ClickBank Exchange Keynote Panel

Written by: Beau Blackwell, Client Knowledge Guru

A little over a week ago, ClickBank hosted our first ever industry conference, the ClickBank Exchange, in the heart of New York City. Despite it being our first time hosting an event, it was a huge success! Our lineup of speakers delivered incredibly valuable information to attendees, and we’re already seeing sales coming from new networking connections made at the show. That’s one of the coolest things about networking in our industry—partnerships and connections made at events only take a matter of days to start generating profits.

One of the most interesting aspects of the show was how it gave a glimpse into what’s coming for the Internet marketing industry. Even though each speaker created their presentations independently, a couple of themes kept coming up repeatedly: namely, the importance of authenticity and relationship building.

If you’ve followed Gary Vaynerchuk at all, it should be no surprise that he talked about (or, more accurately, ranted about ) the importance of authenticity and relationships in his funny and thought-provoking keynote, but what surprised me is how many other speakers also talked about how our industry is naturally evolving to require and reward both of these traits. Joe Polish discussed it in his keynote, as did Yanik Silver, Ryan Lee, Jeff Siegel, and many of our other speakers who’ve built long-term, sustainable businesses online.

What was most interesting about these topics coming up from our speakers is that they happened to be areas of focus for ClickBank at the event, as well. Our corporate counsel, Michael Carrigan, covered ClickBank’s new vendor guidelines and why an essential component of being compliant with government regulations is being honest and authentic in your marketing. Our team also shared details about some of our upcoming features that enable strong relationship building, such as Joint Venture partnerships, affiliate whitelists, and more.

ClickBank Exchange Networking

One of the best parts of the Exchange was that the themes of authenticity and relationships really came through in how attendees approached the event. Speakers shared some of their best content for free, and with no pitching to the audience, which led to attendees being excited and engaged more than I typically see at other events. People also spent their time actively networking (including at our crazy speed networking event, which was seriously fun and exhausting) instead of just hanging out with people they already knew. That’s one of the main benefits of attending events like the Exchange—you never know who you could meet that can totally transform your business.

All in all, the event was a great success, and we can’t wait to see all of you at the next Exchange! If you missed out this year, be sure to get your ticket early for next year’s show, as it’s definitely one you don’t want to miss! Stay tuned for details in the coming months around ClickBank Exchange 2012.

Thanks to Miles at ClickScoop for providing these images. To see the full album with great photos from the event, check out ClickScoop’s gallery on Facebook!

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Last week, ClickBank sponsored and exhibited at a4uexpo London, one of the premier European conferences for affiliates and Internet marketers.

In addition to our presence on the trade show floor, where we talked with many current and future ClickBank success stories, our own Dush Ramachandran hosted a roundtable discussion on New Affiliate Marketing Techniques, which focused on mobile marketing, and held a session on Avoiding the Google Slap.

After the show ended on Wednesday, we hosted an exclusive cocktail party for some of our top vendors and affiliates, as well as a select group of other top Internet marketers and even a member of Google’s European team. We look forward to hearing about all of the exciting partnerships and opportunities that come out of the event!

We want to thank a4uexpo for hosting another great show, and look forward to seeing many of you there again next year!

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ClickBank CEO Brad Wiskirchen and VP of Sales and Business Development Dush Ramachandran will be speaking on the topics “Digital Product Marketing” and “The Future of Digital Products.”

“For the past several years, Israel has produced many successful ClickBank affiliates and vendors. It has quickly become one of the top locations in the world for Internet marketing education and activity,” said Mr. Ramachandran. “We’re looking forward to visiting Israel to meet with affiliates and vendors at the Revenue Seminar event for the second year in a row.”

Revenue Seminar, an established source for Internet marketing thought leadership and industry expertise, holds annual professional conventions and exhibitions for affiliates, merchants and networks. For more information on Revenue Seminar Israel, visit the convention web site.

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We’re back from another great trip to New York City for Affiliate Summit East, and I’m happy to report that this show just keeps getting bigger and better!

We met with thousands of affiliates and vendors from all over the world, including many top ClickBank clients that made the trip from places as far away as Israel and Australia. We also met some new vendors with products that we hope will be great additions to the ClickBank Marketplace!

