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Looking for a higher level Blockchain Conference?

Posted By No Comments May 25, 2018

Looking for a higher level Blockchain Conference?

Last December, I attended my first Blockchain related conference which took place in Bangkok, right before the Affiliate World Asia. Knowing that some of the iStack Holding guys (same people who organize AWA) helped with the organization a bit, I had pretty high expectation for the event. And I have to say I wasn’t disappointed … there were solid speeches, the venue was a nice one, I met tons of interesting people … simply put, it was definitely worth it to attend the Blockchain World Conference.

Based on the overall great response that the conference received, I was expecting some kind of a round 2 and now it’s about to happen 🙂 So here we go, mark you calendars guys, THE Blockchain Alternative Investment Conference (BAIConf) will take place in London on 18th – 19th June.

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Crypto Currencies – The new mass hysteria, should you join or stay away from it?

Posted By One Comment November 21, 2017

Cryptocurrencies have taken the world by a storm, and there is no signs of it slowing down. Since I’m always following the latest trends, I jumped on too, though later than I should have. Are you still standing by and watching the train pass? Don’t do that 🙂

First of all, I DO NOT consider myself an expert on the subject, not yet at least, but working on that 🙂 So don’t take this article as some investment advice please, it’s more about throwing ideas around and giving you some food for thought.

The reason why I actually got involved with Crypto, is because I’m kinda used to look for opportunities on the internet and the Bitcoin craze was pretty hard to miss.

We all know that Bitcoin has been around for a few years, since 2009 actually … and we all know that it went through several stages already, many expected it to be dead by now, actually “several times” dead … check this site, they map the articles with Bitcoin deaths prophecies, it should have been dead 190 times already :

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Adult Affiliate Marketing in 2017, where is it heading?

Posted By 3 Comments September 21, 2017

RUNNING ANY ADULT TRAFFIC?

I just returned from Prague the other day, where I attended The European Summit (TES) Conference. TES was the first affiliate conference I ever attended, and I keep on returning there ever since … been there like 5 or 6 times already. This conference started as an ADULT only event, but for the past few years, the organizers tried to venture out to more areas of digital marketing.

However, it still has the adult feel to it, with all the hot and barely dressed models walking around, and waste majority of the exhibitors are adult companies too. Most of the affiliates that you can meet here are adult affiliates as well. That’s why I keep on attending this event from time to time, to stay in touch with the adult industry and to see where it is going.

SO WHERE IS THE ADULT INDUSTRY GOING AT THE END OF 2017?

For the past few years, the whole adult traffic segment was dominated with MOBILE… it was everywhere, mobile traffic networks, mobile affiliate networks … mobile this, mobile that … And this has changed this year. No more huge booths from the market leaders, they been present still, but on a much smaller scale.

It’s clearly visible that the regulations have hit the Carrier Billing Adult offers pretty hard. Large part of them moved to the mainstream side of things, where the regulations ain’t that heavy yet. Or let’s just say, mainstream offers can run in more GEOs than adult products – think about the Arab world or some large Asian countries.

I’ve seen the traditional, cover-all Affiliate Networks, trying to get some more business going with the adult crowd …

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Moscow Affiliate Conference and Party Autumn 2017 Edition.

Posted By No Comments September 13, 2017

Looking for an affiliate conference to attend in September?

Leadbit is back with round 2 of their Moscow conference, again in co-operation with the STM Forum folks. Everything is expected to be bigger this time … more speakers, more exhibitors, bigger party …

Entrance is still free for affiliates, but you have to register here and mention that you are an affiliate : http://affiliateconf.com/

The first Moscow event turned out to be quite a success, there were more than 1200 attendees on the spot … 180 companies from the affiliate space sent their reps to the conference and more than 30 exhibitors presented their companies directly on the event venue. To increase the value for regular affiliates, 12 industry experts visited the conference and held speeches for the attendees.

To tease you a bit, let’s take a look at what the first Moscow conference looked like :

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AWE Berlin 2017 is around the corner! Does it make sense to attend affiliate conferences?

Posted By 7 Comments May 24, 2017

There are about 3 weeks left until the start of another Affiliate World Conference – AWE Berlin 2017 (June 14-15). In case you’ve never heard about Affiliate World Conferences (AWC), check this website out : https://affiliateworldconferences.com/

There are 2 Conferences organized in a year, one in Europe (Berlin) and one in Asia (Bangkok) – hence the short names AWE (Affiliate World Europe) and AWA (Affiliate World Asia).

In case you didn’t know, Affiliate World Conferences were started by the same team, who has brought you the STM Forum. The original plan was to hold smaller, local meet-ups for like minded people, but the interest totally blew the organizers away … the rapid growth is insane, and it’s still getting bigger and bigger.

Below is a video highlight from the first AWE Berlin (2016), check it out 🙂

SOME HISTORY NOW 🙂

I just had a chat with Mr.Green, who is one of the founders of the STM Forum – along with Stackman and BBRock32 – so I can give you a pretty detailed summary of how it all started and how a small local meet-up turned into a massive Conference such as AWC.

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Affiliates are taking over MOSCOW – Event hosted by the STM Forum and Leadbit.

Posted By No Comments March 14, 2017

Affiliate events and conferences became very popular lately, since they offer an excellent opportunity to meet fellow marketers, find out what the latest trends are … or just get wasted with other affiliates, the call is yours 🙂

US, Western Europe or Asia usually host the main events, but this time, the fun is coming to “Eastern Europe”!

For the first time in history, Moscow will host a large affiliate conference and the organizers made sure it’s gonna be a blast. Speeches, ton’s of networking options, drinks, food and an exceptional party to make it a complete package … it will all be there.

The event will take place on the 30th of March, so mark your calendars and plan the flights, it’s only two weeks away!

How do I know it’s gonna rock? Cause it’s hosted by the STM Forum folks, do I have to say more? 🙂 STM Forum has been recognized as the premier resource for the Affiliate Marketers for quite some time already, you’d have a hard time finding a better one. And I’m not saying that because I a moderator over there! 🙂

Did you know STM is also behind the two most popular Affiliate Conference of the world : Affiliate World Europe (AWE) and Asia (AWA)? This alone should be a guarantee that the Moscow even will be awesome too.

AWA and AWE are huge multiple-day events, but not everyone has to like that. And that’s why you should attend the Moscow event in case you’re one of those who don’t like crowded places. It’s gonna be smaller and 1 day only.

And the best part : Entrance is FREE for all quality affiliates. Thanks to Leadbit.Com, who is the main sponsor and organizer of the event, the entrance is free. Leadbit will even give a way a Porsche Cayenne to one of their affiliates at the conference and you can still take part in the contest, check this for details : http://porsche.leadbit.com/

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