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ClickBank Sticks by Colorado Affiliate Marketers Despite New Tax Law Broomfield, Colo. — (March. 16, 2010) — While Amazon.com moved swiftly last week to halt its business relationships with affiliate marketers in Colorado, ClickBank officials vowed to continue to work with affiliate marketers located in the company's home state despite a new law that taxes affiliates' sales. Amazon terminated its marketing affiliate program in Colorado just eight days after a new law took effect that will tax affiliate sales. In what was viewed as a surprise move by some of the estimated 4,000 online affiliate marketers in the state, Amazon distributed a letter to affiliates saying the company would immediately cease doing business with them because of the new tax law. But ClickBank, a global online retailer headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., says it has no intention of terminating relationships with affiliates or discontinuing its longstanding policy of collecting and remitting taxes to the appropriate tax authorities in various domestic and international jurisdictions. "We will continue to honor our agreements with affiliates in Colorado and all other states in the U.S., and will continue collecting and remitting taxes in compliance with the new laws affecting affiliate sales," said Dush Ramachandran, ClickBank vice president of sales and business development. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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Stanford University Taps Keynetics CEO Brad Wiskirchen for Annual Entrepreneur Conference Boise, Idaho. — (Feb. 16, 2010) — Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Idaho's top performing privately held tech company Keynetics and its subsidiaries Kount and ClickBank, has been selected by the Stanford Graduate School of Business to take part in an important panel discussion during the university's annual Entrepreneur Conference. The conference, scheduled Feb. 26 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., features a series of interactive panels and a list of speakers that includes prominent figures in the entrepreneurial and investor communities. It will be held in the South Building of the Graduate School of Business. Wiskirchen will serve on a panel entitled "Idea Evaluation." Also on this panel are Dave Whorton, Tugboat Ventures; Kevin Reeth, Outright.com; Bob Fell, Pricelock, Inc.; and Justin Fishner Wolfson, Founder's Fund. Panelists will address how to determine whether an idea is substantial enough to start a new venture, how to solicit and incorporate feedback to make an idea more viable, and how the evaluation process impacts decisions on how to structure and fund future stages of development. "The Entrepreneur Conference is one of the programs the Stanford Graduate School of Business provides to helps students, faculty and alumni develop a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced by entrepreneurs," said Wiskirchen. "By sharing what we have experienced first-hand, we can deepen and advance attendees' knowledge of business enterprise and management. I look forward to being part of such a valuable learning experience." The Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Conference is expected to draw about 350 attendees. For a complete conference schedule and list of additional panel discussions and speakers, please visit the conference website.
About Brad Wiskirchen Among his many industry and community involvements, Wiskirchen is the co-founder and former Chair of the Idaho Software Employers Alliance (ISEA). ISEA is a partnership between business and Boise State University designed to expand the economic vitality of Idaho by increasing the availability of skilled software professionals and promoting the opportunities available in the state's rapidly growing software industry. Additionally, Wiskirchen has held board positions with the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Boise State University Office of Technology Transfer, FUNDSY, Discovery Center of Idaho, Intermountain Venture Forum, and many other organizations. Prior to joining Keynetics, Wiskirchen was a partner in the law firm of Holland & Hart, where he managed the firm's Business Entities and Transactions Practice Group. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, technology transfer and licensing, and debt and equity financings. He was awarded a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame, and a B.A. from Brigham Young University. About Keynetics About Kount Kount provides merchants with maximum risk management control and flexibility, while automating costly manual review processes to improve the bottom line. For more information about Kount, please visit www.kount.com. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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ClickBank VP Appointed to Advisory Board
