I just found out that this conference of bloggers happened.
What did you guys talk about?
Were the affiliates in attendance?
Was the atmosphere 'country-clubby!?'
http://bacon.boardingarea.com/
Looks like the lodging was included. Nice. The perks of points and miles blogging keep adding and adding up!
This session looks like the most profitable to me:
SESSION FIVE [WORKING LUNCH]
AFFILIATE PROGRAMS | David Gold / Kenny Ahrens / Stacy Wakefield
Double session:
1) David Gold of Chase Bank Services will deliver a high level view and direction of the current credit card acquisition strategies in the industry.
2) Updates and strategies of working with affiliate programs featuring Kenny Ahrens, BankRate/FlexOffers; and Stacy Wakefield, Credit Karma.
Learn more about monetizing your blog using affiliate marketing, without compromising integrity or crippling traffic. Some of the topics covered include: how affiliate marketing works, when to monetize your blog, understanding affiliate agreements, the best way to integrate affiliate links in your blog that convert and much more.
TAKEAWAYS
Comparing various commission options
How to manage the online chatter of distraction
Managing referrals and approvals
I get the feeling that the bolded bit refers to places like this forum.
I kind of feel bad that our online chatter of distraction may be interfering with bloggers efforts to monetize their blog using affiliate marketing.
