I have done this in 2009, 2010, and in 2011.

And now again, for the fourth time in a row I am happy to bring you worldwide affiliate marketing events (conferences, symposiums, conventions and expos) that are worth considering in 2012, which will be here in less than 3 days.

As always, I am using the * asterisk to mark the conferences that I have personally attended in the past, and/or highly recommend.

2012 Affiliate Marketing Conferences & Events

• 01/08-01/10 – Affiliate Summit West (Las Vegas, NV, USA)*
• 01/17-/01/19 – LinkShare Symposium West (San Francisco, CA, USA)
• 01/26-01/29 – London Affiliate Conference (London, UK)
• 02/14-02/15 – PubCon Paradise 2012 (Honolulu, HI, USA)*
• 02/28-02/29 – LeadsCon Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
• 02/28-02/29 – Online Advertising & Affiliate Expo (London, UK)
• 03/08-03/09 – Affiliate Management Days (San Francisco, CA, USA)*
• 03/13 – PerformanceIN Travel & Leisure (London, UK)
• TBA – LinkShare Symposium UK (London, UK)
• 05/15-05/15 – Affiliate Summit Central 2012 (Austin, TX, USA)
• 05/16-05/18 – ShareASale ThinkTank 2012 (Austin, TX, USA)
• TBA – LinkShare Symposium Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
• 06/19-06/20 – a4u Expo Europe (Barcelona, Spain)*
• TBA – Affili@SYD (Sydney, Australia)
• 06/25-06/27 – LinkShare Symposium East (New York, NY)
• 08/12-08/14 – Affiliate Summit East (New York, NY, USA)*
• 09/04 – PerformanceIN Fashion & Beauty (London, UK)
• 10/11-10/14 – Barcelona Affiliate Conference (Barcelona, Spain)
• TBA – Commission Junction University (Santa Barbara, CA)
• TBA – a4u expo London (London, UK)*
• 10/15-10/19 – PubCon Las Vegas 2012 (Las Vegas, NV, USA)*
• TBA – Affiliate Management Days (New York, NY, USA)*
• TBA – LinkShare Symposium Canada (Toronto, Canada)

As usual, if I have missed an event that belongs here, please post about it in the “Comments” area under this post, and I will add it to the list too.

As it has already become customary (my previous lists: 2009 and 2010), for the third time in a row I am putting together a list of the main affiliate marketing conferences, symposiums, conventions and expos that are going to be held in 2011.

As usual, I am using the * asterisk to mark the conferences that I have personally attended in the past, and/or highly recommend.

2011 Affiliate Marketing Conferences & Events

• 01/09-01/11 – Affiliate Summit West (Las Vegas, NV, USA)*
• 01/20 – LinkShare Symposium West (San Francisco, CA, USA)
• 01/27-01/30 – London Affiliate Conference (London, UK)
• 03/01-03/02 – LeadsCon Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
• 03/01-03/02 – Online Advertising & Affiliate Expo (London, UK)
• 03/08-03/09 – PubCon Austin (Austin, TX, USA)*
• 04/08 – LinkShare Symposium UK (London, UK)
• 05/25-05/27 – ShareASale ThinkTank 2011 (Chicago, IL, USA)
• 05/27 – TradeDoubler Summit (London, UK)
• TBD – LinkShare Symposium Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
• 06/07-06/08 – a4u Expo Europe (Munich, Germany)*
• TBD (3rd week of June) – Affiliate Convention (Denver, CO, USA)
• 06/22 – Affili@SYD (Sydney, Australia)
• 06/28 – LinkShare Symposium East (New York, NY)
• 07/06 – PerformanceIN Fasion (London, UK)
• 08/21-08/23 – Affiliate Summit East (New York, NY, USA)*
• 09/08-09/11 – Barcelona Affiliate Conference (Barcelona, Spain)
• 09/13-09/14 – Take Charge 2011 (Tel Aviv, Israel)
• 09/20-09/22 – Commission Junction University (Santa Barbara, CA)
• 09/27 – ForumCon Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• 10/18-10/19 – a4u expo London (London, UK)*
• 11/08-11/10 – PubCon Las Vegas 2011 (Las Vegas, NV, USA)*

[Last updated: 09/16/2011 at 12:21 pm ET]

If I have missed an event that must be included in the above list, please let me know by posting about it in the “Comments” area under this post, and I will make sure it is also to the list.