Of European Affiliate Marketing Conference a4uexpo BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Feb. 11, 2010 — ClickBank Vice President Dush Ramachandran has been appointed to the advisory board of a4uexpo, a European conference focused on bringing together top affiliate marketing specialists to discuss global industry trends and business opportunities. Ramachandran joins other leading affiliate marketing experts on the a4uexpo advisory board including Sabine Haase, director of marketing & performance technology at affilinet GmbH; Alison Guise, general manager at ValueClick; and Missy Ward, co-founder of Affiliate Summit. "Dush gives the board an added dimension," said Matthew Wood, founder and managing director of Existem Events Ltd, the company which coordinates the highly-successful series of a4uexpo conference events. "He has a considerable amount of practical experience and industry knowledge, not to mention a network of more than 100,000 affiliates to tap into. This is complementary to the many resources that existing advisory board members bring to the table." Wood said affiliate marketing opportunities in Europe are numerous and extremely diverse. The advisory board, he said, helps ensure that conference agendas, presentations and panel debates remain current and relevant. "I look forward to working with the extremely talented and knowledgeable members of this board, and to helping ensure that a4uexpo remains Europe's premiere affiliate marketing event," said Ramachandran. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank Recommends Best Practices for Continuity Program Merchants BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Jan. 27, 2010 — In the wake of several merchant account closures due to what major credit card companies consider ambiguous continuity program terms, ClickBank, a global online retailer, is offering several guidelines regarding best business practices for continuity program merchants. Dush Ramachandran, ClickBank vice president of sales and business development, says clarity is key. "If you are engaged in a practice in which goods or services are provided automatically, and the customer must either pay for the service or specifically decline it in advance of billing, you must be very clear and upfront about it," he said. "This type of practice is not unethical unless buyers do not fully understand the terms or sellers do not accept the consumer's decision to discontinue the service or return the product." Ramachandran said the need for transparency and a willingness to accept cancellations also hold true for offers with confusing terms or delayed charges. "Credit card companies are no longer going to support merchants engaging in 'free' offers that are not actually free." Finally, he said, customers must receive goods or services in exchange for a credit card payment and, for any offer, must provide an affirmative consent such as a mandatory "I agree" statement checkbox where the customer acknowledges the terms and conditions of the offer and consents to be entered into a continuity program. "At ClickBank, we've found that the best way to avoid compliance issues and keep our client's continuity programs up and running without interruption is to be completely transparent with consumers regarding the terms of continuity programs." About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank Selects Payoneer to Provide Global Customer Payments BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Jan. 19, 2010 - Global retailer ClickBank has forged a new agreement with Payoneer, a leading online payment solution provider, that will allow ClickBank to pay some clients outside the U.S. with prepaid MasterCard debit cards, ClickBank officials announced. The new compensation method will better serve ClickBank clients located in countries such as India, Israel and China, where it is more challenging for clients to receive commission payments in their preferred local currency, said Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales and business development for ClickBank. The Payoneer solution will also allow ClickBank to build brand awareness by customizing the prepaid debit cards with the company's logo and color schemes. "This capability will be particularly useful to our clients who reside in countries where direct deposit or electronic fund transfers are not currently an option," Ramachandran said. "Until now, the only option for these customers was wire transfer, which is often expensive and requires conversion from U.S. dollars to the local currency." Using the branded prepaid MasterCard debit cards, ClickBank will be able to automatically transfer payments to a client's account, making the funds available in the customer's local currency in a matter of minutes. "The Payoneer system will not only help ClickBank strengthen client relationships, it will also decrease the time it takes for them to get paid, increasing ClickBank's overall payment throughput capacity," said Yuval Tal, CEO of Payoneer. "We believe the use of prepaid MasterCard debit cards will greatly improve ClickBank's current payment model in countries where direct deposit or electronic fund transfers are not available." The announcement of the ClickBank-Payoneer agreement comes on the heels of several related developments in which ClickBank has sought to make business transactions easier for ClickBank affiliate marketers and vendors in the international marketplace. ClickBank's entire web site outside the login has been translated into German, Spanish and French, for example, and ClickBank accepts 13 international currencies including the Euro, the British Pound, and the Swedish and Danish Kroner.
