The start of a new year means many things to many people.  In the affiliate marketing world, the world we live in, it means unique things to a set of very unique people.  First, it means Q4 has wrapped up and affiliates and merchants are counting their earnings.  Secondly, it means that Affiliate Summit is right around the corner.  Today, the conference is literally just around the corner.

Affiliate Summit West 2009 will be taking place this Sunday, January 11 through Tuesday, January 13 in Las Vegas.  The conference will be at the Rio hotel for the second year in a row.  The Rio is an amazing hotel, and the conference worked very well at this venue last year.  Even though it is a really long walk from the casino floor and hotel rooms down to the exhibit hall floor, it is worth it.  I’ve had nothing but positive experiences at Affiliate Summit and I am looking forward to this show more than any past show.

Last year when I attended Summit, I brought myself and one sales person with me.  This year, I am very proud and excited to be bringing the entire mgecom team to Summit.  That’s right; all five of us will be there in force! Myself, Darren, Melissa, Evan, and Jen will all be there wandering the floor, talking up a storm, and finding ways to make everyone we talk to more profitable.  In addition to wandering the floor, we will also have a display table on Sunday during the Meet Market.  Stop by and see us!  We are at table #56, right in front of the now-infamous ShareASale Square.  We are very excited to have the Meet Market table.  This is going to be a big summit for mgecom!

The team and I will be flying out of Raleigh early Sunday morning and landing in Vegas about an hour before the Meet Market opens.  We’ll head straight to the exhibit hall floor, and we hope to see you there!