never sleeps. I added my two cents in his comments…noting ShoeMoney’s tip to stay at the conference hotel. Thanks, Andrew and Jeremy!

• How Many Things Can You Do at Once?!

Not only will there be a flurry of crazy activity going on in the expo hall and in sessions and during the mixers, but Converseon has thrown a scavenger hunt into the mix. It’s called “Where in the Summit is Converseon?” (A play on “Where in the world is Carmen San Diego,” for those of you who might remember that game!) It involves you, Flickr, Twitter, and your cell phone, and you can win one of five prize packages:

i. First prize: The Lifeform Ultimate High Back Executive Chair, valued at $2,695.00, from Converseon client RelaxTheBack.
ii. Second prize: The Spyke Spy Robot, valued at $369.00, and the VistaPix IS70 Digital Spotting Scope, valued at $479.00, from Converseon client Edmund Scientifics.
iii. Third prize: Two wine gift packs from Converseon client MyWinesDirect, the Best Cellers Cellars 2 Whites and 4 Reds pack valued at $99.95 and the Wine Gift Baskets-Vineyard Favorite Basket valued at $59.00
iv. Fourth prize: A 16-piece set of Gourmet Basics Red Berry tableware from Converseon client Mikasa, valued at $79.99.
v. Fifth prize: A Pan Tree, valued at $19.98, and a Can Dispenser Tote, valued at $9.98, from Converseon client GetOrganized.

I don’t know if I have the attention span to win but I can try! It would be pretty sweet though to win that chair from RelaxTheback.

• All Clicks Are Not Created Equal

Alan Rimm-Kaufman talks shop with Search Engine Land’s Danny Sullivan about how the Rimm-Kaufman Group buys clicks for their clients. I won’t go into summarizing the interview and articles leading up to this discussion, you should just check them out for yourself. But I will say that I agree on the point that it’s not always best to stick to a hard dollar budget. If your campaigns are getting a 800% ROI why stop them?

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