About Payoneer, Inc. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank to share insight on European affiliate marketing growth strategies At Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Jan. 12, 2010 — The most promising growth strategies for affiliate marketers in Europe will be the topic of discussion for ClickBank's Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales and business development, at Affiliate Summit West 2010, Jan. 17-19 in Las Vegas. Drawing from his experience working with more than 22,000 affiliate marketers in Europe, Ramachandran will speak about "CPA Affiliate Marketing Opportunities in Europe." Joining him for this panel discussion will be Jim Banks, CEO of Global Direct Media, James Little of AffiliateFuture, and Matthew Wood, managing director and founder of Existem. The discussion will be held on Monday, January 18, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Tropical room of the Rio Hotel & Casino Convention Center. Overseeing sales operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Ramachandran is frequently invited to speak at the largest and most prominent national and international affiliate marketing meetings. He serves on the advisory boards of Affiliate Summit and Affilicon, its international counterpart. ClickBank has drawn top vendors and affiliate marketers from around the globe since 1998. To date, the company has paid out the equivalent of €1 billion in commissions. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: Online Retail Leader ClickBank Releases New How-To Videos in Three European Languages, Improves Access for New Clientele BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Dec. 16, 2009 — ClickBank has introduced instructional videos in German, French and Spanish to show vendors and affiliate marketers how to join ClickBank's billion-dollar online retail network, www.ClickBank.com. Produced by ClickBank client, Blueprint Information Products, the videos provide step-by-step directions on how to sign up as a ClickBank vendor or affiliate marketer using the site's English forms. ClickBank officials say the project was needed to remove language barriers for clients who do not feel comfortable working in English. "We've encountered prospective clients that speak rudimentary English but are still challenged by industry-specific terms and technical language on the signup forms," said Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ClickBank. "The videos address this, making it easy for European vendors and affiliate marketers to join our network, expand their businesses and boost their income." The new how-to videos follow the company's recent push to expand its platform globally. And with a roster of more than 22,000 affiliate marketers in Europe and roughly 18 percent of ClickBank's 2009 global annual sales having occurred in the European marketplace, Ramachandran said it makes sense to continue to invest in the European market. In addition to offering content, and now videos, in multiple European languages, ClickBank also accepts several European currencies including the Euro, the British Pound, and the Swedish and Danish Kroner. Blueprint Information Products co-founder Steve Clayton commented on his company's ability to help further globalize ClickBank's platform saying, "It's a tremendous opportunity to contribute. We were flattered to be asked to use our expertise to help bring new people into the ClickBank community." About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. About Blueprint Information Products ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank VP to discuss affiliate growth strategies in U.S., Europe at major affiliate marketing conferences in Los Angeles, Las Vegas BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Nov. 23, 2009 — Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ClickBank, a top online retailer, will talk about the most promising growth strategies for affiliate marketers in the United States and Europe at two major affiliate marketing conferences coming up in December and January. Participating in the Super Affiliate track at the Affiliate Convention in Los Angeles on Dec. 3-4, Ramachandran will moderate a panel on the latest tips and techniques for super affiliates. He also will speak about best-practice growth strategies for affiliate marketers, along with fellow panelists Rosalind Gardner, author of the Super Affiliate Handbook, and Brian Norgard, vice president of the Fox Advertising Network. ClickBank is widely considered to be a leader in national and international affiliate marketing with more than 110,000 active affiliate marketers working with the company to market its products and drive sales to an average of 26,000 transactions per day. Ramachandran is on the front lines of ClickBank sales and affiliate marketing efforts on a daily basis. At Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Las Vegas, Jan. 17-19, Ramachandran will speak about "CPA Affiliate Marketing Opportunities in Europe." Joining him for this panel discussion will Jim Banks, CEO of Global Direct Media, James Little of AffiliateFuture, and Matthew Wood, managing director and founder of Existem. "Both of these conferences represent excellent learning and networking opportunities for affiliate marketers," Ramachandran said. "Using real-life case studies, I'll demonstrate how affiliate marketers can promote products most effectively in U.S. and European markets." With a roster of more than 22,000 affiliate marketers in Europe, roughly 18 percent of ClickBank's 2009 global annual sales have occurred in the European marketplace. Ramachandran, who frequently is invited to speak at the largest and most prestigious national and international affiliate marketing meetings, serves on the advisory boards of Affiliate Summit and Affilicon, its international counterpart. