Affiliate Marketing - Then and Now
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Join host Deborah Carney in a roundtable discussion about how affiliate marketing got started and how it has evolved with some of the people that have been in it since the beginning. Are they in the same place they were when they started? Where do they see the industry going? We invite you to post questions below or to send questions to dc@merchantabcs.com be asked of the panel if you can't attend or if you are shy :)

Panelists are Todd Farmer, Todd Crawford, Connie Arnold, Scott Jangro and Brian Littleton for lively discussion, history you probably don't know, and ask them your burning questions about the beginnings of our awesome industry. Our industry is so young that we want to capture the thoughts about it's growth some of the leaders in the industry. No one currently in our industry wanted to grow up to be an affiliate or affiliate manager, the jobs didn't exist. But now, there are many young people whose parents are in the industry and they kinda would like to do what Mom and/or Dad does.

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Title: Affiliate Marketing - Then and Now
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

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So excited! Team Affiliate Marketers Give Back is the top fundraiser for this June's Avon Walk for Breast Cancer with over $60,000 in donations and we're still going strong!

Oh, and yea, I'm the top single fundraiser ;-)

I'm $7,000 away from my goal.  If you'd like to help out, please visit http://www.iwalkforboobies.com or pick up a bottle of my new wine, Signorina at http://www.missyward.com/signorinawine.

Dear Chase,

Today, you turn into that "Big, Big Boy" that we talked about. 

I can't believe that you've grown so tall this year and even more handsome.  And, I'm not just saying that because I'm your Mom.  All the little girls in your Pre-K know it too because there's always a giant cluster of them around you.  I can only imagine what's to come later down the road.

You've been such an active kid this year and have definitely kept the family on its toes, including the new puppy, Addison.  You've also gotten a little rascally this year too and have spent your fair share of time in the "Time Out" corner at school, along with your friends. But, I really belive that threatening you with the removal of Power Rangers Samurai from your TV regimen has helped limit the time that you're spending staring into an empty corner.

You're reading adn math have gotten really sharp this year. You're definitely going to give your future Kindergarten teacher a run for her money.  (Mommy lives for this kind of stuff.  I'll explain it to you when you get bigger). 

 I love that you can pick things up so quickly and that you love your books and making up stories.  The one last night about the black bear from France who spoke Japanese when he was happy and ate 14 hot dogs a day, was one of my favorites so far.

You've also gotten very brave this year.  You saved Aunt Carol and Uncle Larry by pointing out that coral snake and have taken on all of the invisible ninjas that live in our house, that only you can see.  I do wish that you would be a little more corageous when it comes to vegetables.  You're just like your brother when it comes to eating your greens.

I personally think you're just about perfect.  If I could ask for one thing, it would be for you to sleep past the crack of dawn each day, or at least not to wake everyone else up in the house, at that ghastly time. 

I'm in awe over the grown up words that you use, or when you bust into one of the other 5 languages that you've learned.  While I can't understand half of what you're saying unless it's in Spanish or Sign, you look so darn cute saying it.  I'm sure that those languages will come in handy in your future travels as a US Ambassador, Astronaut or Cosmic Ninja Super Hero.

It's been so exciting watching you grow these last 5 years and I look forward to watching you become the great man that I know you will be.

I love you so much, Chase.

Happy Birthday!

-Your Mom.

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce of rum
• 1 large banana
• 1 ounce creme de cacao
• 1 ounce Kahlua
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 6 ice cubes

Instructions:

Blend ice cubes with ice cream in a blender until smooth. Add rest of ingredients and blend again until smooth (milk-shake-like-consistency)

Star Wars CupCakes that I brought to Alex's 4th Grade Class This Morning to Celebrate His Birthday

Dear Alex,

Today, you have made it to the double digits!  (Single digits are SO last year!). 

Part of me doesn't want to acknowledge that you're getting so big.  Maybe it's because your "teens" are only 3 short years away.  Or, maybe it's because I have to acknowledge that I've aged 10 years since you were born :)

Speaking of acknowledging, here are a few things I have to also admit:

• Yes, your video skills are becoming unstoppable.
• Yes, you're now old enough to walk down the block by yourself to play with Brennan. 
• Yes, now that you've been around for a decade, you know so much more than your 4-year old brother.

But remember this... even as you get older, you will always be my baby boy and that means that for the rest of your life, you will have to contend with my OPMS. (Over-Protective Mom Syndrome).  Deal with it.  That said, I can't wait to kick your butt at Nerf Blasters at Kidtropolis this weekend!

Happy Birthday, Alex. You are the Perfect 10!

Love,

Mom

It's little things like this that make being a mother so wonderful.

Alex may not be the best speller in the world, but he does know how to get right to my heart!