ClickBank's Booth at Affiliate Summit

As always, the highlight of the Affiliate Summit shows is the opportunity for networking, and this show was no exception. Besides the thousands of people at the Meet Market and on the trade show floor, the many parties were a hotspot for meeting potential business partners. On Monday night, we hosted a private party at the beautiful Peninsula Hotel for a group of our top affiliates and vendors. It was exciting to see so many hugely successful Internet marketers in one place, sharing ideas and forming the basis for new partnerships. Thanks to everyone who came to the party!

Another aspect of the show that I enjoyed this year were the educational sessions. Unfortunately you always have to make tough decisions about which sessions to attend, but I was very glad I saw Clay Collins (an information product creation expert) and Scott Stratten of Unmarketing speak. They both brought really interesting perspectives to the Internet/affiliate marketing space, and were entertaining at the same time. Jeremy Schoemaker also held a great session on Facebook advertising, which is becoming more popular all the time, and our own Dush Ramachandran held an interesting and informative session with Frederick Vallaeys of Google’s AdWords division to discuss the “Google Slap.” There were many other interesting sessions this year—the content of the sessions keeps getting better and better with each show.

Even though it was a fast and furious few days in New York and I’m glad to finally get some sleep, it was another amazing experience, and we can’t wait to see many of you in January for Affiliate Summit West!

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Today we unveiled our brand-new booth, and it was a big hit on the show floor. We got a lot of great comments about the look, which stood out from the crowd quite a bit. Here are a few pictures:

Our booth before the show started

Showing off our cool backlighting

Terra, Kylee, and Ashley getting ready to meet the public

The show floor was packed by mid-morning, and we met with many current and future clients. It was great to finally put a face to the names we’ve been working with for years. Many of the people we met with were very excited to see us exhibiting at the event, and to hear that our participation at these shows will just get bigger and bigger in the future! For more pictures from the day, check out our Flickr album.

After the trade show floor closed for the day, we geared up for our exclusive VIP Cocktail Party at the 21 Club later in the evening. More details and pictures from the party are coming soon!

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In a few weeks, ClickBank will participate in Affiliate Summit East 2009. At past Affiliate Summit events, we’ve only attended the show and participated in the Meet Market. However, at this year’s event, we will attend, participate in the Meet Market, exhibit on the trade show floor with our beautiful new booth, and Dush Ramachandran, our vice president of sales, marketing, and business development, will present a session on microniche marketing.

Meet Market

ClickBank will be at Meet Market Table 63 on Sunday, August 9, from noon to 6 p.m. We’ll have staff from multiple departments on hand to meet with affiliates and vendors to talk about their marketing efforts and upcoming ClickBank features, answer questions, offer advice, and more! If you’re interested in learning more about ClickBank or just want to say hello, be sure to stop by and see us.

Trade Show Exhibit

For the first time, we will also exhibit on the trade show floor in our sleek new trade show booth! The booth will give us a great opportunity to meet and mingle with current and future ClickBank clients and show off our new features on the multiple flat screen monitors. Members of the ClickBank team from various departments ranging from client support to IT will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice and assistance. You can also enter to win an iPod Touch! Come find us at booth 2004!

Presentation by Dush Ramachandran of ClickBank

On Sunday, August 9, at noon, ClickBank VP Dush Ramachandran will present a session entitled “Microniches – the Way to Mega Profits.” He will demonstrate how affiliate marketers can promote products in a wide variety of small and focused niches that have little competition, and where marketing costs are inexpensive. This session is available only to platinum and gold pass holders.

We hope to see many of you there! This promises to be a great event for networking and learning effective affiliate marketing techniques, as well as getting to spend some valuable face-to-face time with ClickBank. If you’re not able to make it, we hope to see you at Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas in January!

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Clickbank has some big plans for the show, and we hope to meet many affiliates and vendors at our Meet Market table and trade show booth. We’ll post more details soon about all of the events we’ll be participating in, and how to meet some of our team members and get advice on being a successful ClickBank client straight from the source!

We hope to see you there.

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