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for ClickBank's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. Ramachandran has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., Prime Computer, Inc. and Datapoint Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: Online Retail Giant ClickBank Expands Services to International Markets BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Oct. 27, 2009 — Serving more than 114 countries on 6 continents, ClickBank announced today that the company has taken great strides toward globalization of its platform in a continued effort to expand services offered to the company's international markets. ClickBank officials say they've taken a phased approach to this endeavor, starting with the translation of the order form and all customer related material such as receipt emails and customer service content into German, Spanish and French. Having completed that phase last year, the company moved onto phase two-translation of the entire ClickBank site outside the login into the same three languages. Work on this phase has just been finished and the new pages are live as of today. "More than one third of the 26,000 transactions ClickBank processes each day are made from outside the U.S.," said Dush Ramachandran, ClickBank vice president of sales, marketing and business development. "It is important that we continue to cater to international markets. The globalization of our platform is just one of the many benefits we offer our global vendors and affiliates." In addition to offering content in multiple languages, ClickBank has made significant improvements to its payment processing and accepts 13 international currencies including the Euro, the British Pound, and the Swedish and Danish Kroner. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: ClickBank Stands by Affiliate Marketers Despite New Tax Laws BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Aug. 10, 2009 — ClickBank officials will continue to work with affiliate marketers in states that are enacting new laws to tax the marketers' sales, while Amazon and Overstock.com, among others, have been moving swiftly to halt their business relationships with affiliate marketers in various states because of the new tax implications. In late June, Amazon terminated its marketing affiliate program in North Carolina after a new law took effect that will tax affiliate sales, and on July 1, Overstock.com notified affiliates in Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island that it would immediately cease doing business with them because of similar new tax laws. But ClickBank, a major online retailer, says it has no intention of terminating relationships with affiliates in certain locations or discontinuing its longstanding policy of collecting and remitting taxes to the appropriate tax authorities in various domestic and international jurisdictions. "We will continue to honor sales agreements with affiliates in the U.S. and abroad, despite new taxes that are being levied against them for sales and marketing efforts," said Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ClickBank. "One of the benefits of being a ClickBank affiliate is that you can operate wherever you live," said Ramachandran. "We don't want to place limits on that now. Our affiliates deserve the opportunity to earn income regardless of where they live, and ClickBank will continue to support them in their efforts to do so." New state tax laws aim to collect sales tax revenues from affiliates whose marketing activities lead to ecommerce sales. The key issue is whether the affiliates have a physical presence in a state that taxes ecommerce activities. The state of New York was the first to enact such tax laws, and more states are following suit. About ClickBank ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. ### |
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CONTACT: Broomfield, Colo. - August 6, 2009 - Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ClickBank, a major online retail outlet, will share advice and industry insight on microniche marketing at Affiliate Summit East Aug. 9-11 in New York City. ClickBank is widely considered to be an international leader in affiliate marketing with more than 100,000 active affiliate marketers working with the company to market its products and drive sales to a level of more than 26,000 transactions per day. Ramachandran's presentation is titled "Microniches - the Way to Mega Profits." It will be available to only platinum and gold pass holders at Affiliate Summit East, which is now sold out with more than 2,000 affiliate marketers registered to attend. "Using real-life case studies, I'll demonstrate how affiliate marketers can promote products in a wide variety of small and focused niches, where there is little competition and marketing and advertising costs are inexpensive," Ramachandran said. ClickBank also will unveil its newly designed trade show booth at Affiliate Summit East. The booth features a sleek new look, two oversized flat screen monitors, Astroturf flooring and an electronic ticker that displays ClickBank client payouts in real-time. Ramachandran serves on the advisory board of Affiliate Summit and Affilicon, the international counterpart to Affiliate Summit, and helps plan content for both organizations' affiliate marketing conferences. The conferences are widely considered a key source for affiliate marketing thought leadership and industry expertise. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for ClickBank's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. Ramachandran has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., Prime Computer, Inc. and Datapoint Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. About ClickBankFounded in 1998, ClickBank is a secure online retail outlet for more than 12,000 digital product vendors and 100,000 active affiliate marketers. ClickBank makes a sale somewhere in the world every three seconds, safely processing more than 26,000 digital transactions a day. ClickBank serves more than 200 countries, and is consistently ranked as one of the most highly-trafficked sites on the web. ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. For more information, go to www.clickbank.com. |
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CONTACT: Broomfield, Colo. – June 30, 2009 – Affiliate marketing leader ClickBank said today that the company is nearing the $1.3 billion mark in payouts to its vendors and affiliates. Established in 1998, ClickBank provides a safe online marketplace for people who want to sell or market products. Revenue is generated for both the product vendor and the marketing affiliate through a pay-for-performance revenue sharing model. And, at a rate of one sale every 2-3 seconds, ClickBank clients are making money—lots of money. “ClickBank’s secure platform and fraud protection help online businesses focus on what’s important – reaching customers,” said affiliate marketer Russell Brunson. Brunson is one of ClickBank’s more than 100,000 active affiliates who have built successful ebusinesses by promoting and selling the digital products and services available at ClickBank.com. The site features thousands of high-quality products that continually demonstrate high conversion rates. ClickBank CEO