Back in mid-October I wrote about the upcoming Affiliate Summit West 2010, which as all previous West Coast summits is being held in Las Vegas, NV, and starts this Sunday (January 17) to go on through Tuesday (January 19). This is going to be the largest Affiliate Summit ever, gathering 4,125 affiliate marketers from all over the globe.

I am privileged to be presenting at this event (on January 17), and to also be among the three finalists for the Best Blogger award to be announced on January 19. Not sure which one of these makes me more anxious.

My Sunday presentation is going to be devoted to the top mistakes that affiliate program managers and merchants routinely commit, thereby hurting the development of their own affiliate programs. Plenty of real-life examples will be provided to illustrate my points.

Earlier this morning I’ve given an interview to the Website Magazine, and among the questions answered there was this one:

Website Magazine: What do you hope those attending your session at Affiliate Summit will take away?

Geno Prussakov: Actionable knowledge, or concrete practical thoughts on how to make their own affiliate program management more effective. While those that do not make mistakes, do not make anything, there is also a flip side of the coin. Sam Levenson said that we “must learn from the mistakes of others” as we “can’t possibly live long enough to make them all” ourselves. I’ve made many of the mistakes I’ll cover in my own management, and I sure wish I knew then what I know now.

If you may find this presentation of benefit, I certainly hope to see you in the Palma room at the Rio between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm Pacific Time.

You may view the full Affiliate Summit’s agenda here.

If you’re attending the conference and would like to meet with me personally, just drop me an email, and I’ll make the time.

The 2009 list of industry’s conferences has had great popularity, and the time has come to compile our 2010 list.

Below you will find a comprehensive list of affiliate marketing conferences, conventions and symposiums to choose from in the year 2010. If I have missed an event that must be included here, please let me know about it in the comments area under the post, and I will add it too.

2010 Affiliate Marketing Events

01/17-01/19 – Affiliate Summit West (Las Vegas, NV, USA)*
01/28 – LinkShare Symposium West (San Francisco, CA, USA)
01/28-01/31 – London Affiliate Conference (London, UK)
02/23-02/24 – LeadsCon Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
03/22-03/26 – IMC Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
03/20 – LinkShare Symposium UK (London, UK)
April – LinkShare Symposium Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
05/09-05/12 – Affilicon Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel)
05/18-05/19 – a4u Expo Europe (Munich, Germany)*
06/08 – Affili@Syd (Sydney, Australia)
06/21-06/22 – Affiliate Convention (Denver, CO, USA)
06/22 – LinkShare Symposium East (New York, NY)
07/07-07/08 – eComXpo (online)
07/26-07/27 – LeadsCon East (New York, NY, USA)
08/15-08/17 – Affiliate Summit East (New York, NY, USA)*
09/21-09/23 – CJU (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
09/27 – Affiliate Summit unConference (Orlando, FL, USA)
09/27-09/29 – Performance Marketing Expo (South Beach, FL, USA)
10/07-10/10 – Budapest Affiliate Conference (Budapest, Hungary)
10/12-10/13 – a4u expo London (London, UK)*
10/14-10/15 – Affilicon Scandinavia (Stockholm, Sweden)
10/18-10/20 – ShareASale ThinkTank (Half Moon Bay, CA)
11/30-12/02 – Scandinavian Affiliate Super Summit (Stockholm, Sweden)

Just as last year I am using the * asterisk to mark the conferences that I have personally attended in the past, and highly recommend.

[Last updated: 10/05/2010 at 9:01 am ET]

Today I have received a confirmation that my Affiliate Summit West 2010 speaking proposal has been accepted. This is going to be my third time presenting at this affiliate marketing conference, but it is always a great honor, and I am very much looking forward to feeling those butterflies in my stomach again.

