1. Affiliate Summit East 2010 Guide to Networking Shawn Collins, Co-founder, Affiliate Summit
2. Define Your Goals You can’t get ROI if you don’t identify the targeted “R”.
3. 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.
4. 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.
9. Prepare for Networking Opportunities Affiliate Meet Market Affiliate Showcase Exhibit Hall Vertical Exchange Meals Ask the Experts Closing Session
10. 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.
15. 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.
17. Be Memorable! The way you dress. Opening lines. Presence at the show as a sponsor.
18. K.I.S.S. Method Keep It Simple, Stupid. Surgical strike – be focused and concise. Leave the details for later.
19. 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.
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