Brad Wiskirchen said the combination of a large affiliate network, diverse range of products, reliable ecommerce platform, and ability to safely process 26,000 transactions a day makes ClickBank a powerful third-party monetization engine. “Nobody in the market has been able to match or replicate our model,” he said. “What’s more,” said Wiskirchen, “we pay our clients on time. That’s very important to them. We listen and respond to their needs.” Michael Webb of TheRomantic.com attests to this, saying, “In the eight years I've been with ClickBank, I've never had a late payment and my emails are always responded to promptly and professionally.” About ClickBankFounded in 1998, ClickBank is a secure online retail outlet for more than 12,000 digital product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliate marketers. ClickBank makes a sale somewhere in the world every 2-3 seconds, safely processing more than 26,000 digital transactions a day. The company serves more than 200 countries, and is consistently ranked as one of the most highly-trafficked sites on the web. ClickBank is privately held with offices in Broomfield, Colorado and Boise, Idaho. Click Sales Inc. is a subsidiary of Keynetics Inc. All products and services offered by Keynetics or its subsidiaries are subject to the ClickBank Legal Notice. |
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CONTACT: Global leader called on to address international affiliate marketing trends Broomfield, Colo. - May 19, 2009 - After recently being cited by Entrepreneur.com as one of the companies leading the pack in affiliate marketing, ClickBank says the company has joined a list of global industry giants that will share industry insight with nearly 1,500 attendees at Affilicon Israel, June 1-2 in Airport City, Israel. Dush Ramachandran, ClickBank's vice president of sales, marketing and business development, will take part in a panel discussion on international affiliate marketing and will be the featured speaker at another conference session entitled "Digital Product Marketing." Ramachandran said a variety of global topics and trends will be addressed. "All of which will focus on helping affiliate marketers move their businesses forward," he said. As part of the panel on international affiliate marketing, Ramachandran will discuss opportunities available to affiliates who want to take advantage of the growing global market in Internet commerce. During "Digital Product Marketing" he will explore in detail the benefits of marketing digital products versus physical products, drawing heavily upon his experience in working with some of the largest and most successful affiliates and vendors in the industry. Affilicon, considered the source for affiliate marketing thought leadership and industry expertise, holds several annual conferences considered to be the premier must-attend events for marketing affiliates, exhibitors and online merchants. For more information on Affilicon Israel, visit the conference web site here. About Dush Ramachandran: Dush Ramachandran was recently appointed to the advisory boards of Affilicon and Affiliate Summit. Both boards work to provide leadership and industry expertise to Internet and affiliate marketers. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for the company's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. He has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., and Datapoint Corp. Ramachandran holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. About Affilicon: Affilicon is the leading Affiliates' conferences and exhibitions for non US affiliates. With conferences being held in Israel, Berlin, Mumbai, Beijing and Stockholm, Affilicon serves the international affiliates community and helps online merchants to expand their reach. Affilicon's education-focused events set the right environment for networking and conducting business. For more information, please visit www.affilicon.com. About ClickBank: ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com. |
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CONTACT: Broomfield, Colo., April 22, 2009 - Dush Ramachandran, vice president of sales, marketing and business development for ClickBank, has been appointed to the advisory boards of Affiliate Summit and Affilicon, further strengthening Ramachandran's ties to affiliate marketing circles in domestic and international arenas. Both advisory boards work to provide thought leadership and industry expertise to Internet and affiliate marketers. Board members leverage their connections and standing within the industry for the betterment of the business and all of those associated with it. "I look forward to working with Affiliate Summit and Affilicon to help ensure the success of Internet and affiliate marketers worldwide," said Ramachandran. "Working with ClickBank's community of 100,000-plus marketing affiliates, I can offer a well-informed, global perspective of the industry and what is needed to move it forward." In addition to being considered the source for thought leadership and industry expertise, Affiliate Summit and Affilicon hold several annual marketing conferences that are considered to be the premier must-attend events for marketing affiliates, exhibitors and online merchants. Conferences and events are held in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia, drawing marketing affiliates, exhibitors and merchants on an annual and semi-annual basis. As an advisory board member, Ramachandran will assist with the selection of speakers and topics at upcoming Affiliate Summit and Affilicon conferences. Ramachandran joined ClickBank in 2005. He is responsible for ClickBank's sales and marketing activities and alliances with affiliate and vendor organizations worldwide. Ramachandran has held executive leadership positions with domestic and international firms such as Requisite Technology, Conceptual Technologies, Computervision Corp., Prime Computer, Inc. and Datapoint Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. About ClickBank: ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in developing, selling and promoting digitally downloaded products and services, with 25,000 daily transactions from around the world, 12,000 product vendors and more than 100,000 active affiliates. The company functions as a virtual business network facilitating the interactions and transactions between buyers, sellers and affiliates while providing guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection and a totally secure platform. For more information, please visit www.ClickBank.com. |