I just made it back from Denver for the debut of the first inaugural Affiliate Convention. First off let me give props to Brandy Shapiro-Babin and her team at Webmaster Radio for organizing this show, I know it wasn’t an easy task and came off very organized with a great line-up of familiar speakers including Tim Ash, Heather Paulson, Evan Weber and Kris Jones touching on interesting topics such as Landing Page Optimization, Social Media Negotiation Tactics, Industry Trends and Mobile Marketing.

I really love the venue and location of the show, Denver is a great great city and a nice central location for east and west coasters to meet. The Convention Center itself is conveniently located right downtown with tons of great bars and restaurants perfect for after show dinners and mixers.

Both the parties and presentations were great places to network, the only area lacking was the trade room floor as it was 2 rows of booths occupied by the usual affiliate networks. Being that this is the first year I am sure the showroom floor will grow with exhibitors, but lets face it most affiliates go for education, networking and parties so I am confident to say that most people would classify this show as a success!

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