Affiliate Summit West 2010

The West Coast summits have been traditionally held in Las Vegas, NV, and so it will be in January 2010 as well. Since 2007 the Affiliate Summits on the West Coast have been gathering much larger crowds than those on the East Coast, but in 2009 the statistics has almost evened out:

2007 – West (2,079) / East (1,852): West Coast conference 12.26% larger than the East Coast one
2008 – West (2,932) / East (2,341): 25.25% more attendees in Vegas than in Boston
2009 – West (3,207) / East (3,076): only 4.26% difference between Vegas and NYC
[source]

The upcoming Las Vegas summit promises to be an exciting event: with Robert Cialdini (author of multiple works on influence and persuasion) and Brian Clark (aka @copyblogger) keynoting, and top notch professionals presenting on dozens of topics related to Internet marketing in general, and affiliate marketing in particular [agenda here].

Free Passes

As it has become customary, the Affiliate Summit is giving away free Gold Passes (early bird value: $279). All you want to do to snatch one is follow @AffiliateSummit on Twitter, grab the discount code as soon as it’s tweeted, and register. Each code is good for one use only. So, it’s a “first come, first served” game.

My Presentation

My presentation is entitled “20 Affiliate Program Management Mistakes To Avoid”. It’ll take place on Sunday (January 17, 2009) between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm in Classroom C. I am going to cover what I believe to be the top 20 mistakes committed by affiliate program managers and merchants on a daily basis. Each point will be illustrated by real life examples, and at the end of the session you will be able to take away both the practical knowledge and a handy checklist to compare your own management to. The session will be open both to Platinum, and to Gold pass holders. So, if you get one of the above-quoted ones, you should be good to attend both mine, and all of the other sessions on Day 1 of the Summit.

See you in Las Vegas!!

>>> See the Affiliate Marketing Conferences – 2010 list here

Ayako Bingham of buy.at (aka @ayakobing on Twitter) has posted the following tweet:

I looked around, and couldn’t find any. So I decided to compile a list of all 2009 affiliate marketing conferences, conventions, and symposiums that I know of. Here we go:

2009 Affiliate Marketing Events

01/11-01/13 – Affiliate Summit West (Las Vegas, NV, USA)*
01/21-01/22 – LinkShare Symposium West (San Francisco, CA, USA)
03/30-04/01 – Casino Affiliate Convention (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
04/02 – LinkShare Symposium UK (London, UK)
04/24 – LinkShare Symposium Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
04/28-04/29 – a4u expo Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [coupon here]
05/26-05/28 – IMC: Affiliate Marketing Focus (Stockholm, Sweden)
06/01-06/02 – Affilicon Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel)
06/17-06/21 – Affiliate Convention (Denver, CO, USA)
06/22-06/23 – LinkShare Symposium East (New York, NY, USA)
07/08-07/09 – eComXpo (online)
07/09 – Affiliate Tax Talk & Crab Feast (Baltimore, MD, USA)
07/25-07/26 – Forex Affiliate Business Conference (New York, NY, USA)
08/09-08/11 – Affiliate Summit East (New York, NY, USA)* [coupon here]
08/17-08/18 – LeadsCon (New York, NY, USA)
09/TBD – Casino Affiliate Convention (Moscow, Russia)
09/10-09/13 – Budapest Affiliate Conference (Budapest, Hungary)
09/15-09/17 – Commission Junction University (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
10/13-10/14 – a4u expo London (London, UK)*
10/14-10/15 – Affilicon Scandinavia (Stockholm, Sweden)
10/23-10/25 – ShareASale ThinkTank (Newport Beach, CA)
11/19-11/20 – Affilicon Far East (Beijin, China)

The * asterisk marks the conferences that I have personally attended in the past, and found them worth my time and money.

I have missed anything, let me know by commenting under this blog post, and I will add make amendments to my list.

[List updated: 08/27/2009 at 8:30 am ET]